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Supersedes #1936, which cannot be pushed to: its fork is owned by an organization, and GitHub does not honour "allow edits by maintainers" on org-owned forks (the API reports maintainerCanModify: true, but a maintainer push is rejected with a 403). @GQAdonis's commit is carried over unchanged and authorship is preserved; #1936 needs closing by hand, since a closing keyword only auto-closes issues.

Closes #1935.

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LGTM. Both review points from #1936 are addressed, and one more instance of the same bug is fixed.

What was wrong

The parsers normalize CRLF to LF on read, but nothing restored the file's own convention on write. On a Windows checkout (core.autocrlf=true) that turned every rewrite into a whole-file change.

Archiving a change that adds one requirement to a CRLF spec, before and after:

before:  21	14	openspec/specs/demo/spec.md
after:    7	 0	openspec/specs/demo/spec.md

How it was fixed

  • specs-applywriteUpdatedSpec writes an updated spec back with the convention the file already used. A spec that does not exist yet stays LF.
  • file-system — same fix for updateFileWithMarkers, so installing or updating shell completions in a CRLF .bashrc/.zshrc no longer leaves mixed endings, which bash reports as $'\r': command not found.
  • removeMarkerBlock (new here) — the blank-line collapse rebuilt its separator as a bare \n regardless of the file it came from, so removing a managed block from a CRLF CLAUDE.md or rc file left a lone LF behind: the exact mixed ending the rest of the PR exists to prevent. It now reuses the newline the function already detects for the trailing ending.
  • pack-version-check — spawns npm through cross-spawn, since on Windows npm is npm.cmd and execFile cannot resolve it without a shell.

Review points from #1936

  • Test nesting (alfred) — describe('line endings') was never closed, so describe('removeMarkerBlock') was accidentally nested inside updateFileWithMarkers. Closed it and dropped the stray closer that balanced the misnesting.
  • Path containment tests (alfred + CodeRabbit) — the tests defined a private copy of the containment logic, so they passed whatever the production guard did. They now exercise FileSystemUtils.assertPathWithin and resolveProjectArtifactPath directly. That guard had no coverage at all before this.

Proof it works

Each fix was mutation-tested — reverted in isolation to confirm the test that covers it fails:

Fix Test that fails when reverted
removeMarkerBlock newline collapses a blank-line run without leaving a lone LF in a CRLF file
Containment guard coverage rejects a sibling that merely shares the root as a string prefix (fails when the guard is swapped for a prefix comparison)

Full suite: Test Files 2 failed | 199 passed (201). The two failures are artifact-workflow.test.ts > creates skills for Cursor tool and config-profile.test.ts > confirmed project apply should update in process without resolving openspec from PATH — both reproduce identically on a clean main in the same sandbox. tsc --noEmit and eslint src/ are clean.

Notes / nits

  • The pack-version-check change is Windows-scoped and unrelated to line endings; it rides along from the original PR. cross-spawn is already a production dependency (7.0.6).
  • No behaviour changes for LF files anywhere: a file with no CRLF to learn from is still written as LF.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Preserved existing LF or CRLF line endings when updating specifications and managed file sections.
    • Prevented mixed line endings in CRLF shell configuration files.
    • Fixed blank-line cleanup so CRLF files remain consistent.
    • Improved release checks on Windows by correctly running npm commands.
  • Compatibility
    • New files continue to use LF line endings by default.
    • Mixed-ending files are normalized using their dominant line-ending style.

GQAdonis and others added 2 commits September 22, 2026 14:58
The parsers normalize CRLF to LF on read, but nothing restored it on
write. On a Windows checkout (core.autocrlf=true) that turned every
rewrite into a whole-file change: applying a delta that added one
requirement produced a diff of 21 insertions and 14 deletions, burying
the real change. Archiving the same spec now writes 7 insertions and 0
deletions.

- specs-apply: write an updated spec back with the convention the file
  already used; a spec that does not exist yet stays LF.
- file-system: same fix for updateFileWithMarkers, so installing shell
  completions into a CRLF .bashrc/.zshrc no longer leaves mixed endings,
  which bash reports as "$'\r': command not found".
- pack-version-check: spawn npm through cross-spawn, since execFile
  cannot resolve npm.cmd on Windows.

Adds src/utils/line-endings.ts for the detect/restore pair, plus tests
pinning the CRLF round trip through the real write paths. Also adds
regression tests for path containment under Windows case variance:
path.win32.relative already folds case, and those tests pin both halves
of the contract so a future "case-insensitive" change cannot quietly
loosen the traversal guard.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Addresses the two review points and one more instance of the same bug.

`removeMarkerBlock` collapses a run of blank lines, and rebuilt the
separator as a bare '\n' regardless of the file it came from. Removing a
managed block from a CRLF CLAUDE.md or rc file therefore left a lone LF
behind - the mixed ending this PR exists to prevent. It now uses the
newline it already detects for the trailing ending.

Test fixes:

- `marker-updates.test.ts`: close `describe('line endings')` so
  `removeMarkerBlock` is no longer nested inside `updateFileWithMarkers`.
- `path-containment.test.ts`: exercise `FileSystemUtils.assertPathWithin`
  and `resolveProjectArtifactPath` instead of a private copy of the
  containment logic, which passed whatever the production guard did. The
  guard had no coverage at all; a prefix-comparison regression now fails
  the sibling case.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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The change preserves existing CRLF or LF endings when rewriting specs and managed marker blocks. New files use LF. The pack-version-check script now invokes npm through cross-spawn. Tests cover line endings and directory-link containment.

