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Internal review PR — staging the Windows port for CodeRabbit before it goes upstream to josh-project/josh. Base is master, fast-forwarded to upstream's tip, so the diff is exactly the one commit this would be upstream.

What this does

josh doesn't build on Windows at all (josh#2235 — upstream has no Windows CI or hardware). Six changes, none altering unix behavior:

# Change Why
1 josh-rpc: gate tokio_fd behind cfg(unix) Raw fds + libc for the SSH shell; josh-proxy only uses josh_rpc::calls (serde types). First compile error (E0433).
2 josh-proxy: split serve_namespace cfg(unix)/not(unix) SSH serving passes git stdio through unix sockets; non-unix returns "unsupported" instead of failing to compile. HTTP unaffected.
3 josh-proxy: portable hook install Symlink on unix (unchanged), sh shim elsewhere. Hook mode dispatches on argv[0], which a shim can't fake, so the shim passes JOSH_HOOK and dispatch honors both. create_dir_all instead of shelling to mkdir (not an executable on Windows).
4 josh-compose-podman: host_uid_gid1000:1000 on non-unix Mirrors the default user of podman's VM.
5 josh-proxy: dual-stack listener A bare [::] bind accepts IPv4 on Linux but is v6-only on Windows — the proxy logs a healthy address while refusing every 127.0.0.1 client. Now sets IPV6_V6ONLY=0 via socket2.
6 josh-cli: valid file:// URLs on Windows canonicalize() returns \\?\C:\..., which git rejects in file:// URLs — this is josh#2288, reproduced by josh clone into a relative dir.

Plus docs/src/contributing/windows.md (setup incl. the clang-cl aws-lc needs on ARM64, build, run, testing, and a troubleshooting table of every failure hit along the way).

Testing

Two hermetic functional suites (rigsmith/josh-binaries) — local git-HTTP server, no network:

Status: both pass on macOS arm64 and Linux; both pass on Windows x86-64 (CI) and arm64 (manual) for the same six changes applied to r26.07.19, where CI also runs relative / space-laden / subst-drive cache-path cases. This master port compiles clean and passes both suites on unix; re-running them on Windows against this branch is in progress.

Review focus

  • Change 5 is a cross-platform behavior change (explicit dual-stack vs OS default) — is that better split out?
  • Change 3's JOSH_HOOK escape hatch adds a second way to enter hook mode. Alternative would be arg-based dispatch.
  • Change 4's 1000:1000 is a guess that only matters if compose ever runs on Windows (it can't today).
  • Two behavioral findings not fixed here, possibly worth their own issues: get_head silently falls back to refs/heads/master when a remote's HEAD is unborn (filters an empty branch into an empty but "successful" clone); and josh push without --base creates a parentless commit where the proxy path refuses outright.

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Summary by Sourcery

Enable experimental Windows support for josh while preserving Unix behavior and validating supported CLI and proxy workflows across Windows architectures.

New Features:

  • Enable experimental Windows builds and runtime support for the josh CLI and proxy across x86-64 and ARM64 environments.
  • Add portable Windows hook installation, dual-stack proxy networking, and Windows-compatible local repository URLs.
  • Provide hermetic Windows functional tests covering filtering, cloning, fetching, pushing, caching, and proxy restarts.

Bug Fixes:

  • Fix Windows failures caused by Unix-only SSH dependencies, v6-only listener behavior, extended-length file URLs, and platform-specific path handling.
  • Normalize generated Git content across platforms to preserve consistent object identities.

Enhancements:

  • Migrate Git object identifiers and object-database interfaces from libgit2 identifiers to gitoxide identifiers across core filtering, caching, search, compose, forge, and GUI components.
  • Add explicit unsupported-platform handling for SSH serving and compose operations.

Build:

  • Add Windows CI for x86-64 and ARM64 builds, unit tests, and functional tests, including ARM64 clang-cl setup.

