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Summary

  • identify mise shims directly instead of treating every executable in shims_dir as managed
  • preserve unmanaged files and symlinks when publishing or pruning a shared shim directory
  • mark generated plugin scripts while recognizing the legacy script format
  • document ~/.local/bin and /usr/local/bin as supported shim directories

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  • cargo test --bin mise mise_shim_detection
  • cargo test --bin mise staged_shim_publication
  • mise run lint

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Reshim and shim pruning logic changes how files in shims_dir are classified and deleted, which can affect users who pointed MISE_SHIMS_DIR at a shared PATH directory or relied on old --force wiping the whole farm.

Overview
mise reshim can target shared bins like ~/.local/bin without wiping unrelated executables. It now identifies mise-owned shims (generated script headers, native shim marker, symlink targets, legacy plugin layout) and only replaces or prunes those entries; unmanaged same-name files are left in place, with warnings when a collision would overwrite different content.

Dedicated default shim farms keep full cleanup on force rebuild; shared directories use conservative pruning and treat intentional name collisions as occupied so mise doctor and post-install reshims do not report false “missing shims.” --force is documented as rebuilding mise-owned shims rather than deleting everything in the directory first.

Generated shims add stable “mise generated shim” markers; mise-shim embeds a native shim marker byte sequence for Windows exe-shim fingerprinting. Docs and settings clarify that activation/hook-env still expect a dedicated shims_dir.

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  • New Features

    • mise reshim supports shared executable directories.
    • Native shims now include an ownership marker.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Preserves unmanaged or externally modified executables.
    • Removes or replaces only recognized mise-owned shims.
    • --force now rebuilds mise-owned shims instead of removing all entries.
    • Improved handling of shims in symlinked directories.
  • Documentation

    • Updated CLI help, man pages, and configuration guidance to describe safer shim handling.

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The PR adds ownership-aware publication and pruning so mise reshim can safely target shared executable directories.

  • Adds stable markers and compatibility fingerprints for generated shell, command, and native shims.
  • Preserves unmanaged collisions while continuing to update or prune recognized mise-owned entries.
  • Documents shared shim-directory support and adds focused unit and end-to-end coverage.

Confidence Score: 4/5

The PR is not yet safe to merge because an unmanaged wrapper matching the legacy plugin format can still be overwritten or deleted in a shared shim directory.

The current classifier intentionally treats an unmarked five-line legacy wrapper as mise-owned; that ownership flows into replacement and pruning, so the previously reported user-file-loss path remains reachable.

Files Needing Attention: src/shims.rs

Important Files Changed

Filename Overview
src/shims.rs Implements ownership detection and conservative shared-directory publication, but the legacy plugin classifier still claims an unmanaged wrapper matching its exact historical shape.
crates/mise-shim/src/main.rs Embeds a stable ownership marker in native shim binaries.
crates/mise-shim/native-shim-marker Provides the stable byte marker used to recognize generated native shims.
e2e/cli/test_shims Verifies that same-named unmanaged commands survive normal and forced reshims in a shared directory.
docs/dev-tools/shims.md Documents shared-directory support and the remaining activation and PATH limitations.

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Safe shim rebuilding

Layer / File(s) Summary
Shim ownership detection
crates/mise-shim/src/main.rs, crates/mise-shim/native-shim-marker, .gitattributes, src/shims.rs
The native shim marker is embedded as retained binary data. Dedicated-directory matching canonicalizes the candidate path and its parent separately, so symlinked directories do not match the dedicated farm incorrectly.
Reshim behavior documentation
docs/cli/reshim.md, src/cli/reshim.rs, man/man1/mise.1, mise.usage.kdl, docs/dev-tools/shims.md, docs/directories.md, settings.toml
CLI help and documentation describe rebuilding mise-owned shims, shared executable directories, and preservation of unmanaged files.

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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to bbb27

This PR makes shared executable directories safer by preserving unrelated entries, but the current implementation can still delete an unrelated Windows .old file or replace/prune a user-edited generated file that retains the mise marker. These ownership risks can affect commands on PATH, so the PR needs a fix or explicit owner acceptance before merge.

