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feat(shell): publish a gs launcher with occupied-name reports and a PATH hint - #5741
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📝 Summary
The Unix install now publishes two launchers on the standard user PATH: ~/.local/bin/gentle-shell and the short ~/.local/bin/gs, both symlinks to the installed bin/gentle-shell with the same ownership semantics as before (atomic create, never overwrite foreign files).
Occupied-name detection: before publishing each name, the installer checks the launcher path and exec.LookPath. Occupied names are reported with what occupies them (for example gs is Ghostscript on stock distributions, /usr/bin/gs) and are never touched; user-defined shell aliases cannot be managed and the report says so.
PATH remediation hint: after publishing, if the launcher directory is absent from the current process PATH (the stock Ubuntu mid-session case that produced gentle-shell: command not found), the completion output prints the concrete fix (new login session or export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH").
The success message now carries the launcher report on every Unix flow (install, direct, native-coordinate, macOS), matching the PATH hint the Windows flow already prints. The uninstall removes only owned launchers, keeping the foreign-gs protection.
Publication assertion now checks the note instead of full-struct equality
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Material scope: Implementation of the two-name launcher publication, occupied-name reporting, PATH hint and completion-output plumbing, plus the unit tests, on top of the diagnosis in #5740.
Verification performed: New launcher tests pass (publish/republish/occupied file/foreign symlink/PATH conflict/hint/removal semantics); go test ./internal/shellinstaller (36s), go build ./..., go vet and go run ./internal/gofmtcheck all pass. The only full-suite local failure (TestPreparePiBackgroundProjectionHonorsEffectiveIntent) reproduces on clean upstream/main without this diff (environment-dependent, reads the real ~/.pi state).
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The Unix installer now manages gentle-shell and gs, reports publication conflicts and PATH status, and passes launcher information to installation output. The installer also handles launcher removal without deleting links that target another installation.
Changes: Unix launcher publication and reporting
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Manage launcher names and report publication outcomes internal/shellinstaller/user_shell_launcher_unix.go, internal/shellinstaller/user_shell_launcher_unix_test.go
Publication manages both launcher names, reports existing or occupied names, and reports whether the launcher directory is on PATH. Removal deletes links targeting this installation. Tests cover publication, conflicts, PATH reporting, and removal.
Separate-mode publication supplies a LauncherNote in the install result. Unix entry points and the Linux native coordinator print nonempty notes and return write errors. Other install paths provide an empty note. The pnpm publication test checks the launcher path in the note.
Installation can overwrite a launcher created concurrently, and uninstall can leave gs behind if gentle-shell is no longer a symlink. These bounded risks should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merging.
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Directly linked issue #5740 has these coding requirements. Status by requirement:
1. Publish gentle-shell and gs under ~/.local/bin with atomic create and no overwrite of foreign files. MET. `P…
Update userShellLauncherNote in internal/shellinstaller/user_shell_launcher_unix.go. For each occupied name, add a sentence that user-defined shell aliases live in rc files and cannot be managed by the installer. Replace the generic `ma…
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The title clearly summarizes the main changes: publishing the gs launcher, reporting occupied names, and providing a PATH hint.
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All changed areas connect to #5740. user_shell_launcher_unix.go implements the two-name publication, occupied-name detection, PATH hint, and note rendering. user_install.go adds the LauncherNote…
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All changed areas connect to #5740. user_shell_launcher_unix.go implements the two-name publication, occupied-name detection, PATH hint, and note rendering. user_install.go adds the LauncherNote field. The install flow, Linux, darwin, native-coordinate, Windows, and channel-overlay files add the note field or print it. These are supporting plumbing for the completion output that the issue requests. The uninstall change removes only symlinks that target this installation, and it applies the same ownership rule to the new gs launcher. This follows directly from publishing gs, and it keeps foreign launchers untouched. The user_pnpm_publish_linux_test.go change adapts an existing assertion to the new result shape. Each test covers a behavior in the issue. No unrelated behavior change was found in the reviewed sources.