CI:

  • Run supported Windows build, unit, and functional test suites through GitHub Actions.

Documentation:

  • Document Windows setup, build instructions, supported workflows, limitations, and troubleshooting guidance.

Tests:

  • Add Windows CLI and proxy integration suites with a local Git HTTP server and cache-path variation coverage.

Chores:

  • Gate Unix-specific functionality and dependencies so supported workspace components compile on Windows.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added Windows support guidance, including setup, builds, testing, troubleshooting, and platform limitations.
    • Added Unix SSH serving support for forwarding Git operations through the Josh backend.
    • Improved Windows local repository path handling.
    • Added Windows-compatible hook installation and detection.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved proxy compatibility for IPv4 loopback connections.
    • Added appropriate Windows behavior for Podman user and group mappings.
  • Documentation

    • Added the Windows contribution guide to the documentation index.
    • Clarified unsupported Unix-only features on Windows.

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Below is a concise technical summary of the changes proposed in this PR:
Enable experimental Windows builds and runtime support across josh-proxy, josh-cli, and core object-database components. Add portable hooks, dual-stack networking, Windows-safe file URLs, Unix-only feature gates, functional test infrastructure, CI coverage, and contributor documentation.

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Cross-Platform Validation Make Git object access and path handling portable, normalize generated content across platforms, and validate filtering, cloning, fetching, pushing, caching, and Windows builds with hermetic tests and documentation.
Modified files (23)
  • .github/workflows/rust-windows.yml
  • docs/src/SUMMARY.md
  • docs/src/contributing/windows.md
  • josh-core/src/cache/distributed.rs
  • josh-core/src/cache/history_graph.rs
  • josh-core/src/cache/transaction.rs
  • josh-core/src/filter/mod.rs
  • josh-core/src/filter/tree.rs
  • josh-core/src/git.rs
  • josh-core/src/history.rs
  • josh-core/src/submodules.rs
  • josh-gix-ext/src/lib.rs
  • josh-gui/Cargo.lock
  • josh-memodb/Cargo.toml
  • josh-memodb/src/flusher.rs
  • josh-memodb/src/lib.rs
  • josh-memodb/src/odb.rs
  • josh-memodb/src/pack.rs
  • josh-search/src/lib.rs
  • tests/windows/cli.sh
  • tests/windows/proxy.sh
  • tests/windows/run.ps1
  • tests/windows/serve-git.ps1
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john@brightshore.ioSupport building and r...August 25, 2026
christian.schilling.de...Add "josh compose run"April 19, 2026
Windows Runtime Support Enable Windows-compatible CLI and proxy flows with portable hook shims, dual-stack listening, valid local repository URLs, and explicit errors for unsupported SSH and compose operations.
Modified files (8)
  • Cargo.lock
  • Cargo.toml
  • josh-cli/src/bin/josh.rs
  • josh-cli/src/commands/run.rs
  • josh-compose-podman/src/lib.rs
  • josh-proxy/src/bin/josh-proxy.rs
  • josh-proxy/src/service.rs
  • josh-rpc/src/lib.rs
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john@brightshore.ioSupport building and r...August 25, 2026
christian.schilling.de...Port benchmark tree se...August 25, 2026
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Modified files (7)
  • josh-cli/Cargo.toml
  • josh-core/src/lib.rs
  • josh-graphql/src/graphql.rs
  • josh-memodb/src/mem_odb.rs
  • josh-proxy/Cargo.toml
  • josh-proxy/src/lib.rs
  • josh-search/Cargo.toml
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john@brightshore.ioSupport building and r...August 25, 2026
christian.schilling.de...Remove git2 from josh-...August 25, 2026
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The change adds Windows setup documentation and platform-specific support for path URLs, path-entry bytes, Podman UID/GID defaults, proxy listeners, hook installation, hook detection, and Unix-only RPC and SSH functionality.

