feat(api): add workspace.merge behind the group-close intent gate - #50
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Relocates every tab of a source workspace into a target and closes the emptied source. The socket is reachable from inside every pane, so the control is the same explicit-intent flag workspace.close carries: a source that owns linked worktree workspaces refuses without merge_group. With the flag the whole worktree group merges, so merge never destroys a tab. Selection is saved and restored by workspace id rather than reusing workspace.close's path, which sets selected to the closing workspace and would yank the operator's view on every merge. Adding a method is additive: no existing endpoint digest moved, so the wire protocol version stays where it is.
…the CLI Adds herdr workspace merge, an unbound merge_workspace keybinding, and the palette entry that carries it. The keybinding ships unbound because a duplicate default silently disables an unrelated action here. The keybind arms the navigator as a destination picker, mirroring the pane and tab move pickers, and a picked workspace raises a confirmation shaped like the close confirmation. That dialog is a second layer only: the server refuses a worktree-group merge without explicit intent whatever the client sends. Its buttons come from the renderer's own rects, and the overlay takes the shared mouse-capture path so clicks aimed past it never reach the pane underneath.
previous_pane_focus, a pane-targeted toast, and every pending agent notification pair a pane with the workspace id it sat in. A merge moves those panes into the target and closes the source, so each record was left naming a workspace that no longer exists — the state invariant catches it, and nothing in the merge response would have. The destination picker also refuses the source's own row now, leaving the pick armed instead of confirming a merge the server would reject. Session-Name: keen-chisel Session-Id: 68cf1987-af5a-4173-8a26-03b822f8065e Model: claude-opus-5 Harness: claude-code 2.1.260 Machine: cf6e768835c7
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughAdds ChangesWorkspace merge
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to The workspace merge change should not merge yet: the client may fail to build, and successful merges can leave overlay restoration state pointing at the wrong workspace or tab. The destination picker also permits an invalid group target and shows misleading action text. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Operator
participant ClientShell
participant AppAPI
participant WorkspaceMerge
participant TargetWorkspace
Operator->>ClientShell: Select merge action
ClientShell->>ClientShell: Choose target and confirm
ClientShell->>AppAPI: Submit WorkspaceMerge
AppAPI->>WorkspaceMerge: Validate source, target, and group scope
WorkspaceMerge->>TargetWorkspace: Move source tabs
WorkspaceMerge->>ClientShell: Close source and return target workspace
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In `@docs/next/website/src/content/docs/cli-reference.mdx`:
- Line 147: Update the workspace merge documentation to state that a target
inside the source linked-worktree group is rejected even when --group is
provided, including the resulting failure behavior. Apply the same contract to
the English cli-reference.mdx at lines 147-147, Japanese cli-reference.mdx at
lines 143-143, and Chinese cli-reference.mdx at lines 143-143; preserve the
existing group-merge behavior for valid targets.
In `@src/app/api/workspaces.rs`:
- Around line 460-465: The handle_workspace_merge flow must rebase surviving
OverlayPaneState ws_idx and tab_idx records after tabs move and workspaces are
removed, so restore_overlay_after_exit resolves the intended tab. Update overlay
indices for shifts caused by tab moves and removed workspace indices, while
leaving PopupPaneState unchanged because it stores IDs.
In `@src/client/shell/overlay_input.rs`:
- Around line 1593-1594: Update the target validation around source_workspace_id
and target_workspace_id so it rejects any target belonging to the source
worktree group, not just the source workspace itself. After constructing group,
return false when target_workspace_id matches any group member, preserving the
navigator’s armed state for these invalid targets.
In `@src/client/shell/overlays.rs`:
- Around line 896-900: Update the footer text selected by the
pending_workspace_merge branch in the detail computation to explicitly indicate
the merge action and Enter confirmation, such as “merge here enter,” while
preserving the existing NewWorkspace and non-merge text.