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Directly linked issue #5740 has these coding requirements. Status by requirement:
Publish gentle-shell and gs under ~/.local/bin with atomic create and no overwrite of foreign files. MET. PublishUserShellLauncher loops over userShellLauncherNames = {"gentle-shell", "gs"}. It creates each symlink as <link>.new and then renames it onto the link. Foreign files and symlinks are reported as occupied and not touched. Tests TestPublishUserShellLauncherPublishesBothCommands and TestPublishUserShellLauncherReportsOccupiedNames cover this.
Check launcher paths and exec.LookPath before publishing, and report occupied names with what occupies them. MET. The code checks os.Lstat on the link path, then exec.LookPath(name). The outcome carries OccupiedBy. Test TestPublishUserShellLauncherReportsPATHCommandConflicts covers a PATH-resolved gs.
Say that user-defined shell aliases cannot be managed, when relevant. NOT MET. The formatter userShellLauncherNote has no alias text. Its occupied-name line is only: Command %q is occupied by %s; map it manually if you want it to open gentle-shell. The PR summary states that the report says aliases cannot be managed, but the reviewed code does not contain that statement.
Tell the user how to map an occupied name manually. PARTIALLY MET. The note says map it manually but gives no concrete method, such as an alias or a full-path invocation.
PATH remediation hint when ~/.local/bin is absent from the process PATH, with a new login session or export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH". MET. userLauncherDirOnPath sets DirOnPath. The formatter emits the hint only when !report.DirOnPath. Test TestPublishUserShellLauncherOmitsHintWhenDirOnPath covers the hidden case.
Completion output names the launcher paths. MET in the reviewed code. The formatter prints Commands: <~/.local/bin/gentle-shell> and <~/.local/bin/gs>. user_install_flow_unix.go captures the note into LauncherNote. I could not verify the separate-mode call-site fully because that file was truncated at the review limit. The change summary states that the Linux, darwin, and native-coordinate completion paths print the note.
Do not edit shell rc files or install into /usr/local/bin. MET. The change writes only to $HOME/.local/bin and leaves rc files unchanged.
Unmet concrete requirements: items 3 and 4. The occupied-name notice must state that user-defined shell aliases cannot be managed. It must also give a concrete manual mapping method for the occupied name. Add both to userShellLauncherNote and add a test that asserts the text.
Resolution
Update userShellLauncherNote in internal/shellinstaller/user_shell_launcher_unix.go. For each occupied name, add a sentence that user-defined shell aliases live in rc files and cannot be managed by the installer. Replace the generic map it manually text with a concrete method, for example an alias in the user's shell rc file that points to the full launcher path $HOME/.local/bin/gentle-shell or to the installed bin/gentle-shell. Add assertions for both sentences to TestPublishUserShellLauncherReportsOccupiedNames. Correct the PR description if the alias statement is removed.
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Review comments at @internal/shellinstaller/user_shell_launcher_unix.go:
- Around line 125-133: Replace the temporary symlink and rename flow in the
launcher installation loop with direct atomic creation at link using os.Symlink,
without removing or overwriting any temporary or destination file. If creation
returns os.ErrExist, mark the outcome as userShellLauncherOccupied, record the
existing file in OccupiedBy, append the outcome, and continue; return other
errors.
- Around line 157-163: Update the launcher-removal loop so a Readlink error for
gentle-shell records an error that preserves the underlying cause, then
continues processing gs instead of returning immediately; return the accumulated
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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win
os.Rename can overwrite a foreign launcher that appears after the Lstat check.
The loop checks link with os.Lstat (Line 103) and exec.LookPath (Line 119). It then publishes with os.Symlink to link + ".new" followed by os.Rename. rename(2) replaces an existing destination. If another process creates link between the check and the rename, this code silently replaces that file. Issue #5740 requires atomic creation and no overwriting of foreign files.
The os.Remove(temporary) call on Line 126 also deletes any foreign gs.new or gentle-shell.new file in the directory.
A symlink creation is already atomic. Call os.Symlink(bin, link) directly. It fails with EEXIST if anything holds the name. Report that case as occupied.
