CLI output refresh: spec, plan, audit fixes !467

merged merged by cmc on 2026-09-24 15:08 UTC · krz/gitbay:cli-output-refresh into main

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cmd/gitbay/main.go +1 −1

		@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ func releaseCmd() *cobra.Command {
561	561	passOpts{server: []string{"release", "create"}, needsRepo: true, stdinOK: true, editor: "release"}),
562	562	pass("edit", "update title and notes: <tag> [--title <t>] [--notes\|--file -]",
563	563	passOpts{server: []string{"release", "edit"}, needsRepo: true, stdinOK: true}),
564		pass("list", "list releases", passOpts{server: []string{"release", "list"}, needsRepo: true}),
	564	pass("list", "releases: <owner/name> [--limit <n>] [--cursor <c>]", passOpts{server: []string{"release", "list"}, needsRepo: true}),
565	565	pass("show", "show a release with assets: <tag>", passOpts{server: []string{"release", "show"}, needsRepo: true}),
566	566	pass("delete", "delete a release and its assets: <tag> --yes", passOpts{server: []string{"release", "delete"}, needsRepo: true}),
567	567	group("asset", "binary assets on a release",

docs/plans/2026-09-23-cli-output-refresh.md added +3371

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	1	# CLI output refresh implementation plan
	2
	3	> For agentic workers: REQUIRED SUB-SKILL: Use superpowers:subagent-driven-development (recommended) or superpowers:executing-plans to implement this plan task-by-task. Steps use checkbox (`- [ ]`) syntax for tracking.
	4
	5	Goal: Terminal rendering for tables, `show` views and help, selected
	6	by the client, with piped output unchanged in shape, plus the audit
	7	fixes from 2026-09-23.
	8
	9	Architecture: The server renders. The CLI sends
	10	`GITBAY_TERM=<cols>[,color]` on the SSH session; sshd parses it into
	11	`Ctx.Term`; a `table` helper, a `view` helper and an
	12	`internal/termtext` renderer pick terminal or plain output from it.
	13	The CLI adds a pager and a grouped root help. Help text (flag
	14	descriptions, examples) moves into the command registry.
	15
	16	Tech stack: Go, `golang.org/x/crypto/ssh`, goldmark, go-org,
	17	chroma v2, `golang.org/x/text/width`, `golang.org/x/term`, cobra.
	18
	19	Spec: `docs/specs/2026-09-23-cli-output-refresh-design.md`
	20
	21	## Global constraints
	22
	23	- Five MRs, in order, each on its own branch off `main`:
	24	`cli-output-refresh` (Part 1, already holds the spec and this
	25	plan), `cli-output-tables` (Part 2), `cli-output-views` (Part 3),
	26	`cli-output-help` (Part 4), `cli-output-docs` (Part 5).
	27	- Commits are signed (the repository refuses unsigned ones), end with
	28	`Ref #254`; the last commit of Part 5 says `Closes #254`. No
	29	attribution to any assistant or model anywhere.
	30	- MR: `gitbay mr create --source <branch> --target main --title "..."`;
	31	merge with `gitbay mr merge <n> --strategy ff` after CI is green,
	32	then delete the branch locally and on the remote. If the merge says
	33	the branch is behind, rebase onto `main`, force-push, merge again.
	34	- Locally run `go build ./...`, `go vet ./...` (catches test callers
	35	after a signature change), and the unit tests of touched packages.
	36	Run at most the one e2e test being written:
	37	`go test ./e2e -run TestName -count=1`. CI on bay1 runs the rest.
	38	- `--json` output never changes shape except where a task says so
	39	(Part 1 `release list` paging, Part 4 `help --json` gaining two
	40	fields).
	41	- Piped (plain) output keeps its row shape: tab-separated, no header.
	42	Timestamps in plain output become RFC3339 to the second in UTC
	43	(`2026-09-23T23:26:00Z`).
	44	- No ANSI byte (`\x1b`) ever reaches plain output.
	45	- Terminal timestamps: `2006-01-02 15:04 UTC` in views, relative ages
	46	in tables (`just now`, `5m ago`, `2h ago`, `3d ago` under 14 days,
	47	`3w ago` under 8 weeks, then `2006-01-02`).
	48	- Colours are ANSI 16-colour: green (`--ok`), magenta (`--done`), red
	49	(`--bad`), dim (`--neutral`).
	50	- Comments and docs: plain, terse, no before/after commentary.
	51
	52	## File map
	53
	54	\| File \| Part \| Responsibility \|
	55	\|---\|---\|---\|
	56	\| `internal/store/releases.go` \| 1 \| `ListReleasesPage` \|
	57	\| `internal/control/release.go` \| 1 \| `release list` paging, empty title \|
	58	\| `internal/control/notifications.go` \| 1 \| device add message \|
	59	\| `internal/control/dashboard.go` \| 1, 2 \| `none` under empty sections; tables \|
	60	\| `internal/control/term.go` \| 2 \| `Term`, `ParseTerm`, ANSI, cell width, clip, timestamps \|
	61	\| `internal/control/table.go` \| 2 \| `table`, typed cells \|
	62	\| `internal/control/control.go` \| 2, 4 \| `Ctx.Term`, `Ctx.Argv`, `Command.Flags/Examples`, help \|
	63	\| `internal/control/cursor.go` \| 2 \| `more:` hint in terminal mode \|
	64	\| `internal/sshd/sshd.go` \| 2 \| `env` request, `Exec` takes a `Term` \|
	65	\| `cmd/gitbayd/system.go` \| 2 \| forced command reads `GITBAY_TERM` \|
	66	\| `cmd/gitbay/ssh.go` \| 2, 3 \| `SetEnv`, `--no-color`, pager; `alignColumns` removed \|
	67	\| `internal/control/*.go` list sites \| 2 \| every list command on `table` \|
	68	\| `internal/termtext/` \| 3 \| markdown and org to terminal text \|
	69	\| `internal/control/view.go` \| 3 \| layout of every `show` \|
	70	\| `internal/control/help.go` \| 4 \| help rendering, noun summaries \|
	71	\| `cmd/gitbay/main.go` \| 4 \| summaries from the generated table, grouped root help \|
	72	\| `cmd/gitbay/summaries_gen.go` \| 4 \| generated from the registry \|
	73	\| `e2e/readonly_test.go`, `e2e/ssh_test.go`, `e2e/term_test.go` \| 2, 3 \| terminal and plain checks over real ssh \|
	74	\| `.gitbay/wiki/Users.org`, `Admin.org`, `CHANGELOG.org` \| 5 \| rules, operator note, release note \|
	75
	76	---
	77
	78	# Part 1: audit fixes (branch `cli-output-refresh`)
	79
	80	### Task 1.1: `release list` pages and drops a title equal to its tag
	81
	82	Files:
	83	- Modify: `internal/store/releases.go` (`ListReleases`, around line 92)
	84	- Modify: `internal/control/release.go:29-31` (registration), `:199-220` (`runReleaseList`)
	85	- Modify: `cmd/gitbay/main.go` (the `release list` `pass()` short text)
	86	- Test: `internal/control/release_test.go` (create)
	87
	88	Interfaces:
	89	- Produces: `func (s *Store) ListReleasesPage(repoID int64, limit int, afterID int64) ([]Release, error)` — newest first by `(created_at, id)`; `limit` 0 means all; `afterID` 0 means from the start.
	90
	91	- [ ] Step 1: Write the failing test
	92
	93	```go
	94	package control
	95
	96	import (
	97	"bytes"
	98	"strings"
	99	"testing"
	100
	101	"gitbay.org/gitbay/internal/protocol"
	102	"gitbay.org/gitbay/internal/store"
	103	)
	104
	105	func TestReleaseListPagesAndHidesTagTitle(t *testing.T) {
	106	st, repo, uid := newQueueTestRepo(t)
	107	for _, tag := range []string{"v1", "v2", "v3"} {
	108	title := tag
	109	if tag == "v2" {
	110	title = "Second"
	111	}
	112	if _, err := st.CreateRelease(repo.ID, tag, title, "", uid, "md"); err != nil {
	113	t.Fatal(err)
	114	}
	115	}
	116	c, errOut := pruneCtx(st, t.TempDir(), store.User{ID: uid})
	117	if code := Dispatch(c, []string{"release", "list", repo.Path(), "--limit", "2"}); code != protocol.ExitOK {
	118	t.Fatalf("exit %d: %s", code, errOut)
	119	}
	120	lines := strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(c.Stdout.(*bytes.Buffer).String()), "\n")
	121	if len(lines) != 3 \|\| lines[0] != "v3\t\t0 asset(s)" \|\| lines[1] != "v2\tSecond\t0 asset(s)" \|\| !strings.HasPrefix(lines[2], "next\t") {
	122	t.Fatalf("page 1:\n%s", strings.Join(lines, "\n"))
	123	}
	124	cursor := strings.TrimPrefix(lines[2], "next\t")
	125
	126	c, errOut = pruneCtx(st, t.TempDir(), store.User{ID: uid})
	127	if code := Dispatch(c, []string{"release", "list", repo.Path(), "--cursor", cursor}); code != protocol.ExitOK {
	128	t.Fatalf("exit %d: %s", code, errOut)
	129	}
	130	if got := c.Stdout.(*bytes.Buffer).String(); got != "v1\t\t0 asset(s)\n" {
	131	t.Fatalf("page 2: %q", got)
	132	}
	133	}
	134	```
	135
	136	The three releases can share a `created_at` second; the `(created_at, id)` order is what keeps the pages stable.
	137
	138	- [ ] Step 2: Run it and see it fail
	139
	140	Run: `go test ./internal/control -run TestReleaseListPagesAndHidesTagTitle -count=1`
	141	Expected: FAIL, exit 2 (`--limit` is not accepted).
	142
	143	- [ ] Step 3: Store
	144
	145	Replace `ListReleases` in `internal/store/releases.go` with:
	146
	147	```go
	148	func (s *Store) ListReleases(repoID int64) ([]Release, error) {
	149	return s.ListReleasesPage(repoID, 0, 0)
	150	}
	151
	152	// ListReleasesPage lists newest first. limit 0 is every row; afterID is
	153	// the last release of the previous page, 0 for the first.
	154	func (s *Store) ListReleasesPage(repoID int64, limit int, afterID int64) ([]Release, error) {
	155	q := releaseSelect + " WHERE r.repo_id = ?"
	156	args := []any{repoID}
	157	if afterID > 0 {
	158	q += " AND (r.created_at, r.id) < (SELECT created_at, id FROM releases WHERE id = ?)"
	159	args = append(args, afterID)
	160	}
	161	q += " ORDER BY r.created_at DESC, r.id DESC"
	162	if limit > 0 {
	163	q += " LIMIT ?"
	164	args = append(args, limit)
	165	}
	166	rows, err := s.DB.Query(q, args...)
	167	if err != nil {
	168	return nil, err
	169	}
	170	defer rows.Close()
	171	var out []Release
	172	for rows.Next() {
	173	var r Release
	174	if err := rows.Scan(&r.ID, &r.RepoID, &r.Tag, &r.Title, &r.Notes, &r.NotesFormat, &r.Author, &r.CreatedAt); err != nil {
	175	return nil, err
	176	}
	177	out = append(out, r)
	178	}
	179	if err := rows.Err(); err != nil {
	180	return nil, err
	181	}
	182	for i := range out {
	183	if err := s.releaseAssets(&out[i]); err != nil {
	184	return nil, err
	185	}
	186	}
	187	return out, nil
	188	}
	189	```
	190
	191	- [ ] Step 4: Command
	192
	193	Registration usage becomes `release list <owner/name> [--limit <n>] [--cursor <c>]`. `runReleaseList`:
	194
	195	```go
	196	func runReleaseList(c *Ctx, args []string) int {
	197	rest, p, code := parsePageFlags(c, args, "release", true)
	198	if code >= 0 {
	199	return code
	200	}
	201	if len(rest) != 1 {
	202	return c.usage()
	203	}
	204	repo, code := resolveRepo(c, rest[0], policy.CanRead)
	205	if code >= 0 {
	206	return code
	207	}
	208	rels, err := c.Store.ListReleasesPage(repo.ID, p.queryLimit(), p.keyInt())
	209	if err != nil {
	210	return c.fail(protocol.ExitFailure, "%v", err)
	211	}
	212	rels, next := trimPage(p, rels, "release", func(r store.Release) string { return strconv.FormatInt(r.ID, 10) })
	213	var ds []releaseOut
	214	for _, r := range rels {
	215	ds = append(ds, releaseToOut(r, false))
	216	}
	217	return c.emitPage(p, ds, next, func(w io.Writer) {
	218	for _, d := range ds {
	219	title := d.Title
	220	if title == d.Tag {
	221	title = ""
	222	}
	223	fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s\t%s\t%d asset(s)\n", d.Tag, title, len(d.Assets))
	224	}
	225	})
	226	}
	227	```
	228
	229	Add `strconv` to the imports if missing. In `cmd/gitbay/main.go` the `release list` short text becomes `"releases: <owner/name> [--limit <n>] [--cursor <c>]"` (Part 4 removes these strings).
	230
	231	- [ ] Step 5: Run the test and the package
	232
	233	Run: `go test ./internal/control ./internal/store -count=1`
	234	Expected: PASS.
	235
	236	- [ ] Step 6: Commit
	237
	238	```bash
	239	git add internal/store/releases.go internal/control/release.go internal/control/release_test.go cmd/gitbay/main.go
	240	git commit -m "release list: --limit and --cursor; no title column when it repeats the tag" -m "Ref #254"
	241	```
	242
	243	### Task 1.2: `notifications device add` says `registered device <n>`
	244
	245	Files:
	246	- Modify: `internal/control/notifications.go:282`
	247	- Test: `internal/control/notifications_test.go`
	248
	249	- [ ] Step 1: Find the existing device add test
	250
	251	Run: `grep -n 'registered' internal/control/notifications_test.go e2e/*.go`
	252	Every assertion on `device %d registered` changes with the message. If none asserts on the plain text, add to the existing device add test in `notifications_test.go`, after its successful `Dispatch` (the test runs with `c.JSON` false or add a second plain run):
	253
	254	```go
	255	if got := c.Stdout.(*bytes.Buffer).String(); !strings.HasPrefix(got, "registered device ") {
	256	t.Errorf("device add printed %q", got)
	257	}
	258	```
	259
	260	- [ ] Step 2: Run it and see it fail
	261
	262	Run: `go test ./internal/control -run Device -count=1`
	263	Expected: FAIL on the message.
	264
	265	- [ ] Step 3: Change the message
	266
	267	```go
	268	fmt.Fprintf(w, "registered device %d\n", id)
	269	```
	270
	271	Update any e2e assertion found in Step 1 the same way.
	272
	273	- [ ] Step 4: Run
	274
	275	Run: `go test ./internal/control -count=1`
	276	Expected: PASS.
	277
	278	- [ ] Step 5: Commit
	279
	280	```bash
	281	git add internal/control/notifications.go internal/control/notifications_test.go
	282	git commit -m "notifications device add: verb first" -m "Ref #254"
	283	```
	284
	285	### Task 1.3: `dashboard` prints `none` under an empty section
	286
	287	Files:
	288	- Modify: `internal/control/dashboard.go:165-210` and `printDashboardItems`
	289	- Test: `internal/control/dashboard_test.go`
	290
	291	- [ ] Step 1: Write the failing test
	292
	293	Add to `dashboard_test.go`, using the store/ctx setup the file's existing tests use (read the top of the file for its helper):
	294
	295	```go
	296	func TestDashboardEmptySectionsSayNone(t *testing.T) {
	297	st, _, uid := newQueueTestRepo(t)
	298	c, errOut := pruneCtx(st, t.TempDir(), store.User{ID: uid})
	299	if code := Dispatch(c, []string{"dashboard"}); code != protocol.ExitOK {
	300	t.Fatalf("exit %d: %s", code, errOut)
	301	}
	302	out := c.Stdout.(*bytes.Buffer).String()
	303	for _, h := range []string{"waiting on your review:", "assigned to you:", "open merge requests:", "open issues:"} {
	304	if !strings.Contains(out, h+"\n none\n") {
	305	t.Errorf("%q not followed by none:\n%s", h, out)
	306	}
	307	}
	308	}
	309	```
	310
	311	- [ ] Step 2: Run it and see it fail
	312
	313	Run: `go test ./internal/control -run TestDashboardEmptySectionsSayNone -count=1`
	314	Expected: FAIL.
	315
	316	- [ ] Step 3: Implement
	317
	318	In `printDashboardItems`, before its loop:
	319
	320	```go
	321	if len(items) == 0 {
	322	fmt.Fprintln(w, " none")
	323	return
	324	}
	325	```
	326
	327	(Use the function's own parameter name.) Apply the same guard to the `pinned`, `recent activity` and `builds` loops in the plain formatter:
	328
	329	```go
	330	fmt.Fprintln(w, "pinned:")
	331	if len(d.Pinned) == 0 {
	332	fmt.Fprintln(w, " none")
	333	}
	334	for _, p := range d.Pinned {
	335	```
	336
	337	and likewise for `d.Activity` and `d.Builds`.
	338
	339	- [ ] Step 4: Run
	340
	341	Run: `go test ./internal/control -count=1`
	342	Expected: PASS. Fix any existing dashboard assertion that expected a header followed directly by the next header.
	343
	344	- [ ] Step 5: Commit and open MR 1
	345
	346	```bash
	347	git add internal/control/dashboard.go internal/control/dashboard_test.go
	348	git commit -m "dashboard: none under an empty section" -m "Ref #254"
	349	git push -u origin cli-output-refresh
	350	gitbay mr create --source cli-output-refresh --target main --title "CLI output refresh: spec, plan, audit fixes"
	351	```
	352
	353	Wait for CI, merge (`--strategy ff`), delete the branch both places.
	354
	355	---
	356
	357	# Part 2: transport and tables (branch `cli-output-tables`)
	358
	359	Start: `git switch main && git pull --ff-only && git switch -c cli-output-tables`.
	360
	361	### Task 2.1: `Term`, cell width, clipping, timestamps
	362
	363	Files:
	364	- Create: `internal/control/term.go`
	365	- Test: `internal/control/term_test.go`
	366	- Modify: `go.mod` (`golang.org/x/text` moves from indirect to direct: `go mod tidy`)
	367
	368	Interfaces:
	369	- Produces:
	370	- `type Term struct { Cols int; Color bool }` — zero value is plain.
	371	- `func ParseTerm(v string) Term`
	372	- `func (t Term) paint(sgr, s string) string`
	373	- `func stateColor(s string) string` — an SGR prefix or `""`.
	374	- `func cells(s string) int` — display width, SGR sequences skipped.
	375	- `func runeCells(r rune) int`
	376	- `func clip(s string, w int) string`
	377	- `func pad(s string, w int) string`
	378	- `func parseStamp(s string) (time.Time, bool)`
	379	- `func stamp(s string) string` — plain timestamp.
	380	- `func relAge(s string, now time.Time) string`
	381	- `var termNow = time.Now`
	382	- constants `sgrReset sgrBold sgrDim sgrUnderline sgrRed sgrGreen sgrMagenta`
	383
	384	- [ ] Step 1: Write the failing tests
	385
	386	```go
	387	package control
	388
	389	import (
	390	"testing"
	391	"time"
	392	)
	393
	394	func TestParseTerm(t *testing.T) {
	395	cases := map[string]Term{
	396	"120": {Cols: 120},
	397	"120,color": {Cols: 120, Color: true},
	398	"40": {Cols: 40},
	399	"39": {},
	400	"": {},
	401	"abc": {},
	402	"80,blink": {},
	403	"80,": {},
	404	"5000": {},
	405	}
	406	for in, want := range cases {
	407	if got := ParseTerm(in); got != want {
