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Summary

  • pipeline bounded cat-file metadata, fast-import blob, and mktree tree groups while preserving ordered results and explicit limits
  • collapse each validated object/tree group into one backpressure-aware stdin write
  • reuse one update-ref --stdin process across explicit, acknowledged transactions
  • add malformed-response, reusable-session, SHA-1/SHA-256, and cross-runtime witnesses
  • add a reproducible Docker-only protocol-session benchmark

Measured effect

Docker, Git 2.39.5, Node 20.20.2, Linux arm64, SHA-256 repositories, 1,000 operations, five measured counterbalanced runs after one warmup:

Scenario Baseline median Optimized median Improvement Structural change
fast-import blobs 165.3 ms 85.9 ms 48.0% 1,002 -> 6 stdin writes
mktree trees 173.4 ms 101.2 ms 41.6% 2,000 -> 4 stdin writes
cat-file metadata 48.9 ms 6.1 ms 87.4% 1,000 -> 4 stdin writes
update-ref transactions 2,152.3 ms 225.2 ms 89.5% 1,000 -> 1 Git processes

Every baseline/optimized pair produced the same ordered object-identity digest and final ref. The benchmark is diagnostic evidence, not a timing gate.

The review-remediation edge run used two 34 MiB blobs with a requested two-item window. Each blob fits individually; the optimized path now partitions them into two calls under the exact framed 64 MiB ceiling and preserves the baseline digest.

The persistent ref API keeps noDeref explicit and does not claim to replace consumer symbolic-ref preflights: the minimum Git lacks the newer symref-verify protocol command.

Downstream adoption evidence

The published git-cas checkpoint branch perf/batched-small-writes consumes infoMany(), writeBlobs(), writeMany(), and the reusable update-ref session through typed capability checks with sessionless fallbacks. The implementation is at git-cas 59c9d1a0, and the readable exact witness is at 81a03232.

That consumer witness preserves SHA-1/SHA-256 handle digests while reducing 16 assets from 49 Git children to two and 16 workspace bundles from 147 to eight. Its current-dependency verifier passed all 14 steps, including 7,030 observed unit/integration tests across Node, Bun, and Deno. The branch is intentionally not yet a git-cas PR or release: Plumbing must merge and publish normally first, then git-cas will pin the released version and rerun the complete verifier.

Consumer tracking: git-cas #110 and git-cas #119.

Validation

  • npm test (Node, Bun, and Deno Docker matrix)
  • npm run lint
  • npm run benchmark:protocol-sessions
  • npm run benchmark:protocol-sessions -- --objects=2 --runs=1 --warmups=0 --batch-size=2 --blob-bytes=35651584

Closes #14.
Closes #15.

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CHANGELOG.md (1)

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Added batched operations for reading object metadata, importing blobs, and creating tree objects.
    • Added persistent update-reference sessions with compare-and-swap validation and symbolic-reference controls.
    • Added safeguards for request sizes, counts, protocol responses, and session failures.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved Git reference validation for invalid slash patterns and .lock path components.
    • Prevented per-command overrides from redirecting Git executable or configuration discovery.
  • Documentation
    • Expanded protocol-session guidance and added benchmark instructions.
  • Chores
    • Added a Docker-based protocol-session benchmark.

Walkthrough

The PR adds bounded batch operations for cat-file, fast-import, and mktree sessions. It adds reusable compare-and-swap update-ref sessions, environment override filtering, protocol tests, documentation, formatting checks, and a Docker-only benchmark.

Changes

Persistent protocol sessions

Layer / File(s) Summary
Bounded object and tree batches
src/infrastructure/protocols/GitCatFileSession.js, src/infrastructure/protocols/GitFastImportSession.js, src/infrastructure/protocols/GitMktreeSession.js, test/GitProtocolSessions.test.js
Adds ordered, bounded batch metadata reads, blob writes, and tree writes. Tests cover framing, limits, ordering, malformed responses, poisoning, and SHA-256 identities.
Persistent update-ref transactions
src/infrastructure/protocols/GitUpdateRefSession.js, index.js, test/GitProtocolSessions.test.js
Adds serialized CAS transactions with noDeref, lifecycle handling, acknowledgement validation, cleanup, and poisoning after failures.
Protocol session benchmark
benchmarks/protocol-sessions.js, package.json, test/ProtocolBenchmarkCli.test.js, README.md
Adds a Docker-only benchmark for baseline and optimized operations. It reports timing, process, stdin-write, API-call, and identity metrics.
Validation, environment isolation, formatting, and documentation
src/domain/schemas/GitRefSchema.js, src/domain/services/EnvironmentPolicy.js, src/infrastructure/adapters/*/*ShellRunner.js, test/*, .prettierrc, README.md, ADVANCED_GUIDE.md, CHANGELOG.md, SECURITY.md
Tightens Git reference validation, blocks caller overrides for executable and configuration-discovery paths, adds formatting and security checks, and documents protocol behavior and release history.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 7ccab

