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backup: an instance backs up into a synced folder - backup init makes a bare repository under <target>/git its origin, backup run and publish mirror the machine data into <target>/<machine>/, doctor warns about .git in a synced folder (#186); 10.0.0-beta.10
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- CHANGES.md
- INSTALL.md
- VERSION
- docs/explanation/configuration-tiers.md
- docs/how-to/README.md
- docs/how-to/back-up-to-a-synced-folder.md
- docs/reference/commands/README.md
- docs/reference/commands/git.md
- docs/reference/commands/instance-health.md
- docs/reference/configuration.md
- instructions/publish-cycle.md
- instructions/setup-instance.md
- tools/CONTRACT.md
- tools/README.md
- tools/chemenu/backup.py
- tools/chemenu/cli.py
- tools/chemenu/cli_contract.py
- tools/chemenu/commands/backup_cmd.py
- tools/chemenu/commands/doctor.py
- tools/chemenu/commands/git_publish.py
- tools/chemenu/config_shapes.py
- tools/chemenu/reference_doc.py
- tools/chemenu/tests/conftest.py
- tools/chemenu/tests/test_backup.py
- tools/chemenu/tests/test_config_shapes.py

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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types/instruction.md publish-cycle Close out a change to the wiki - rebuild the provenance index and catalog, append the audit entry, and publish.

Close out a change

Run after any change to pages under kb/, in this order. The order matters: the catalog is built from page frontmatter, and the audit entry should describe a tree that is already consistent.

Steps

  1. Rebuild the provenance index - after any change to a source page or an inline citation:

    tools/wikitool sources rebuild-index
    
  2. Rebuild the catalog - after any page was added, removed, renamed, or had its summary/date changed:

    tools/wikitool index rebuild
    

    This regenerates kb/index.md and every kb/**/INDEX.md. Never edit those by hand.

  3. Append the audit entry - one per operation:

    tools/wikitool log append --op ingest|query|lint|create|update|delete|rename|move \
      --title "<what>" --body "<outcome>"
    

    This is the one non-idempotent step. If a previous run's outcome is uncertain, read the tail of kb/log.md before repeating it.

  4. Publish:

    tools/wikitool publish --message "<op>: <description>"
    

Decision points

  • Ten or more files changed? publish exits 42. Show the user its output and stop; see gates.md.
  • Remote unreachable or not configured? publish ends with exit 1 before it commits: nothing is staged, committed or pushed, and the message names the remote. Ask the user whether to commit locally with --no-push, and run that only on their answer. Never push by hand (AGENTS.md invariant 5): the next publish that reaches the remote sends the local commit together with whatever is new. A local-only instance, which has no remote at all, passes --no-push on every call (setup-instance.md, step 3).
  • A WARN that the machine-data backup failed? The commit and the push stand, and publish exited 0. Show the user the line - it names the reason, a synced folder that is not there or not writable, say. Do not run publish again: it would have nothing to push and back nothing up. Once the user has fixed the cause, tools/wikitool backup run repeats the backup (docs/how-to/back-up-to-a-synced-folder.md).
  • Query or lint pass? Neither auto-publishes. Run publish only if asked to.
  • Nothing under kb/ changed? Skip steps 1 and 2; a change to tools/ or instructions/ does not affect the catalog.

Scope

This is the close-out for wiki content. Changes to skills also need tools/wikitool instructions sync (see bootstrap.md), and changes to the CLI or a contract need tools/wikitool docs verify.