	408	t.Errorf("ParseTerm(%q) = %+v, want %+v", in, got, want)
	409	}
	410	}
	411	}
	412
	413	func TestCells(t *testing.T) {
	414	cases := map[string]int{
	415	"abc": 3,
	416	"日本": 4,
	417	"é": 1,
	418	"é": 1,
	419	"\x1b[32mopen\x1b[0m": 4,
	420	"": 0,
	421	}
	422	for in, want := range cases {
	423	if got := cells(in); got != want {
	424	t.Errorf("cells(%q) = %d, want %d", in, got, want)
	425	}
	426	}
	427	}
	428
	429	func TestClip(t *testing.T) {
	430	if got := clip("Dependency updates available", 14); got != "Dependency up…" {
	431	t.Errorf("clip = %q", got)
	432	}
	433	if got := clip("short", 14); got != "short" {
	434	t.Errorf("clip = %q", got)
	435	}
	436	if got := clip("日本語のタイトル", 7); got != "日本語…" {
	437	t.Errorf("clip wide = %q", got)
	438	}
	439	}
	440
	441	func TestStampAndRelAge(t *testing.T) {
	442	if got := stamp("2026-09-23T23:26:00.570Z"); got != "2026-09-23T23:26:00Z" {
	443	t.Errorf("stamp = %q", got)
	444	}
	445	if got := stamp("2026-09-23 23:26:00"); got != "2026-09-23T23:26:00Z" {
	446	t.Errorf("stamp sqlite = %q", got)
	447	}
	448	if got := stamp("garbage"); got != "garbage" {
	449	t.Errorf("stamp garbage = %q", got)
	450	}
	451	now := time.Date(2026, 9, 23, 12, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
	452	cases := map[string]string{
	453	"2026-09-23T11:59:30Z": "just now",
	454	"2026-09-23T11:55:00Z": "5m ago",
	455	"2026-09-23T10:00:00Z": "2h ago",
	456	"2026-09-20T12:00:00Z": "3d ago",
	457	"2026-09-02T12:00:00Z": "3w ago",
	458	"2026-06-01T12:00:00Z": "2026-06-01",
	459	"2026-09-24T12:00:00Z": "just now",
	460	"not a time": "not a time",
	461	}
	462	for in, want := range cases {
	463	if got := relAge(in, now); got != want {
	464	t.Errorf("relAge(%q) = %q, want %q", in, got, want)
	465	}
	466	}
	467	}
	468	```
	469
	470	- [ ] Step 2: Run and see them fail
	471
	472	Run: `go test ./internal/control -run 'TestParseTerm\|TestCells\|TestClip\|TestStampAndRelAge' -count=1`
	473	Expected: FAIL to compile (`undefined: ParseTerm`).
	474
	475	- [ ] Step 3: Implement `internal/control/term.go`
	476
	477	```go
	478	package control
	479
	480	import (
	481	"fmt"
	482	"strconv"
	483	"strings"
	484	"time"
	485	"unicode"
	486	"unicode/utf8"
	487
	488	"golang.org/x/text/width"
	489	)
	490
	491	// Term is what the client said about its terminal (GITBAY_TERM). The
	492	// zero value is plain output: tab-separated rows, no header, no colour,
	493	// which is what stock ssh, the API and the web get.
	494	type Term struct {
	495	Cols int
	496	Color bool
	497	}
	498
	499	// ParseTerm reads "<cols>[,color]". Anything else, or a width outside
	500	// 40 to 1000, is plain output.
	501	func ParseTerm(v string) Term {
	502	cols, opt, hasOpt := strings.Cut(v, ",")
	503	n, err := strconv.Atoi(cols)
	504	if err != nil \|\| n < 40 \|\| n > 1000 {
	505	return Term{}
	506	}
	507	switch {
	508	case !hasOpt:
	509	return Term{Cols: n}
	510	case opt == "color":
	511	return Term{Cols: n, Color: true}
	512	}
	513	return Term{}
	514	}
	515
	516	const (
	517	sgrReset = "\x1b[0m"
	518	sgrBold = "\x1b[1m"
	519	sgrDim = "\x1b[2m"
	520	sgrUnderline = "\x1b[4m"
	521	sgrRed = "\x1b[31m"
	522	sgrGreen = "\x1b[32m"
	523	sgrMagenta = "\x1b[35m"
	524	)
	525
	526	// paint wraps s in an SGR sequence when colour is on.
	527	func (t Term) paint(sgr, s string) string {
	528	if !t.Color \|\| sgr == "" \|\| s == "" {
	529	return s
	530	}
	531	return sgr + s + sgrReset
	532	}
	533
	534	// stateColor maps a state word to the web's state tokens: --ok green,
	535	// --done magenta, --bad red, --neutral dim.
	536	func stateColor(s string) string {
	537	switch s {
	538	case "open", "success", "approved", "active":
	539	return sgrGreen
	540	case "merged":
	541	return sgrMagenta
	542	case "failed", "failure", "error", "changes requested":
	543	return sgrRed
	544	case "closed", "draft", "pending", "canceled", "cancelled", "archived", "disabled":
	545	return sgrDim
	546	}
	547	return ""
	548	}
	549
	550	// cells is the width of s in terminal cells: SGR sequences and
	551	// combining marks take none, East Asian wide and fullwidth runes two.
	552	func cells(s string) int {
	553	n := 0
	554	for i := 0; i < len(s); {
	555	if s[i] == 0x1b {
	556	j := strings.IndexByte(s[i:], 'm')
	557	if j < 0 {
	558	break
	559	}
	560	i += j + 1
	561	continue
	562	}
	563	r, size := utf8.DecodeRuneInString(s[i:])
	564	i += size
	565	n += runeCells(r)
	566	}
	567	return n
	568	}
	569
	570	func runeCells(r rune) int {
	571	if unicode.In(r, unicode.Mn, unicode.Me) \|\| r == '‍' {
	572	return 0
	573	}
	574	switch width.LookupRune(r).Kind() {
	575	case width.EastAsianWide, width.EastAsianFullwidth:
	576	return 2
	577	}
	578	return 1
	579	}
	580
	581	// clip cuts s to at most w cells, ending in "…" when anything was cut.
	582	// s must carry no SGR sequences: colour goes on after clipping.
	583	func clip(s string, w int) string {
	584	if cells(s) <= w {
	585	return s
	586	}
	587	var b strings.Builder
	588	used := 0
	589	for _, r := range s {
	590	rc := runeCells(r)
	591	if used+rc > w-1 {
	592	break
	593	}
	594	b.WriteRune(r)
	595	used += rc
	596	}
	597	return b.String() + "…"
	598	}
	599
	600	// pad right-pads s with spaces to w cells.
	601	func pad(s string, w int) string {
	602	return s + strings.Repeat(" ", max(0, w-cells(s)))
	603	}
	604
	605	// termNow is the clock ages are measured against; tests pin it.
	606	var termNow = time.Now
	607
	608	// parseStamp reads a stored timestamp: RFC3339 as the store writes it,
	609	// or SQLite's datetime() form.
	610	func parseStamp(s string) (time.Time, bool) {
	611	for _, layout := range []string{time.RFC3339Nano, "2006-01-02 15:04:05"} {
	612	if t, err := time.Parse(layout, s); err == nil {
	613	return t.UTC(), true
	614	}
	615	}
	616	return time.Time{}, false
	617	}
	618
	619	// stamp is a stored timestamp in plain output: RFC3339 to the second.
	620	func stamp(s string) string {
	621	t, ok := parseStamp(s)
	622	if !ok {
	623	return s
	624	}
	625	return t.Format("2006-01-02T15:04:05Z")
	626	}
	627
	628	// relAge is a stored timestamp as a table shows it at a terminal.
	629	func relAge(s string, now time.Time) string {
	630	t, ok := parseStamp(s)
	631	if !ok {
	632	return s
	633	}
	634	d := max(now.Sub(t), 0)
	635	switch {
	636	case d < time.Minute:
	637	return "just now"
	638	case d < time.Hour:
	639	return fmt.Sprintf("%dm ago", int(d/time.Minute))
	640	case d < 24*time.Hour:
	641	return fmt.Sprintf("%dh ago", int(d/time.Hour))
	642	case d < 1424time.Hour:
	643	return fmt.Sprintf("%dd ago", int(d/(24*time.Hour)))
	644	case d < 5624time.Hour:
	645	return fmt.Sprintf("%dw ago", int(d/(724time.Hour)))
	646	}
	647	return t.Format("2006-01-02")
	648	}
	649	```
	650
	651	Then `go mod tidy`.
	652
	653	- [ ] Step 4: Run
	654
	655	Run: `go test ./internal/control -run 'TestParseTerm\|TestCells\|TestClip\|TestStampAndRelAge' -count=1`
	656	Expected: PASS. If `日本語…` fails, check `clip`'s budget: `w-1` cells for runes plus one for `…`.
	657
	658	- [ ] Step 5: Commit
	659
	660	```bash
	661	git add internal/control/term.go internal/control/term_test.go go.mod go.sum
	662	git commit -m "control: Term, cell width, clipping and timestamp formats" -m "Ref #254"
	663	```
	664
	665	### Task 2.2: `table`
	666
	667	Files:
	668	- Create: `internal/control/table.go`
	669	- Modify: `internal/control/control.go` (`Ctx` gains `Term Term`)
	670	- Test: `internal/control/table_test.go`
	671
	672	Interfaces:
	673	- Consumes: everything in Task 2.1.
	674	- Produces:
	675	- `type cell struct { kind cellKind; s string }`
	676	- `func cRef(s string) cell`, `cState(s string) cell`, `cText(s string) cell`, `cFlex(s string) cell`, `cAge(ts string) cell`, `cNum(n int64) cell`
	677	- `func (c Ctx) table(w io.Writer, header ...string) table`
	678	- `func (t *table) row(cells ...cell)`
	679	- `func (t *table) flush()`
	680	- `func stripSGR(s string) string` (test helper exported to the package; used by e2e via its own copy)
	681	- `Ctx.Term Term`
	682
	683	`cFlex` marks the column that shrinks first (a title or description). `cText` columns shrink only after it, rightmost first. `cRef`, `cState`, `cAge`, `cNum` never shrink.
	684
	685	- [ ] Step 1: Write the failing tests
	686
	687	```go
	688	package control
	689
	690	import (
	691	"bytes"
	692	"strings"
	693	"testing"
	694	"time"
	695	)
	696
	697	func fixtureTable(c Ctx, w bytes.Buffer) {
	698	tb := c.table(w, "#", "STATE", "TITLE", "AUTHOR")
	699	tb.row(cRef("#252"), cState("open"), cFlex("Dependency updates available for every module"), cText("gitbay-bot"))
	700	tb.row(cRef("#12"), cState("closed"), cFlex("Android app"), cText("cmc"))
	701	tb.flush()
	702	}
	703
	704	func TestTablePlainIsTabs(t *testing.T) {
	705	var b bytes.Buffer
	706	fixtureTable(&Ctx{}, &b)
	707	want := "#252\topen\tDependency updates available for every module\tgitbay-bot\n" +
	708	"#12\tclosed\tAndroid app\tcmc\n"
	709	if b.String() != want {
	710	t.Errorf("plain:\n%q\nwant\n%q", b.String(), want)
	711	}
	712	}
	713
	714	func TestTableTerminalFits(t *testing.T) {
	715	var b bytes.Buffer
	716	fixtureTable(&Ctx{Term: Term{Cols: 40}}, &b)
	717	want := "# STATE TITLE AUTHOR\n" +
	718	"#252 open Dependency up… gitbay-bot\n" +
	719	"#12 closed Android app cmc\n"
	720	if b.String() != want {
	721	t.Errorf("terminal:\n%s\nwant\n%s", b.String(), want)
	722	}
	723	}
	724
	725	func TestTableColourOnlyAddsSGR(t *testing.T) {
	726	var mono, colour bytes.Buffer
	727	fixtureTable(&Ctx{Term: Term{Cols: 40}}, &mono)
	728	fixtureTable(&Ctx{Term: Term{Cols: 40, Color: true}}, &colour)
	729	if !strings.Contains(colour.String(), sgrGreen+"open"+sgrReset) {
	730	t.Errorf("open not green: %q", colour.String())
	731	}
	732	if !strings.HasPrefix(colour.String(), sgrDim) {
	733	t.Errorf("header not dim: %q", colour.String())
	734	}
	735	if stripSGR(colour.String()) != mono.String() {
	736	t.Errorf("colour changed the layout:\n%s\nvs\n%s", stripSGR(colour.String()), mono.String())
	737	}
	738	}
	739
	740	func TestTableAgesAndPlainStamps(t *testing.T) {
	741	termNow = func() time.Time { return time.Date(2026, 9, 23, 12, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC) }
	742	t.Cleanup(func() { termNow = time.Now })
	743	var plain, term bytes.Buffer
	744	for _, c := range []struct {
	745	ctx *Ctx
	746	w *bytes.Buffer
	747	}{{&Ctx{}, &plain}, {&Ctx{Term: Term{Cols: 80}}, &term}} {
	748	tb := c.ctx.table(c.w, "#", "UPDATED")
	749	tb.row(cRef("#1"), cAge("2026-09-23T10:00:00.123Z"))
	750	tb.flush()
	751	}
	752	if plain.String() != "#1\t2026-09-23T10:00:00Z\n" {
	753	t.Errorf("plain = %q", plain.String())
	754	}
	755	if term.String() != "# UPDATED\n#1 2h ago\n" {
	756	t.Errorf("term = %q", term.String())
	757	}
	758	}
	759
	760	func TestTableEmptyPrintsNothing(t *testing.T) {
	761	var b bytes.Buffer
	762	(&Ctx{Term: Term{Cols: 80}}).table(&b, "#").flush()
	763	if b.Len() != 0 {
	764	t.Errorf("empty table printed %q", b.String())
	765	}
	766	}
	767	```
	768
	769	The empty case prints nothing because `emit` already said `nothing to list`
	770	before the formatter runs.
	771
	772	- [ ] Step 2: Run and see them fail
	773
	774	Run: `go test ./internal/control -run TestTable -count=1`
	775	Expected: FAIL to compile.
	776
	777	- [ ] Step 3: Add `Term` to `Ctx`
	778
	779	In `internal/control/control.go`, inside `type Ctx struct`, after `JSON bool`:
	780
	781	```go
	782	// Term is the client's terminal, from GITBAY_TERM. The zero value
	783	// is plain output.
	784	Term Term
	785	```
	786
	787	- [ ] Step 4: Implement `internal/control/table.go`
	788
	789	```go
	790	package control
	791
	792	import (
	793	"io"
	794	"strconv"
	795	"strings"
	796	)
	797
	798	type cellKind int
	799
	800	const (
	801	kindText cellKind = iota
	802	kindFlex
	803	kindRef
	804	kindState
	805	kindAge
	806	kindNum
	807	)
	808
	809	// cell is one column of a table row. The kind decides colour, time
	810	// format, and whether the column may be clipped to fit the terminal.
	811	type cell struct {
	812	kind cellKind
	813	s string
	814	}
	815
	816	func cRef(s string) cell { return cell{kindRef, s} }
	817	func cState(s string) cell { return cell{kindState, s} }
	818	func cText(s string) cell { return cell{kindText, s} }
	819	func cFlex(s string) cell { return cell{kindFlex, s} }
	820	func cAge(ts string) cell { return cell{kindAge, ts} }
	821	func cNum(n int64) cell { return cell{kindNum, strconv.FormatInt(n, 10)} }
	822
	823	// table is a list command's rows. Plain, each row is written as it
	824	// comes, tab-separated with no header. At a terminal rows are held
	825	// until flush, then written under a header, padded, and fitted to the
	826	// width.
	827	type table struct {
	828	term Term
	829	w io.Writer
	830	header []string
	831	rows [][]cell
	832	}
	833
	834	func (c Ctx) table(w io.Writer, header ...string) table {
	835	return &table{term: c.Term, w: w, header: header}
	836	}
	837
	838	func (t *table) row(cs ...cell) {
	839	if t.term.Cols == 0 {
	840	parts := make([]string, len(cs))
	841	for i, c := range cs {
	842	if c.kind == kindAge {
	843	parts[i] = stamp(c.s)
	844	} else {
	845	parts[i] = c.s
	846	}
	847	}
	848	io.WriteString(t.w, strings.Join(parts, "\t")+"\n")
	849	return
	850	}
	851	now := termNow()
	852	for i := range cs {
	853	if cs[i].kind == kindAge {
	854	cs[i].s = relAge(cs[i].s, now)
	855	}
	856	}
	857	t.rows = append(t.rows, cs)
	858	}
	859
	860	func (t *table) flush() {
	861	if t.term.Cols == 0 \|\| len(t.rows) == 0 {
	862	return
	863	}
	864	n := len(t.header)
	865	widths := make([]int, n)
	866	for i, h := range t.header {
	867	widths[i] = cells(h)
	868	}
	869	for _, r := range t.rows {
	870	for i := 0; i < n && i < len(r); i++ {
	871	widths[i] = max(widths[i], cells(r[i].s))
	872	}
	873	}
	874	t.fit(widths)
	875
	876	var b strings.Builder
	877	line := make([]string, n)
	878	for i, h := range t.header {
	879	line[i] = h
	880	}
	881	b.WriteString(t.term.paint(sgrDim, t.join(line, widths)) + "\n")
	882	for _, r := range t.rows {
	883	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
	884	s := ""
	885	if i < len(r) {
	886	s = clip(r[i].s, widths[i])
	887	}
	888	line[i] = s
	889	}
	890	b.WriteString(t.joinRow(r, line, widths) + "\n")
	891	}
	892	io.WriteString(t.w, b.String())
	893	}
	894
	895	// fit shrinks columns until a row fits the terminal: the flexible
	896	// column first, down to 8 cells, then the other text columns from the
	897	// right, down to 8 each.
	898	func (t *table) fit(widths []int) {
	899	total := func() int {
	900	s := 2 * (len(widths) - 1)
	901	for _, w := range widths {
	902	s += w
	903	}
	904	return s
	905	}
	906	kinds := make([]cellKind, len(widths))
	907	if len(t.rows) > 0 {
	908	for i := range widths {
	909	if i < len(t.rows[0]) {
	910	kinds[i] = t.rows[0][i].kind
	911	}
	912	}
	913	}
	914	shrink := func(i int) {
	915	if over := total() - t.term.Cols; over > 0 && widths[i] > 8 {
	916	widths[i] = max(8, widths[i]-over)
	917	}
	918	}
	919	for i, k := range kinds {
	920	if k == kindFlex {
	921	shrink(i)
	922	}
	923	}
	924	for i := len(kinds) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
	925	if kinds[i] == kindText {
	926	shrink(i)
	927	}
	928	}
	929	}
	930
	931	// join pads every column but the last and separates them by two spaces.
	932	func (t *table) join(line []string, widths []int) string {
	933	var b strings.Builder
	934	for i, s := range line {
	935	if i > 0 {
	936	b.WriteString(" ")
	937	}
	938	if i == len(line)-1 {
	939	b.WriteString(s)
	940	} else {
	941	b.WriteString(pad(s, widths[i]))
	942	}
	943	}
	944	return b.String()
	945	}
	946
	947	// joinRow is join with state cells coloured after padding, so the
	948	// SGR bytes never count against the width.
	949	func (t *table) joinRow(r []cell, line []string, widths []int) string {
	950	var b strings.Builder
	951	for i, s := range line {
	952	if i > 0 {
	953	b.WriteString(" ")
	954	}
	955	padding := ""
	956	if i < len(line)-1 {
	957	padding = strings.Repeat(" ", max(0, widths[i]-cells(s)))
	958	}
	959	if i < len(r) && r[i].kind == kindState {
	960	s = t.term.paint(stateColor(s), s)
	961	}
	962	b.WriteString(s + padding)
	963	}
	964	return b.String()
	965	}
	966
	967	// stripSGR removes SGR sequences, for tests and width checks.
	968	func stripSGR(s string) string {
	969	var b strings.Builder
	970	for i := 0; i < len(s); i++ {
	971	if s[i] == 0x1b {
	972	if j := strings.IndexByte(s[i:], 'm'); j >= 0 {
	973	i += j
	974	continue
	975	}
	976	}
	977	b.WriteByte(s[i])
	978	}
	979	return b.String()
	980	}
	981	```
	982
	983	The header line is painted dim as a whole, so `TestTableColourOnlyAddsSGR`'s prefix check holds.
	984
	985	- [ ] Step 5: Run
	986
	987	Run: `go test ./internal/control -run TestTable -count=1`
	988	Expected: PASS. If `TestTableTerminalFits` fails, print widths: `#` 4, `STATE` 6, `TITLE` 45 shrinks by 31 to 14, `AUTHOR` 10; 4+6+14+10+6 = 40.
	989
	990	- [ ] Step 6: Commit
	991
	992	```bash
	993	git add internal/control/table.go internal/control/table_test.go internal/control/control.go
	994	git commit -m "control: table, plain rows or a fitted terminal table" -m "Ref #254"
	995	```
	996