The PR is mergeable with explicit owner awareness: lifecycle cleanup coverage remains nondeterministic, and the duplicate Unreleased changelog section could confuse release-note generation.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Caller
  participant GitPlumbing
  participant ProtocolSession
  participant Git
  Caller->>GitPlumbing: open persistent session
  GitPlumbing->>ProtocolSession: create typed wrapper
  ProtocolSession->>Git: send bounded batch or ref transaction
  Git-->>ProtocolSession: return ordered responses
  ProtocolSession-->>Caller: return OIDs, metadata, or transaction result
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I’m a rabbit with packets to send,
Batching each byte round the bend.
Trees, blobs, and refs hop in line,
Acknowledgements arrive just fine.
One snug write, then carrots for all!

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Out of Scope Changes check ⚠️ Warning Environment override security changes and related tests are not covered by the requirements of linked issues [#14] and [#15]. Move environment security changes to a separate pull request, or add an issue that explicitly covers configuration-discovery and PATH override protection.
✅ Passed checks (4 passed)
Check name Status Explanation
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly describes the primary change: bounded pipelining for Git protocol operations.
Description check ✅ Passed The description directly explains the batching, persistent update-ref sessions, benchmarks, tests, and validation included in the changeset.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The PR implements the bounded batch operations and persistent acknowledged CAS transactions required by issues [#14] and [#15].
Docstring Coverage ✅ Passed Docstring check was indeterminate for this PR — some files could not be analyzed in time. Not blocking.
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In `@benchmarks/protocol-sessions.js`:
- Around line 286-291: Update windows() and its prepareObjects() call path to
partition blob batches by cumulative encoded byte size, including protocol
framing, while enforcing the shared --blob-bytes limit; retain batchSize as the
item-count limit and ensure each individual blob remains valid when it fits
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- Around line 131-134: Update the documentation for openUpdateRefSession() to
describe both modes: undefined expectedOldOid performs unconditional updates,
while null or an OID performs compare-and-swap updates. Use the phrase “explicit
update-ref transactions” in README.md lines 131-134 and CHANGELOG.md lines
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In `@src/infrastructure/protocols/GitMktreeSession.js`:
- Around line 101-111: Update GitMktreeSession.write to call
_readOid('GitMktreeSession.write') instead of duplicating OID decoding and regex
validation, preserving the existing write behavior while centralizing
validation.

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- Around line 59-77: Update GitUpdateRefSession.close and the _poison/terminate
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package.json (1)

27-27: LGTM!

ADVANCED_GUIDE.md (2)

70-72: LGTM!

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In `@test/GitProtocolSessions.test.js`:
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Code Lawyer self-audit findings

# Severity File Finding Evidence
1 P1 CHANGELOG.md The PR no longer integrates with current main; both branches added content under [Unreleased], leaving the PR conflict-locked until the release-note histories are reconciled. git merge-tree $(git merge-base HEAD origin/main) HEAD origin/main reports the content conflict; GitHub reports mergeable: CONFLICTING / mergeStateStatus: DIRTY.

@codex Please provide a second opinion, especially on whether any semantic interaction exists between the new batched sessions and the recently merged user-Git-config behavior.

I will preserve both changelog histories in a regular merge commit after completing the remaining audit.

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Code Lawyer self-audit findings — batch snapshot integrity

# Severity File Finding Consequence
2 P1 src/infrastructure/protocols/GitCatFileSession.js infoMany() and readMany() frame a command from the original array, but later use the caller-owned array again to decide how many responses to consume and which names to associate with them. Mutating the array while the operation is queued can leave issued responses unread or mislabel them, desynchronizing the persistent session.
3 P1 src/infrastructure/protocols/GitMktreeSession.js writeMany() validates the caller-owned outer array, then consumes it and reads trees.length only after crossing the serialization boundary. Mutation can bypass the 256-tree preflight and alter the expected OID count, violating bounded and ordered semantics.

@codex Please second-check the proposed invariant: each batch method must snapshot its outer request sequence synchronously, before it can queue behind another operation. Inner async iterables remain consumed during complete preflight, before any protocol write.