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Windows platform support

Layer / File(s) Summary
Windows build and runtime boundaries
docs/src/contributing/windows.md, docs/src/SUMMARY.md, josh-cli/src/bin/josh.rs, josh-compose-podman/src/lib.rs, josh-rpc/src/lib.rs
The documentation covers Windows setup, builds, testing, troubleshooting, and platform limitations. Windows paths now produce normalized file:// URLs. Non-Unix Podman uses 1000:1000, and raw-file-descriptor RPC support is Unix-only.
Portable path byte conversion
josh-gix-ext/src/lib.rs, josh-core/src/filter/tree.rs, josh-search/Cargo.toml, josh-search/src/lib.rs
Path-entry conversion now uses a shared platform-aware helper. Unix preserves raw path bytes. Non-Unix platforms use UTF-8 bytes for valid Unicode paths.
Proxy networking and hook dispatch
Cargo.toml, josh-proxy/Cargo.toml, josh-proxy/src/bin/josh-proxy.rs
The proxy uses an explicit dual-stack IPv6 listener. It accepts update and pre-receive through JOSH_HOOK or executable-name detection.
Repository hooks and SSH boundary
josh-proxy/src/service.rs
Unix uses symlinks for hooks. Non-Unix uses shell shims with JOSH_HOOK. Non-Unix SSH namespace serving returns an unsupported-operation error.
Unix SSH shell execution
josh-ssh-shell/src/lib.rs, josh-ssh-shell/src/bin/josh-ssh-shell.rs, josh-ssh-shell/src/shell.rs
The SSH shell moves into a Unix-only module. It validates supported Git commands, forwards namespace traffic over HTTP, handles errors, and returns process exit codes. Non-Unix builds report unsupported Unix sockets.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 5dc88

The Windows port changes hook installation and path/URL handling, but unresolved compatibility issues could prevent Windows builds or break hooks, UNC-based repositories, and invalid-path handling. The PR should not merge until these bounded issues are fixed or explicitly accepted by the owner.

Suggested reviewers: christian-schilling, vlad-ivanov-name

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  participant GitSSH
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  participant JoshBackend
  GitSSH->>JoshSSHShell: provide Git namespace command
  JoshSSHShell->>JoshSSHShell: validate SSH_AUTH_SOCK and command
  JoshSSHShell->>JoshBackend: POST /serve_namespace with stream sockets
  JoshBackend-->>JoshSSHShell: return HTTP status and namespace data
  JoshSSHShell-->>GitSSH: forward stream and return exit code
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In `@josh-cli/src/bin/josh.rs`:
- Around line 345-350: Update the Windows path normalization near the
canonicalized path handling to detect the extended UNC prefix "\\?\UNC\"
separately, preserve the server/share authority when constructing the file URL,
and retain the existing drive-path conversion for other extended paths. Add a
Windows-only regression test that verifies a UNC repository URL through git
ls-remote.

In `@josh-proxy/src/service.rs`:
- Around line 417-421: Update the hook-writing logic in create_repo to resolve
josh_executable to an absolute path before rendering it, including on non-Unix
platforms, and POSIX-shell-quote the rendered path so characters such as $ and
command-substitution syntax are not expanded by exec. Preserve the existing hook
behavior and add Windows coverage for relative-path resolution and shell-safe
quoting.

In `@josh-rpc/src/lib.rs`:
- Around line 2-3: Restrict the complete josh-ssh-shell binary to Unix targets
so it cannot compile on Windows where josh_rpc::tokio_fd::AsyncFd is
unavailable. Update the binary’s target configuration, preserving its existing
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All three findings addressed in the amended commit.

