- Option-like value = any token starting with '-' followed by an
alphanumeric (-h, -ab, --help); multi-character short clusters were
still accepted (codex blocker). Bare '-' is reserved (future stdin).
- usage_error now prints the usage text to stderr as well (codex
should-fix): usage output belonged to stdout only on the help path.
- 16/16 usage-contract suites green.
- Value guards now reject option-like values: --anything always, and
single-dash flag shapes (-h, -i). Previously -b --help consumed
--help as the body and performed the write (codex example:
issue-close -i --help proceeding to 'Closed GitHub issue #--help').
Multi-char dash-leading text (-start of a list) stays a legal value.
- Every remaining direct provider exec (gh/tea/CMD arrays across
issue-create/edit/assign/list/view, milestone-*, pr-create/edit,
pr-close, issue-close/reopen) wrapped with rc capture and normalized
to exit 1 with a stderr message — provider exit 2 no longer collides
with the reserved usage-error status.
- All 16 usage-contract suites gained option-like and short-flag arms
(16/16 green). Existing suites re-verified; test-pr-edit and
test-issue-create-interactive-auth fail identically with these
changes stashed (environment-coupled, not regressions; documented).
usage_error contract (stderr + exit 2) with value guards on every
value-taking option and the missing-required checks (milestone-close
-t, issue-view -i). Three suites enrolled (population 85); green in
both trees; mirrored to the brain tree.
marcie
fredandgate-merge-01
Mos
jason.woltje