	997	### Task 2.3: `GITBAY_TERM` over SSH, and the multiplexing check
	998
	999	Files:
	1000	- Modify: `internal/sshd/sshd.go` (`handleSession`, `runExec`, `Exec`)
	1001	- Modify: `cmd/gitbayd/system.go:96`
	1002	- Modify: `internal/control/repo.go` (`repo list` plain formatter onto `table`, the first site, so the e2e test has a header to look for)
	1003	- Modify: `e2e/ssh_test.go` (add `sshTerm`)
	1004	- Create: `e2e/term_test.go`
	1005
	1006	Interfaces:
	1007	- Consumes: `control.ParseTerm`, `control.Term`, `Ctx.table`.
	1008	- Produces:
	1009	- `func Exec(cfg config.Config, st *store.Store, user store.User, scope, source string, term control.Term, cmdline string, stdin io.Reader, stdout, stderr io.Writer, done, stopping <-chan struct{}) int`
	1010	- e2e: `func (i instance) sshTerm(t testing.T, key, term string, args ...string) (string, string, int)` — `term` "" sends no `SetEnv`.
	1011
	1012	- [ ] Step 1: Move `repo list` onto `table`
	1013
	1014	Read `runRepoList` in `internal/control/repo.go`. Replace the `fmt.Fprintf` row loop in its plain formatter with a table. Columns: `PATH` (`cRef`), `VISIBILITY` (`cState`), `DESCRIPTION` (`cFlex`), keeping any trailing word column as `cText` in the same position it has today. Example shape (adapt the field names to the struct in the file):
	1015
	1016	```go
	1017	tb := c.table(w, "PATH", "VISIBILITY", "DESCRIPTION")
	1018	for _, r := range rows {
	1019	tb.row(cRef(r.Path), cState(r.Visibility), cFlex(r.Description))
	1020	}
	1021	tb.flush()
	1022	```
	1023
	1024	Run `go test ./internal/control -count=1`: plain bytes are unchanged, so existing tests pass.
	1025
	1026	- [ ] Step 2: Write the failing e2e test
	1027
	1028	`e2e/ssh_test.go`, next to `sshCmd`:
	1029
	1030	```go
	1031	// sshTerm is ssh with GITBAY_TERM set on the session, as the CLI sends
	1032	// it at a terminal. An empty term sends nothing.
	1033	func (i instance) sshTerm(t testing.T, key, term string, args ...string) (string, string, int) {
	1034	t.Helper()
	1035	cmd := i.sshCmd(key, args...)
	1036	if term != "" {
	1037	for j, a := range cmd.Args {
	1038	if a == "git@127.0.0.1" {
	1039	opt := []string{"-o", "SetEnv=GITBAY_TERM=" + term}
	1040	cmd.Args = append(cmd.Args[:j:j], append(opt, cmd.Args[j:]...)...)
	1041	break
	1042	}
	1043	}
	1044	}
	1045	var out, errOut strings.Builder
	1046	cmd.Stdout, cmd.Stderr = &out, &errOut
	1047	err := cmd.Run()
	1048	code := 0
	1049	if ee, ok := err.(*exec.ExitError); ok {
	1050	code = ee.ExitCode()
	1051	} else if err != nil {
	1052	t.Fatalf("ssh: %v", err)
	1053	}
	1054	return out.String(), errOut.String(), code
	1055	}
	1056	```
	1057
	1058	`e2e/term_test.go`:
	1059
	1060	```go
	1061	package e2e
	1062
	1063	import (
	1064	"os"
	1065	"os/exec"
	1066	"path/filepath"
	1067	"strings"
	1068	"testing"
	1069	)
	1070
	1071	// GITBAY_TERM selects terminal output per session. Stock ssh without it
	1072	// gets the plain rows scripts read.
	1073	func TestTermEnvSelectsTerminalOutput(t *testing.T) {
	1074	t.Parallel()
	1075	inst := startInstance(t)
	1076	key := inst.newKey(t, "alice")
	1077	inst.admin(t, "admin", "user", "create", "alice", "--key", key+".pub",
	1078	"--email", "alice@example.test", "--verified")
	1079	if _, errOut, code := inst.ssh(t, key, "", "repo", "create", "alice/app"); code != 0 {
	1080	t.Fatalf("repo create: %d %s", code, errOut)
	1081	}
	1082
	1083	plain, _, _ := inst.sshTerm(t, key, "", "repo", "list")
	1084	if strings.Contains(plain, "PATH") \|\| !strings.Contains(plain, "alice/app\t") {
	1085	t.Errorf("plain repo list: %q", plain)
	1086	}
	1087	term, _, _ := inst.sshTerm(t, key, "80,color", "repo", "list")
	1088	if !strings.HasPrefix(term, "\x1b[2mPATH") {
	1089	t.Errorf("terminal repo list: %q", term)
	1090	}
	1091	}
	1092
	1093	// The CLI shares one connection per instance. Each session's
	1094	// GITBAY_TERM must reach the server, not the one the master was opened
	1095	// with.
	1096	func TestTermEnvOverMultiplexedSession(t *testing.T) {
	1097	t.Parallel()
	1098	inst := startInstance(t)
	1099	key := inst.newKey(t, "alice")
	1100	inst.admin(t, "admin", "user", "create", "alice", "--key", key+".pub",
	1101	"--email", "alice@example.test", "--verified")
	1102	inst.ssh(t, key, "", "repo", "create", "alice/app")
	1103
	1104	dir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "gbmux")
	1105	if err != nil {
	1106	t.Fatal(err)
	1107	}
	1108	t.Cleanup(func() { os.RemoveAll(dir) })
	1109	sock := filepath.Join(dir, "cm")
	1110	mux := func(term string) string {
	1111	t.Helper()
	1112	cmd := inst.sshCmd(key, "repo", "list")
	1113	opts := []string{"-o", "ControlMaster=auto", "-o", "ControlPath=" + sock, "-o", "ControlPersist=30"}
	1114	if term != "" {
	1115	opts = append(opts, "-o", "SetEnv=GITBAY_TERM="+term)
	1116	}
	1117	for j, a := range cmd.Args {
	1118	if a == "git@127.0.0.1" {
	1119	cmd.Args = append(cmd.Args[:j:j], append(opts, cmd.Args[j:]...)...)
	1120	break
	1121	}
	1122	}
	1123	out, err := cmd.Output()
	1124	if err != nil {
	1125	t.Fatalf("ssh %s: %v", term, err)
	1126	}
	1127	return string(out)
	1128	}
	1129	t.Cleanup(func() {
	1130	exec.Command("ssh", "-o", "ControlPath="+sock, "-O", "exit", "git@127.0.0.1").Run()
	1131	})
	1132
	1133	if out := mux("80"); !strings.HasPrefix(out, "PATH") {
	1134	t.Fatalf("master session: %q", out)
	1135	}
	1136	if out := mux("80,color"); !strings.HasPrefix(out, "\x1b[2mPATH") {
	1137	t.Errorf("second session kept the master's GITBAY_TERM: %q", out)
	1138	}
	1139	if out := mux(""); strings.Contains(out, "PATH") {
	1140	t.Errorf("session without GITBAY_TERM got terminal output: %q", out)
	1141	}
	1142	}
	1143	```
	1144
	1145	- [ ] Step 3: Run and see them fail
	1146
	1147	Run: `go test ./e2e -run 'TestTermEnv' -count=1`
	1148	Expected: FAIL (the server ignores `env`).
	1149
	1150	- [ ] Step 4: sshd
	1151
	1152	In `handleSession`, declare `var term control.Term` before `for req := range reqs`, pass it to `runExec`, and split the `pty-req`/`env` case:
	1153
	1154	```go
	1155	case "env":
	1156	var kv struct{ Name, Value string }
	1157	if ssh.Unmarshal(req.Payload, &kv) == nil && kv.Name == "GITBAY_TERM" {
	1158	term = control.ParseTerm(kv.Value)
	1159	}
	1160	req.Reply(true, nil)
	1161	case "pty-req":
	1162	// Harmless; accept and ignore.
	1163	req.Reply(true, nil)
	1164	```
	1165
	1166	`runExec(sconn, ch, term, payload.Command, done)`; `runExec` passes `term` to `Exec`; `Exec` gains `term control.Term` after `source` and sets `Term: term` in the `control.Ctx` literal (around line 364). In `cmd/gitbayd/system.go:96`:
	1167
	1168	```go
	1169	code := sshd.Exec(cfg, st, user, key.Scope, key.Fingerprint, control.ParseTerm(os.Getenv("GITBAY_TERM")), cmdline, os.Stdin, os.Stdout, os.Stderr, nil, nil)
	1170	```
	1171
	1172	(import `gitbay.org/gitbay/internal/control` there if it is not already.)
	1173
	1174	- [ ] Step 5: Run
	1175
	1176	Run: `go build ./... && go vet ./... && go test ./e2e -run 'TestTermEnv' -count=1`
	1177	Expected: `TestTermEnvSelectsTerminalOutput` PASS.
	1178
	1179	`TestTermEnvOverMultiplexedSession` decides the transport:
	1180	- PASS: keep `SetEnv`. Go to Step 7.
	1181	- FAIL on the second session: OpenSSH's mux client does not forward the new session's `SetEnv`. Do Step 6.
	1182
	1183	- [ ] Step 6 (only if Step 5's mux test failed): `--term` argument
	1184
	1185	In `Dispatch` (`internal/control/control.go`), in the loop that strips `--json`, also strip `--term=<v>`:
	1186
	1187	```go
	1188	for _, a := range rest {
	1189	if a == "--json" {
	1190	c.JSON = true
	1191	continue
	1192	}
	1193	if v, ok := strings.CutPrefix(a, "--term="); ok {
	1194	c.Term = ParseTerm(v)
	1195	continue
	1196	}
	1197	args = append(args, a)
	1198	}
	1199	```
	1200
	1201	(match the loop's real shape). `Lookup` runs before the loop, so a leading `--term=` would break it: strip `--term=` from `argv` before `Lookup` too. Change both e2e tests to pass the term as a leading `--term=<v>` argument instead of `-o SetEnv=…`, keep the `env` handling in sshd (stock ssh users may still use it), and in Task 2.5 the CLI prepends `--term=<v>` to the server argv instead of adding `SetEnv`. Record the outcome in the spec's Transport section.
	1202
	1203	- [ ] Step 7: Commit
	1204
	1205	```bash
	1206	git add internal/sshd/sshd.go cmd/gitbayd/system.go internal/control/repo.go internal/control/control.go e2e/ssh_test.go e2e/term_test.go
	1207	git commit -m "sshd: GITBAY_TERM selects terminal output per session" -m "Ref #254"
	1208	```
	1209
	1210	### Task 2.4: `more:` hint, `Ctx.Argv`
	1211
	1212	Files:
	1213	- Modify: `internal/control/control.go` (`Ctx.Argv`, set in `Dispatch`)
	1214	- Modify: `internal/control/cursor.go` (`emitPage`)
	1215	- Test: `internal/control/cursor_test.go`
	1216
	1217	Interfaces:
	1218	- Produces: `Ctx.Argv []string` — the command's arguments after the path, with `--json` (and `--term=`) removed.
	1219
	1220	- [ ] Step 1: Write the failing test
	1221
	1222	```go
	1223	func TestEmitPageHintsTheNextPageAtATerminal(t *testing.T) {
	1224	st, repo, uid := newQueueTestRepo(t)
	1225	for i := 0; i < 3; i++ {
	1226	if _, err := st.CreateBuild(repo.ID, "unit", "aaa", "main", `["true"]`, "", "", true); err != nil {
	1227	t.Fatal(err)
	1228	}
	1229	}
	1230	c, errOut := pruneCtx(st, t.TempDir(), store.User{ID: uid})
	1231	c.Term = Term{Cols: 100}
	1232	if code := Dispatch(c, []string{"build", "list", repo.Path(), "--limit", "2"}); code != protocol.ExitOK {
	1233	t.Fatalf("exit %d: %s", code, errOut)
	1234	}
	1235	if strings.Contains(c.Stdout.(*bytes.Buffer).String(), "next\t") {
	1236	t.Errorf("cursor row on stdout at a terminal")
	1237	}
	1238	want := "more: gitbay build list " + repo.Path() + " --limit 2 --cursor "
	1239	if !strings.Contains(errOut.String(), want) {
	1240	t.Errorf("stderr = %q, want %q…", errOut.String(), want)
	1241	}
	1242	}
	1243	```
	1244
	1245	Add the imports the file needs (`bytes`, `strings`, `protocol`, `store`).
	1246
	1247	- [ ] Step 2: Run and see it fail
	1248
	1249	Run: `go test ./internal/control -run TestEmitPageHints -count=1`
	1250	Expected: FAIL.
	1251
	1252	- [ ] Step 3: Implement
	1253
	1254	`Ctx` gains, after `Cmd Command`:
	1255
	1256	```go
	1257	// Argv is the command's arguments after its path, global flags
	1258	// removed, so output can print a command to run next.
	1259	Argv []string
	1260	```
	1261
	1262	In `Dispatch`, after the `--json` stripping loop builds `args`: `c.Argv = args`.
	1263
	1264	`emitPage`'s plain closure:
	1265
	1266	```go
	1267	return c.emit(out{items, next}, func(w io.Writer) {
	1268	plain(w)
	1269	if next == "" {
	1270	return
	1271	}
	1272	if c.Term.Cols == 0 {
	1273	fmt.Fprintf(w, "next\t%s\n", next)
	1274	return
	1275	}
	1276	var again []string
	1277	for i := 0; i < len(c.Argv); i++ {
	1278	if c.Argv[i] == "--cursor" {
	1279	i++
	1280	continue
	1281	}
	1282	again = append(again, c.Argv[i])
	1283	}
	1284	fmt.Fprintf(c.Stderr, "more: gitbay %s %s --cursor %s\n", joinPath(c.Cmd.Path), strings.Join(again, " "), next)
	1285	})
	1286	```
	1287
	1288	- [ ] Step 4: Run
	1289
	1290	Run: `go test ./internal/control -count=1`
	1291	Expected: PASS.
	1292
	1293	- [ ] Step 5: Commit
	1294
	1295	```bash
	1296	git add internal/control/control.go internal/control/cursor.go internal/control/cursor_test.go
	1297	git commit -m "control: the next page as a command on stderr at a terminal" -m "Ref #254"
	1298	```
	1299
	1300	### Task 2.5: the CLI sends `GITBAY_TERM`; `--no-color`; tabwriter removed
	1301
	1302	Files:
	1303	- Modify: `cmd/gitbay/ssh.go` (`runSSH`, `sshCapture` unchanged; remove `listVerbs`, `alignColumns`, the `tabwriter`)
	1304	- Modify: `cmd/gitbay/main.go` (`main` strips `--no-color`)
	1305	- Test: `cmd/gitbay/term_test.go` (create)
	1306
	1307	Interfaces:
	1308	- Produces:
	1309	- `var noColor bool` (package `main`)
	1310	- `func termValue(isTerminal bool, cols int, env func(string) string) string`
	1311	- `func stripNoColor(args []string) ([]string, bool)`
	1312
	1313	- [ ] Step 1: Write the failing test
	1314
	1315	```go
	1316	package main
	1317
	1318	import "testing"
	1319
	1320	func TestTermValue(t *testing.T) {
	1321	env := func(m map[string]string) func(string) string {
	1322	return func(k string) string { return m[k] }
	1323	}
	1324	cases := []struct {
	1325	tty bool
	1326	cols int
	1327	env map[string]string
	1328	noColor bool
	1329	want string
	1330	}{
	1331	{true, 120, nil, false, "120,color"},
	1332	{false, 120, nil, false, ""},
	1333	{true, 30, nil, false, ""},
	1334	{true, 120, map[string]string{"NO_COLOR": "1"}, false, "120"},
	1335	{true, 120, map[string]string{"TERM": "dumb"}, false, "120"},
	1336	{true, 120, nil, true, "120"},
	1337	}
	1338	for _, c := range cases {
	1339	noColor = c.noColor
	1340	if got := termValue(c.tty, c.cols, env(c.env)); got != c.want {
	1341	t.Errorf("%+v: got %q", c, got)
	1342	}
	1343	}
	1344	noColor = false
	1345	}
	1346
	1347	func TestStripNoColor(t *testing.T) {
	1348	args, ok := stripNoColor([]string{"gitbay", "issue", "list", "--no-color", "--state", "all"})
	1349	if !ok \|\| len(args) != 5 \|\| args[3] != "--state" {
	1350	t.Errorf("got %v %v", args, ok)
	1351	}
	1352	}
	1353	```
	1354
	1355	- [ ] Step 2: Run and see it fail
	1356
	1357	Run: `go test ./cmd/gitbay -run 'TestTermValue\|TestStripNoColor' -count=1`
	1358	Expected: FAIL to compile.
	1359
	1360	- [ ] Step 3: Implement
	1361
	1362	In `cmd/gitbay/ssh.go`, delete `listVerbs` and `alignColumns`, and add:
	1363
	1364	```go
	1365	// noColor is --no-color, stripped from argv in main.
	1366	var noColor bool
	1367
	1368	// termValue is GITBAY_TERM for this invocation: the terminal's width,
	1369	// and whether colour is wanted. Empty when stdout is not a terminal,
	1370	// so piped output stays the rows stock ssh prints.
	1371	func termValue(isTerminal bool, cols int, env func(string) string) string {
	1372	if !isTerminal \|\| cols < 40 {
	1373	return ""
	1374	}
	1375	v := strconv.Itoa(cols)
	1376	if !noColor && env("NO_COLOR") == "" && env("TERM") != "dumb" {
	1377	v += ",color"
	1378	}
	1379	return v
	1380	}
	1381
	1382	// stripNoColor removes --no-color wherever it appears.
	1383	func stripNoColor(args []string) ([]string, bool) {
	1384	out := args[:0:0]
	1385	found := false
	1386	for _, a := range args {
	1387	if a == "--no-color" {
	1388	found = true
	1389	continue
	1390	}
	1391	out = append(out, a)
	1392	}
	1393	return out, found
	1394	}
	1395	```
	1396
	1397	In `runSSH`, replace the tabwriter block. Before building `args`'s destination:
	1398
	1399	```go
	1400	fd := int(os.Stdout.Fd())
	1401	cols := 0
	1402	isTTY := term.IsTerminal(fd)
	1403	if isTTY {
	1404	cols, _, _ = term.GetSize(fd)
	1405	}
	1406	if v := termValue(isTTY, cols, os.Getenv); v != "" && !slices.Contains(serverArgv, "--json") {
	1407	args = append(args, "-o", "SetEnv=GITBAY_TERM="+v)
	1408	}
	1409	```
	1410
	1411	placed after `args := sshArgs(t.inst)` and before the destination is appended (if Task 2.3 took Step 6, prepend `"--term="+v` to `serverArgv` instead). Remove `cmd.Stdout = tw` handling and the `text/tabwriter` import. In `main()`:
	1412
	1413	```go
	1414	func main() {
	1415	os.Args, noColor = stripNoColor(os.Args)
	1416	if err := newRoot().Execute(); err != nil {
	1417	```
	1418
	1419	- [ ] Step 4: Run
	1420
	1421	Run: `go build ./... && go vet ./cmd/gitbay && go test ./cmd/gitbay -count=1`
	1422	Expected: PASS.
	1423
	1424	- [ ] Step 5: Commit
	1425
	1426	```bash
	1427	git add cmd/gitbay
	1428	git commit -m "gitbay: send GITBAY_TERM at a terminal; --no-color; drop client-side column padding" -m "Ref #254"
	1429	```
	1430
	1431	### Task 2.6: every list command on `table` (issues, MRs, builds, releases, labels, milestones, search, explore)
	1432
	1433	Files:
	1434	- Modify: `internal/control/issue.go`, `mr.go`, `build.go`, `release.go`, `label.go`, `orglabel.go`, `milestone.go`, `search.go`, `explore.go`
	1435	- Test: existing tests in those files' `_test.go`
	1436
	1437	Recipe (applies to Tasks 2.6, 2.7, 2.8):
	1438
	1439	A list site is an `emit`/`emitPage` whose plain formatter prints one row per item. For each:
	1440
	1441	1. Keep the column order exactly as the `fmt.Fprintf` prints it today, so plain bytes are unchanged apart from timestamps.
	1442	2. Choose a cell per column:
	1443	- identifier (`#n`, `!n`, a path, a tag, a sha, a fingerprint, a name that is the row's key) → `cRef`
	1444	- state, status, visibility, role → `cState`
	1445	- stored timestamp → `cAge`
	1446	- count → `cNum` (or `cText` if the value is already a string such as `3 asset(s)`)
	1447	- the title or description → `cFlex` (one per table)
	1448	- anything else → `cText`
	1449	3. Header: one short capitalised word per column (`#`, `STATE`, `TITLE`, `AUTHOR`, `UPDATED`, `TAG`, `JOB`, `STATUS`, `SHA`, `REF`, `NAME`, `DESCRIPTION`, `ASSETS`, `DUE`, `COUNT`, `KIND`, `PATH`, `WHEN`).
	1450	4. Replace the loop:
	1451
	1452	```go
	1453	return c.emit(ds, func(w io.Writer) {
	1454	tb := c.table(w, "#", "STATE", "TITLE", "AUTHOR")
	1455	for _, d := range ds {
	1456	tb.row(cRef(fmt.Sprintf("#%d", d.Number)), cState(d.State), cFlex(d.Title), cText(d.Author))
	1457	}
