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Follow-up to #124, which added the REPO_URL=local sentinel.

Problem

REPO_URL=local checked only that REPO_PATH was a directory. An empty or unrelated path passed that check, and discover_vendors skips type directories that are absent, so a mistyped REPO_PATH produced a run that imported nothing and still exited 0. That is the worst shape for this failure: it reads as "already up to date".

Export mode already had the check that was missing here, in Exporter._verify_repo_available, with its own private _LIBRARY_TYPE_DIRS. Two modes, both answering "does this directory hold a device-type library", from two definitions.

Fix

One definition of what makes a checkout a library: LIBRARY_TYPE_DIRS and library_dirs_present() in core/repo.py, used by local import mode and by the exporter. Local mode keeps any-of-three semantics, matching what export already accepted.

The sentinel value moves to LOCAL_REPO_URL in core/config.py, beside the other REPO_* defaults, with is_local_repo_url() next to it. Config and repo now match on the value rather than each holding a literal.

REPO_BRANCH is ignored under the sentinel. A run that sets both now says so through the existing config notice mechanism, the same way --export-diff reports an ignored SLUGS.

Read-only paths

Local mode skips validate_repo_path on purpose, and there is now a test saying so. That validator requires W_OK, which a read-only bind mount cannot give, and no import step writes to REPO_PATH: images are read from elevation-images/, and exports go to --export-diff-dir. A read-only mount is the air-gapped case the sentinel exists for, so it is documented and tested rather than left to chance.

Tests

The layout tests were confirmed red against the merged #124 code before the fix. Local-mode coverage runs against real directories on disk, asserting the files are found and parsed and that core.repo.Repo is never constructed. Added: missing directory, directory with no type directories, a stray file named device-types, each type directory alone, case and padding variants of the sentinel, a read-only checkout, and the config notice. Exporter._verify_repo_available had no tests before this and now has three, since its body moved.

Docs

README gets an "Offline / local library" section under Usage, with the read-only Docker mount, plus a pointer from the REPO_URL row. .env.example gets the commented sentinel. --url help text mentions it.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added a local/offline repository mode using REPO_URL=local.
    • Reads library files directly from REPO_PATH without cloning, fetching, or requiring Git.
    • Supports read-only directories and recognizes supported library folders.
    • Documents configuration examples and clarifies that REPO_BRANCH is ignored in local mode.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved validation and error reporting when the configured local repository is missing or invalid.

Second commit: partial layouts (766ccfa)

Accepting any one of the three type roots exposed a latent crash. plan_vendor called get_devices() on all three regardless of which existed, and get_devices() lists the directory, so a checkout holding only some of them raised FileNotFoundError before importing the types it did hold. A device-types/-only library, the likeliest local layout, crashed on module-types/.

_parse_vendor_racks already carried exactly this guard. It is now _parse_vendor_files and all three roots go through it, so the guard cannot apply to one root and not the others again.

The reason this was invisible: the shared repo mock in test_nb_dt_import.py returned /tmp/devices, /tmp/modules, and /tmp/rack-types, paths that never existed on disk. Nothing stat'd them, so the mock passed for a filesystem that was not there. It now points at a real empty library tree, and the four tests that matched on those literal paths match on directory names instead. TestPartialLibraryLayouts covers the behaviour: a real DTLRepo over a real one-root checkout, through ImportRun.discover() and plan_vendor(), parametrised over all three roots, red against the first commit.

Reported by CodeRabbit on this PR.

… export

REPO_URL=local only checked that REPO_PATH was a directory. An unrelated or
empty path passed that check, and discover_vendors skips type directories that
are absent, so the run imported nothing and still exited 0.

Export mode already had the check it needed, in
Exporter._verify_repo_available. Both sides now read one definition of what
makes a checkout a library: LIBRARY_TYPE_DIRS and library_dirs_present() in
core/repo.py. The sentinel value moves to LOCAL_REPO_URL in core/config.py,
beside the other REPO_* defaults, so config and repo cannot drift on it.

Local mode still skips validate_repo_path on purpose: that check demands write
access, which a read-only or air-gapped mount cannot give, and no import step
writes to REPO_PATH. A test pins the read-only case.

REPO_BRANCH is ignored under the sentinel, so a run that sets both now says so
through the existing config notice mechanism instead of looking like it checked
the branch out.

Documents the mode in the README and .env.example, including the read-only
Docker mount, which is the case that motivated the sentinel.
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Walkthrough

The import process now supports REPO_URL=local. It reads a supported library from REPO_PATH without cloning, fetching, Git validation, or writes. Configuration, exporter validation, tests, and documentation cover this mode.