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Code Lawyer self-audit finding — ref preflight is weaker than Git

# Severity File Finding Reproduction
4 P1 src/domain/schemas/GitRefSchema.js; src/infrastructure/protocols/GitUpdateRefSession.js The new session promises to validate ref names before writing protocol state, but GitRef.isValid() accepts leading/trailing slashes and .lock path components that stock Git rejects. GitRef.isValid("refs/plumbing/trailing/"), GitRef.isValid("/refs/plumbing/leading"), and GitRef.isValid("refs/plumbing/bad.lock/child") are all true; git check-ref-format rejects all three.

@codex Please second-check whether strengthening the shared GitRef schema is preferable to duplicating stricter validation in the update-ref adapter. My architectural judgment is to repair the shared value-object invariant and prove the session emits zero writes for these names.

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Code Lawyer self-audit finding — unbounded single-blob duplication

# Severity File Finding Regression evidence
5 P0 src/infrastructure/protocols/GitFastImportSession.js writeBlob() now calls encodeBlobRequest() / concatBytes(), allocating a second buffer containing the entire caller-supplied blob plus framing. writeBlob() has no size ceiling. origin/main writes header, content, and suffix separately with backpressure; the PR replaces those three writes with one concatenated Uint8Array. This violates issue #14’s explicit invariant that an unbounded input is never duplicated into one buffer.

@codex Please second-check the minimal repair: keep the new single-write framing only for bounded writeBlobs() batches, and restore the existing three-write streaming behavior for unbounded writeBlob().

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Code Lawyer self-audit finding — cat-file parser normalizes malformed wire data

# Severity File Finding Consequence
6 P2 src/infrastructure/protocols/GitCatFileSession.js _parseInfo() applies trim() before splitting the response, so leading/trailing spaces or carriage returns are silently accepted. A malformed transcript can be normalized into a valid object response rather than deterministically poisoning the reusable session, contrary to issue #14.

@codex Please second-check strict parsing via the exact three-field line (line.split(" ")) with no whitespace normalization.

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Code Lawyer self-audit finding — formatter is checkout-location dependent

# Severity File Finding Reproduction
7 P3 package.json / missing repository Prettier config The repository exposes npm run format but commits no Prettier configuration. Prettier searches parent directories, so formatting depends on where the clone lives. In this checkout, npx prettier --find-config-path ... resolves ../.prettierrc; in the repository Docker image the same command reports no config. The same Prettier 3.7.4 flags opposite layouts.

@codex Please second-check the deterministic repair: commit a repository-local Prettier config (and a format-check gate if the project expects formatting to be enforced) rather than inheriting operator filesystem state.

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Code Lawyer self-audit finding — Deno test portability regression

# Severity File Finding Reproduction
8 P1 test/GitRef.test.js The new ref-path regression table uses Vitest-only it.each; Plumbing’s Deno BDD shim does not implement that method. The Deno container fails while loading test/deno_entry.js with TypeError: it.each is not a function, before tests execute.

@codex Please second-check the portable repair: define the three cases with an ordinary loop around it(...), which is supported by Node/Vitest, Bun, and the Deno shim.

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Code Lawyer self-audit finding — PR files violate pinned formatter

# Severity Files Finding Reproduction
9 P3 12 PR-touched JS/Markdown files After pinning the repository-local Prettier rules, the PR file set is not formatter-clean. `git diff --name-only -z origin/main...HEAD -- ".js" ".json" "*.md"

@codex Please second-check the bounded repair: format only the files already changed by PR #16, then rerun the complete runtime and benchmark gates to prove formatting-only behavior preservation.

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Code Lawyer self-audit finding — benchmark CLI truncates values

# Severity File Finding Consequence
10 P4 benchmarks/protocol-sessions.js argument.split("=", 2) discards everything after the second equals sign. --output=/tmp/report=sha256.json silently writes /tmp/report instead of the requested path.

@codex Please second-check the minimal repair: split at the first delimiter index and retain the complete remainder; prove it through the real Docker-only benchmark CLI.