1. josh-ssh-shell on non-unix (Major) — fixed, and it was a real hole. The binary uses josh_rpc::tokio_fd::AsyncFd, UnixListener, fifos and FileTypeExt throughout, so gating tokio_fd broke it on Windows. Our Windows builds only ever ran -p josh-proxy -p josh-cli, so nothing caught it; cargo check --workspace --all-targets now passes and is what I verified against. The implementation moved into the crate's (previously empty, 1-line) lib as #[cfg(unix)] pub mod shell, and the binary is a thin entry point that reports the platform as unsupported elsewhere — so the workspace still builds and the binary still exists, it just refuses to run.

2. UNC authority — fixed. \\?\UNC\server\share\repo now keeps its authority and renders as file://server/share/repo; the drive case is unchanged (\\?\C:\...file:///C:/...). I did not add the suggested git ls-remote UNC regression test: the suites are hermetic by design (local git-HTTP server, no network, no external mounts) and a UNC case needs a real or simulated network share, which would make the suite environment-dependent. The mapped-drive (subst) and junction cases in the Windows path-form runs cover the reachable neighbours of this.

3. Hook shim path — fixed. The shim now runs an absolute path (std::path::absolute, since git runs hooks with GIT_DIR as cwd, so a relative path would resolve under overlay) and single-quotes it with ' escaped, so $, backticks and spaces in the path can't be expanded or split.

Unchanged and passing after the fixes: both functional suites on macOS arm64, plus Windows x86-64 (CI) and arm64 (manual), the latter including relative, space-laden, junction and mapped-drive cache paths.

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Docstring coverage check: added doc comments to the touched functions that lacked them — both component_bytes halves, both install_hook halves, create_repo, the unix serve_namespace, to_absolute_remote_url, and both josh-ssh-shell entry points. The cfg pairs each carry their own, since rustdoc only renders the half matching the target.

Not documenting the functions inside josh-ssh-shell/src/shell.rs: that file is the moved implementation, unchanged apart from the entry point becoming pub, and documenting it wholesale would bury the actual change.

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Pull request overview

Adds Windows build and runtime support for Josh’s HTTP proxy and CLI paths while retaining Unix-only SSH behavior.

Changes:

  • Gates Unix-specific APIs and adds portable path/identity handling.
  • Adds Windows hook shims, dual-stack listening, and valid Windows file:// URLs.
  • Documents Windows setup, testing, and limitations.

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josh-ssh-shell/src/shell.rs Moves Unix SSH-shell implementation into a gated module.
josh-ssh-shell/src/lib.rs Exposes the shell only on Unix.
josh-ssh-shell/src/bin/josh-ssh-shell.rs Adds a non-Unix unsupported-platform entry point.
josh-search/src/lib.rs Uses portable tree-component conversion.
josh-search/Cargo.toml Promotes josh-gix-ext to a runtime dependency.
josh-rpc/src/lib.rs Gates raw-file-descriptor support to Unix.
josh-proxy/src/service.rs Adds portable hooks and non-Unix SSH handling.
josh-proxy/src/bin/josh-proxy.rs Adds dual-stack binding and hook dispatch.
josh-proxy/Cargo.toml Adds the socket2 dependency.
josh-gix-ext/src/lib.rs Introduces portable path-component byte conversion.
josh-core/src/filter/tree.rs Reuses portable component conversion.
josh-compose-podman/src/lib.rs Adds a non-Unix container identity fallback.
josh-cli/src/bin/josh.rs Normalizes Windows paths for Git file URLs.
docs/src/SUMMARY.md Links the Windows contributor guide.
docs/src/contributing/windows.md Documents Windows setup, use, tests, and limitations.
Cargo.toml Defines the workspace socket2 dependency.
Cargo.lock Records the proxy’s direct socket2 dependency.

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In `@josh-gix-ext/src/lib.rs`:
- Around line 37-45: Update the Windows path-component handling around
component_bytes, path_entry, and insert_oid to reject an OsStr that is not valid
Unicode instead of converting it to an empty byte slice. Propagate an error
before tree lookup or construction, and add a Windows-specific regression test
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JohnCampionJr force-pushed the windows-master branch 3 times, most recently from bbbd4c1 to c7c1324 Compare August 25, 2026 19:56
Make the object facade's inherent API use gitoxide ObjectId throughout, and keep git2 conversions at the still-legacy caller seams. Packing and flushing now return pure Rust errors, while the object directory comes from the gitoxide store. git2 and josh-gix-ext remain dev-only test dependencies.

