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fix(template-sync): fail the run when the template pull fails - #891
When Template Sync cannot pull from its template (the template is unreachable, sign-in is refused, the branch is missing, or git refuses or cannot finish the merge), the run still ends green with no proposal, so a maintainer believes the repository is current when it never received the template's changes.
What
Template Sync now fails with a clear annotation whenever the pull from the template did not complete or left a conflict. A repository that is already up to date still passes quietly, and a normal change still opens its signed proposal as before.
Part of #887 (a normal consumer run after merge is still to be verified)
The pinned sync action ignores a failed git pull. An unreachable or
unauthorised source, a missing branch or a refused merge leaves nothing
staged, so the action reports "nothing to commit" and the run passes
without a proposal.
The action's precommit hook now runs two checks from the workflow input:
the squash pull must have completed (git writes SQUASH_MSG only then)
and must leave no unmerged path. An up-to-date consumer exits before the
hook and still passes. A new CI test replays the action's pull sequence
on git fixtures for a normal change, a genuine no-change, an unreachable
source, a missing branch, a refused merge and a conflict.
Part of #887
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…ll verdict
An up-to-date consumer does reach the precommit hook: its squash pull completes with
nothing new, git writes SQUASH_MSG, and the action then stops with "nothing to commit".
Part of #887
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I ran the real pinned upstream script (AndreasAugustin/actions-template-sync at 6e1d0089, src/sync_template.sh, steps prechecks,pull,commit) on local git fixtures, with the pull parameters, is_allow_hooks and hooks read verbatim from this branch's workflow. Only gh was stubbed (no target sign-in is needed for these steps). The "already up to date" consumer is a fresh --no-local clone, as in CI, so the template's commits are not in its object store.
Without the hooks (today's behaviour) versus with them (this PR):
Case
Without hooks
With hooks
Normal change
exit 0, sync commit made
exit 0, sync commit made
Already up to date
exit 0, "nothing to commit"
exit 0, "nothing to commit"
Refused merge (untracked file in the way)
exit 0, a commit of the local file is proposed
exit 1, Template pull failed annotation, no commit
Conflicting merge (file versus directory)
exit 0, a commit with the conflict is proposed
exit 1, Template merge conflict annotation, no commit
The branch's own regression test and the four other tests that read this workflow pass locally.
Second-reader findings on the inherited diff: the hooks are read only from the workflow input (the action falls back to a caller file only when the input is empty), the action runs under set -e so a failing hook ends the run, and unset hook stages yield no commands. One comment was wrong: an up-to-date consumer does reach the hook (its squash pull completes with nothing new). The behaviour was right; I corrected the comment in ff613888.
Not yet met: the issue's last criterion, a normal consumer run of the merged workflow, can only happen after merge, so the PR says Part of #887.
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## Actions catalogue
| Guide | Read before |
|---|---|
| [Workflow and CI contracts](.github/agent-guides/workflows.md) | Any catalogue implementation, test or workflow change, including feature flags |
AGENTS.md: # AGENTS.md — devantler-tech/.github (GitHub-as-code)
## Actions catalogue
### Conventions
#### Test jobs
Read the [workflow and CI contracts](.github/agent-guides/workflows.md#test-jobs) before adding or changing a test. Keep the required reducer, credential boundaries and native behavior proofs intact.
Source excerpt:
# Workflow and CI contracts
### Adding / Changing a Reusable Workflow
#### Test jobs
Every `.github/tests/test-*.sh` is a test entrypoint and must have an explicit invocation in a
`ci.yaml` step's `run:` block. Put `bash .github/tests/test-name.sh` (or the executable path) in a
dedicated step without a step-level `if`, or with exactly `${{ !cancelled() }}` when
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## Actions catalogue
| Guide | Read before |
|---|---|
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AGENTS.md: # AGENTS.md — devantler-tech/.github (GitHub-as-code)
## Actions catalogue
### Conventions
#### Test jobs
Read the [workflow and CI contracts](.github/agent-guides/workflows.md#test-jobs) before adding or changing a test. Keep the required reducer, credential boundaries and native behavior proofs intact.