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Line-ending preservation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Line-ending conversion contract
src/utils/line-endings.ts, test/utils/line-endings.test.ts
Adds helpers that detect dominant endings, normalize content, and match output to existing content.
Spec rewrite preservation
src/core/specs-apply.ts, test/core/specs-apply.line-endings.test.ts, .changeset/preserve-crlf-line-endings.md
writeUpdatedSpec preserves existing target endings, propagates non-ENOENT read errors, and uses LF for new specs.
Managed marker update preservation
src/utils/file-system.ts, test/utils/marker-updates.test.ts
Marker updates preserve existing endings, and marker removal uses the dominant ending when collapsing blank lines.

Windows pack-version-check execution

Layer / File(s) Summary
Cross-platform npm invocation
scripts/pack-version-check.mjs
The run helper uses cross-spawn and reports spawn and nonzero-exit errors with command details.

Path containment validation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Directory-link containment coverage
test/utils/path-containment.test.ts
Adds coverage that rejects a directory link inside the root and paths beneath it when they resolve outside the root.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

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sequenceDiagram
  participant ApplyPipeline
  participant writeUpdatedSpec
  participant matchLineEnding
  participant SpecFile
  ApplyPipeline->>writeUpdatedSpec: provide rebuilt spec
  writeUpdatedSpec->>SpecFile: read existing target
  writeUpdatedSpec->>matchLineEnding: match rebuilt content to target
  matchLineEnding-->>writeUpdatedSpec: return converted content
  writeUpdatedSpec->>SpecFile: write converted content
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sequenceDiagram
  participant MarkerOperation
  participant FileSystemUtils
  participant matchLineEnding
  participant ManagedFile
  MarkerOperation->>FileSystemUtils: update managed marker block
  FileSystemUtils->>matchLineEnding: match updated content to original
  matchLineEnding-->>FileSystemUtils: return converted content
  FileSystemUtils->>ManagedFile: write updated content
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The change preserves existing line endings across the covered rewrite paths, and the remaining suite failures reproduce on clean main.

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Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 54.55% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 11 functions across 8 files. (1 skipped: … Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the primary change: preserving existing line endings during Windows file rewrites.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Issue #1935 requires write-side preservation of existing line endings for specs and marker-managed files. writeUpdatedSpec reads the existing target and applies matchLineEnding; a missing target k…
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scripts/pack-version-check.mjs changes process spawning so npm.cmd resolves on Windows. test/utils/path-containment.test.ts adds tests for path guards, sibling paths, traversal, and directory links. These changes do not implement or test line-ending preservation required by Issue #1935.

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- Line 1253: Update the read flow around previous so only an ENOENT error from
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- Line 458: Update the newline selection near marker removal to use
detectLineEnding(content) with '\n' as the fallback, matching the convention
used by matchLineEnding instead of checking for any CRLF. Add a regression test
covering mostly-LF content with a stray CRLF and verify retained content
preserves the dominant newline style.

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Comment thread src/core/specs-apply.ts Outdated
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// blank-line collapse below rebuilds the separator it matched, so spelling it
// '\n' would leave a CRLF file with a mixed pair wherever a run was collapsed
// - the stray '\r' that bash reports as "$'\r': command not found".
const newline = content.includes('\r\n') ? '\r\n' : '\n';

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Use the dominant newline for marker removal.

content.includes('\r\n') selects CRLF for a mostly-LF file with one stray CRLF. The blank-line collapse then introduces CRLF into the retained LF content. Use detectLineEnding(content) ?? '\n' so this path follows the same convention as matchLineEnding. Add a mixed-ending regression test.

The stated PR objective requires the existing file convention to be preserved.

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In `@src/utils/file-system.ts` at line 458, Update the newline selection near
marker removal to use detectLineEnding(content) with '\n' as the fallback,
matching the convention used by matchLineEnding instead of checking for any
CRLF. Add a regression test covering mostly-LF content with a stray CRLF and
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Comment thread test/utils/path-containment.test.ts
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Three follow-ups from CodeRabbit's pass on the superseding PR.

`writeUpdatedSpec` turned every read error into "no previous file", so an
existing but unreadable spec was treated as absent and rewritten as LF.
Only ENOENT means absent now; everything else propagates.

`removeMarkerBlock` chose CRLF whenever the content held one anywhere, so
a single stray CRLF in an otherwise-LF file pulled the whole rewrite to
CRLF. It now uses detectLineEnding, the same dominant-ending reading
matchLineEnding uses, so both write paths agree.

Added the alias-path case the containment suite was missing: a directory
link inside the root that resolves outside it. That exercises the
canonicalization half of the guard, which a lexical check cannot do - the
link's own path looks contained. Skipped where creating a directory link
needs a privilege the runner lacks.

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Pushed the three follow-ups from CodeRabbit's pass — all three were fair.

writeUpdatedSpec error handling. .catch(() => undefined) turned every read error into "no previous file", so an existing but unreadable spec would have been treated as absent and rewritten as LF. Only ENOENT means absent now; everything else propagates.

Dominant ending in removeMarkerBlock. The pre-existing heuristic picked CRLF whenever the content held one anywhere, so a single stray CRLF in an otherwise-LF file pulled the whole rewrite to CRLF. It now uses detectLineEnding, which is the same dominant-ending reading matchLineEnding uses — so both write paths agree on what the file's convention is. Regression test: follows the dominant ending, not a single stray CRLF.

Alias-path containment. Added the case the suite was missing: a directory link inside the root that resolves outside it. That exercises the canonicalization half of assertPathWithin, which a lexical check can't — the link's own path looks contained. Removing the canonicalization block makes it fail, so it's not vacuous. It returns early where creating a directory link needs a privilege the runner lacks, rather than failing there.

Full suite still matches the main baseline (199 passed, same two pre-existing failures). tsc --noEmit and eslint src/ clean.

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