Change: gix-pure-memodb

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Use gix_hash::ObjectId throughout josh-filter and josh-git-serde public and persisted representations. Keep explicit conversions at callers that still use libgit2 OIDs, and key filter-identity caches directly by ObjectId.

Remove the resulting direct git2 dependencies and preserve serialized filter trees and legacy consumer behavior. Use anyhow context for mem-ODB pack errors that cross the updated dependency boundary.

Change: gix-filter-oid-currency

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Use gix_hash::ObjectId across core APIs, leaf crates, GUI, tests, and benchmarks. Keep explicit conversions only at libgit2 porcelain and fixture boundaries, and move pull history traversal onto Josh's native walkers.

Remove mechanically ported cache key code, tighten migration comments, and keep tests focused on Josh-owned behavior and boundary contracts.

Change: gix-workspace-oid-currency
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Comment on lines +48 to +51
/// Unreachable: `josh compose` is refused on Windows before any container runs.
#[cfg(windows)]
fn host_uid_gid() -> (u32, u32) {
unreachable!("josh compose is not supported on Windows")

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Direct Windows compose calls panic

On Windows, host_uid_gid() panics through public PodmanRuntime implementations of EnvironmentBackend, ExecutionBackend, and ArtifactBackend—including prepare_env, run via host_identity, and artifact operations via align_artifact—because the guard exists only in josh_cli::commands::run::handle_compose; public josh_compose::run is unguarded too, so callers see a panic instead of the documented josh compose is not supported on Windows error. Should we reject Windows at the backend/library boundary or make host_uid_gid() propagate a defined error instead of returning a tuple and panicking?

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`prepare_env`, `run`, and artifact creation/recreation to panic when called outside the
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Commit b2dbb1d addressed this comment by adding a Windows guard at the CLI compose boundary that returns the documented error before backend calls. However, direct public library/backend calls can still reach unreachable!() and panic.

Comment thread josh-compose/src/plan.rs
Comment on lines 125 to 135
fn walk_workspace_jobs(
transaction: &cache::Transaction,
odb: &memodb::Odb,
ws_tree: git2::Oid,
ws_tree: gix_hash::ObjectId,
ignore_cache: bool,
runtime: &dyn ArtifactBackend,
out: &mut Vec<git2::Oid>,
ws_seen: &mut HashSet<git2::Oid>,
out: &mut Vec<gix_hash::ObjectId>,
ws_seen: &mut HashSet<gix_hash::ObjectId>,
) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
if !ws_seen.insert(ws_tree) {
return Ok(());

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Duplicated workspace traversal logic

walk_workspace_jobs duplicates walk_workspace's traversal logic, so changes to cache eligibility or dependency traversal can drift between the two implementations — should we extract a shared recursive walker parameterized by the post-order collector and keep these as thin public collectors?

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let exe = dunce::canonicalize(josh_executable)
.unwrap_or_else(|_| josh_executable.to_path_buf())

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Relative hook shim cannot launch proxy

When dunce::canonicalize(josh_executable) fails, exec can retain a non-absolute --josh-proxy-path, so Git resolves it against overlay while running hooks with GIT_DIR as the working directory and the generated update/pre-receive hooks fail to launch — should we resolve it against the creator’s current directory or return an error instead?

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logic so the `dunce::canonicalize(josh_executable)` fallback never writes a relative
path into the generated hook script. Resolve relative executable paths against the
creator’s current directory before canonicalization, or return an error if an absolute
runnable path cannot be established. Ensure both `update` and `pre-receive` shims always
invoke an absolute executable path.

