fix(core): auto-detect commit_docs from gitignore in loadConfig (#1250)

loadConfig() defaulted commit_docs to true regardless of whether
.planning/ was gitignored. The documented auto-detection only existed
inside cmdCommit, so init commands returned commit_docs: true even
when .planning/ was in .gitignore. This caused LLM executors to
bypass the cmdCommit gate and re-commit planning files with raw git.

Now loadConfig() checks isGitIgnored(cwd, '.planning/') when no
explicit commit_docs value is set in config.json. If .planning/ is
gitignored, commit_docs defaults to false. An explicit commit_docs
value in config.json is always respected.

Added 5 regression tests covering auto-detection, explicit overrides,
and the no-config-file edge case.
This commit is contained in:
Tom Boucher
2026-03-20 10:41:42 -04:00
parent 40993dd8b0
commit 28166e4839
2 changed files with 74 additions and 2 deletions

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@@ -232,7 +232,15 @@ function loadConfig(cwd) {
return {
model_profile: get('model_profile') ?? defaults.model_profile,
commit_docs: get('commit_docs', { section: 'planning', field: 'commit_docs' }) ?? defaults.commit_docs,
commit_docs: (() => {
const explicit = get('commit_docs', { section: 'planning', field: 'commit_docs' });
// If explicitly set in config, respect the user's choice
if (explicit !== undefined) return explicit;
// Auto-detection: when no explicit value and .planning/ is gitignored,
// default to false instead of true
if (isGitIgnored(cwd, '.planning/')) return false;
return defaults.commit_docs;
})(),
search_gitignored: get('search_gitignored', { section: 'planning', field: 'search_gitignored' }) ?? defaults.search_gitignored,
branching_strategy: get('branching_strategy', { section: 'git', field: 'branching_strategy' }) ?? defaults.branching_strategy,
phase_branch_template: get('phase_branch_template', { section: 'git', field: 'phase_branch_template' }) ?? defaults.phase_branch_template,