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Review comment at @internal/shellinstaller/user_shell_launcher_unix.go around
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Replace the temporary symlink and rename flow in the launcher installation loop
with direct atomic creation at link using os.Symlink, without removing or
overwriting any temporary or destination file. If creation returns os.ErrExist,
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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win
A non-symlink gentle-shell aborts removal and leaves the owned gs link behind.
gentle-shell is processed first. Any Readlink error returns immediately, so an owned gs symlink is never removed. The error text also claims "not a symlink" for every error. A permission error (EACCES) or I/O error gets the same message, which hides the real cause.
Record the failure, continue to the next name, and return the joined error at the end. The final return nil on Line 171 must become return failure. Declare var failure error before the loop. The existing test still passes: it expects an error for a regular gentle-shell file and an untouched foreign gs file.
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--- "a/internal/shellinstaller/user_shell_launcher_unix.go"+++ "b/internal/shellinstaller/user_shell_launcher_unix.go"@@ -154,13 +154,13 @@
if os.IsNotExist(err) {
continue
}
if err != nil {
if name == "gentle-shell" {
- return errors.New("existing gentle-shell launcher is not a symlink; leaving it untouched")+ failure = errors.Join(failure, fmt.Errorf("gentle-shell launcher %s cannot be read as an owned symlink: %w; leaving it untouched", link, err))
}
// A foreign gs launcher is never removed by an uninstall.
continue
}
if target != bin {
continue
}
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Review comment at @internal/shellinstaller/user_shell_launcher_unix.go around
lines 157 - 163:
Update the launcher-removal loop so a Readlink error for gentle-shell records an
error that preserves the underlying cause, then continues processing gs instead
of returning immediately; return the accumulated failure after the loop while
leaving foreign gs launchers untouched.
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type:bug— Bug fix (non-breaking change that fixes an issue)type:feature— New feature (non-breaking change that adds functionality)type:docs— Documentation onlytype:refactor— Code refactoring (no functional changes)type:chore— Build, CI, or tooling changestype:breaking-change— Breaking change (fix or feature that changes existing behavior)📝 Summary
~/.local/bin/gentle-shelland the short~/.local/bin/gs, both symlinks to the installedbin/gentle-shellwith the same ownership semantics as before (atomic create, never overwrite foreign files).exec.LookPath. Occupied names are reported with what occupies them (for examplegsis Ghostscript on stock distributions,/usr/bin/gs) and are never touched; user-defined shell aliases cannot be managed and the report says so.gentle-shell: command not found), the completion output prints the concrete fix (new login session orexport PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH").install, direct,native-coordinate, macOS), matching the PATH hint the Windows flow already prints. The uninstall removes only owned launchers, keeping the foreign-gsprotection.📂 Changes
internal/shellinstaller/user_shell_launcher_unix.gopublished/existing/occupied), occupied-by detail, PATH detection and the human-readable noteinternal/shellinstaller/user_install.goUserInstallResult.LauncherNotecarries the launcher report to the completion outputinternal/shellinstaller/user_install_flow_unix.gointernal/shellinstaller/user_install_linux.go,user_install_darwin.go,user_native_coordinate_linux.gointernal/shellinstaller/user_install_windows.go,user_channel_overlay_unix.goLauncherNotein the existing result literalsinternal/shellinstaller/user_shell_launcher_unix_test.gointernal/shellinstaller/user_pnpm_publish_linux_test.go🤖 AI Assistance
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Material scope: Implementation of the two-name launcher publication, occupied-name reporting, PATH hint and completion-output plumbing, plus the unit tests, on top of the diagnosis in #5740.
Verification performed: New launcher tests pass (publish/republish/occupied file/foreign symlink/PATH conflict/hint/removal semantics);
go test ./internal/shellinstaller(36s),go build ./...,go vetandgo run ./internal/gofmtcheckall pass. The only full-suite local failure (TestPreparePiBackgroundProjectionHonorsEffectiveIntent) reproduces on cleanupstream/mainwithout this diff (environment-dependent, reads the real~/.pistate).Trivial formatting, spelling, minor autocomplete, search/navigation, and trivial, non-substantive mechanical transformations do not need to be itemized. See AI_POLICY.md for the canonical policy.
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gentle-shellandgscommands from the local launcher directory when those names are available.PATH, the installation message includes a notice to help make the commands accessible.