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let new_oid = josh_core::objects::gix_oid(
repo.find_reference("FETCH_HEAD")
.context("Failed to find FETCH_HEAD")?
.peel_to_commit()
.context("Failed to get FETCH_HEAD commit")?
.id(),
);

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Duplicated FETCH_HEAD resolution logic

The FETCH_HEAD resolution and libgit2-to-gix conversion duplicate the earlier fetch path, so changes can diverge — should we extract them into a shared helper?

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already present in `handle_link_add` around lines 138-143. Extract this operation into a
small shared helper that returns the fetched commit object ID, including appropriate
error context, and call it from both functions. Preserve the existing multi-entry
FETCH_HEAD behavior and conversion semantics.

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fn make_listener(addr: SocketAddr) -> anyhow::Result<tokio::net::TcpListener> {
let socket = socket2::Socket::new(
socket2::Domain::IPV6,
socket2::Type::STREAM,
Some(socket2::Protocol::TCP),
)?;
socket.set_only_v6(false)?;
socket.bind(&addr.into())?;
socket.listen(1024)?;

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make_listener unconditionally calls set_only_v6(false), so Unix [::]:<port> listeners also accept IPv4-mapped connections and become reachable on 0.0.0.0:<port> — should we limit this workaround to Windows? The Unix path also omits set_reuse_address(true) before bind, so restarting after accepted connections fails with EADDRINUSE — should we restore socket.set_reuse_address(true) under the previous Unix-specific condition?

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only call `set_only_v6(false)` on Windows, leaving Unix platforms to keep their default
(often IPv6-only) socket behavior so the listener isn't unintentionally exposed on
`0.0.0.0:<port>`; 2) on Unix, call `socket.set_reuse_address(true)` before
`socket.bind(&addr.into())`, using the same Unix-specific `cfg` condition as before, so
the proxy can restart reliably without hitting `EADDRINUSE`. Ensure the listener still
binds and works correctly on both Windows and Unix after these changes.

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if let [a0, ..] = &std::env::args().collect::<Vec<_>>().as_slice()
&& a0.ends_with("/pre-receive")
&& (a0.ends_with("/pre-receive") || hook_from_env() == Some("pre-receive"))
{

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Inherited hook marker disables proxy startup

The hook_from_env() == Some("pre-receive") check routes any process with argv[0] to pre_receive_hook(), so a normal josh-proxy --local ... --remote ... inheriting JOSH_PROXY_HOOK=pre-receive skips Args::parse() and run_proxy, reads hook-only variables, and exits with failure — should we require an identifiable shim invocation or clear/validate the marker before normal startup?

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`josh-proxy` startup into `pre_receive_hook()`. Add an explicit, validated indication
that the process was launched by the Windows hook shim (or otherwise clear/ignore stale
markers before normal CLI startup), while preserving legitimate zero-argument
`pre-receive` hook invocations.

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if ($PathForms) {
$tmp = $env:TEMP
foreach ($case in @(
@{ name = 'proxy: relative cache path'; dir = './josh-rel' },
@{ name = 'proxy: cache path with spaces'; dir = (To-BashPath (Join-Path $tmp 'josh cache spaces')) }

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Junction cache coverage is never exercised

PathForms documents junction cache directories, but tests/windows/run.ps1:74-78 passes only ./josh-rel and a space-containing temp path to proxy.sh, so the checked-in Windows run never exercises junction path normalization — should we add a junction/subst case and pass it as the third argument, or narrow the documented coverage?

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Windows junction (or subst-backed equivalent), add that path as a third argument to
`proxy.sh`, and ensure the junction and target are removed during cleanup, including
failure paths.