	1458	tb.flush()
	1459	})
	1460	```
	1461
	1462	5. A column printed with a literal prefix or suffix (`due 2027-01-01`, `via team`) keeps it inside the cell string.
	1463	6. A row printed conditionally (optional trailing column) prints `""` in that cell so every row has the same number of cells.
	1464
	1465	- [ ] Step 1: Convert every list site in the files above, one file at a time. `release list` columns: `TAG` `cRef`, `TITLE` `cFlex`, `ASSETS` `cText`.
	1466
	1467	- [ ] Step 2: Run
	1468
	1469	Run: `go test ./internal/control -count=1`
	1470	Expected: PASS. A failure on a timestamp means the test asserted a stored value; change its expectation to `stamp(value)`'s form (`2026-09-23T23:26:00Z`). A failure anywhere else means a column changed order or content: fix the conversion, not the test.
	1471
	1472	- [ ] Step 3: Commit
	1473
	1474	```bash
	1475	git add internal/control
	1476	git commit -m "control: issue, mr, build, release, label, milestone, search and explore lists as tables" -m "Ref #254"
	1477	```
	1478
	1479	### Task 2.7: list commands in repo, read, sig, status, wiki, mirror, pages, runners, webhooks, diff threads
	1480
	1481	Files:
	1482	- Modify: `internal/control/repo.go` (the six sites left after `repo list`), `read.go`, `sig.go`, `status.go`, `wiki.go`, `mirrorcmd.go`, `pagescmd.go`, `runnerrepo.go`, `webhook.go`, `diffcomment.go`
	1483
	1484	- [ ] Step 1: Convert with the recipe in Task 2.6. `read.go`'s `log`-like listings: `SHA` `cRef`, `DATE` `cAge`, `AUTHOR` `cText`, `SUBJECT` `cFlex`. Sites that print file content (a blob, a diff, a log's body) are not lists; leave them.
	1485
	1486	- [ ] Step 2: Run
	1487
	1488	Run: `go test ./internal/control -count=1`
	1489	Expected: PASS, with the same rule for failures as Task 2.6.
	1490
	1491	- [ ] Step 3: Commit
	1492
	1493	```bash
	1494	git add internal/control
	1495	git commit -m "control: repository, history, status, wiki, mirror, runner and webhook lists as tables" -m "Ref #254"
	1496	```
	1497
	1498	### Task 2.8: list commands in accounts, orgs, admin, notifications, snippets, feed, dashboard
	1499
	1500	Files:
	1501	- Modify: `internal/control/admin.go`, `audit.go`, `identity.go`, `deploykey.go`, `token.go`, `web.go`, `register.go`, `notifications.go`, `org.go`, `teams.go`, `snippet.go`, `dashboard.go`
	1502	- Not `control.go`'s `help` listing: Part 4 rewrites it.
	1503
	1504	- [ ] Step 1: Convert with the recipe in Task 2.6. `admin.go:287` and `token.go:102` format `time.RFC3339` themselves: pass the stored string to `cAge` (or, for a `used`/`expires` word column, keep the word and format the time with `stamp` when plain, `relAge(…, termNow())` at a terminal).
	1505
	1506	`dashboard`: each section keeps its title line; the rows under it become a table per section. Plain output keeps today's two-space indent and tabs, so for the dashboard only, write the plain branch as it is and use `c.table` only when `c.Term.Cols > 0`:
	1507
	1508	```go
	1509	section := func(title string, header []string, rows [][]cell) {
	1510	fmt.Fprintln(w, title)
	1511	if len(rows) == 0 {
	1512	fmt.Fprintln(w, " none")
	1513	return
	1514	}
	1515	if c.Term.Cols == 0 {
	1516	for _, r := range rows {
	1517	parts := make([]string, len(r))
	1518	for i, cl := range r {
	1519	parts[i] = cl.s
	1520	if cl.kind == kindAge {
	1521	parts[i] = stamp(cl.s)
	1522	}
	1523	}
	1524	fmt.Fprintf(w, " %s\n", strings.Join(parts, "\t"))
	1525	}
	1526	return
	1527	}
	1528	tb := c.table(w, header...)
	1529	for _, r := range rows {
	1530	tb.row(r...)
	1531	}
	1532	tb.flush()
	1533	}
	1534	```
	1535
	1536	In terminal mode the section title is bold: `fmt.Fprintln(w, c.Term.paint(sgrBold, title))` in place of the plain `Fprintln` when `c.Term.Cols > 0`.
	1537
	1538	- [ ] Step 2: Run
	1539
	1540	Run: `go test ./internal/control -count=1`
	1541	Expected: PASS.
	1542
	1543	- [ ] Step 3: Commit
	1544
	1545	```bash
	1546	git add internal/control
	1547	git commit -m "control: account, org, admin, notification, snippet, feed and dashboard lists as tables" -m "Ref #254"
	1548	```
	1549
	1550	### Task 2.9: every read command, plain and at 60 columns, over ssh
	1551
	1552	Files:
	1553	- Modify: `e2e/readonly_test.go` (the loop at line ~174)
	1554
	1555	- [ ] Step 1: Extend the loop
	1556
	1557	After the existing `inst.ssh(...)` call and its exit check, add:
	1558
	1559	```go
	1560	argv := append(append([]string{}, cmd.Path...), args...)
	1561	plainOut, _, _ := inst.sshTerm(t, aliceKey, "", argv...)
	1562	if strings.Contains(plainOut, "\x1b") {
	1563	t.Errorf("%s: SGR bytes in plain output", path)
	1564	}
	1565	termOut, _, _ := inst.sshTerm(t, aliceKey, "60,color", argv...)
	1566	if !rawOutput[path] {
	1567	for _, line := range strings.Split(termOut, "\n") {
	1568	if w := displayCells(stripSGRe2e(line)); w > 60 {
	1569	t.Errorf("%s: line of %d cells at 60 columns: %q", path, w, line)
	1570	break
	1571	}
	1572	}
	1573	}
	1574	```
	1575
	1576	and before the loop:
	1577
	1578	```go
	1579	// rawOutput prints content verbatim (a file, a log, a diff) and is
	1580	// not fitted to the terminal.
	1581	rawOutput := map[string]bool{}
	1582	```
	1583
	1584	with helpers at the bottom of the file (e2e does not import unexported control code):
	1585
	1586	```go
	1587	func stripSGRe2e(s string) string {
	1588	return regexp.MustCompile("\x1b\\[[0-9;]*m").ReplaceAllString(s, "")
	1589	}
	1590
	1591	func displayCells(s string) int {
	1592	n := 0
	1593	for _, r := range s {
	1594	switch {
	1595	case unicode.In(r, unicode.Mn, unicode.Me):
	1596	case width.LookupRune(r).Kind() == width.EastAsianWide \|\| width.LookupRune(r).Kind() == width.EastAsianFullwidth:
	1597	n += 2
	1598	default:
	1599	n++
	1600	}
	1601	}
	1602	return n
	1603	}
	1604	```
	1605
	1606	(imports `unicode`, `golang.org/x/text/width`.)
	1607
	1608	- [ ] Step 2: Run
	1609
	1610	Run: `go test ./e2e -run TestReadOnlyCommandsWriteNothing -count=1`
	1611
	1612	For each width failure: if the command's stdout is verbatim content (file, log, diff, raw asset), add its path to `rawOutput` with nothing else; otherwise the list site was missed or a cell kind is wrong, fix it in `internal/control`. Show commands will fail here until Part 3: add every `* show` path that fails to `rawOutput` with the comment `// until the view layout (Part 3)`, and Part 3 removes them.
	1613
	1614	Expected in the end: PASS.
	1615
	1616	- [ ] Step 3: Commit and open MR 2
	1617
	1618	```bash
	1619	git add e2e/readonly_test.go
	1620	git commit -m "e2e: read commands carry no SGR when plain and fit 60 columns at a terminal" -m "Ref #254"
	1621	git push -u origin cli-output-tables
	1622	gitbay mr create --source cli-output-tables --target main --title "CLI output: GITBAY_TERM and terminal tables"
	1623	```
	1624
	1625	Before merging, check at a real terminal against a local instance or after deploy: `gitbay issue list`, `gitbay build list --limit 5`, `gitbay issue list \| cat`.
	1626
	1627	---
	1628
	1629	# Part 3: show views and the pager (branch `cli-output-views`)
	1630
	1631	### Task 3.1: `internal/termtext`, markdown
	1632
	1633	Files:
	1634	- Create: `internal/termtext/termtext.go`, `internal/termtext/markdown.go`
	1635	- Test: `internal/termtext/markdown_test.go`, `internal/termtext/testdata/.md`, `.golden`
	1636
	1637	Interfaces:
	1638	- Produces:
	1639	- `type Options struct { Width int; Color bool; Base string }` — `Width` 0 is plain: no wrapping, no SGR. `Base` is the site URL for relative links.
	1640	- `func Render(src, format string, o Options) string` — `format` `"org"` renders org, anything else markdown.
	1641	- `func Markdown(src string, o Options) string`
	1642	- `func Inline(src, format string) string` — one line, links as their text only, no SGR (for event lines).
	1643
	1644	- [ ] Step 1: Write the golden test
	1645
	1646	`internal/termtext/markdown_test.go`:
	1647
	1648	```go
	1649	package termtext
	1650
	1651	import (
	1652	"flag"
	1653	"os"
	1654	"path/filepath"
	1655	"strings"
	1656	"testing"
	1657	)
	1658
	1659	var update = flag.Bool("update", false, "rewrite golden files")
	1660
	1661	func golden(t *testing.T, name, got string) {
	1662	t.Helper()
	1663	path := filepath.Join("testdata", name)
	1664	if *update {
	1665	os.WriteFile(path, []byte(got), 0o644)
	1666	}
	1667	want, err := os.ReadFile(path)
	1668	if err != nil {
	1669	t.Fatal(err)
	1670	}
	1671	if got != string(want) {
	1672	t.Errorf("%s differs:\n--- got\n%s\n--- want\n%s", name, got, want)
	1673	}
	1674	}
	1675
	1676	func TestMarkdownGolden(t *testing.T) {
	1677	src, err := os.ReadFile("testdata/doc.md")
	1678	if err != nil {
	1679	t.Fatal(err)
	1680	}
	1681	for _, o := range []struct {
	1682	name string
	1683	opt Options
	1684	}{
	1685	{"doc.md.plain.golden", Options{Base: "https://forge.test"}},
	1686	{"doc.md.60.golden", Options{Width: 60, Base: "https://forge.test"}},
	1687	{"doc.md.60color.golden", Options{Width: 60, Color: true, Base: "https://forge.test"}},
	1688	} {
	1689	golden(t, o.name, Markdown(string(src), o.opt))
	1690	}
	1691	}
	1692
	1693	func TestMarkdownWidth(t *testing.T) {
	1694	src, _ := os.ReadFile("testdata/doc.md")
	1695	out := Markdown(string(src), Options{Width: 60, Color: true})
	1696	inCode := false
	1697	for _, line := range strings.Split(out, "\n") {
	1698	plain := stripSGR(line)
	1699	if strings.HasPrefix(plain, " ") {
	1700	inCode = true
	1701	} else if plain != "" {
	1702	inCode = false
	1703	}
	1704	if !inCode && cells(plain) > 60 {
	1705	t.Errorf("line of %d cells: %q", cells(plain), plain)
	1706	}
	1707	}
	1708	}
	1709
	1710	func TestInlineDropsLinkTargets(t *testing.T) {
	1711	got := Inline("referenced in commit [6c4d1e1454](/krz/gitbay/commit/6c4d) by [cmc](/cmc): landing", "md")
	1712	if got != "referenced in commit 6c4d1e1454 by cmc: landing" {
	1713	t.Errorf("Inline = %q", got)
	1714	}
	1715	}
	1716	```
	1717
	1718	`internal/termtext/testdata/doc.md` covers every node the renderer handles:
	1719
	1720	````markdown
	1721	# A heading
	1722
	1723	A paragraph long enough to wrap at sixty columns, with strong and emphasis, `code`, a [link](https://example.com/page), a [forge link](/krz/gitbay/issues/1), an autolink <https://example.com>, and ~~struck~~ text.
	1724
	1725	- one
	1726	- two, which is long enough that its continuation line has to hang under the text rather than the bullet
	1727	- nested
	1728
	1729	1. first
	1730	2. second
	1731
	1732	- [x] done
	1733	- [ ] open
	1734
	1735	> quoted text
	1736
	1737	```go
	1738	func main() { fmt.Println("a line longer than sixty columns stays on one line, unwrapped") }
	1739	```
	1740
	1741	![alt text](/img.png)
	1742
	1743	---
	1744
	1745	\| a \| b \|
	1746	\|---\|---\|
	1747	\| 1 \| 2 \|
	1748	````
	1749
	1750	- [ ] Step 2: Run and see it fail
	1751
	1752	Run: `go test ./internal/termtext -count=1`
	1753	Expected: FAIL to compile.
	1754
	1755	- [ ] Step 3: Implement
	1756
	1757	`internal/termtext/termtext.go`:
	1758
	1759	```go
	1760	// Package termtext renders markdown and org to text for a terminal:
	1761	// wrapped to a width, links reduced to their text, code highlighted
	1762	// with 16 colours. Width 0 is plain: no wrapping and no SGR, for
	1763	// piped output.
	1764	package termtext
	1765
	1766	import (
	1767	"bytes"
	1768	"strings"
	1769	"unicode"
	1770	"unicode/utf8"
	1771
	1772	"github.com/alecthomas/chroma/v2/quick"
	1773	"golang.org/x/text/width"
	1774	)
	1775
	1776	type Options struct {
	1777	Width int
	1778	Color bool
	1779	Base string
	1780	}
	1781
	1782	func Render(src, format string, o Options) string {
	1783	if format == "org" {
	1784	return Org(src, o)
	1785	}
	1786	return Markdown(src, o)
	1787	}
	1788
	1789	const (
	1790	sgrReset = "\x1b[0m"
	1791	sgrBold = "\x1b[1m"
	1792	sgrDim = "\x1b[2m"
	1793	sgrUnderline = "\x1b[4m"
	1794	)
	1795
	1796	// out collects rendered lines. Every block goes through it so the
	1797	// prefixes (indent, list marker, quote bar) and the wrap live in one
	1798	// place.
	1799	type out struct {
	1800	o Options
	1801	b strings.Builder
	1802	noURLs bool // links as their text only (Inline)
	1803	}
	1804
	1805	func (w *out) paint(sgr, s string) string {
	1806	if !w.o.Color \|\| s == "" {
	1807	return s
	1808	}
	1809	return sgr + s + sgrReset
	1810	}
	1811
	1812	// para writes s wrapped to the width, the first line after first and
	1813	// the rest after rest. Hard breaks in s ("\n") start a new line.
	1814	func (w *out) para(s, first, rest string) {
	1815	prefix := first
	1816	for _, hard := range strings.Split(s, "\n") {
	1817	for _, line := range wrap(hard, w.o.Width-cells(rest)) {
	1818	w.b.WriteString(prefix + line + "\n")
	1819	prefix = rest
	1820	}
	1821	}
	1822	}
	1823
	1824	// code writes lines verbatim under prefix plus four spaces,
	1825	// highlighted when colour is on.
	1826	func (w *out) code(src, lang, prefix string) {
	1827	src = strings.TrimRight(src, "\n")
	1828	if w.o.Color && w.o.Width > 0 {
	1829	var hb bytes.Buffer
	1830	if lang == "" {
	1831	lang = "plaintext"
	1832	}
	1833	if quick.Highlight(&hb, src, lang, "terminal16", "monokai") == nil {
	1834	src = strings.TrimRight(hb.String(), "\n")
	1835	}
	1836	}
	1837	for _, line := range strings.Split(src, "\n") {
	1838	w.b.WriteString(prefix + " " + line + "\n")
	1839	}
	1840	}
	1841
	1842	func (w *out) rule(prefix string) {
	1843	w.b.WriteString(prefix + w.paint(sgrDim, "───") + "\n")
	1844	}
	1845
	1846	func (w *out) blank() { w.b.WriteString("\n") }
	1847
	1848	func (w *out) String() string {
	1849	return strings.TrimRight(w.b.String(), "\n") + "\n"
	1850	}
	1851
	1852	// link is a link as terminal text: its text, then the target when the
	1853	// target says something the text does not. Relative targets are made
	1854	// absolute against Base.
	1855	func (w *out) link(text, target string) string {
	1856	if w.noURLs && text != "" {
	1857	return text
	1858	}
	1859	if strings.HasPrefix(target, "/") && w.o.Base != "" {
	1860	target = strings.TrimRight(w.o.Base, "/") + target
	1861	}
	1862	if text == "" {
	1863	return target
	1864	}
	1865	if target == "" \|\| target == text \|\| strings.TrimPrefix(strings.TrimPrefix(target, "https://"), "http://") == text {
	1866	return text
	1867	}
	1868	return text + " (" + target + ")"
	1869	}
	1870
	1871	// wrap breaks s at spaces into lines of at most width cells. A word
	1872	// wider than width is a line of its own. width <= 0 is no wrapping.
	1873	func wrap(s string, width int) []string {
	1874	if width <= 0 {
	1875	return []string{s}
	1876	}
	1877	var lines []string
	1878	var cur string
	1879	for _, word := range strings.Fields(s) {
	1880	switch {
	1881	case cur == "":
	1882	cur = word
	1883	case cells(cur)+1+cells(word) <= width:
	1884	cur += " " + word
	1885	default:
	1886	lines = append(lines, cur)
	1887	cur = word
	1888	}
	1889	}
	1890	if cur != "" \|\| len(lines) == 0 {
	1891	lines = append(lines, cur)
	1892	}
	1893	return lines
	1894	}
	1895
	1896	func cells(s string) int {
	1897	n := 0
	1898	for i := 0; i < len(s); {
	1899	if s[i] == 0x1b {
	1900	j := strings.IndexByte(s[i:], 'm')
	1901	if j < 0 {
	1902	break
	1903	}
	1904	i += j + 1
	1905	continue
	1906	}
	1907	r, size := utf8.DecodeRuneInString(s[i:])
	1908	i += size
	1909	switch {
	1910	case unicode.In(r, unicode.Mn, unicode.Me) \|\| r == '‍':
	1911	case width.LookupRune(r).Kind() == width.EastAsianWide \|\| width.LookupRune(r).Kind() == width.EastAsianFullwidth:
	1912	n += 2
	1913	default:
	1914	n++
	1915	}
	1916	}
	1917	return n
	1918	}
	1919
	1920	func stripSGR(s string) string {
	1921	var b strings.Builder
	1922	for i := 0; i < len(s); i++ {
	1923	if s[i] == 0x1b {
	1924	if j := strings.IndexByte(s[i:], 'm'); j >= 0 {
	1925	i += j
	1926	continue
	1927	}
	1928	}
	1929	b.WriteByte(s[i])
	1930	}
	1931	return b.String()
	1932	}
	1933	```
	1934
	1935	`internal/termtext/markdown.go`:
	1936
	1937	```go
	1938	package termtext
	1939
	1940	import (
	1941	"fmt"
	1942	"strings"
	1943
	1944	"github.com/yuin/goldmark"
	1945	"github.com/yuin/goldmark/ast"
	1946	"github.com/yuin/goldmark/extension"
	1947	east "github.com/yuin/goldmark/extension/ast"
	1948	"github.com/yuin/goldmark/text"
	1949	)
	1950
	1951	// md parses as the web does (CommonMark plus GFM); raw HTML is dropped
	1952	// there and here.
	1953	var md = goldmark.New(goldmark.WithExtensions(extension.GFM))
	1954
	1955	func Markdown(src string, o Options) string {
	1956	return renderMarkdown(src, &out{o: o})
	1957	}
	1958
	1959	func renderMarkdown(src string, w *out) string {
	1960	source := []byte(src)
	1961	doc := md.Parser().Parse(text.NewReader(source))
	1962	r := mdRenderer{w: w, src: source}
	1963	r.blocks(doc, "", "")
	1964	return w.String()
	1965	}
	1966
	1967	// Inline is src as one line of plain text, links reduced to their
	1968	// text, for event lines.
	1969	func Inline(src, format string) string {
	1970	w := &out{noURLs: true}
	1971	var s string
	1972	if format == "org" {
	1973	s = renderOrg(src, w)
	1974	} else {
	1975	s = renderMarkdown(src, w)
	1976	}
	1977	return strings.Join(strings.Fields(s), " ")
	1978	}
	1979
	1980	type mdRenderer struct {
	1981	w *out
	1982	src []byte
	1983	}
	1984