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Code Lawyer Activity Summary

# Source Severity File(s) Commit Outcome
1 Self P1 CHANGELOG.md 45a8d56 Merged current main with a regular merge commit and preserved both unreleased histories.
2 Self P1 src/infrastructure/protocols/GitCatFileSession.js 8eb58a5 Snapshotted caller-owned metadata/content batch sequences before queued async work.
3 Self P1 src/infrastructure/protocols/GitMktreeSession.js 57f2646 Snapshotted caller-owned tree batches before validation and serialization boundaries.
4 Self P1 src/domain/schemas/GitRefSchema.js 1ded27c Rejected leading/trailing slashes and .lock components before protocol writes.
5 Self P0 src/infrastructure/protocols/GitFastImportSession.js 366ba29 Restored backpressured three-write streaming for unbounded single blobs; bounded batches retain single-write framing.
6 Self P2 src/infrastructure/protocols/GitCatFileSession.js 9d3cd04 Stopped normalizing malformed wire whitespace; invalid transcripts now poison the session.
7 Self P3 .prettierrc, test/RepositoryFormatting.test.js 10594c2 Pinned repository-owned formatting rules and added a location-independent regression gate.
8 Self P1 test/GitRef.test.js 77009b7 Replaced Vitest-only it.each with portable cases supported by Node, Bun, and Deno.
9 Self P3 PR-touched JS/Markdown files bc7faa3 Normalized the bounded PR file set under the pinned formatter.
10 Self P4 benchmarks/protocol-sessions.js 0d695c9 Preserved the complete remainder of CLI option values after the first =; proved through the real Docker-only CLI.

Verification

  • Published exact head: 0d695c9 (fast-forward from fb707eb; current main is an ancestor).
  • Full Docker multi-runtime suite: Node ✅, Bun ✅, Deno ✅ (27 suites / 263 steps).
  • The full suite passed before the final commit and again in the pre-push hook.
  • ESLint: clean.
  • Prettier check over the complete PR-touched JS/JSON/Markdown set: clean.
  • git diff --check origin/main...HEAD: clean.
  • Focused benchmark CLI regression: RED on the old parser; GREEN on Node and Bun after 0d695c9.
  • Default Docker benchmark (Git 2.39.5, Node 20.20.2, linux-arm64, SHA-256, 1,000 objects, batch 250, 4 KiB blobs, 5 measured runs + 1 warmup) preserved baseline/optimized identity in every scenario and measured median improvements of 44.95% (fast-import), 56.36% (mktree), 93.44% (cat-file-info), and 89.40% (update-ref).

@codex The complete audit/fix ledger is now on exact head 0d695c9; please review this head.

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CHANGELOG.md (1)

42-58: 🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Remove GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL from caller environment overrides.

GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL selects Git’s global configuration file. Passing it through EnvironmentPolicy.filter(envOverrides) lets callers inject arbitrary Git settings from any readable file. All built-in runners apply this to one-shot and session execution. This conflicts with SECURITY.md; blocking GIT_CONFIG_PARAMETERS does not prevent this path. Preserve only a trusted inherited value, or revise the security model and documentation.

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In `@CHANGELOG.md` around lines 42 - 58, Update EnvironmentPolicy.filter so
caller-provided GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL overrides remain blocked, while preserving
only a trusted inherited value if that is the established policy. Remove
GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL from the allowed passthrough set and align the
changelog/security documentation with this behavior; leave other Git
configuration variables unchanged.
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In `@CHANGELOG.md`:
- Around line 122-128: Consolidate the changelog entries under the existing
top-level “Unreleased” section so only one active “Unreleased” heading remains.
Update the dated “Unreleased” heading in the changelog while preserving its
entries and the existing released-version sections.

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In `@CHANGELOG.md`:
- Around line 42-58: Update EnvironmentPolicy.filter so caller-provided
GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL overrides remain blocked, while preserving only a trusted
inherited value if that is the established policy. Remove GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL from
the allowed passthrough set and align the changelog/security documentation with
this behavior; leave other Git configuration variables unchanged.
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test/RepositoryFormatting.test.js

[warning] 4-4: Filesystem path is not a string literal; a request-/variable-derived path can enable path traversal. Validate and normalize the path before use.
Context: fs.readFileSync(new URL('../.prettierrc', import.meta.url), 'utf8')
Note: [CWE-22] Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal').

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test/ProtocolBenchmarkCli.test.js

[warning] Importing child_process exposes a command-execution surface; ensure any command/argument built from input is validated, and prefer execFile/spawn with an argument array over exec.
Context: import { spawnSync } from 'node:child_process';
Note: [CWE-78] Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection').

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[warning] 29-29: Filesystem path is not a string literal; a request-/variable-derived path can enable path traversal. Validate and normalize the path before use.
Context: fs.readFileSync(output, 'utf8')
Note: [CWE-22] Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal').

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src/domain/schemas/GitRefSchema.js (1)

7-19: LGTM!

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test/GitRef.test.js (1)

17-21: LGTM!

