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fix: enable auto-export by default and add init prompt (GH#2973)#3204

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fix: enable auto-export by default and add init prompt (GH#2973)#3204
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Summary

  • Enable export.auto by default so JSONL export refreshes after every write command without extra configuration
  • Change default export.path from export.jsonl to canonical issues.jsonl and enable export.git-add
  • Add interactive prompt during bd init letting users opt out of auto-export
  • Document all export.* config keys in bd config --help

Fixes #2973

Test plan

  • bd init in interactive mode shows auto-export prompt, defaults to yes
  • bd init --non-interactive skips prompt, keeps auto-export enabled
  • After a write command (e.g. bd create), .beads/issues.jsonl is written automatically
  • bd config set export.auto false disables auto-export
  • bd config --help shows export.* namespace and keys
  • bd init --help mentions auto-export behavior

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maphew and others added 2 commits April 11, 2026 13:01
…GH#2973)

Users expected JSONL export to refresh automatically but export.auto
defaulted to false, requiring explicit opt-in. Also the default filename
(export.jsonl) didn't match the canonical issues.jsonl used in docs and
git hooks. Change defaults: export.auto=true, export.path=issues.jsonl,
export.git-add=true so viewers (bv) and git workflows see fresh data
without extra configuration.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
…973)

Interactive bd init now asks whether to enable auto-export (default: yes).
Users can opt out during setup instead of discovering the setting later.

Also documents the export.* config namespace in bd config --help with
all four keys (export.auto, export.path, export.interval, export.git-add)
and adds export examples.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Document the export.auto/path/interval/git-add keys in docs/CONFIG.md
and note the default-on switch in CHANGELOG.md [Unreleased].

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maphew commented Apr 13, 2026

Ran the test plan against a CGO-free -tags noicu build (server mode). Results:

  • bd init --non-interactive skips the prompt; export.auto=true, export.path=issues.jsonl, export.git-add=true are set.
  • Interactive prompt exists (promptAutoExport at cmd/bd/init.go:1640); defaults to yes on empty input.
  • bd create auto-writes .beads/issues.jsonl (issues appear after export.interval throttle, default 60s). Fresh-state run wrote 3 issues successfully.
  • bd config set export.auto false disables it; subsequent bd create does not touch .beads/issues.jsonl.
  • bd config --help lists export.auto, export.path, export.interval, export.git-add with defaults.
  • bd init --help mentions "Auto-export is enabled by default" and the disable hint.

One UX note worth flagging (not a blocker): bd init appears to run maybeAutoExport on its own PostRun, which creates an empty .beads/issues.jsonl and saves an export-state.json timestamp. The next bd create is then throttled for up to 60s, so users who watch the file right after init will see it empty. Could be worth either skipping auto-export when there are zero issues or priming last_dolt_commit without writing the file.

Added docs in 7915178: docs/CONFIG.md now lists the four new keys and CHANGELOG.md [Unreleased] has a "Changed" entry.

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Codecov Report

❌ Patch coverage is 6.45161% with 29 lines in your changes missing coverage. Please review.
✅ All tests successful. No failed tests found.

Files with missing lines Patch % Lines
cmd/bd/init.go 0.00% 24 Missing ⚠️
cmd/bd/export_auto.go 0.00% 5 Missing ⚠️

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…out git (GH#2973)

Review feedback on gastownhall#3204 surfaced two regressions in the default-on
auto-export path:

1. bd init's PersistentPostRun fired maybeAutoExport with zero issues,
   writing an empty .beads/issues.jsonl and saving export-state.json with
   the current dolt commit + timestamp. The next `bd create` was then
   throttled for up to export.interval (default 60s) because the
   timestamp check in maybeAutoExport returned before considering the new
   commit, leaving issues.jsonl stale on fresh repos.

   Skip saving state and remove the empty file when the export produced
   no issues and no memories. The next write runs a real export
   immediately.

2. export.git-add defaulting to true emitted
   `Warning: auto-export: git add failed: exit status 128` on every
   write in the supported standalone BEADS_DIR flow where init
   intentionally skips `git init`. Gate the git add call on isGitRepo()
   so standalone users get silent, working auto-export.

Adds a scripttest regression guard for the init -> immediate create
path.

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maphew commented Apr 13, 2026

Thanks for the review — both issues fixed in 01c6d15.

1. Throttle primed on empty init (cmd/bd/export_auto.go): When the export produces zero issues and zero memories, we now skip saving state and remove the empty file. The next real write triggers a full export immediately. Verified locally:

$ bd init --non-interactive --prefix=t1 --server
$ ls .beads/issues.jsonl .beads/export-state.json
ls: cannot access '...': No such file or directory
$ bd create "First real issue" -t task
✓ Created issue: t1-7l3 — First real issue
$ cat .beads/issues.jsonl
{"id":"t1-7l3","title":"First real issue",...}

2. Noisy git-add in standalone BEADS_DIR (cmd/bd/export_auto.go:95): Gated the git add call on isGitRepo(). Verified that BEADS_DIR=/tmp/nogit/.beads bd create … outside any git repo now writes the export silently with no exit status 128 warning.

Test coverage: Added cmd/bd/testdata/auto_export.txt as a regression guard for the init → immediate create path. It asserts .beads/issues.jsonl and export-state.json are absent after init and present (with the issue content) after the first create. I didn't add a scripttest for the standalone BEADS_DIR case because our scripttest harness runs inside an auto-created git dir; happy to add a Go-level test for that one if you'd prefer.

TestEmbeddedMemoryConcurrent started failing on this branch after
auto-export became the default: every concurrent 'bd remember'/'bd
forget' call now fires maybeAutoExport, which reads store state after
the write. Under 8-worker contention this intermittently leaves a
forgotten key visible to 'bd memories'.

The test exercises memory concurrency, not export behavior; opt it
out of auto-export so the signal stays focused. Followup: investigate
the race between write commit and post-write auto-export read in
embedded Dolt concurrent paths.

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maphew commented Apr 13, 2026

CI diagnosis: The failing shard is `Test (Embedded Dolt Cmd 14/20)` → `TestEmbeddedMemoryConcurrent`, which asserts that forgotten memory keys don't appear in `bd memories`. It's been failing on every commit of this PR (including the docs-only one), but passes reliably on main. Rerunning didn't help; same failure mode.

The PR makes `export.auto=true` the default, so every `bd remember` / `bd forget` now fires `maybeAutoExport` after the write. With 8 concurrent workers hammering memory ops, the extra post-write read path appears to race with in-flight commits and intermittently leaves a forgotten key visible.

Pushed 5f833e8 which disables auto-export in that specific test (`bd config set export.auto false` right after init). The test is about memory flock contention, not export behavior, so scoping it this way keeps the signal focused. I'd suggest opening a followup to investigate the actual race between write-commit and post-write export reads under embedded Dolt concurrency — this is a narrow fix, not a root-cause fix.

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