	1985	// blocks renders n's children with a blank line between them. The
	1986	// first child's first line is prefixed by first, every other line by
	1987	// rest.
	1988	func (r mdRenderer) blocks(n ast.Node, first, rest string) {
	1989	p := first
	1990	for c := n.FirstChild(); c != nil; c = c.NextSibling() {
	1991	if c != n.FirstChild() {
	1992	r.w.blank()
	1993	}
	1994	r.block(c, p, rest)
	1995	p = rest
	1996	}
	1997	}
	1998
	1999	func (r mdRenderer) block(n ast.Node, first, rest string) {
	2000	switch n := n.(type) {
	2001	case *ast.Heading:
	2002	r.w.para(r.w.paint(sgrBold, r.inline(n)), first, rest)
	2003	case *ast.Paragraph:
	2004	r.w.para(r.inline(n), first, rest)
	2005	case *ast.TextBlock:
	2006	r.w.para(r.inline(n), first, rest)
	2007	case *ast.List:
	2008	i := n.Start
	2009	p := first
	2010	for item := n.FirstChild(); item != nil; item = item.NextSibling() {
	2011	marker := "• "
	2012	if n.IsOrdered() {
	2013	marker = fmt.Sprintf("%d. ", i)
	2014	i++
	2015	}
	2016	hang := rest + strings.Repeat(" ", cells(marker))
	2017	for c := item.FirstChild(); c != nil; c = c.NextSibling() {
	2018	if c == item.FirstChild() {
	2019	r.block(c, p+marker, hang)
	2020	} else {
	2021	if !n.IsTight {
	2022	r.w.blank()
	2023	}
	2024	r.block(c, hang, hang)
	2025	}
	2026	}
	2027	p = rest
	2028	}
	2029	case *ast.FencedCodeBlock:
	2030	r.w.code(r.lines(n), string(n.Language(r.src)), rest)
	2031	case *ast.CodeBlock:
	2032	r.w.code(r.lines(n), "", rest)
	2033	case *ast.Blockquote:
	2034	bar := r.w.paint(sgrDim, "│ ")
	2035	r.blocks(n, first+bar, rest+bar)
	2036	case *ast.ThematicBreak:
	2037	r.w.rule(first)
	2038	case *ast.HTMLBlock:
	2039	// Dropped, as the web drops it.
	2040	default:
	2041	// GFM tables and anything else: the source, as a code block.
	2042	r.w.code(r.lines(n), "", rest)
	2043	}
	2044	}
	2045
	2046	func (r mdRenderer) lines(n ast.Node) string {
	2047	var b strings.Builder
	2048	ls := n.Lines()
	2049	for i := 0; i < ls.Len(); i++ {
	2050	seg := ls.At(i)
	2051	b.Write(seg.Value(r.src))
	2052	}
	2053	return b.String()
	2054	}
	2055
	2056	func (r mdRenderer) inline(n ast.Node) string {
	2057	var b strings.Builder
	2058	for c := n.FirstChild(); c != nil; c = c.NextSibling() {
	2059	switch c := c.(type) {
	2060	case *ast.Text:
	2061	b.Write(c.Segment.Value(r.src))
	2062	switch {
	2063	case c.HardLineBreak():
	2064	b.WriteString("\n")
	2065	case c.SoftLineBreak():
	2066	b.WriteString(" ")
	2067	}
	2068	case *ast.String:
	2069	b.Write(c.Value)
	2070	case *ast.CodeSpan:
	2071	b.WriteString(r.inline(c))
	2072	case *ast.Emphasis:
	2073	sgr := sgrUnderline
	2074	if c.Level == 2 {
	2075	sgr = sgrBold
	2076	}
	2077	b.WriteString(r.w.paint(sgr, r.inline(c)))
	2078	case *ast.Link:
	2079	b.WriteString(r.w.link(r.inline(c), string(c.Destination)))
	2080	case *ast.AutoLink:
	2081	u := string(c.URL(r.src))
	2082	b.WriteString(r.w.link(u, u))
	2083	case *ast.Image:
	2084	b.WriteString("[image: " + r.inline(c) + "]")
	2085	case *ast.RawHTML:
	2086	case *east.TaskCheckBox:
	2087	if c.IsChecked {
	2088	b.WriteString("[x] ")
	2089	} else {
	2090	b.WriteString("[ ] ")
	2091	}
	2092	default:
	2093	b.WriteString(r.inline(c))
	2094	}
	2095	}
	2096	return b.String()
	2097	}
	2098	```
	2099
	2100	`Inline` calls `renderOrg`, which Task 3.2 adds. Until then, add a stub to `org.go` so the package compiles: `func renderOrg(src string, w *out) string { return src }`.
	2101
	2102	- [ ] Step 4: Generate the golden files and read them
	2103
	2104	Run: `go test ./internal/termtext -run TestMarkdownGolden -update -count=1`, then open each `testdata/doc.md.*.golden` and check by eye:
	2105	- plain: no `\x1b`, paragraphs unwrapped, `link (https://example.com/page)`, `forge link (https://forge.test/krz/gitbay/issues/1)`, the autolink once, `[image: alt text]`, bullets `•`, `[x] done`, the table as its source indented four spaces.
	2106	- 60: no non-code line over 60 cells; the nested item indented under its parent's text.
	2107	- 60color: bold heading, underlined emphasis, dim quote bar, SGR in the code line.
	2108
	2109	Fix the renderer until each reads right, regenerate, then:
	2110
	2111	Run: `go test ./internal/termtext -count=1`
	2112	Expected: PASS.
	2113
	2114	- [ ] Step 5: Commit
	2115
	2116	```bash
	2117	git add internal/termtext
	2118	git commit -m "termtext: markdown for a terminal" -m "Ref #254"
	2119	```
	2120
	2121	### Task 3.2: `internal/termtext`, org
	2122
	2123	Files:
	2124	- Create: `internal/termtext/org.go`
	2125	- Test: `internal/termtext/org_test.go`, `testdata/doc.org`, goldens
	2126
	2127	Interfaces:
	2128	- Produces: `func Org(src string, o Options) string`, `func renderOrg(src string, w *out) string`.
	2129
	2130	- [ ] Step 1: Check go-org's node types
	2131
	2132	Run: `go doc github.com/niklasfasching/go-org/org \| grep -E '^type\|^func String'`
	2133	The code below uses `Headline{Lvl, Title, Children}`, `Paragraph{Children}`, `List{Kind, Items}`, `ListItem{Bullet, Children}`, `DescriptiveListItem{Term, Details}`, `Block{Name, Parameters, Children}`, `Example{Children}`, `HorizontalRule`, `Text{Content}`, `LineBreak`, `ExplicitLineBreak`, `Emphasis{Kind, Content}`, `RegularLink{Protocol, Description, URL}`, `Keyword`, and `org.String(nodes ...Node) string`. Adjust field names to what `go doc` prints.
	2134
	2135	- [ ] Step 2: Write the golden test
	2136
	2137	`internal/termtext/org_test.go`:
	2138
	2139	```go
	2140	package termtext
	2141
	2142	import (
	2143	"os"
	2144	"strings"
	2145	"testing"
	2146	)
	2147
	2148	func TestOrgGolden(t *testing.T) {
	2149	src, err := os.ReadFile("testdata/doc.org")
	2150	if err != nil {
	2151	t.Fatal(err)
	2152	}
	2153	golden(t, "doc.org.plain.golden", Org(string(src), Options{Base: "https://forge.test"}))
	2154	golden(t, "doc.org.60.golden", Org(string(src), Options{Width: 60, Base: "https://forge.test"}))
	2155	golden(t, "doc.org.60color.golden", Org(string(src), Options{Width: 60, Color: true, Base: "https://forge.test"}))
	2156	}
	2157
	2158	// #+INCLUDE reads nothing from the server's disk.
	2159	func TestOrgIncludeIsInert(t *testing.T) {
	2160	got := Org("#+INCLUDE: \"/etc/passwd\"\n\ntext\n", Options{})
	2161	if strings.Contains(got, "root:") {
	2162	t.Fatalf("include read a file: %q", got)
	2163	}
	2164	}
	2165	```
	2166
	2167	`testdata/doc.org`:
	2168
	2169	```org
	2170	#+TITLE: ignored keyword
	2171
	2172	* A heading
	2173	A paragraph long enough to wrap at sixty columns, with bold, /italic/, _underline_, =verbatim=, ~code~, a [[https://example.com/page][link]], and a bare [[https://example.com]].
	2174
	2175	- one
	2176	- two, which is long enough that its continuation line has to hang under the text rather than the bullet
	2177	- nested
	2178
	2179	1. first
	2180	2. second
	2181
	2182	- term :: its description
	2183
	2184	#+BEGIN_SRC go
	2185	func main() { fmt.Println("a line longer than sixty columns stays on one line, unwrapped") }
	2186	#+END_SRC
	2187
	2188	#+BEGIN_QUOTE
	2189	quoted text
	2190	#+END_QUOTE
	2191
	2192	-----
	2193
	2194	\| a \| b \|
	2195	\|---+---\|
	2196	\| 1 \| 2 \|
	2197	```
	2198
	2199	- [ ] Step 3: Run and see it fail
	2200
	2201	Run: `go test ./internal/termtext -run 'TestOrg' -count=1`
	2202	Expected: FAIL to compile.
	2203
	2204	- [ ] Step 4: Implement `internal/termtext/org.go` (replacing the `renderOrg` stub from Task 3.1)
	2205
	2206	```go
	2207	package termtext
	2208
	2209	import (
	2210	"bytes"
	2211	"errors"
	2212	"io"
	2213	"log"
	2214	"strings"
	2215
	2216	"github.com/niklasfasching/go-org/org"
	2217	)
	2218
	2219	func Org(src string, o Options) string {
	2220	return renderOrg(src, &out{o: o})
	2221	}
	2222
	2223	// renderOrg parses with the same restrictions as the web: no file is
	2224	// ever read (#+INCLUDE, #+SETUPFILE), and parse warnings go nowhere.
	2225	func renderOrg(src string, w *out) string {
	2226	c := org.New()
	2227	c.ReadFile = func(string) ([]byte, error) { return nil, errors.New("org: includes are disabled") }
	2228	c.Log = log.New(io.Discard, "", 0)
	2229	doc := c.Parse(bytes.NewReader([]byte(src)), "")
	2230	r := orgRenderer{w: w}
	2231	r.nodes(doc.Nodes, "", "")
	2232	return w.String()
	2233	}
	2234
	2235	type orgRenderer struct{ w *out }
	2236
	2237	func (r orgRenderer) nodes(ns []org.Node, first, rest string) {
	2238	p := first
	2239	wrote := false
	2240	for _, n := range ns {
	2241	if skipOrg(n) {
	2242	continue
	2243	}
	2244	if wrote {
	2245	r.w.blank()
	2246	}
	2247	r.block(n, p, rest)
	2248	p, wrote = rest, true
	2249	}
	2250	}
	2251
	2252	func skipOrg(n org.Node) bool {
	2253	switch n.(type) {
	2254	case org.Keyword, org.PropertyDrawer, org.Comment:
	2255	return true
	2256	}
	2257	return false
	2258	}
	2259
	2260	func (r orgRenderer) block(n org.Node, first, rest string) {
	2261	switch n := n.(type) {
	2262	case org.Headline:
	2263	r.w.para(r.w.paint(sgrBold, r.inline(n.Title)), first, rest)
	2264	if len(n.Children) > 0 {
	2265	r.w.blank()
	2266	r.nodes(n.Children, rest, rest)
	2267	}
	2268	case org.Paragraph:
	2269	r.w.para(r.inline(n.Children), first, rest)
	2270	case org.List:
	2271	p := first
	2272	for i, item := range n.Items {
	2273	if i > 0 && n.Kind == "descriptive" {
	2274	r.w.blank()
	2275	}
	2276	switch item := item.(type) {
	2277	case org.ListItem:
	2278	marker := "• "
	2279	if n.Kind == "ordered" {
	2280	marker = item.Bullet + " "
	2281	}
	2282	hang := rest + strings.Repeat(" ", cells(marker))
	2283	r.nodes(item.Children, p+marker, hang)
	2284	case org.DescriptiveListItem:
	2285	term := r.w.paint(sgrBold, r.inline(item.Term))
	2286	r.w.para(term, p, rest)
	2287	r.nodes(item.Details, rest+" ", rest+" ")
	2288	default:
	2289	r.w.code(org.String(item), "", rest)
	2290	}
	2291	p = rest
	2292	}
	2293	case org.Block:
	2294	switch strings.ToUpper(n.Name) {
	2295	case "SRC":
	2296	lang := ""
	2297	if len(n.Parameters) > 0 {
	2298	lang = n.Parameters[0]
	2299	}
	2300	r.w.code(org.String(n.Children...), lang, rest)
	2301	case "QUOTE":
	2302	bar := r.w.paint(sgrDim, "│ ")
	2303	r.nodes(n.Children, first+bar, rest+bar)
	2304	default:
	2305	r.w.code(org.String(n.Children...), "", rest)
	2306	}
	2307	case org.Example:
	2308	r.w.code(org.String(n.Children...), "", rest)
	2309	case org.HorizontalRule:
	2310	r.w.rule(first)
	2311	default:
	2312	r.w.code(org.String(n), "", rest)
	2313	}
	2314	}
	2315
	2316	func (r orgRenderer) inline(ns []org.Node) string {
	2317	var b strings.Builder
	2318	for _, n := range ns {
	2319	switch n := n.(type) {
	2320	case org.Text:
	2321	b.WriteString(n.Content)
	2322	case org.LineBreak:
	2323	b.WriteString(" ")
	2324	case org.ExplicitLineBreak:
	2325	b.WriteString("\n")
	2326	case org.Emphasis:
	2327	s := r.inline(n.Content)
	2328	switch n.Kind {
	2329	case "*":
	2330	s = r.w.paint(sgrBold, s)
	2331	case "/", "_":
	2332	s = r.w.paint(sgrUnderline, s)
	2333	}
	2334	b.WriteString(s)
	2335	case org.RegularLink:
	2336	b.WriteString(r.w.link(r.inline(n.Description), n.URL))
	2337	default:
	2338	b.WriteString(org.String(n))
	2339	}
	2340	}
	2341	return b.String()
	2342	}
	2343	```
	2344
	2345	Blank lines between list items: go-org separates items with no blank line in a tight list; if the goldens show blank lines between `• one` and `• two`, remove the `blank()` in `nodes` for list children by rendering item children with a local loop that skips it.
	2346
	2347	- [ ] Step 5: Generate the goldens and read them
	2348
	2349	Run: `go test ./internal/termtext -run TestOrgGolden -update -count=1`. Check by eye as in Task 3.1; `#+TITLE` must not appear. Then:
	2350
	2351	Run: `go test ./internal/termtext -count=1`
	2352	Expected: PASS.
	2353
	2354	- [ ] Step 6: Commit
	2355
	2356	```bash
	2357	git add internal/termtext
	2358	git commit -m "termtext: org for a terminal" -m "Ref #254"
	2359	```
	2360
	2361	### Task 3.3: `view`, and `issue show` on it
	2362
	2363	Files:
	2364	- Create: `internal/control/view.go`
	2365	- Modify: `internal/control/issue.go` (`runIssueShow` plain formatter, lines ~231-245)
	2366	- Test: `internal/control/view_test.go`
	2367
	2368	Interfaces:
	2369	- Consumes: `Term`, `stamp`, `parseStamp`, `cells`, `pad`, `termtext.Render`, `termtext.Inline`.
	2370	- Produces:
	2371	- `func (c *Ctx) when(s string) string` — `2006-01-02 15:04 UTC` at a terminal, `stamp(s)` plain.
	2372	- `func (c Ctx) view(w io.Writer) view`
	2373	- `func (v *view) title(ref, title, state string)`
	2374	- `func (v *view) fields(kv ...string)` — alternating key, value; empty values skipped.
	2375	- `func (v *view) body(src, format string)`
	2376	- `func (v *view) event(text, format, ts string)`
	2377	- `func (v *view) comment(author, ts, body, format string)`
	2378	- `func (c *Ctx) siteURL(parts ...string) string` — `server.site_url` joined with `/`.
	2379
	2380	- [ ] Step 1: Write the failing test
	2381
	2382	```go
	2383	package control
	2384
	2385	import (
	2386	"bytes"
	2387	"strings"
	2388	"testing"
	2389
	2390	"gitbay.org/gitbay/internal/protocol"
	2391	"gitbay.org/gitbay/internal/store"
	2392	)
	2393
	2394	func showIssue(t *testing.T, term Term) string {
	2395	t.Helper()
	2396	st, repo, uid := newQueueTestRepo(t)
	2397	n, err := st.CreateIssue(repo.ID, uid, "A title", "Body with a [link](/x/y).", "md")
	2398	if err != nil {
	2399	t.Fatal(err)
	2400	}
	2401	if _, err := st.AddIssueComment(issueIDByNumber(t, st, repo.ID, n), 0, "referenced in commit [abc1234567](/o/r/commit/abc) by [alice](/alice)", "md"); err != nil {
	2402	t.Fatal(err)
	2403	}
	2404	c, errOut := pruneCtx(st, t.TempDir(), store.User{ID: uid})
	2405	c.Cfg.Server.SiteURL = "https://forge.test"
	2406	c.Term = term
	2407	if code := Dispatch(c, []string{"issue", "show", repo.Path(), "1"}); code != protocol.ExitOK {
	2408	t.Fatalf("exit %d: %s", code, errOut)
	2409	}
	2410	return c.Stdout.(*bytes.Buffer).String()
	2411	}
	2412
	2413	func TestIssueShowPlain(t *testing.T) {
	2414	out := showIssue(t, Term{})
	2415	for _, want := range []string{
	2416	"#1 A title open\n",
	2417	" author alice, ",
	2418	" url https://forge.test/",
	2419	"Body with a link (https://forge.test/x/y).",
	2420	" · referenced in commit abc1234567 by alice ",
	2421	} {
	2422	if !strings.Contains(out, want) {
	2423	t.Errorf("missing %q in:\n%s", want, out)
	2424	}
	2425	}
	2426	if strings.Contains(out, "\x1b") \|\| strings.Contains(out, "](") {
	2427	t.Errorf("markup or SGR in plain view:\n%s", out)
	2428	}
	2429	}
	2430
	2431	func TestIssueShowTerminal(t *testing.T) {
	2432	out := showIssue(t, Term{Cols: 60, Color: true})
	2433	if !strings.Contains(out, sgrGreen+"open"+sgrReset) {
	2434	t.Errorf("state not coloured:\n%s", out)
	2435	}
	2436	if !strings.Contains(out, " UTC") {
	2437	t.Errorf("no web-format timestamp:\n%s", out)
	2438	}
	2439	for _, line := range strings.Split(stripSGR(out), "\n") {
	2440	if cells(line) > 60 {
	2441	t.Errorf("line over 60 cells: %q", line)
	2442	}
	2443	}
	2444	}
	2445	```
	2446
	2447	Before writing this, read `internal/store/issues.go` for the real names and signatures of the create-issue and add-comment functions and for how a system comment is stored (author `system`, or an author id of 0, or a kind column), and adjust `showIssue` to match. Write `issueIDByNumber` only if no lookup exists (`st.IssueByNumber(repoID, n)` likely does).
	2448
	2449	- [ ] Step 2: Run and see it fail
	2450
	2451	Run: `go test ./internal/control -run TestIssueShow -count=1`
	2452	Expected: FAIL.
	2453
	2454	- [ ] Step 3: Implement `internal/control/view.go`
	2455
	2456	```go
	2457	package control
	2458
	2459	import (
	2460	"io"
	2461	"strings"
	2462
	2463	"gitbay.org/gitbay/internal/termtext"
	2464	)
	2465
	2466	// when is a stored timestamp in a view: the web's format at a
	2467	// terminal, RFC3339 to the second when plain.
	2468	func (c *Ctx) when(s string) string {
	2469	if c.Term.Cols == 0 {
	2470	return stamp(s)
	2471	}
	2472	t, ok := parseStamp(s)
	2473	if !ok {
	2474	return s
	2475	}
	2476	return t.Format("2006-01-02 15:04 UTC")
	2477	}
	2478
	2479	// siteURL is the instance's address with path segments appended.
	2480	func (c *Ctx) siteURL(parts ...string) string {
	2481	return strings.TrimRight(c.Cfg.Server.SiteURL, "/") + "/" + strings.Join(parts, "/")
	2482	}
	2483
	2484	// view lays out a show: a title line, aligned fields, a body, events,
	2485	// comments. Plain output is the same lines without colour or wrapping.
	2486	type view struct {
	2487	c *Ctx
	2488	w io.Writer
	2489	}
	2490
	2491	func (c Ctx) view(w io.Writer) view { return &view{c: c, w: w} }
	2492
	2493	func (v *view) opts() termtext.Options {
	2494	return termtext.Options{Width: max(0, v.c.Term.Cols-2), Color: v.c.Term.Color, Base: v.c.Cfg.Server.SiteURL}
	2495	}
	2496
	2497	func (v *view) title(ref, title, state string) {
	2498	t := v.c.Term
	2499	io.WriteString(v.w, ref+" "+t.paint(sgrBold, title)+" "+t.paint(stateColor(state), state)+"\n")
	2500	}
	2501
	2502	// fields prints key/value pairs aligned on the widest key, skipping
	2503	// empty values.
	2504	func (v *view) fields(kv ...string) {
	2505	wide := 0
	2506	for i := 0; i+1 < len(kv); i += 2 {
	2507	if kv[i+1] != "" {
	2508	wide = max(wide, cells(kv[i]))