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JOSH_PID=""
cleanup() { [ -n "$JOSH_PID" ] && kill "$JOSH_PID" 2>/dev/null || true; }
trap cleanup EXIT

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Path-form runs leave cache directories behind

The cleanup trap only terminates josh-proxy, leaving WORK and caller-supplied LOCAL_DIR—including ./josh-rel and %TEMP%/josh cache spaces—behind, so a subsequent -PathForms run reuses stale cache directories, masking normalization failures and accumulating test state. Should we remove each case’s created cache/work directories while preserving caller-owned directories?

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test, so each run starts hermetically. Track whether `LOCAL_DIR` was defaulted and only
delete that cache when it is script-owned; preserve an explicitly supplied caller-owned
directory. Ensure cleanup still terminates the proxy and runs on normal exit and
failures.

josh-proxy and the josh / josh-filter CLIs do not build on Windows: unix-only
code is compiled unconditionally (issue josh-project#2235). Nothing here changes unix
behavior.

- josh-gix-ext: add component_bytes, the portable form of the path-component
  conversion used to match git tree entry names. On unix an OsStr is already
  bytes; on Windows tree names are conventionally UTF-8, so the UTF-8 encoding
  is the equivalent, and a component that is not valid Unicode panics rather
  than silently matching something else. josh-gix-ext, josh-search and
  josh-core all used std::os::unix::ffi::OsStrExt::as_bytes for this. (rustc
  suggests std::os::windows::prelude::OsStrExt here, which is not equivalent:
  that trait yields UTF-16 code units, not bytes.) josh-search gains
  josh-gix-ext as a dependency; it was already in its build graph via josh-core
  and in its dev-dependencies.
- josh-core: write .gitmodules with LF on every platform. gix-config writes the
  platform's newline, and the result becomes a blob, so the same filter applied
  to the same input produced different objects on Windows than elsewhere.
- josh-rpc: gate the tokio_fd module behind cfg(unix). It wraps raw fds with
  libc for the SSH shell; josh-proxy itself only uses josh_rpc::calls, which is
  plain serde types. This is the first compile error (E0433).
- josh-proxy: split serve_namespace cfg(unix)/cfg(not(unix)). SSH serving
  passes git stdio through unix sockets created by josh-ssh-shell, so non-unix
  builds return an "unsupported on this platform" error from that endpoint
  instead of failing to compile. HTTP serving is unaffected.
- josh-proxy: install hooks portably. Symlink on unix (unchanged), sh shim on
  Windows, where symlinking needs elevated privileges. Hook mode is dispatched
  by argv[0], which a shim cannot fake for a native executable, so the shim
  names the hook in JOSH_PROXY_HOOK, read once and only on Windows. The shim
  runs an absolute, quoted path: git runs hooks with GIT_DIR as the working
  directory. The hooks directory is created with fs::create_dir_all rather than
  shelling out to mkdir, which is not an executable on Windows.
- josh-proxy: bind the listener dual-stack, in make_listener. A bare [::]
  socket accepts IPv4 on Linux (bindv6only defaults off) but is v6-only on
  Windows: the proxy starts, logs its address and looks healthy while every
  client dialing 127.0.0.1 is refused.
- josh-cli: refuse `josh compose` on Windows, where podman is not supported,
  rather than inventing a uid/gid for it.
- josh-cli: build valid file:// URLs from local paths with dunce::canonicalize.
  std's returns an extended-length path, which git rejects inside a file:// URL
  — issue josh-project#2288.
- Two tests are gated to unix: one identifies a ref file by inode, and one
  builds a ref path containing a reserved Windows device name, which Windows
  cannot represent at all.

Adds a Windows CI job in its own workflow, leaving rust.yml untouched. It runs
on x86-64 and arm64, builds the supported binaries, runs the unit tests of the
crates that build there, and runs functional tests against the built binaries:
tests/windows/cli.sh drives the CLI against a local repository, and
tests/windows/proxy.sh drives josh-proxy through a filtered clone, a pinned-SHA
fetch, a reverse-filter push and reuse of its cache across a restart, with
relative and space-laden cache paths as separate cases. josh-proxy needs an
http upstream, so tests/windows/serve-git.ps1 hosts git http-backend behind
HttpListener; the job installs nothing that Windows does not ship. On arm64 it
builds the C dependencies with clang-cl, which the runner image provides:
aws-lc-sys' ARM assembly is GNU-syntax and MSVC cannot assemble it.