- Line 897: Update the selection handling around the match on r.target to match
against a borrow of r.target in each affected branch, preserving access to the
borrowed row returned by rows.get(n.selected). Also update move_armed() to
include pending_workspace_merge so workspace merge selections display the merge
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| `workspace merge` moves every tab of the source workspace into the target and closes the emptied source; no tab is destroyed. When the source owns linked-worktree workspaces, it requires `--group` — the same explicit intent `workspace close` requires — and without it returns `workspace_group_merge_required`. With `--group`, every group member's tabs move to the target and every member closes. |
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Document the target-in-source-group rejection in all CLI references. The merge contract rejects a target inside the source linked-worktree group, even with --group. The current text describes group merging as unconditional.
docs/next/website/src/content/docs/cli-reference.mdx#L147-L147: add the target restriction and failure behavior to the English description.docs/next/website/src/content/docs/ja/cli-reference.mdx#L143-L143: add the same restriction and failure behavior to the Japanese description.docs/next/website/src/content/docs/zh-cn/cli-reference.mdx#L143-L143: add the same restriction and failure behavior to the Chinese description.
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In `@docs/next/website/src/content/docs/cli-reference.mdx` at line 147, Update the
workspace merge documentation to state that a target inside the source
linked-worktree group is rejected even when --group is provided, including the
resulting failure behavior. Apply the same contract to the English
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| for index in merge_indices.iter().rev() { | ||
| if let Some(workspace) = self.state.workspaces.get(*index) { | ||
| crate::logging::workspace_closed(&workspace.id); | ||
| } | ||
| self.state.workspaces.remove(*index); | ||
| } |
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Rebase overlay indices when moving tabs.
handle_workspace_merge moves tabs and removes workspaces without updating OverlayPaneState.ws_idx or tab_idx. When an overlay exits, restore_overlay_after_exit uses these stale indices. Its bounds checks prevent a panic, but restoration can be skipped or applied to an unrelated tab. Rebase surviving overlay records when tabs move. PopupPaneState stores IDs and does not require rebasing.
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In `@src/app/api/workspaces.rs` around lines 460 - 465, The handle_workspace_merge
flow must rebase surviving OverlayPaneState ws_idx and tab_idx records after
tabs move and workspaces are removed, so restore_overlay_after_exit resolves the
intended tab. Update overlay indices for shifts caused by tab moves and removed
workspace indices, while leaving PopupPaneState unchanged because it stores IDs.
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| if source_workspace_id == target_workspace_id { | ||
| return false; |
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Reject targets in the source worktree group.
This check rejects only the source workspace. A linked-worktree sibling passes it, opens confirmation, and then sends a merge that the server rejects. After building group, return false when target_workspace_id matches any group member so the navigator stays armed.
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In `@src/client/shell/overlay_input.rs` around lines 1593 - 1594, Update the
target validation around source_workspace_id and target_workspace_id so it
rejects any target belonging to the source worktree group, not just the source
workspace itself. After constructing group, return false when
target_workspace_id matches any group member, preserving the navigator’s armed
state for these invalid targets.
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| let detail = if n.pending_workspace_merge.is_some() { | ||
| match r.target { | ||
| ClientNavigatorTarget::NewWorkspace => " pick an existing space".to_owned(), | ||
| _ => " merges this space into here".to_owned(), | ||
| } |
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Add merge-specific footer text.
When pending_workspace_merge is set, move_armed() returns false. Lines 930-935 therefore display open enter, although Enter confirms the merge. Add a merge-specific footer such as merge here enter.
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In `@src/client/shell/overlays.rs` around lines 896 - 900, Update the footer text
selected by the pending_workspace_merge branch in the detail computation to
explicitly indicate the merge action and Enter confirmation, such as “merge here
enter,” while preserving the existing NewWorkspace and non-merge text.
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| // implies. | ||
| let detail = if n.pending_tab_move.is_some() { | ||
| let detail = if n.pending_workspace_merge.is_some() { | ||
| match r.target { |
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Borrow r.target before matching and include workspace merges in the armed footer.
rows.get(n.selected) returns a borrowed row. Match &r.target in each affected branch.
move_armed() excludes pending_workspace_merge, so merge selection shows the normal “open” footer instead of the merge action.
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In `@src/client/shell/overlays.rs` at line 897, Update the selection handling
around the match on r.target to match against a borrow of r.target in each
affected branch, preserving access to the borrowed row returned by
rows.get(n.selected). Also update move_armed() to include
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Security review at cabcb547. Clean — no Critical, no Important, three Nits.
The gate holds. src/app/api/workspaces.rs:356 and workspace.close at :571 call the same AppState::workspace_close_indices (src/app/actions.rs:975) and refuse on the same len() >= 2 && !flag, before any mutation. Merge is strictly stricter — it also refuses a target inside the source's group (:362) and a self-merge (:346). confirm_close is never read, Method::WorkspaceMerge dispatches from one place, and take_all_tabs_for_move has one caller.