Source excerpt:
# Workflow and CI contracts
### Adding / Changing a Reusable Workflow
#### Test jobs
Every `.github/tests/test-*.sh` is a test entrypoint and must have an explicit invocation in a
`ci.yaml` step's `run:` block. Put `bash .github/tests/test-name.sh` (or the executable path) in a
dedicated step without a ...
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# AGENTS.md — devantler-tech/.github (GitHub-as-code)
## Actions catalogue
### Maintaining the catalogue
**Validate before any PR:** `actionlint` on every changed workflow/action (else a thorough YAML parse); confirm `uses:` refs resolve and are pinned/aligned; check `inputs`/`outputs`/`shell:` are declared; for reusable workflows keep `on: workflow_call` inputs/secrets backward-compatible. No app build here — YAML correctness + pinning is the gate. Keep all remote actions pinned to full-length commit SHAs. Native `$/` self-references bind to the defining file's repository and exact commit; same-source actions and reusable workflows use this form. Retain source checkouts only where scripts or fixture data still need their files. Deliberately checked-out product-base validators must retain that different source identity. Follow the catalogue guide's self-reference rules; never weaken a security control to pass a check.
The reported shared-history path does not reach the SQUASH_MSG check. The action exits successfully during its precheck.
212-215: Security & Privacy
The action removes its hook copy before staging. It does not need to write the copy under /tmp to prevent that copy from entering the sync commit.
Walkthrough
The Template Sync workflow enables precommit hooks and adds checks for a missing squash message and unmerged paths. A new integration test covers changed and already-synced templates, unreachable sources, missing branches, refused merges, and conflicts. CI runs the test. The README documents the passing conditions and failure annotations.
Possibly related issues
Issue 887 describes Template Sync reporting success after failed pulls without opening a proposal. This PR adds checks that fail the run when a pull is incomplete or leaves unresolved conflicts.
Severity of issue fixed: Medium
Pre-merge checks: 4 · 1
Failed checks: 1 warning
Check name
Status
Explanation
Resolution
Docstring Coverage
Docstring coverage is 50.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documenta…
Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
Passed checks: 4 passed
Check name
Status
Explanation
Title check
The title clearly states the main change: Template Sync now fails when a template pull fails.
Description check
The description explains when Template Sync should fail and confirms that up-to-date repositories and normal changes should still pass.
Linked Issues check
Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check
Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Full details: Docstring Coverage
Explanation
Docstring coverage is 50.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentation-only edits and deletions within surviving functions are included; unchanged diff context and fully deleted functions are excluded. Analyzed 2 functions across 1 files. (3 skipped: 3 unsupported.)
Resolution
Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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Failed pre-merge checks:
- Docstring Coverage:
Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage
threshold.
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## Actions catalogue
| Guide | Read before |
|---|---|
| [Workflow and CI contracts](.github/agent-guides/workflows.md) | Any catalogue implementation, test or workflow change, including feature flags |
AGENTS.md: # AGENTS.md — devantler-tech/.github (GitHub-as-code)
## Actions catalogue
### Conventions
#### Test jobs
Read the [workflow and CI contracts](.github/agent-guides/workflows.md#test-jobs) before adding or changing a test. Keep the required reducer, credential boundaries and native behavior proofs intact.
Source excerpt:
# Workflow and CI contracts
### Adding / Changing a Reusable Workflow
#### Test jobs
Every `.github/tests/test-*.sh` is a test entrypoint and must have an explicit invocation in a
`ci.yaml` step's `run:` block. Put `bash .github/tests/test-name.sh` (or the executable path) in a
dedicated step without a step-level `if`, or with exactly `${{ !cancelled() }}` when
indep...