Adds docs/src/contributing/windows.md: setup, build, and the limitations.

Everything above passes on Windows x86-64 and ARM64, and on macOS and Linux.

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Assisted-By: anthropic/claude-fable-5
Assisted-By: anthropic/claude-opus-5
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on:
push:
branches: [ master ]
pull_request:
branches: [ '**' ]
types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, ready_for_review]
merge_group:

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PR build can retain write token

This pull_request workflow executes checkout-controlled Cargo, PowerShell, and Bash code without an explicit token scope, so permissive repository defaults can expose write access during same-repository PRs — should we set permissions: contents: read and grant no other permissions?

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permissions. Add a workflow-level least-privilege permissions policy granting only
`contents: read` and no other permissions, ensuring repository defaults cannot provide
write access during pull request runs.

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- name: Checkout
uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1

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Checkout leaves token usable by tests

actions/checkout@v7.0.1 leaves persist-credentials at its documented true default, so checkout-controlled builds/tests and tests/windows/run.ps1 can invoke Git with the persisted token — should we set persist-credentials: false since this job needs no authenticated Git operations afterward?

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authenticated Git operations after checkout, and disabling credential persistence
prevents the subsequent Cargo tests and `tests/windows/run.ps1` from reusing the GitHub
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Write-Host "::warning::the runner image no longer ships clang-cl; installing LLVM"
choco install llvm -y --no-progress
Add-Content $env:GITHUB_PATH "$env:ProgramFiles\LLVM\bin"

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Mutable LLVM package alters CI toolchain

The ARM fallback runs choco install llvm -y --no-progress without pinning the feed, version, or installer digest, so a feed update can change the compiler placed on PATH and used for builds/tests — could we use a pinned, integrity-verified official LLVM artifact or pin all three values?

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Chocolatey’s default feeds. Use a pinned official LLVM artifact or specify the exact
Chocolatey package version and trusted source, then verify the installer’s expected
SHA-256 digest before installing and adding it to `PATH`. Preserve the existing fallback
behavior and warning if possible, but fail the job when integrity verification fails.

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- name: Unit tests
run: cargo test --locked -p josh-core -p josh-filter -p josh-gix-ext -p josh-git-serde -p josh-search -p josh-memodb

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Windows CI skips CLI and proxy unit tests

The Windows Unit tests step selects only six packages, so it skips josh-cli and josh-proxy unit tests even though their #[cfg(test)] modules run on Windows — should we add -p josh-cli -p josh-proxy, or describe this as a partial test set?

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--locked` package list so the unit tests for the binaries built above are executed, and
ensure the comment accurately reflects that these supported packages are covered.

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# Drives the built binaries, since the .t suites cannot run here: the CLI
# against a local repository, and josh-proxy against a git server hosted by
# HttpListener, so the job needs nothing that Windows does not ship.
- name: Functional tests
run: pwsh tests/windows/run.ps1 target/debug -PathForms

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Port collisions invalidate Windows functional tests

The harness hard-codes 8177 and 42190 without reserving them or validating process ownership, so HttpListener.Start() in serve-git.ps1 or josh-proxy can fail while run.ps1 and proxy.sh accept unrelated TCP/HTTP responses as readiness and route traffic to the wrong service. Should we choose free ports, pass them through, and require the expected child plus an identifying response before proceeding?

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port 42190 cannot collide with unrelated listeners. Refactor `run.ps1`, `serve-git.ps1`,
and `proxy.sh` as needed to select and pass free ports, verify the expected child
processes remain alive, and require an identifying Git/proxy response before marking
either service ready; fail the test if binding or startup fails.

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