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# File Operation Engine Module owns safe runtime/config file mutations
- **Status:** Proposed
- **Date:** 2026-05-12
We propose introducing a File Operation Engine Module that owns policy for managed file reads, writes, deletes, locks, backups, and rollbacks across installer, migration, and planning surfaces. Today, file mutation behavior is duplicated across `bin/install.js`, `get-shit-done/bin/lib/installer-migrations.cjs`, and multiple planning modules, with drift in atomic-write guarantees, path safety checks, and ownership classification.
This ADR also captures where Shell Command Projection Module policy should be consumed or expanded for hook-command-specific file mutations, so shell command drift and file mutation drift do not evolve as separate bug classes.
## Decision
- Add a **File Operation Engine Module** under `get-shit-done/bin/lib/` as the single seam for file mutation safety policy.
- Keep command-text projection in the Shell Command Projection Module (ADR-0009), but route projection-adjacent hook file mutations through shared managed-hook ownership policy.
- Move file operation adapters to the new seam in two tracks:
- **Track A (projection-adjacent):** runtime config hook-command detection/rewrite/delete paths consume shared managed-hook policy from the projection seam.
- **Track B (solution-wide):** shared file operation engine owns atomic write, path containment, lock behavior, rollback bookkeeping, and best-effort cleanup policy.
- Keep internal subprocess execution out of this seam (same boundary as ADR-0009): this is a file operation seam, not a command runner.
## Initial Scope
1. Unify managed-hook ownership classification used by install/uninstall/migration hook config rewrites.
2. Unify atomic write behavior currently duplicated in installer/core/migration paths.
3. Unify lock-file lifecycle policy used by planning workspace and installer migration journal flows.
4. Expose typed file mutation plan IR for tests (`rewrite-json`, `rewrite-text` with format (`toml`/`markdown`/`plain`), `delete-file`, `backup-file`, `restore-file`, `ensure-dir`).
## Migration Inventory
### Projection-adjacent file mutation drift (Track A)
- `bin/install.js`
- hook cleanup command detection (`isGsdHookCommand`)
- stale Codex hook strip basenames (`STALE_HOOK_BASENAMES`)
- settings/config hook entry prune/rewrite paths
- `get-shit-done/bin/lib/installer-migrations/002-codex-legacy-hooks-json.cjs`
- `isManagedCodexHookCommand` regex/path detection duplicated from installer-owned hook policy
- `get-shit-done/bin/lib/shell-command-projection.cjs`
- `isManagedHookBasename` already owns part of this policy and should become the canonical owner
### Solution-wide file operation drift (Track B)
- `bin/install.js`
- local `atomicWriteFileSync` and temp cleanup registry
- large inlined read/modify/write + backup/rollback logic for runtime config and hooks
- `get-shit-done/bin/lib/core.cjs`
- `atomicWriteFileSync` helper diverges in fallback behavior from installer/migration variants
- `get-shit-done/bin/lib/installer-migrations.cjs`
- separate `writeFileAtomicSync`, rollback journaling, lock handling, and containment checks
- `get-shit-done/bin/lib/planning-workspace.cjs` and `get-shit-done/bin/lib/state.cjs`
- duplicated lock-file create/release/remove patterns and best-effort cleanup semantics
- `get-shit-done/bin/lib/roadmap.cjs`, `phase.cjs`, `milestone.cjs`, `frontmatter.cjs`, `drift.cjs`
- direct read/modify/write flows with inconsistent atomicity and normalization policy application
## Interface sketch
The File Operation Engine Module should expose typed mutation planning and execution helpers:
```js
planFileMutations({
rootDir,
operations: [
{ type: 'rewrite-json', relPath, mutate },
{ type: 'rewrite-text', relPath, mutate, format: 'toml' | 'markdown' | 'plain' },
{ type: 'delete-file', relPath },
{ type: 'ensure-dir', relPath },
],
ownership: { mode: 'managed-only' | 'allow-user', classifier },
})
```
```js
applyFileMutationPlan({
plan,
atomic: true,
rollback: true,
lock: { scope: 'config' | 'planning', id: '...' },
})
```
For projection-adjacent paths, adapters should consume projection policy:
```js
isManagedHookCommand(commandText, { surface, configDir })
```
## Consequences
- File mutation safety policy becomes local to one module, reducing drift across installer/migration/planning paths.
- Shell command projection and hook ownership classification stay aligned at one seam family.
- Tests can assert typed mutation IR and reason codes instead of source-grep and duplicated predicate mirrors.
- Initial migration is broad; sequencing should prioritize projection-adjacent hook config paths first, then converge atomic-write and lock semantics.
## Open questions
- Whether lock semantics should be one shared policy for installer + planning, or two adapters over one lock primitive.
- Whether SDK query write paths should consume the same engine in the first pass or follow after CJS convergence.
- Whether file mutation telemetry (per-op reason codes and rollback events) should be required for all engine adapters.
## References
- ADR-0008: `0008-installer-migration-module.md`
- ADR-0009: `0009-shell-command-projection-module.md`
- Related bug history: `#1755`, `#2866`, `#2979`, `#3002`, `#3017`, `#3439`