	2509	}
	2510	}
	2511	io.WriteString(v.w, "\n")
	2512	for i := 0; i+1 < len(kv); i += 2 {
	2513	if kv[i+1] == "" {
	2514	continue
	2515	}
	2516	io.WriteString(v.w, " "+v.c.Term.paint(sgrDim, pad(kv[i], wide))+" "+kv[i+1]+"\n")
	2517	}
	2518	}
	2519
	2520	func (v *view) body(src, format string) {
	2521	if strings.TrimSpace(src) == "" {
	2522	return
	2523	}
	2524	io.WriteString(v.w, "\n")
	2525	for _, line := range strings.Split(strings.TrimRight(termtext.Render(src, format, v.opts()), "\n"), "\n") {
	2526	if line == "" {
	2527	io.WriteString(v.w, "\n")
	2528	continue
	2529	}
	2530	io.WriteString(v.w, " "+line+"\n")
	2531	}
	2532	}
	2533
	2534	// event is one line for a system comment: its text without link
	2535	// targets, the time at the right edge at a terminal.
	2536	func (v *view) event(text, format, ts string) {
	2537	line := "· " + termtext.Inline(text, format)
	2538	when := v.c.when(ts)
	2539	if cols := v.c.Term.Cols; cols > 0 {
	2540	room := cols - 2 - 2 - cells(when)
	2541	line = pad(clip(line, room), room)
	2542	}
	2543	io.WriteString(v.w, " "+v.c.Term.paint(sgrDim, line+" "+when)+"\n")
	2544	}
	2545
	2546	func (v *view) comment(author, ts, body, format string) {
	2547	head := "── " + author + ", " + v.c.when(ts) + " "
	2548	if cols := v.c.Term.Cols; cols > 0 {
	2549	head += strings.Repeat("─", max(0, cols-cells(head)))
	2550	}
	2551	io.WriteString(v.w, "\n"+v.c.Term.paint(sgrDim, head)+"\n")
	2552	v.body(body, format)
	2553	}
	2554	```
	2555
	2556	`issue show`'s formatter:
	2557
	2558	```go
	2559	return c.emit(d, func(w io.Writer) {
	2560	v := c.view(w)
	2561	v.title(fmt.Sprintf("#%d", d.Number), d.Title, d.State)
	2562	v.fields(
	2563	"author", d.Author+", "+c.when(d.CreatedAt),
	2564	"assignees", strings.Join(d.Assignees, ", "),
	2565	"labels", strings.Join(d.Labels, ", "),
	2566	"milestone", d.Milestone,
	2567	"url", c.siteURL(repo.Path(), "issues", strconv.FormatInt(d.Number, 10)),
	2568	)
	2569	v.body(d.Body, d.BodyFormat)
	2570	events := false
	2571	for _, cm := range cs {
	2572	if cm.Author != "system" {
	2573	continue
	2574	}
	2575	if !events {
	2576	io.WriteString(w, "\n")
	2577	events = true
	2578	}
	2579	v.event(cm.Body, cm.BodyFormat, cm.CreatedAt)
	2580	}
	2581	for _, cm := range cs {
	2582	if cm.Author == "system" {
	2583	continue
	2584	}
	2585	v.comment(cm.Author, cm.CreatedAt, cm.Body, cm.BodyFormat)
	2586	}
	2587	})
	2588	```
	2589
	2590	Remove the `_ = repo` line. Use the system-comment test that Step 1's store reading found in place of `cm.Author == "system"` if it differs. Check the web issue URL segment (`issues`) against `internal/httpd/routes.go`.
	2591
	2592	In plain mode `event` prints ` · <text> <stamp>` with two spaces between, which the test expects.
	2593
	2594	- [ ] Step 4: Run
	2595
	2596	Run: `go build ./... && go test ./internal/control -count=1`
	2597	Expected: PASS. Existing tests asserting the old `issue show` text (`#1 A title [open] by alice`, `--- alice at`) change to the new layout; e2e tests grepping `issue show` output: `grep -rn '"issue", "show"' e2e/` and update their assertions to substrings the new layout prints.
	2598
	2599	- [ ] Step 5: Commit
	2600
	2601	```bash
	2602	git add internal/control e2e
	2603	git commit -m "control: view layout; issue show on it" -m "Ref #254"
	2604	```
	2605
	2606	### Task 3.4: every other show on `view`
	2607
	2608	Files:
	2609	- Modify: `internal/control/mr.go` (`mr show`), `build.go` (`build show`), `release.go` (`release show`), `snippet.go` (`snippet show`), `repo.go` (`repo show`, `repo settings show`), `org.go` (`org show`), `teams.go` (`org team show`), `profile.go` (`profile show`), `admin.go` (`admin user show`), `wiki.go` (`wiki show`), `notifications.go` (`notifications settings show`), `theme.go` (`web theme show`)
	2610
	2611	- [ ] Step 1: Convert each with this mapping, reading each formatter first:
	2612	- The first line becomes `v.title(<identifier>, <name or title>, <state or visibility>)`. A show with no state passes `""` (the trailing space is harmless; `title` may skip it when empty — make it do so).
	2613	- Every `key: value` line becomes a pair in one `v.fields(...)` call; timestamps through `c.when`; add `"url", c.siteURL(...)` where the web has a page for the object.
	2614	- A body (MR description, release notes, snippet file text is content, not markup: print it verbatim after a blank line; wiki page source → `v.body(src, format)` with format from the file extension, `org` for `.org`).
	2615	- Comments and events on `mr show` exactly as on `issue show`; reviews and checks become `fields` rows (`check ci/build success, 22s`) or a `table` after the fields when there is more than one.
	2616	- Single-value shows (`web theme show`, `notifications settings show`) keep their one-line output if they print one line today.
	2617
	2618	- [ ] Step 2: Remove the Part 2 `rawOutput` entries added "until the view layout" in `e2e/readonly_test.go`.
	2619
	2620	- [ ] Step 3: Run
	2621
	2622	Run: `go test ./internal/control -count=1 && go test ./e2e -run TestReadOnlyCommandsWriteNothing -count=1`
	2623	Expected: PASS. A show that exceeds 60 columns outside a code block is a layout bug; fix it in the formatter.
	2624
	2625	- [ ] Step 4: Commit
	2626
	2627	```bash
	2628	git add internal/control e2e
	2629	git commit -m "control: every show on the view layout" -m "Ref #254"
	2630	```
	2631
	2632	### Task 3.5: the pager
	2633
	2634	Files:
	2635	- Modify: `cmd/gitbay/ssh.go` (`runSSH` → `runSSHPaged`)
	2636	- Modify: `cmd/gitbay/main.go` (`runPass`)
	2637	- Test: `cmd/gitbay/term_test.go`
	2638
	2639	Interfaces:
	2640	- Produces:
	2641	- `func pagerArgv(env func(string) (string, bool)) []string` — nil means no pager.
	2642	- `func pages(server, args []string) bool`
	2643	- `func runSSHPaged(t target, serverArgv []string, stdin io.Reader, page bool) int`; `runSSH(t, argv, stdin)` becomes `runSSHPaged(t, argv, stdin, false)`.
	2644
	2645	- [ ] Step 1: Write the failing test
	2646
	2647	```go
	2648	func TestPagerArgv(t *testing.T) {
	2649	env := func(m map[string]string) func(string) (string, bool) {
	2650	return func(k string) (string, bool) { v, ok := m[k]; return v, ok }
	2651	}
	2652	cases := []struct {
	2653	env map[string]string
	2654	want string
	2655	}{
	2656	{nil, "less"},
	2657	{map[string]string{"PAGER": "more -s"}, "more -s"},
	2658	{map[string]string{"PAGER": "more", "GITBAY_PAGER": "bat -p"}, "bat -p"},
	2659	{map[string]string{"PAGER": "more", "GITBAY_PAGER": ""}, ""},
	2660	}
	2661	for _, c := range cases {
	2662	if got := strings.Join(pagerArgv(env(c.env)), " "); got != c.want {
	2663	t.Errorf("%v: got %q want %q", c.env, got, c.want)
	2664	}
	2665	}
	2666	}
	2667
	2668	func TestPages(t *testing.T) {
	2669	yes := [][]string{{"issue", "show"}, {"mr", "diff"}, {"build", "log"}, {"repo", "log"}}
	2670	for _, s := range yes {
	2671	if !pages(s, nil) {
	2672	t.Errorf("%v should page", s)
	2673	}
	2674	}
	2675	if pages([]string{"build", "log"}, []string{"--follow"}) {
	2676	t.Error("build log --follow must not page")
	2677	}
	2678	if pages([]string{"issue", "show"}, []string{"--json"}) {
	2679	t.Error("--json must not page")
	2680	}
	2681	if pages([]string{"issue", "list"}, nil) {
	2682	t.Error("list must not page")
	2683	}
	2684	}
	2685	```
	2686
	2687	(add `strings` to the test imports.)
	2688
	2689	- [ ] Step 2: Run and see it fail
	2690
	2691	Run: `go test ./cmd/gitbay -run 'TestPagerArgv\|TestPages' -count=1`
	2692	Expected: FAIL to compile.
	2693
	2694	- [ ] Step 3: Implement
	2695
	2696	```go
	2697	// pagerArgv is the pager to run long output through: GITBAY_PAGER,
	2698	// then PAGER, then less. An empty GITBAY_PAGER turns paging off.
	2699	func pagerArgv(env func(string) (string, bool)) []string {
	2700	if v, ok := env("GITBAY_PAGER"); ok {
	2701	return strings.Fields(v)
	2702	}
	2703	if v, ok := env("PAGER"); ok && v != "" {
	2704	return strings.Fields(v)
	2705	}
	2706	return []string{"less"}
	2707	}
	2708
	2709	// pages reports whether a command's output goes through the pager at a
	2710	// terminal: views, diffs and logs, never a follow or JSON.
	2711	func pages(server, args []string) bool {
	2712	if len(server) == 0 \|\| slices.Contains(args, "--json") \|\| slices.Contains(args, "--follow") {
	2713	return false
	2714	}
	2715	switch server[len(server)-1] {
	2716	case "show", "diff", "log":
	2717	return true
	2718	}
	2719	return false
	2720	}
	2721	```
	2722
	2723	In `runSSHPaged`, after `cmd` is built and before `cmd.Run()`:
	2724
	2725	```go
	2726	var pager *exec.Cmd
	2727	var pw io.WriteCloser
	2728	if page && term.IsTerminal(int(os.Stdout.Fd())) {
	2729	if argv := pagerArgv(os.LookupEnv); len(argv) > 0 {
	2730	pager = exec.Command(toolpath.Look(argv[0]), argv[1:]...)
	2731	pager.Stdout, pager.Stderr = os.Stdout, os.Stderr
	2732	if _, ok := os.LookupEnv("LESS"); !ok {
	2733	pager.Env = append(os.Environ(), "LESS=FRX")
	2734	}
	2735	if w, err := pager.StdinPipe(); err == nil && pager.Start() == nil {
	2736	pw = w
	2737	cmd.Stdout = pw
	2738	} else {
	2739	pager = nil
	2740	}
	2741	}
	2742	}
	2743	err := cmd.Run()
	2744	if pager != nil {
	2745	pw.Close()
	2746	pager.Wait()
	2747	}
	2748	```
	2749
	2750	The `GITBAY_TERM` value is computed from `os.Stdout` before this block, so the server still sees the terminal. In `runPass`, the final call becomes `runSSHPaged(t, append(o.server, args...), stdin, pages(o.server, args))`.
	2751
	2752	- [ ] Step 4: Run
	2753
	2754	Run: `go build ./... && go vet ./cmd/gitbay && go test ./cmd/gitbay -count=1`
	2755	Expected: PASS. At a terminal against a local instance: `gitbay issue show <n>` opens `less` only when longer than the screen; `GITBAY_PAGER= gitbay issue show <n>` never does; `gitbay issue show <n> \| cat` never does.
	2756
	2757	- [ ] Step 5: Commit and open MR 3
	2758
	2759	```bash
	2760	git add cmd/gitbay
	2761	git commit -m "gitbay: page views, diffs and logs at a terminal" -m "Ref #254"
	2762	git push -u origin cli-output-views
	2763	gitbay mr create --source cli-output-views --target main --title "CLI output: show views and the pager"
	2764	```
	2765
	2766	---
	2767
	2768	# Part 4: help (branch `cli-output-help`)
	2769
	2770	### Task 4.1: `Flags` and `Examples` on `Command`, and the registry test
	2771
	2772	Files:
	2773	- Modify: `internal/control/control.go` (`Flag`, `Command` fields)
	2774	- Create: `internal/control/help_test.go`
	2775
	2776	Interfaces:
	2777	- Produces:
	2778
	2779	```go
	2780	// Flag is one flag in a command's help.
	2781	type Flag struct {
	2782	Name string // "--state"
	2783	Arg string // "open\|closed\|all"; empty for a switch
	2784	Desc string // what it does, lower case, no full stop
	2785	Default string // empty for none
	2786	}
	2787	```
	2788
	2789	`Command` gains `Flags []Flag` and `Examples []string` (each the full argv after the program, repository named).
	2790
	2791	- [ ] Step 1: Write the test
	2792
	2793	```go
	2794	package control
	2795
	2796	import (
	2797	"regexp"
	2798	"slices"
	2799	"strings"
	2800	"testing"
	2801
	2802	"gitbay.org/gitbay/internal/protocol"
	2803	)
	2804
	2805	var usageFlag = regexp.MustCompile(`--[a-z][a-z0-9-]*`)
	2806
	2807	// Help is written once, in the registry. Every flag in a usage line has
	2808	// a description, every description names a flag in the usage line, and
	2809	// every command has an example that runs it.
	2810	func TestHelpIsComplete(t *testing.T) {
	2811	for _, cmd := range Commands() {
	2812	path := strings.Join(cmd.Path, " ")
	2813	inUsage := map[string]bool{}
	2814	for _, f := range usageFlag.FindAllString(cmd.Usage, -1) {
	2815	if f != "--json" {
	2816	inUsage[f] = true
	2817	}
	2818	}
	2819	described := map[string]bool{}
	2820	for _, f := range cmd.Flags {
	2821	described[f.Name] = true
	2822	if f.Desc == "" {
	2823	t.Errorf("%s: %s has no description", path, f.Name)
	2824	}
	2825	if !inUsage[f.Name] {
	2826	t.Errorf("%s: %s is described but not in the usage", path, f.Name)
	2827	}
	2828	}
	2829	for f := range inUsage {
	2830	if !described[f] {
	2831	t.Errorf("%s: %s is in the usage with no description", path, f)
	2832	}
	2833	}
	2834	if len(cmd.Examples) == 0 {
	2835	t.Errorf("%s: no example", path)
	2836	}
	2837	for _, ex := range cmd.Examples {
	2838	argv, err := protocol.Tokenize(ex)
	2839	if err != nil {
	2840	t.Errorf("%s: example %q: %v", path, ex, err)
	2841	continue
	2842	}
	2843	got, _, ok := Lookup(argv)
	2844	if !ok \|\| !slices.Equal(got.Path, cmd.Path) {
	2845	t.Errorf("%s: example %q runs %v", path, ex, got.Path)
	2846	}
	2847	}
	2848	}
	2849	}
	2850	```
	2851
	2852	- [ ] Step 2: Add the type and fields to `control.go`; run `go test ./internal/control -run TestHelpIsComplete -count=1`. Expected: FAIL listing every command. Keep the list: Tasks 4.2 and 4.3 fill it.
	2853
	2854	- [ ] Step 3: Commit (the test fails; commit it with the next task instead if CI must stay green per commit — it must, since `ff` merges every commit. Do not commit yet; carry it into Task 4.2's commit.)
	2855
	2856	### Task 4.2: flag descriptions and examples, work nouns
	2857
	2858	Files:
	2859	- Modify: registrations in `internal/control/issue.go`, `mr.go`, `build.go`, `release.go`, `milestone.go`, `label.go`, `orglabel.go`, `search.go`, `explore.go`, `dashboard.go`, `thread.go`, `diffcomment.go`, `status.go`, `wiki.go`, `snippet.go`, `read.go`, `repo.go`, `repo*.go`
	2860
	2861	Rules for the text:
	2862	- `Desc`: lower case, no full stop, says what the flag changes, under 50 characters: `which issues`, `only issues carrying this label`, `rows per page`, `continue from the previous page`, `read the body from stdin`.
	2863	- `Arg`: the placeholder exactly as the usage line spells it (`<l>`, `open\|closed\|all`, `-`).
	2864	- `Default`: only when the command applies one (`open`, `30`); read the `Run` function to find it.
	2865	- Examples: the most common real use first, a second only when a flag combination is worth showing. Repository `krz/gitbay`, user `cmc`, numbers that look real. Stdin examples end in `--file - < notes.md`.
	2866
	2867	Example, for `issue list`:
	2868
	2869	```go
	2870	register(Command{Path: []string{"issue", "list"},
	2871	Summary: "list issues",
	2872	Usage: "issue list <owner/name> [--state open\|closed\|all] [--label <l>] [--assignee <user>] [--author <user>] [--milestone <title>\|none] [--search <text>] [--limit <n>] [--cursor <c>]",
	2873	Flags: []Flag{
	2874	{"--state", "open\|closed\|all", "which issues", "open"},
	2875	{"--label", "<l>", "only issues carrying this label", ""},
	2876	{"--assignee", "<user>", "only issues assigned to this user", ""},
	2877	{"--author", "<user>", "only issues opened by this user", ""},
	2878	{"--milestone", "<title>\|none", "only issues in this milestone, or in none", ""},
	2879	{"--search", "<text>", "match title and body", ""},
	2880	{"--limit", "<n>", "rows per page", ""},
	2881	{"--cursor", "<c>", "continue from the previous page", ""},
	2882	},
	2883	Examples: []string{
	2884	"issue list krz/gitbay --label bug --state all",
	2885	"issue list krz/gitbay --assignee cmc",
	2886	},
	2887	ReadOnly: true, Run: runIssueList})
	2888	```
	2889
	2890	(keep the registration's existing field layout and values; only `Flags` and `Examples` are new.) `--limit`/`--cursor` descriptions are the same on every paged command.
	2891
	2892	- [ ] Step 1: Fill every command in the files above.
	2893	- [ ] Step 2: Run `go test ./internal/control -run TestHelpIsComplete -count=1`. Expected: failures only for commands in files Task 4.3 covers.
	2894	- [ ] Step 3: No commit yet (the test still fails).
	2895
	2896	### Task 4.3: flag descriptions and examples, everything else
	2897
	2898	Files:
	2899	- Modify: every remaining registration in `internal/control/*.go` (account, keys, tokens, orgs, teams, admin, runners, webhooks, mirrors, notifications, web, profile, register, import, audit, help).
	2900
	2901	- [ ] Step 1: Fill with the rules in Task 4.2. Admin commands' examples use a made-up user (`alice`). Secrets: examples read them from stdin, never argv (`repo secret set krz/gitbay DEPLOY_KEY --file - < key`).
	2902	- [ ] Step 2: Run `go test ./internal/control -count=1`. Expected: PASS.
	2903	- [ ] Step 3: Commit (Tasks 4.1–4.3 together)
	2904
	2905	```bash
	2906	git add internal/control
	2907	git commit -m "control: every command's flags described, with examples" -m "Ref #254"
	2908	```
	2909
	2910	### Task 4.4: help layouts
	2911
	2912	Files:
	2913	- Create: `internal/control/help.go` (move `runHelp`, `helpEntry` and the `help` registration out of `control.go`)
	2914	- Test: `internal/control/help_test.go`
	2915
	2916	Interfaces:
	2917	- Consumes: `Flag`, `Command.Flags`, `Command.Examples`, `Term`, `hostOf`.
	2918	- Produces:
	2919	- `var nounSummaries = map[string]string{...}` — one line per first path element.
	2920	- `func NounSummaries() map[string]string`
	2921	- `helpEntry` gains `Flags []Flag \`json:"flags,omitempty"\`` and `Examples []string \`json:"examples,omitempty"\``; `Flag` gets JSON tags `name`, `arg`, `desc`, `default` (omitempty on the last three).