No bypass found. Self-merge compares indices rather than strings, so raw-id vs w_N aliasing cannot slip past. Merging a linked member out and then closing the parent flagless does work, but destroys nothing — the tabs are alive in the target — so it is not a route around the control. Target-in-group, empty source, and last-workspace are refused or unreachable before mutation.
Repointing is complete. AppState has exactly three structures pairing a pane with a workspace id (src/app/state.rs:715, :730, :776), and those are exactly the three assert_invariants_for_test checks. AgentNotificationDelivery carries one but is never stored. The deferred worktree paths hold a usize index across an await (src/app/api/worktrees/deferred.rs:401) — the one place a stale index could bite — but all three completion paths re-resolve live, so no panic is reachable.
Protocol claim verified independently. endpoint_method_shape_digests hashes each method's branch plus only its transitive $defs into a per-method map, so the fixture diff adds exactly one line with no existing digest changed. No bump owed.
gitleaks over the commit range: no leaks. An invisible/bidi character scan over the UTF-8-decoded diff: zero matches.
Nits, filed rather than folded
take_all_tabs_for_move (src/workspace.rs:992) leaves a workspace whose Deref (:209) panics, enforced only by a doc comment — a future second caller would kill the server and every pane with it. Filed as #52.
Merge's WorkspaceClosed event carries a pre-drain snapshot (src/app/api/workspaces.rs:372), so a subscriber sees the moved tabs listed as closed when they are alive in the target. Filed as #53.
A new client against an older server gets a bare invalid_request for workspace.merge rather than something naming the version gap — the general shape of that is #17's territory and not worth a special case here.
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Third of three, and the only genuinely absent capability: merge one space into another — every tab relocates to the target, then the source closes.
The gate
handle_workspace_mergecopiesworkspace.close's unconditional check verbatim: a source with linked worktree workspaces is refused unlessmerge_groupis set. It does not go nearconfirm_close— that istab.close's weaker path, which already destroys a workspace behind a softer gate, and copying it would have made merge the way around a control upstream tightened on purpose (their herdrdev#3206).This matters because
HERDR_SOCKET_PATHis exported into every pane's environment, so any process in a pane — including the coding agent in it — can call this method as the owner. A TUI confirmation covers none of that; theConfirmMergeoverlay is a second layer, not the control.With the flag, the whole group merges: every member's tabs move to the target and every member closes, so merge never destroys a tab the way a group close does. A target inside the source's own group is refused separately, since the flag would otherwise destroy the target.
Selection is saved and restored by workspace id.
handle_workspace_closesetsselected = indexbefore closing, which would yank the operator's view; this handler does not reuse that path.Protocol: no bump
Both digest maps extracted from the contract test and diffed:
only in computed: ['workspace.merge'],changed: []. Adding a method adds a key and moves no existing digest, so the wire format is unchanged for every published method.PROTOCOL_VERSIONstays1220. The contract test's doc comment now records that the fixture also carries a fork-added method, not only the fork's divergenttab.move.Two folds from the implementer's own review
Merging left dangling records that pair a pane with a workspace id the merge had just closed —
previous_pane_focus, a pane-targeted toast, and pending agent notifications.assert_invariants_for_testpanics on exactly that. Also, the destination picker offered the source's own row, which stayed armed against a merge the server would refuse.Verification
Seven tests, each proved able to fail by mutating the control it guards: the gate to
if false; the self-merge and target-in-group checks removed; selection replaced withworkspace.close's behavior; the tab loop truncated to.take(1); the repoint block deleted; the client'sConfirmMergemouse arm removed; the overlay's non-left-clickreturnremoved; the confirmation replaced by a direct merge.The self-merge test initially passed under mutation, because every guard shares one error code — a message assertion was added and it then failed correctly.
clippy and fmt clean. Unit modules and seven integration targets pass; known-failing set unchanged (#36, #38).
tests/cli/is#[cfg(not(target_os = "macos"))], so no CLI test ran locally and this touches CLI surface (herdr workspace merge, the clap spec, the runtime dispatch). Linux CI is the first thing to exercise it.Summary by CodeRabbit
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