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test/RepositoryFormatting.test.js (1)

1-15: LGTM!

test/deno_entry.js (1)

1-2: LGTM!

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.prettierrc (1)

1-7: LGTM!

ADVANCED_GUIDE.md (1)

15-15: LGTM!

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CHANGELOG.md (1)

10-41: LGTM!

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Code Lawyer self-audit finding — configuration injection has equivalent aliases

# Severity File(s) Finding Consequence
12 P1 src/domain/services/EnvironmentPolicy.js; Node/Bun/Deno shell runners Blocking only caller-supplied GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL does not restore the documented trust boundary: caller overrides for HOME, XDG_CONFIG_HOME, and USERPROFILE also redirect Git to caller-selected configuration files. A caller can bypass the proposed narrow repair by placing configuration under a selected home/config directory; inherited operator discovery and caller overrides must be sanitized under different policies.

@codex Please second-check the invariant: configuration-discovery paths may be inherited from the host environment, but per-call overrides must be limited to non-discovery variables. I will prove GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL and the remaining aliases independently and keep one commit per defect.

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Code Lawyer self-audit finding — caller PATH can replace the Git binary

# Severity File(s) Finding Consequence
14 P0 src/domain/services/EnvironmentPolicy.js; Node/Bun/Deno shell runners Per-call env overrides still accept PATH, while every runner spawns the bare command name git. A caller can point PATH at a directory containing an arbitrary executable named git, crossing the command-execution boundary before command/flag sanitization can protect anything.

@codex Please second-check the required invariant: PATH, like configuration-discovery paths, may be inherited by the runner but must never be caller-overridable. I will reproduce this with an executable witness through the public GitPlumbing.execute() API.

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Code Lawyer Closure Activity Summary

# Source Severity File(s) Commit Outcome
1 Self P1 CHANGELOG.md 45a8d56 Integrated current main with a regular merge commit while preserving both histories.
2 Self P1 src/infrastructure/protocols/GitCatFileSession.js 8eb58a5 Snapshotted caller-owned metadata/content sequences before queued work.
3 Self P1 src/infrastructure/protocols/GitMktreeSession.js 57f2646 Snapshotted caller-owned tree batches before async boundaries.
4 Self P1 src/domain/schemas/GitRefSchema.js 1ded27c Rejected Git-incompatible slash and .lock paths before protocol writes.
5 Self P0 src/infrastructure/protocols/GitFastImportSession.js 366ba29 Restored backpressured streaming for unbounded single blobs.
6 Self P2 src/infrastructure/protocols/GitCatFileSession.js 9d3cd04 Rejected malformed wire whitespace instead of normalizing it.
7 Self P3 .prettierrc, formatting gate 10594c2 Pinned repository-owned, checkout-independent formatting rules.
8 Self P1 test/GitRef.test.js 77009b7 Replaced Vitest-only table syntax with portable runtime cases.
9 Self P3 PR-touched JS/Markdown files bc7faa3 Normalized the bounded PR file set under the pinned formatter.
10 Self P4 benchmarks/protocol-sessions.js 0d695c9 Preserved complete CLI option values containing =.
11 PR P1 environment policy; Node/Bun/Deno runners f46a26e Preserved inherited GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL while rejecting caller replacement.
12 Self P1 src/domain/services/EnvironmentPolicy.js fa44f15 Made all Git configuration-discovery paths inherited-only.
13 PR P3 CHANGELOG.md 71a44b0 Kept one active Unreleased heading and assigned the shared Docker guard entries to the signed v2.8.0 history; GraphQL thread resolved.
14 Self P0 environment policy; runtime execution 7ccab1f Prevented caller PATH from replacing the git executable; real executable witness now green on Node, Bun, and Deno.

Final verification on 7ccab1f

  • Worktree clean; published branch and PR head match 7ccab1ff6bae3eacad024dbe75b5c3fbc965078c.
  • origin/main is an ancestor; PR is MERGEABLE.
  • Full Docker multi-runtime suite passed in the pre-push hook: Node ✅, Bun ✅, Deno ✅ (29 suites / 266 steps).
  • Hosted CI: lint ✅ and test-multi-runtime ✅.
  • ESLint, complete PR-touched-file Prettier check, and git diff --check origin/main...HEAD: clean.
  • GraphQL census: 14 global comments, 14 reviews, 6 review threads, 0 unresolved; no outer or nested pagination gaps.
  • Default Docker benchmark identity matched in all scenarios. Median improvements remain 44.95% (fast-import), 56.36% (mktree), 93.44% (cat-file-info), and 89.40% (update-ref).

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