	2922
	2923	- [ ] Step 1: Write the failing tests
	2924
	2925	```go
	2926	func helpOut(t *testing.T, term Term, prefix ...string) string {
	2927	t.Helper()
	2928	var out, errOut bytes.Buffer
	2929	c := &Ctx{Stdout: &out, Stderr: &errOut, Term: term}
	2930	c.Cfg.Server.SiteURL = "https://forge.test"
	2931	if code := Dispatch(c, append([]string{"help"}, prefix...)); code != protocol.ExitOK {
	2932	t.Fatalf("help %v: exit %d: %s", prefix, code, errOut.String())
	2933	}
	2934	return out.String()
	2935	}
	2936
	2937	func TestHelpVerb(t *testing.T) {
	2938	out := helpOut(t, Term{Cols: 100}, "issue", "list")
	2939	for _, want := range []string{
	2940	"list issues\n",
	2941	"USAGE\n gitbay issue list [<owner/name>] [flags]\n",
	2942	"FLAGS\n",
	2943	" --state open\|closed\|all",
	2944	"which issues (default open)\n",
	2945	" --json",
	2946	"EXAMPLES\n gitbay issue list krz/gitbay --label bug --state all\n",
	2947	} {
	2948	if !strings.Contains(out, want) {
	2949	t.Errorf("missing %q in:\n%s", want, out)
	2950	}
	2951	}
	2952	plain := helpOut(t, Term{}, "issue", "list")
	2953	if !strings.Contains(plain, " ssh git@forge.test issue list krz/gitbay --label bug --state all\n") {
	2954	t.Errorf("plain examples not ssh:\n%s", plain)
	2955	}
	2956	if !strings.Contains(plain, "USAGE\n ssh git@forge.test issue list <owner/name> [flags]\n") {
	2957	t.Errorf("plain usage:\n%s", plain)
	2958	}
	2959	}
	2960
	2961	func TestHelpNoun(t *testing.T) {
	2962	out := helpOut(t, Term{Cols: 100}, "issue")
	2963	for _, want := range []string{"issues\n", "READ\n", "WRITE\n", " list ", " create ", "gitbay issue <verb> --help for flags.\n"} {
	2964	if !strings.Contains(out, want) {
	2965	t.Errorf("missing %q in:\n%s", want, out)
	2966	}
	2967	}
	2968	if strings.Index(out, " list ") > strings.Index(out, "WRITE") {
	2969	t.Errorf("list is not under READ:\n%s", out)
	2970	}
	2971	}
	2972
	2973	func TestEveryNounHasASummary(t *testing.T) {
	2974	for _, cmd := range Commands() {
	2975	if nounSummaries[cmd.Path[0]] == "" {
	2976	t.Errorf("no noun summary for %q", cmd.Path[0])
	2977	}
	2978	}
	2979	}
	2980	```
	2981
	2982	- [ ] Step 2: Run and see them fail
	2983
	2984	Run: `go test ./internal/control -run 'TestHelpVerb\|TestHelpNoun\|TestEveryNounHasASummary' -count=1`
	2985	Expected: FAIL.
	2986
	2987	- [ ] Step 3: Implement `help.go`
	2988
	2989	`nounSummaries`: one entry per distinct `cmd.Path[0]` in the registry (list them with `go test -run TestEveryNounHasASummary` output). Reuse the CLI's `group(...)` short texts from `cmd/gitbay/main.go` where the noun matches, so the two agree.
	2990
	2991	`runHelp`:
	2992
	2993	```go
	2994	func runHelp(c *Ctx, args []string) int {
	2995	prefix := joinPath(args)
	2996	var matched []Command
	2997	for _, cmd := range registry {
	2998	p := joinPath(cmd.Path)
	2999	if prefix == "" \|\| p == prefix \|\| strings.HasPrefix(p, prefix+" ") {
	3000	matched = append(matched, cmd)
	3001	}
	3002	}
	3003	if len(matched) == 0 {
	3004	return c.fail(protocol.ExitNotFound, "no command matches %q; try: help", prefix)
	3005	}
	3006	slices.SortFunc(matched, func(a, b Command) int { return strings.Compare(joinPath(a.Path), joinPath(b.Path)) })
	3007	entries := make([]helpEntry, len(matched))
	3008	for i, cmd := range matched {
	3009	entries[i] = helpEntry{Path: joinPath(cmd.Path), Summary: cmd.Summary, Usage: cmd.Usage, Flags: cmd.Flags, Examples: cmd.Examples}
	3010	}
	3011	return c.emit(entries, func(w io.Writer) {
	3012	switch {
	3013	case prefix == "":
	3014	for _, e := range entries {
	3015	fmt.Fprintf(w, "%-24s %s\n", e.Path, e.Summary)
	3016	}
	3017	case joinPath(matched[0].Path) == prefix:
	3018	c.helpVerb(w, matched[0], matched[1:])
	3019	default:
	3020	c.helpNoun(w, prefix, matched)
	3021	}
	3022	})
	3023	}
	3024	```
	3025
	3026	(`matched[0]` is the exact match when one exists, because it sorts first.)
	3027
	3028	```go
	3029	// program is how help spells the command it documents: the CLI at a
	3030	// terminal (only the CLI sends GITBAY_TERM), ssh otherwise.
	3031	func (c *Ctx) program() string {
	3032	if c.Term.Cols > 0 {
	3033	return "gitbay"
	3034	}
	3035	return "ssh git@" + hostOf(c.Cfg.Server.SiteURL)
	3036	}
	3037
	3038	func (c *Ctx) heading(w io.Writer, s string) {
	3039	fmt.Fprintln(w, c.Term.paint(sgrBold, s))
	3040	}
	3041
	3042	func (c *Ctx) helpVerb(w io.Writer, cmd Command, below []Command) {
	3043	fmt.Fprintln(w, cmd.Summary)
	3044	fmt.Fprintln(w)
	3045	c.heading(w, "USAGE")
	3046	shape := cmd.Usage
	3047	if i := strings.Index(shape, " [--"); i >= 0 {
	3048	shape = shape[:i]
	3049	} else if i := strings.Index(shape, " --"); i >= 0 {
	3050	shape = shape[:i]
	3051	}
	3052	if c.Term.Cols > 0 {
	3053	shape = strings.Replace(shape, "<owner/name>", "[<owner/name>]", 1)
	3054	}
	3055	if len(cmd.Flags) > 0 {
	3056	shape += " [flags]"
	3057	}
	3058	fmt.Fprintf(w, " %s %s\n", c.program(), shape)
	3059	fmt.Fprintln(w)
	3060	c.heading(w, "FLAGS")
	3061	rows := make([][2]string, 0, len(cmd.Flags)+1)
	3062	for _, f := range cmd.Flags {
	3063	name := f.Name
	3064	if f.Arg != "" {
	3065	name += " " + f.Arg
	3066	}
	3067	desc := f.Desc
	3068	if f.Default != "" {
	3069	desc += " (default " + f.Default + ")"
	3070	}
	3071	rows = append(rows, [2]string{name, desc})
	3072	}
	3073	rows = append(rows, [2]string{"--json", "machine-readable output"})
	3074	wide := 0
	3075	for _, r := range rows {
	3076	wide = max(wide, cells(r[0]))
	3077	}
	3078	for _, r := range rows {
	3079	fmt.Fprintf(w, " %s %s\n", pad(r[0], wide), r[1])
	3080	}
	3081	if len(cmd.Examples) > 0 {
	3082	fmt.Fprintln(w)
	3083	c.heading(w, "EXAMPLES")
	3084	for _, ex := range cmd.Examples {
	3085	fmt.Fprintf(w, " %s %s\n", c.program(), ex)
	3086	}
	3087	}
	3088	if len(below) > 0 {
	3089	fmt.Fprintln(w)
	3090	c.heading(w, "SEE ALSO")
	3091	for _, b := range below {
	3092	fmt.Fprintf(w, " %s %s\n", c.program(), joinPath(b.Path))
	3093	}
	3094	}
	3095	}
	3096
	3097	func (c *Ctx) helpNoun(w io.Writer, prefix string, cmds []Command) {
	3098	head := nounSummaries[strings.Fields(prefix)[0]]
	3099	fmt.Fprintln(w, head)
	3100	fmt.Fprintln(w)
	3101	c.heading(w, "USAGE")
	3102	fmt.Fprintf(w, " %s %s <verb> ...\n", c.program(), prefix)
	3103	wide := 0
	3104	for _, cmd := range cmds {
	3105	wide = max(wide, cells(strings.TrimPrefix(joinPath(cmd.Path), prefix+" ")))
	3106	}
	3107	for _, section := range []struct {
	3108	title string
	3109	read bool
	3110	}{{"READ", true}, {"WRITE", false}} {
	3111	first := true
	3112	for _, cmd := range cmds {
	3113	if cmd.ReadOnly != section.read {
	3114	continue
	3115	}
	3116	if first {
	3117	fmt.Fprintln(w)
	3118	c.heading(w, section.title)
	3119	first = false
	3120	}
	3121	verb := strings.TrimPrefix(joinPath(cmd.Path), prefix+" ")
	3122	fmt.Fprintf(w, " %s %s\n", pad(verb, wide), cmd.Summary)
	3123	}
	3124	}
	3125	fmt.Fprintln(w)
	3126	fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s %s <verb> --help for flags.\n", c.program(), prefix)
	3127	}
	3128	```
	3129
	3130	`TestHelpVerb` expects the plain USAGE with `ssh git@forge.test`; confirm `hostOf("https://forge.test")` returns `forge.test`.
	3131
	3132	- [ ] Step 4: Run
	3133
	3134	Run: `go test ./internal/control -count=1`
	3135	Expected: PASS. Any existing test of `help` plain output (grep `"help"` in `internal/control/*_test.go` and `e2e/`) moves to the new layout; `help --json` consumers are unaffected except for the two added fields.
	3136
	3137	- [ ] Step 5: Commit
	3138
	3139	```bash
	3140	git add internal/control
	3141	git commit -m "help: noun and verb layouts, flags and examples from the registry" -m "Ref #254"
	3142	```
	3143
	3144	### Task 4.5: the CLI's summaries come from the registry; grouped root help
	3145
	3146	Files:
	3147	- Create: `cmd/gitbay/summaries_gen.go` (generated), `cmd/gitbay/summaries_test.go`
	3148	- Modify: `cmd/gitbay/main.go` (`pass` loses its `short` parameter; `group` checked against `NounSummaries`; root help function)
	3149
	3150	Interfaces:
	3151	- Consumes: `control.Commands()`, `control.NounSummaries()`.
	3152	- Produces: `var summaries map[string]string` (package `main`, generated), `var rootSections []rootSection`.
	3153
	3154	- [ ] Step 1: Write the test
	3155
	3156	`cmd/gitbay/summaries_test.go`:
	3157
	3158	```go
	3159	package main
	3160
	3161	import (
	3162	"flag"
	3163	"fmt"
	3164	"os"
	3165	"slices"
	3166	"strings"
	3167	"testing"
	3168
	3169	"gitbay.org/gitbay/internal/control"
	3170	)
	3171
	3172	var updateSummaries = flag.Bool("update", false, "rewrite summaries_gen.go")
	3173
	3174	// summaries_gen.go is the registry's one-line summaries, so the CLI's
	3175	// command list and completions say what help says.
	3176	func TestSummariesAreCurrent(t *testing.T) {
	3177	var b strings.Builder
	3178	b.WriteString("// Code generated by TestSummariesAreCurrent -update; DO NOT EDIT.\n\npackage main\n\nvar summaries = map[string]string{\n")
	3179	var lines []string
	3180	for _, cmd := range control.Commands() {
	3181	lines = append(lines, fmt.Sprintf("\t%q: %q,\n", strings.Join(cmd.Path, " "), cmd.Summary))
	3182	}
	3183	slices.Sort(lines)
	3184	b.WriteString(strings.Join(lines, ""))
	3185	b.WriteString("}\n")
	3186	if *updateSummaries {
	3187	os.WriteFile("summaries_gen.go", []byte(b.String()), 0o644)
	3188	}
	3189	got, _ := os.ReadFile("summaries_gen.go")
	3190	if string(got) != b.String() {
	3191	t.Fatal("summaries_gen.go is stale: go test ./cmd/gitbay -run TestSummariesAreCurrent -update")
	3192	}
	3193	}
	3194
	3195	func TestRootSectionsCoverEveryCommand(t *testing.T) {
	3196	seen := map[string]int{}
	3197	for _, s := range rootSections {
	3198	for _, n := range s.names {
	3199	seen[n]++
	3200	}
	3201	}
	3202	for _, c := range newRoot().Commands() {
	3203	name := c.Name()
	3204	if name == "help" \|\| name == "completion" {
	3205	continue
	3206	}
	3207	if seen[name] != 1 {
	3208	t.Errorf("%s is in %d root sections", name, seen[name])
	3209	}
	3210	}
	3211	}
	3212
	3213	func TestGroupsSayWhatTheServerSays(t *testing.T) {
	3214	nouns := control.NounSummaries()
	3215	for _, c := range newRoot().Commands() {
	3216	if s, ok := nouns[c.Name()]; ok && c.Short != s {
	3217	t.Errorf("%s: CLI says %q, server says %q", c.Name(), c.Short, s)
	3218	}
	3219	}
	3220	}
	3221	```
	3222
	3223	- [ ] Step 2: Generate and wire
	3224
	3225	Run: `go test ./cmd/gitbay -run TestSummariesAreCurrent -update -count=1` (creates the file; the test compiles only after Step 3, so first create an empty `summaries_gen.go` with `package main\n\nvar summaries = map[string]string{}\n`).
	3226
	3227	Change `pass`:
	3228
	3229	```go
	3230	func pass(use string, o passOpts) *cobra.Command {
	3231	return &cobra.Command{
	3232	Use: use,
	3233	Short: summaries[strings.Join(o.server, " ")],
	3234	```
	3235
	3236	and drop the second argument from every `pass(` call in `main.go`:
	3237
	3238	```bash
	3239	sed -i '' -E 's/pass\(("[^"]"), "([^"\\]\|\\.)", /pass(\1, /' cmd/gitbay/main.go
	3240	```
	3241
	3242	then `go build ./cmd/gitbay` and fix any call the pattern missed by hand. Make each `group(...)` short text equal its `nounSummaries` entry where the noun exists on the server.
	3243
	3244	Root help:
	3245
	3246	```go
	3247	type rootSection struct {
	3248	title string
	3249	names []string
	3250	}
	3251
	3252	var rootSections = []rootSection{
	3253	{"WORK", []string{"issue", "mr", "build", "release", "milestone", "label", "search"}},
	3254	{"REPOSITORIES", []string{"repo", "wiki", "status", "webhook", "init"}},
	3255	{"YOU", []string{"dashboard", "feed", "notifications", "auth", "profile", "snippet", "web"}},
	3256	{"INSTANCE", []string{"org", "explore", "register", "migrate", "remote", "admin", "audit"}},
	3257	}
	3258
	3259	// rootHelp is gitbay --help: the nouns grouped by what they are for.
	3260	func rootHelp(root *cobra.Command) {
	3261	byName := map[string]*cobra.Command{}
	3262	wide := 0
	3263	for _, c := range root.Commands() {
	3264	byName[c.Name()] = c
	3265	wide = max(wide, len(c.Name()))
	3266	}
	3267	fmt.Println("gitbay: command-line client for a gitbay forge")
	3268	fmt.Println()
	3269	fmt.Println("USAGE")
	3270	fmt.Println(" gitbay <command> [<owner/name>] [flags]")
	3271	for _, s := range rootSections {
	3272	fmt.Println()
	3273	fmt.Println(s.title)
	3274	for _, n := range s.names {
	3275	if c := byName[n]; c != nil {
	3276	fmt.Printf(" %-*s %s\n", wide, n, c.Short)
	3277	}
	3278	}
	3279	}
	3280	fmt.Println()
	3281	fmt.Println("gitbay <command> --help for its verbs; gitbay help <prefix> for the server reference.")
	3282	}
	3283	```
	3284
	3285	In `newRoot`, after the commands are added: `root.SetHelpFunc(func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) { if cmd == root { rootHelp(root); return }; defaultHelp(cmd, args) })` with `defaultHelp := root.HelpFunc()` captured before the call. `helpCmd`'s bare case calls `rootHelp(root)` instead of `root.Help()`. Local commands whose `Short` carries usage (`audit`, `init`, `migrate`, `register`, `search`, `explore`, `feed`, `dashboard`) get summary-only `Short` strings; their usage stays in `Use` and `Long`.
	3286
	3287	- [ ] Step 3: Run
	3288
	3289	Run: `go build ./... && go vet ./... && go test ./cmd/gitbay -count=1`
	3290	Expected: PASS, including `TestEveryCommandIsReachable`.
	3291
	3292	- [ ] Step 4: Commit and open MR 4
	3293
	3294	```bash
	3295	git add cmd/gitbay
	3296	git commit -m "gitbay: summaries generated from the registry; grouped root help" -m "Ref #254"
	3297	git push -u origin cli-output-help
	3298	gitbay mr create --source cli-output-help --target main --title "CLI output: help from the registry"
	3299	```
	3300
	3301	---
	3302
	3303	# Part 5: docs (branch `cli-output-docs`)
	3304
	3305	### Task 5.1: wiki and changelog
	3306
	3307	Files:
	3308	- Modify: `.gitbay/wiki/Users.org` ("Output rules"), `.gitbay/wiki/Admin.org`, `CHANGELOG.org`
	3309
	3310	- [ ] Step 1: Users.org. In "Output rules", change the list rule's timestamp wording to "timestamps are RFC3339 to the second, UTC", replace the sentence about the CLI padding tabs, and add after the list:
	3311
	3312	```org
	3313	** At a terminal
	3314
	3315	The =gitbay= CLI sends =GITBAY_TERM=<cols>[,color]= on the SSH session
	3316	when stdout is a terminal. The server then prints:
	3317
	3318	- lists under a header, padded, fitted to the width (the title or
	3319	description column is cut with =…= first), states in colour, ages as
	3320	=2h ago=, and the next page as a command on stderr;
	3321	- =show= views with a title line, aligned fields, the body rendered
	3322	from markdown or org, one line per event, and comments under a rule;
	3323	timestamps as =2026-09-23 23:26 UTC=;
	3324	- help with flag descriptions and examples.
	3325
	3326	=NO_COLOR=, =TERM=dumb= and =--no-color= drop the colour. Views, diffs
	3327	and logs go through =$GITBAY_PAGER=, else =$PAGER=, else =less=; an
	3328	empty =GITBAY_PAGER= turns it off. Stock ssh gets the plain output
	3329	unless it sets the variable: =ssh -o SetEnv=GITBAY_TERM=120,color
	3330	git@gitbay.org issue list krz/gitbay=.
	3331	```
	3332
	3333	(If Task 2.3 took Step 6, describe the leading =--term=<cols>[,color]= argument instead of =SetEnv=.)
	3334
	3335	- [ ] Step 2: Admin.org. Where the system-sshd forced command (`gitbayd shell`) is documented, add: "Terminal output needs `AcceptEnv GITBAY_TERM` in `sshd_config`; without it every session gets plain output."
	3336
	3337	- [ ] Step 3: CHANGELOG.org. A new top section headed with the next minor version and the release date, in the style of the entries below it:
	3338
	3339	```org
	3340	* v1.36.0 — <date>
	3341
	3342	Terminal output for the CLI (#254).
	3343
	3344	- At a terminal, lists print under a header, fitted to the width, with
	3345	states in colour and relative ages; the next page is a command on
	3346	stderr. Piped output is the same tab-separated rows, with timestamps
	3347	as RFC3339 to the second.
	3348	- =show= commands print a title line, aligned fields, the body rendered
	3349	from markdown or org, events one per line and comments under a rule,
	3350	through a pager when longer than the screen.
	3351	- Help describes every flag, with examples, and =gitbay --help= groups
	3352	the commands. =help --json= adds =flags= and =examples=.
	3353	- =release list= takes =--limit= and =--cursor=, and leaves the title
	3354	empty when it repeats the tag. =notifications device add= prints
	3355	=registered device <n>=. =dashboard= prints =none= under an empty
	3356	section.
	3357
	3358	Operators running the system-sshd forced command add =AcceptEnv
	3359	GITBAY_TERM= to =sshd_config= for terminal output.
	3360	```
	3361
	3362	- [ ] Step 4: Commit and open MR 5
	3363
	3364	```bash
	3365	git add .gitbay/wiki/Users.org .gitbay/wiki/Admin.org CHANGELOG.org
	3366	git commit -m "docs: terminal output rules, sshd AcceptEnv, changelog" -m "Closes #254"
	3367	git push -u origin cli-output-docs
	3368	gitbay mr create --source cli-output-docs --target main --title "CLI output: docs and changelog"
	3369	```
	3370
	3371	Tagging, release and deploy follow the usual release steps once this merges.

