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fix(cli): accurate behind-count for official-SSH and shallow clones - #62603

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Summary

Fix _count_behind_full() in banner.py to produce accurate behind-counts for official-SSH remote URLs and shallow clones.

Problem

The old _count_behind_full() had two defects:

  1. Official-SSH path hardcoded return 1 — when the remote was an SSH URL (e.g. git@github.com:NousResearch/hermes-agent.git), the function short-circuited and always reported "1 commit behind" regardless of actual state.

  2. Shallow clone handling — shallow clones lack full history, causing git rev-list to fail. The old code didn't handle this gracefully.

Solution

Refactored _count_behind_full() to:

  • Properly resolve the tracking branch for any remote URL format (HTTPS, SSH, git://)
  • Use git fetch --dry-run + git rev-list for accurate behind-counts
  • Gracefully degrade to return 0 (not 1) when history is unavailable (shallow clones)

Testing

Manually verified on:

  • HTTPS remote clone: correct count
  • SSH remote clone: correct count (no longer 1)
  • Shallow clone: returns 0 gracefully

_check_via_local_git() had two issues with the update-behind count:

1. Official SSH remotes: when _check_via_rev() returned
   UPDATE_AVAILABLE_NO_COUNT (SHA mismatch), the code fell back to a
   hardcoded return 1 — never doing the actual rev-list count.  Now it
   falls through to _count_behind_full() to get the real count.

2. Factored _count_behind_full() out of the old inline logic so both
   the official-SSH path and the non-official-remote path share the
   same fetch+rev-list with shallow-clone handling.
@alt-glitch alt-glitch added type/bug Something isn't working comp/cli CLI entry point, hermes_cli/, setup wizard P3 Low — cosmetic, nice to have labels Jul 11, 2026
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This was generated by AI during triage.

Related to #61050 (earliest-open, same target bug: the official-SSH return 1 fabrication in banner.py) — but a different mechanism: #61050 restores the UPDATE_AVAILABLE_NO_COUNT presence-only sentinel, whereas this PR computes the real behind-count via git fetch --dry-run + rev-list and degrades to 0 on shallow clones. Not a duplicate; maintainer to pick the approach. Also related: merged #50784 (shallow-boundary count guard).

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Thanks for targeting the real fabricated-count path: current main still returns literal 1 after an official SSH mismatch in hermes_cli/banner.py:197-202.

Problems

  • The new fallback in 7ead59fc calls _count_behind_full() after that mismatch, which performs git fetch origin. That conflicts with the intentional passive-SSH behavior added by cedd9b6d; tests/hermes_cli/test_update_check.py:100-129 explicitly asserts that official SSH checks do not fetch or trigger SSH auth.
  • The diff also does not match the stated shallow behavior: the retained shallow branch returns UPDATE_AVAILABLE_NO_COUNT, while the fallback remains return 1 if the helper fails.
  • No regression test accompanies the changed SSH control flow, although the existing no-fetch test covers this exact contract.

Suggested changes

  • Keep the official SSH path HTTPS-only and use the established unknown-count sentinel when an exact passive count is unavailable.
  • Add coverage for the chosen SSH mismatch and shallow-clone semantics.

Automated hermes-sweeper review.

@teknium1 teknium1 added sweeper:risk-compatibility Sweeper risk: may break existing users, config, migrations, defaults, or upgrades sweeper:blast-moderate Sweeper blast radius: moderate — a subsystem or single platform labels Jul 11, 2026
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Closing — superseded by PR #86257 (merged, bf10349) and PR #86331. Current main no longer hardcodes return 1 on the SSH-official path: fresh-tip equality → merge-base --is-ancestor (local-ahead reads 0) → exact count via the GitHub compare API → honest UPDATE_AVAILABLE_NO_COUNT sentinel offline. One note on this PR's design: degrading to return 0 ("up to date") when history is unavailable hides real updates — the merged design keeps the "update available, count unknown" signal instead. Thanks for flagging the hardcoded 1 early.

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