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Local repository mode

Layer / File(s) Summary
Local mode configuration contract
core/config.py, tests/test_config.py
Defines and detects the local sentinel. The configuration reports when REPO_BRANCH is ignored. Tests cover local and non-local URLs.
Local checkout and library validation
core/repo.py, core/export.py, tests/test_repo.py, tests/test_exporter.py
Validates REPO_PATH and supported library directories. Local mode skips Git and write-access checks. Tests cover direct reads, validation errors, read-only paths, branch handling, and exporter checks.
Local mode documentation
.env.example, README.md
Documents local path requirements, ignored branch settings, read-only use, and shell and Docker examples.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to e57cc

A partial local library checkout can still fail before its supported device or module types are imported, producing an unsuccessful run instead of completing the available work. Guarding absent type directories and adding one-directory layout tests is needed before this PR is merge-ready.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant RunConfig
  participant DTLRepo
  participant LocalLibrary
  RunConfig->>DTLRepo: provide REPO_URL=local and REPO_PATH
  DTLRepo->>RunConfig: detect the local sentinel
  DTLRepo->>LocalLibrary: validate the path and library directories
  LocalLibrary-->>DTLRepo: return supported library contents
  DTLRepo-->>RunConfig: read the library without Git operations
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In `@core/repo.py`:
- Around line 475-494: Update ImportRun.plan_vendor() to check whether each
device-types and module-types root exists before calling DTLRepo.get_devices(),
skipping absent roots while still planning imports for supported roots. Add
tests covering local checkouts containing only one of the two directory layouts.
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Comment thread core/repo.py
The layout check accepts any one of device-types/, module-types/, and
rack-types/, matching what export mode already accepted. plan_vendor then
called get_devices() on all three regardless, and get_devices() lists the
directory, so a local checkout holding only some of them raised
FileNotFoundError before importing the types it did hold. A device-types-only
library is the likeliest local layout, and it crashed on module-types.

_parse_vendor_racks already had the guard this needed. It is now
_parse_vendor_files and all three roots go through it, so the guard cannot
apply to one root and not the others again.

The repo mock in test_nb_dt_import pointed at /tmp/devices, /tmp/modules and
/tmp/rack-types, paths that never existed. Nothing stat'd them, so the mock
passed for a filesystem that was not there, which is why this went unseen. It
now points at a real empty library tree, and the tests that matched on those
literal paths match on the directory names instead.

Found by CodeRabbit on #126.
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* fix(repo): add REPO_URL=local sentinel to bypass git entirely (#124)

DTLRepo always ran a clone or a fetch, even when REPO_PATH already
held the library contents locally. validate_git_url() rejected the
old 'local' value outright, and even a valid URL still triggered a
real git fetch against the remote on every run.

REPO_URL=local now skips Repo(), clone_from(), and fetch() entirely.
REPO_PATH is used as-is and must already contain device-types/,
module-types/, and rack-types/ (no .git required, and none is used).

* fix(repo): validate the local library layout and share the check with export (#126)

* fix(repo): validate the local library layout and share the check with export

REPO_URL=local only checked that REPO_PATH was a directory. An unrelated or
empty path passed that check, and discover_vendors skips type directories that
are absent, so the run imported nothing and still exited 0.

Export mode already had the check it needed, in
Exporter._verify_repo_available. Both sides now read one definition of what
makes a checkout a library: LIBRARY_TYPE_DIRS and library_dirs_present() in
core/repo.py. The sentinel value moves to LOCAL_REPO_URL in core/config.py,
beside the other REPO_* defaults, so config and repo cannot drift on it.

Local mode still skips validate_repo_path on purpose: that check demands write
access, which a read-only or air-gapped mount cannot give, and no import step
writes to REPO_PATH. A test pins the read-only case.

REPO_BRANCH is ignored under the sentinel, so a run that sets both now says so
through the existing config notice mechanism instead of looking like it checked
the branch out.

Documents the mode in the README and .env.example, including the read-only
Docker mount, which is the case that motivated the sentinel.

* fix(import): treat an absent type root as empty instead of crashing

The layout check accepts any one of device-types/, module-types/, and
rack-types/, matching what export mode already accepted. plan_vendor then
called get_devices() on all three regardless, and get_devices() lists the
directory, so a local checkout holding only some of them raised
FileNotFoundError before importing the types it did hold. A device-types-only
library is the likeliest local layout, and it crashed on module-types.

_parse_vendor_racks already had the guard this needed. It is now
_parse_vendor_files and all three roots go through it, so the guard cannot
apply to one root and not the others again.

The repo mock in test_nb_dt_import pointed at /tmp/devices, /tmp/modules and
/tmp/rack-types, paths that never existed. Nothing stat'd them, so the mock
passed for a filesystem that was not there, which is why this went unseen. It
now points at a real empty library tree, and the tests that matched on those
literal paths match on the directory names instead.

Found by CodeRabbit on #126.

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Co-authored-by: Seth Grover <13872653+mmguero@users.noreply.github.com>
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