docs/specs/2026-09-23-cli-output-refresh-design.md added +284

		@@ -0,0 +1,284 @@
	1	# CLI output refresh
	2
	3	Ref #254. Terminal rendering for tables, `show` views and help, with
	4	piped output unchanged in shape, plus the fixes from the 2026-09-23 CLI
	5	audit.
	6
	7	## Problem
	8
	9	The plain output has had no design pass since v1.22.0.
	10
	11	- Tables have no header, no colour and no width limit. The CLI pads
	12	tabs with `tabwriter` for the verbs in `listVerbs`
	13	(`cmd/gitbay/ssh.go`) and nothing else.
	14	- `show` views print stored markup verbatim: event lines read
	15	`referenced in commit [6c4d1e1454](/krz/gitbay/commit/…) by [cmc](/cmc)`,
	16	and timestamps are whatever string the row holds
	17	(`2026-09-23T23:26:00.570Z`). The web prints `2026-09-23 23:26 UTC`.
	18	- Root help carries usage in the summary column. Noun help is two
	19	lines per verb with the full usage. Verb help is the same two lines;
	20	no flag has a description, and no command has an example.
	21	- `pass()` in `cmd/gitbay/main.go` holds a second copy of each usage
	22	string, which drifts (`build list` still reads
	23	`recent builds: <owner/name>`).
	24
	25	## Decision
	26
	27	The server renders. The CLI tells it the terminal's width and whether
	28	colour is wanted; the command's plain formatter chooses between
	29	terminal and plain rendering. The CLI adds a pager for long views and
	30	the grouped root help, and nothing else.
	31
	32	Rejected:
	33
	34	- The CLI rendering from `--json`. A second renderer per command in
	35	`cmd/gitbay`, which drifts from the server's, and stock ssh never
	36	sees the result.
	37	- A structured view format on the wire (typed columns, a document
	38	tree) styled by the CLI. A new protocol between two programs that
	39	ship together, for no visible gain over rendering on the server.
	40
	41	## Transport
	42
	43	The CLI passes `-o SetEnv=GITBAY_TERM=<cols>[,color]` when stdout is a
	44	terminal. `color` is left out when `NO_COLOR` is set and non-empty,
	45	`TERM` is `dumb`, or `--no-color` is given (stripped by the CLI before
	46	dispatch). Piped stdout sends nothing.
	47
	48	sshd accepts an `env` request named `GITBAY_TERM` and ignores every
	49	other name, as today. `runExec` parses the value into `Ctx.Term`:
	50
	51	```go
	52	type Term struct {
	53	Cols int // 0: plain output
	54	Color bool
	55	}
	56	```
	57
	58	A missing or malformed value, or `Cols` under 40, is the zero value.
	59	The HTTP surfaces never set it. Under the system-sshd forced command
	60	(`gitbayd shell`) the variable arrives only if the operator adds
	61	`AcceptEnv GITBAY_TERM`; without it output is plain. The Admin wiki
	62	page says so.
	63
	64	`SetEnv` needs OpenSSH 7.8. The CLI shares one connection through
	65	ControlMaster; the first task verifies that a multiplexed session
	66	carries `SetEnv`. If it does not, the CLI sends a leading
	67	`--term=<cols>[,color]` argument instead, and `Dispatch` strips it
	68	wherever it appears, as it strips `--json`.
	69
	70	Stock ssh users opt in with `ssh -o SetEnv=GITBAY_TERM=120,color`.
	71
	72	`alignColumns`, `listVerbs` and the `tabwriter` in `runSSH` are
	73	removed.
	74
	75	## Tables
	76
	77	`internal/control/table.go`:
	78
	79	```go
	80	t := c.table("#", "STATE", "TITLE", "AUTHOR", "UPDATED")
	81	for _, is := range issues {
	82	t.row(ref("#", is.Number), state(is.State), text(is.Title), text(is.Author), age(is.UpdatedAt))
	83	}
	84	t.flush()
	85	```
	86
	87	Cells are typed: `ref`, `state`, `text`, `flex`, `age`, `num`. The
	88	`flex` column (a title or description, one per table) is the one that
	89	shrinks first.
	90
	91	Plain (`Term.Cols == 0`): one row per item, cells joined by tabs, no
	92	header, `age` as RFC3339 to the second in UTC (`2026-09-23T23:26:00Z`).
	93	This is the current shape; only the timestamp format changes.
	94
	95	Terminal:
	96
	97	- Header row in capitals, dim when `Color`.
	98	- Columns padded with two spaces between them.
	99	- Width: when a row exceeds `Cols`, the flexible column is cut with
	100	`…`, down to 8 cells. If that is not enough, the other `text`
	101	columns are cut from the right. `ref`, `state`, `age` and `num`
	102	are never cut. Widths are measured in display cells
	103	(`golang.org/x/text/width`), not bytes.
	104	- `age` is relative: `just now` under a minute, then `5m ago`,
	105	`2h ago`, `3d ago` under 14 days, `3w ago` under 8 weeks, then
	106	`2006-01-02`.
	107	- `state` colour, ANSI 16-colour so the terminal's theme sets the
	108	shade, matching the web's state tokens: green (`--ok`) for `open`,
	109	`success`, `approved`; magenta (`--done`) for `merged`; red (`--bad`)
	110	for `failed`, `error`, `changes requested`; dim (`--neutral`) for
	111	`closed`, `draft`, `pending`, `canceled`. Anything else is
	112	uncoloured.
	113
	114	An empty table prints `nothing to list` on stderr, as `emit` does now.
	115
	116	`emitPage` in terminal mode prints the next cursor on stderr as
	117	`more: gitbay <path> <args> --cursor <c>`. Plain mode keeps the
	118	`next\t<c>` row.
	119
	120	Every list command moves to `table`: each `emit`/`emitPage` whose
	121	plain formatter prints one row per item. Mutations and single-value
	122	reads keep their one line.
	123
	124	## Show views
	125
	126	`internal/termtext` renders markdown (goldmark) and org (go-org) syntax
	127	trees to terminal text at a given width:
	128
	129	- Paragraphs wrapped at `Cols - 2`, indented two spaces.
	130	- Headings bold; list items with `•` or their number, continuation
	131	lines hanging.
	132	- Code blocks indented four spaces, not wrapped, highlighted with
	133	chroma's `terminal16` formatter when `Color`.
	134	- Emphasis bold or underlined when `Color`, plain text otherwise.
	135	- Links as their text, followed by ` (<url>)` when the URL differs
	136	from the text. Relative forge links are made absolute from
	137	`server.site_url`.
	138	- Images as `[image: <alt>]`.
	139
	140	The same package has a plain mode: no ANSI, no wrapping, links
	141	reduced as above.
	142
	143	A `view` helper in `internal/control` lays out every `show`:
	144
	145	```
	146	#253 Recorded CLI walkthrough on the landing page closed
	147
	148	author cmc, 2026-09-22 18:04 UTC
	149	closed 2026-09-23 23:26 UTC by cmc in fc2380f3f0
	150	labels docs, web
	151	milestone v1.35.0
	152	url https://gitbay.org/krz/gitbay/issues/253
	153
	154	<rendered body>
	155
	156	· cmc referenced this in 6c4d1e1454 2026-09-23 23:26 UTC
	157	· cmc closed this in fc2380f3f0 2026-09-23 23:26 UTC
	158
	159	── cmc, 2026-09-23 23:40 UTC ──────────────────────────────────────
	160	<rendered comment>
	161	```
	162
	163	Title bold and state coloured when `Color`; events dim. Timestamps in
	164	views use the web's format, `2006-01-02 15:04 UTC`. Plain mode prints
	165	the same lines without colour or wrapping, with RFC3339 timestamps.
	166	Commands: `issue show`, `mr show`, `build show`, `release show`,
	167	`snippet show`, `repo show`, `milestone show`, `org show`,
	168	`profile show`, and any other `show` whose output has a body or more
	169	than one field.
	170
	171	### Pager
	172
	173	When stdout is a terminal, the CLI runs `show`, `diff` and `log`
	174	verbs through a pager: `$GITBAY_PAGER`, else `$PAGER`, else
	175	`less -FRX`. `-F` exits when the output fits one screen. An empty
	176	`GITBAY_PAGER` disables it. `build log --follow` is never paged. The
	177	pager's exit does not change the command's exit code.
	178
	179	## Help
	180
	181	`Command` gains:
	182
	183	```go
	184	type Flag struct {
	185	Name string // "--state"
	186	Arg string // "open\|closed\|all", empty for a switch
	187	Desc string // "which issues"
	188	Default string // "open", empty for none
	189	}
	190
	191	Flags []Flag
	192	Examples []string // full argv after the program, owner/name explicit
	193	```
	194
	195	`help --json` adds `flags` and `examples` to each entry.
	196
	197	Server `help` with a prefix, in terminal mode:
	198
	199	- Noun (a prefix matching more than one command): the noun's summary,
	200	`USAGE gitbay <noun> <verb> [<owner/name>] ...`, then `READ` and
	201	`WRITE` sections from `ReadOnly`, one line per verb with its
	202	summary, then `gitbay <noun> <verb> --help for flags.`
	203	- Verb (a prefix matching one command): summary, `USAGE`, `FLAGS`
	204	one per line with description and `(default …)`, `--json` last,
	205	then `EXAMPLES`.
	206
	207	Examples print with a `gitbay ` prefix in terminal mode and
	208	`ssh <ssh host> ` in plain mode; both are valid because each example
	209	names its repository.
	210
	211	Plain mode without a prefix stays one line per command. With a prefix,
	212	plain mode prints the same sections as terminal mode without colour.
	213
	214	The CLI's noun and verb `--help` already go to the server. `pass()`
	215	drops its short text; the cobra command takes its one-line summary
	216	from a table generated from the registry (`go generate`, checked by a
	217	test that the file is current), so root and completion text never
	218	drift.
	219
	220	Root help stays local to the CLI and is grouped:
	221
	222	```
	223	WORK issue mr build release milestone label search
	224	REPOSITORIES repo wiki status webhook init
	225	YOU dashboard feed notifications auth profile snippet web
	226	INSTANCE org explore register migrate remote admin audit
	227	```
	228
	229	one noun per line with its summary. A test fails when a top-level
	230	command is in no section or two.
	231
	232	Registry test: every `--flag` token in `Usage` has a `Flags` entry
	233	and every `Flags` entry appears in `Usage`; every command has a
	234	non-empty `Desc` per flag and at least one example; every example
	235	resolves through `Lookup` to its own command.
	236
	237	## Audit fixes
	238
	239	- `release list` takes `--limit`/`--cursor`; the title column is
	240	empty when the title equals the tag.
	241	- `notifications device add` prints `registered device <n>`.
	242	- `dashboard` prints `none` under an empty section.
	243
	244	Two audit findings need no change. `build log --follow` already
	245	says what to do when it gives up on a queued build
	246	(`buildfollow.go`). A missing positional through `c.usage()` already
	247	prints the registered usage and exits 2, which is the rule; converting
	248	198 call sites to `usageWith` for an extra line is not worth the
	249	churn.
	250	- The stale `build list` help goes with the `pass()` short text.
	251
	252	## Rules
	253
	254	The Users wiki "Output rules" gains an "At a terminal" section:
	255	headers, colour, width, relative ages, the pager, `GITBAY_TERM`,
	256	`NO_COLOR`. The piped rules stand, with timestamps stated as RFC3339
	257	to the second.
	258
	259	## Testing
	260
	261	- `table`: plain rows byte-identical to the current formatter for a
	262	fixture per cell type; terminal golden files at 60 and 120 columns,
	263	with and without colour; wide-character titles.
	264	- `termtext`: golden files for markdown and org fixtures covering
	265	every node type above, at 60 columns, plain and colour.
	266	- `Term` parsing: valid, malformed, under 40 columns, absent.
	267	- e2e: every `ReadOnly` command in `readArgs`
	268	(`e2e/readonly_test.go`) run twice through ssh: plain, asserting no
	269	`\x1b` in stdout; with `GITBAY_TERM=60,color`, asserting no line
	270	wider than 60 display cells after stripping ANSI, code blocks
	271	excepted.
	272	- CLI: `SetEnv` sent only when stdout is a terminal; `NO_COLOR`,
	273	`TERM=dumb` and `--no-color` drop `color`; pager selection order.
	274
	275	## Delivery
	276
	277	Five MRs, each shippable alone:
	278
	279	1. Audit fixes.
	280	2. Transport, `Term`, `table`, and every list command.
	281	3. `termtext`, `view`, every show command, the pager.
	282	4. `Flags`/`Examples` for every command, help layouts, the generated
	283	summary table, grouped root help.
	284	5. Users and Admin wiki pages, CHANGELOG.

internal/control/dashboard.go +13

		@@ -175,6 +175,9 @@ func runDashboard(c *Ctx, args []string) int {
175	175	fmt.Fprintln(w, "open issues:")
176	176	printDashboardItems(w, d.Issues, "#")
177	177	fmt.Fprintln(w, "pinned:")
	178	if len(d.Pinned) == 0 {
	179	fmt.Fprintln(w, " none")
	180	}
178	181	for _, p := range d.Pinned {
179	182	mark := ""
180	183	if p.Archived {
		@@ -183,10 +186,16 @@ func runDashboard(c *Ctx, args []string) int {
183	186	fmt.Fprintf(w, " %s\t%s\t%s%s\n", p.Path, p.Visibility, p.Description, mark)
184	187	}
185	188	fmt.Fprintln(w, "recent activity:")
	189	if len(d.Activity) == 0 {
	190	fmt.Fprintln(w, " none")
	191	}
186	192	for _, e := range d.Activity {
187	193	fmt.Fprintf(w, " %s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\n", e.CreatedAt, e.Actor, e.Kind, e.Repo, string(e.Data))
188	194	}
189	195	fmt.Fprintln(w, "builds:")
	196	if len(d.Builds) == 0 {
	197	fmt.Fprintln(w, " none")
	198	}
190	199	for _, b := range d.Builds {
191	200	fmt.Fprintf(w, " %s\t%d\t%s\t%s\t%.10s\t%s\n", b.Repo, b.Number, b.Job, b.Status, b.SHA, b.Ref)
192	201	}
		@@ -229,6 +238,10 @@ func runDashboard(c *Ctx, args []string) int {
229	238	}
230	239
231	240	func printDashboardItems(w io.Writer, items []DashboardItem, marker string) {
	241	if len(items) == 0 {
	242	fmt.Fprintln(w, " none")
	243	return
	244	}
232	245	for _, item := range items {
233	246	fmt.Fprintf(w, " %s%s%d\t%s\t%s\n", item.Repo, marker, item.Number, item.Title, item.Author)
234	247	}

internal/control/dashboard_test.go +17

		@@ -4,8 +4,25 @@ import (
4	4	"bytes"
5	5	"strings"
6	6	"testing"
	7
	8	"gitbay.org/gitbay/internal/protocol"
	9	"gitbay.org/gitbay/internal/store"
7	10	)
8	11
	12	func TestDashboardEmptySectionsSayNone(t *testing.T) {
	13	st, _, uid := newQueueTestRepo(t)
	14	c, errOut := pruneCtx(st, t.TempDir(), store.User{ID: uid})
	15	if code := Dispatch(c, []string{"dashboard"}); code != protocol.ExitOK {
	16	t.Fatalf("exit %d: %s", code, errOut)
	17	}
	18	out := c.Stdout.(*bytes.Buffer).String()
	19	for _, h := range []string{"waiting on your review:", "assigned to you:", "open merge requests:", "open issues:"} {
	20	if !strings.Contains(out, h+"\n none\n") {
	21	t.Errorf("%q not followed by none:\n%s", h, out)
	22	}
	23	}
	24	}
	25
9	26	// The push queue is the one worker queue whose worst failure — a key_id
10	27	// or team_id Apple did not issue, which config validation cannot check —
11	28	// dead-letters every row on its first attempt with nothing but a log

internal/control/notifications.go +1 −1

		@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ func runNotificationsDeviceAdd(c *Ctx, args []string) int {
279	279	return c.fail(protocol.ExitFailure, "%v", err)
280	280	}
281	281	return c.emit(map[string]any{"id": id, "status": "registered"}, func(w io.Writer) {
282		fmt.Fprintf(w, "device %d registered\n", id)
	282	fmt.Fprintf(w, "registered device %d\n", id)
283	283	})
284	284	}
285	285

internal/control/notifications_test.go +13

		@@ -243,6 +243,19 @@ func TestNotificationsDeviceAddReturnsTheID(t *testing.T) {
243	243	}
244	244	}
245	245
	246	func TestNotificationsDeviceAddPlainSaysRegisteredDevice(t *testing.T) {
	247	c := notifTestCtx(t, "alice")
	248	c.Stdin = strings.NewReader("DEVTOKEN\n")
	249	var out bytes.Buffer
	250	c.Stdout, c.JSON = &out, false
	251	if code := runNotificationsDeviceAdd(c, nil); code != 0 {
	252	t.Fatalf("exit %d", code)
	253	}
	254	if got := out.String(); !strings.HasPrefix(got, "registered device ") {
	255	t.Errorf("device add printed %q", got)
	256	}
	257	}
	258
246	259	func TestNotificationsSettingsShowsPush(t *testing.T) {
247	260	c := notifTestCtx(t, "alice")
248	261	var out bytes.Buffer

internal/control/release.go +43 −6

		@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
10	10	"path/filepath"
11	11	"regexp"
12	12	"strconv"
	13	"strings"
13	14
14	15	"gitbay.org/gitbay/internal/gitutil"
15	16	"gitbay.org/gitbay/internal/policy"
		@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ func init() {
28	29	ReadsStdin: true, Run: runReleaseEdit})
29	30	register(Command{Path: []string{"release", "list"},
30	31	Summary: "list releases",
31		Usage: "release list <owner/name>", ReadOnly: true, Run: runReleaseList})
	32	Usage: "release list <owner/name> [--limit <n>] [--cursor <c>]", ReadOnly: true, Run: runReleaseList})
32	33	register(Command{Path: []string{"release", "show"},
33	34	Summary: "show a release with assets",
34	35	Usage: "release show <owner/name> <tag>", ReadOnly: true, Run: runReleaseShow})
		@@ -196,25 +197,61 @@ func runReleaseEdit(c *Ctx, args []string) int {
196	197	})
197	198	}
198	199
	200	// splitReleaseCursor pulls "<created_at>\|<id>" apart. The id is what a
	201	// deleted release loses, so the created_at half carries the sort
	202	// position even when the row the cursor names is gone.
	203	func splitReleaseCursor(key string) (created string, id int64, ok bool) {
	204	i := strings.LastIndex(key, "\|")
	205	if i < 0 {
	206	return "", 0, false
	207	}
	208	created = key[:i]
	209	n, err := strconv.ParseInt(key[i+1:], 10, 64)
	210	if err != nil \|\| created == "" {
	211	return "", 0, false
	212	}
	213	return created, n, true
	214	}
	215
199	216	func runReleaseList(c *Ctx, args []string) int {
200		if len(args) != 1 {
	217	rest, p, code := parsePageFlags(c, args, "release", false)
	218	if code >= 0 {
	219	return code
	220	}
	221	if len(rest) != 1 {
201	222	return c.usage()
202	223	}
203		repo, code := resolveRepo(c, args[0], policy.CanRead)
	224	repo, code := resolveRepo(c, rest[0], policy.CanRead)
204	225	if code >= 0 {
205	226	return code
206	227	}
207		rels, err := c.Store.ListReleases(repo.ID)
	228	var afterCreated string
	229	var afterID int64
	230	if p.key != "" {
	231	var ok bool
	232	afterCreated, afterID, ok = splitReleaseCursor(p.key)
	233	if !ok {
	234	return c.fail(protocol.ExitUsage, "bad cursor")
	235	}
	236	}
	237	rels, err := c.Store.ListReleasesPage(repo.ID, p.queryLimit(), afterCreated, afterID)
208	238	if err != nil {
209	239	return c.fail(protocol.ExitFailure, "%v", err)
210	240	}
	241	rels, next := trimPage(p, rels, "release", func(r store.Release) string {
	242	return r.CreatedAt + "\|" + strconv.FormatInt(r.ID, 10)
	243	})
211	244	var ds []releaseOut
212	245	for _, r := range rels {
213	246	ds = append(ds, releaseToOut(r, false))
214	247	}
215		return c.emit(ds, func(w io.Writer) {
	248	return c.emitPage(p, ds, next, func(w io.Writer) {
216	249	for _, d := range ds {
217		fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s\t%s\t%d asset(s)\n", d.Tag, d.Title, len(d.Assets))
	250	title := d.Title
	251	if title == d.Tag {
	252	title = ""
	253	}
	254	fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s\t%s\t%d asset(s)\n", d.Tag, title, len(d.Assets))
218	255	}
219	256	})
220	257	}

internal/control/release_test.go added +86

		@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
	1	package control
	2
	3	import (
	4	"bytes"
	5	"strings"
	6	"testing"
	7
	8	"gitbay.org/gitbay/internal/protocol"
	9	"gitbay.org/gitbay/internal/store"
	10	)
	11
	12	func TestReleaseListPagesAndHidesTagTitle(t *testing.T) {
	13	st, repo, uid := newQueueTestRepo(t)
	14	for _, tag := range []string{"v1", "v2", "v3"} {
	15	title := tag
	16	if tag == "v2" {
	17	title = "Second"
	18	}
	19	if _, err := st.CreateRelease(repo.ID, tag, title, "", uid, "md"); err != nil {
	20	t.Fatal(err)
	21	}
	22	}
	23	c, errOut := pruneCtx(st, t.TempDir(), store.User{ID: uid})
	24	if code := Dispatch(c, []string{"release", "list", repo.Path(), "--limit", "2"}); code != protocol.ExitOK {
	25	t.Fatalf("exit %d: %s", code, errOut)
	26	}
	27	lines := strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(c.Stdout.(*bytes.Buffer).String()), "\n")
	28	if len(lines) != 3 \|\| lines[0] != "v3\t\t0 asset(s)" \|\| lines[1] != "v2\tSecond\t0 asset(s)" \|\| !strings.HasPrefix(lines[2], "next\t") {
	29	t.Fatalf("page 1:\n%s", strings.Join(lines, "\n"))
	30	}
	31	cursor := strings.TrimPrefix(lines[2], "next\t")
	32
	33	c, errOut = pruneCtx(st, t.TempDir(), store.User{ID: uid})
	34	if code := Dispatch(c, []string{"release", "list", repo.Path(), "--cursor", cursor}); code != protocol.ExitOK {
	35	t.Fatalf("exit %d: %s", code, errOut)
	36	}
	37	if got := c.Stdout.(*bytes.Buffer).String(); got != "v1\t\t0 asset(s)\n" {
	38	t.Fatalf("page 2: %q", got)
	39	}
	40	}
	41
	42	// The cursor names the pointed-to release by (created_at, id), not by a
	43	// live lookup of that id: deleting it between page requests must not
	44	// blank the next page.
	45	func TestReleaseListPageSurvivesTheCursorReleaseBeingDeleted(t *testing.T) {
	46	st, repo, uid := newQueueTestRepo(t)
	47	for _, tag := range []string{"v1", "v2", "v3"} {
	48	if _, err := st.CreateRelease(repo.ID, tag, tag, "", uid, "md"); err != nil {
	49	t.Fatal(err)
	50	}
	51	}
	52	c, errOut := pruneCtx(st, t.TempDir(), store.User{ID: uid})
	53	if code := Dispatch(c, []string{"release", "list", repo.Path(), "--limit", "2"}); code != protocol.ExitOK {
	54	t.Fatalf("exit %d: %s", code, errOut)
	55	}
	56	lines := strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(c.Stdout.(*bytes.Buffer).String()), "\n")
	57	if len(lines) != 3 \|\| !strings.HasPrefix(lines[2], "next\t") {
	58	t.Fatalf("page 1:\n%s", strings.Join(lines, "\n"))
	59	}
	60	cursor := strings.TrimPrefix(lines[2], "next\t")
	61
	62	rels, err := st.ListReleases(repo.ID)
	63	if err != nil {
	64	t.Fatal(err)
	65	}
	66	var v2ID int64
	67	for _, r := range rels {
	68	if r.Tag == "v2" {
	69	v2ID = r.ID
	70	}
	71	}
	72	if v2ID == 0 {
	73	t.Fatal("v2 not found")
	74	}
	75	if err := st.DeleteRelease(v2ID); err != nil {
	76	t.Fatal(err)
	77	}
	78
	79	c, errOut = pruneCtx(st, t.TempDir(), store.User{ID: uid})
	80	if code := Dispatch(c, []string{"release", "list", repo.Path(), "--cursor", cursor}); code != protocol.ExitOK {
	81	t.Fatalf("exit %d: %s", code, errOut)
	82	}
	83	if got := c.Stdout.(*bytes.Buffer).String(); got != "v1\t\t0 asset(s)\n" {
	84	t.Fatalf("page 2 after deleting the cursor release: %q", got)
	85	}
	86	}

internal/store/releases.go +21 −1

		@@ -90,7 +90,27 @@ func (s *Store) ReleaseByTag(repoID int64, tag string) (Release, error) {
90	90
91	91	// ListReleases returns releases newest-first, assets included.
92	92	func (s *Store) ListReleases(repoID int64) ([]Release, error) {
93		rows, err := s.DB.Query(releaseSelect+" WHERE r.repo_id = ? ORDER BY r.created_at DESC", repoID)
	93	return s.ListReleasesPage(repoID, 0, "", 0)
	94	}
	95
	96	// ListReleasesPage lists newest first. limit 0 is every row; afterCreated
	97	// and afterID are the (created_at, id) of the last release of the
	98	// previous page, afterID 0 for the first page. The pair, not a lookup by
	99	// id, is what survives the pointed-to release being deleted between
	100	// requests.
	101	func (s *Store) ListReleasesPage(repoID int64, limit int, afterCreated string, afterID int64) ([]Release, error) {
	102	q := releaseSelect + " WHERE r.repo_id = ?"
	103	args := []any{repoID}
	104	if afterID > 0 {
	105	q += " AND (r.created_at, r.id) < (?, ?)"
	106	args = append(args, afterCreated, afterID)
	107	}
	108	q += " ORDER BY r.created_at DESC, r.id DESC"
	109	if limit > 0 {
	110	q += " LIMIT ?"
	111	args = append(args, limit)
	112	}
	113	rows, err := s.DB.Query(q, args...)
94	114	if err != nil {
95	115	return nil, err
96	116	}