Applied to files:
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Learning: 2026-11-09T20:48:59.540Z
Learnt from: CR
Repo: devantler-tech/.github PR: 0
File: .github/agent-guides/workflows.md:0-0
Timestamp: 2026-11-09T20:48:59.540Z
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AGENTS.md: # AGENTS.md — devantler-tech/.github (GitHub-as-code)
## Actions catalogue
| Guide | Read before |
|---|---|
| [Workflow and CI contracts](.github/agent-guides/workflows.md) | Any catalogue implementation, test or workflow change, including feature flags |
AGENTS.md: # AGENTS.md — devantler-tech/.github (GitHub-as-code)
## Actions catalogue
### Conventions
#### Test jobs
Read the [workflow and CI contracts](.github/agent-guides/workflows.md#test-jobs) before adding or changing a test. Keep the required reducer, credential boundaries and native behavior proofs intact.
Source excerpt:
# Workflow and CI contracts
### Adding / Changing a Reusable Workflow
#### Test jobs
Every `.github/tests/test-*.sh` is a test entrypoint and must have an explicit invocation in a
`ci.yaml` step's `run:` block. Put `bash .github/tests/test-name.sh` (or the executable path) in a
dedicated step without a ...
Applied to files:
.github/workflows/ci.yaml
Learning: 2026-10-31T08:42:41.368Z
Learnt from: CR
Repo: devantler-tech/.github PR: 0
File: AGENTS.md:0-0
Timestamp: 2026-10-31T08:42:41.368Z
Learning: Source excerpt:
# AGENTS.md — devantler-tech/.github (GitHub-as-code)
## Actions catalogue
### Maintaining the catalogue
**Validate before any PR:** `actionlint` on every changed workflow/action (else a thorough YAML parse); confirm `uses:` refs resolve and are pinned/aligned; check `inputs`/`outputs`/`shell:` are declared; for reusable workflows keep `on: workflow_call` inputs/secrets backward-compatible. No app build here — YAML correctness + pinning is the gate. Keep all remote actions pinned to full-length commit SHAs. Native `$/` self-references bind to the defining file's repository and exact commit; same-source actions and reusable workflows use this form. Retain source checkouts only where scripts or fixture data still need their files. Deliberately checked-out product-base validators must retain that different source identity. Follow the catalogue guide's self-reference rules; never weaken a security control to pass a check.
…'s history
The replay now models the action's up-to-date precheck, which stops a run with
success before the pull when the template's tip is already in the full checkout.
A shared-history consumer is a fixture, and the unrelated-history no-change case
runs on a fresh clone so it still reaches the pull verdict, as it does in CI.
Part of #887
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Same method as my earlier trial: the real pinned upstream sync_template.sh (steps prechecks,pull,commit, gh stubbed) on local git fixtures, with the pull parameters and hooks read from this head's workflow. I added the case Codex raised, a consumer cloned from the template (a fresh --no-local clone, as in CI).
Case
Without hooks
With hooks (this PR)
Normal change
exit 0, sync commit made
exit 0, sync commit made
Already up to date (unrelated history)
exit 0, "nothing to commit"
exit 0, "nothing to commit"
Already up to date (shared history)
exit 0, "repository is up to date!"
exit 0, "repository is up to date!" (stops at the precheck)
Refused merge
exit 0, a commit of the local file is proposed
exit 1, Template pull failed, no commit
Conflicting merge
exit 0, a commit with the conflict is proposed
exit 1, Template merge conflict, no commit
The branch's regression test (now eight cases, including the shared-history one) and the four other tests that read this workflow pass locally.
Not yet met: a normal consumer run of the merged workflow, so the PR stays Part of #887.
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Why
When Template Sync cannot pull from its template (the template is unreachable, sign-in is refused, the branch is missing, or git refuses or cannot finish the merge), the run still ends green with no proposal, so a maintainer believes the repository is current when it never received the template's changes.
What
Template Sync now fails with a clear annotation whenever the pull from the template did not complete or left a conflict. A repository that is already up to date still passes quietly, and a normal change still opens its signed proposal as before.
Part of #887 (a normal consumer run after merge is still to be verified)
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