Suggested reviewers: risu729, jambalaya56562

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A rabbit marks the native byte
And checks each path by candlelight
Shared bins keep their files in place
Mise-owned shims receive a trace
Safe reshim hops through the night

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src/shims.rs (1)

584-586: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Derive the ownership marker from one source so the make_shim template and the detector cannot drift.

make_shim writes the header at line 1233 through formatdoc!. is_generated_shell_shim matches the byte prefix #!/bin/sh\n# mise generated shim\n at line 584. The two are independent literals. The new test at lines 1863-1886 writes the expected bytes by hand, so it verifies the detector but not that make_shim output satisfies it.

If the template's leading whitespace or header text changes, ownership detection fails silently: generated plugin shims are then reported as unmanaged files and are neither replaced nor pruned.

Two low-cost options:

  • Define the header as a const and use it in both make_shim and is_generated_shell_shim.
  • Add a test that calls make_shim, reads the produced file, and asserts is_generated_shell_shim accepts it.

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In `@src/shims.rs` around lines 584 - 586, Update `make_shim` and
`is_generated_shell_shim` to share the same shell-shim ownership header source
instead of duplicating the prefix literal. Introduce a single header constant or
equivalent shared symbol and have the `formatdoc!` template in `make_shim` emit
it while `is_generated_shell_shim` matches against it. Keep the existing
ownership-detection behavior for the ASDF-style fallback path unchanged, and add
or update the test coverage so it verifies `make_shim` output is accepted by
`is_generated_shell_shim`, not just hand-written bytes.
crates/mise-shim/src/main.rs (1)

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The marker literal is duplicated across crates without a compile-time link, and std::hint::black_box offers no formal guarantee of binary retention.

The same constant NATIVE_SHIM_MARKER appears at:

  • Line 11 in crates/mise-shim/src/main.rs
  • Line 26 in src/shims.rs

A change to the marker in one crate—for example, bumping to v2—will not cause a compile error in the other crate. The has_mise_native_shim_fingerprint() function in src/shims.rs then silently fails to detect newly built native shims, disabling ownership detection and pruning.

Additionally, the Rust standard library documents std::hint::black_box as a best-effort hint, not a guarantee. The compiler may optimize away a const byte slice that is only referenced via black_box and not otherwise used within the binary. To ensure the marker is always embedded, use #[used] on a module-level static, or export the marker from a single canonical location (for example, a shared build script or include_bytes!).

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In `@crates/mise-shim/src/main.rs` at line 11, Eliminate the duplicated
NATIVE_SHIM_MARKER definitions between the native shim and shims detection code
by establishing one canonical marker source that both sides consume, and ensure
the native shim embeds it through a module-level #[used] static rather than
relying on std::hint::black_box. Keep has_mise_native_shim_fingerprint() aligned
with the canonical value so marker changes cannot silently diverge.
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Inline comments:
In `@src/shims.rs`:
- Around line 457-466: Update files_identical in the shim publication path to
treat read failures as non-identical instead of propagating the I/O error.
Preserve the existing identity result for successfully readable files so
publish_staged_shim_farm warns and skips unreadable unrecognized collisions
rather than aborting.
- Around line 350-360: Update reshim_for to use incremental staging when
full_rebuild is false, so automatic post-install runs only add changed or
missing shims instead of rebuilding every desired entry. Preserve full staging
for forced rebuilds and shim mode or version changes, while keeping
publish_staged_shim_farm unchanged.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@crates/mise-shim/src/main.rs`:
- Line 11: Eliminate the duplicated NATIVE_SHIM_MARKER definitions between the
native shim and shims detection code by establishing one canonical marker source
that both sides consume, and ensure the native shim embeds it through a
module-level #[used] static rather than relying on std::hint::black_box. Keep
has_mise_native_shim_fingerprint() aligned with the canonical value so marker
changes cannot silently diverge.

In `@src/shims.rs`:
- Around line 584-586: Update `make_shim` and `is_generated_shell_shim` to share
the same shell-shim ownership header source instead of duplicating the prefix
literal. Introduce a single header constant or equivalent shared symbol and have
the `formatdoc!` template in `make_shim` emit it while `is_generated_shell_shim`
matches against it. Keep the existing ownership-detection behavior for the
ASDF-style fallback path unchanged, and add or update the test coverage so it
verifies `make_shim` output is accepted by `is_generated_shell_shim`, not just
hand-written bytes.
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Review of the shared-shim-directory change. Ten findings below as inline comments, most severe first. Seven are confirmed against the code, one is plausible, two are cleanup/conventions.

Summary: the reshim-side ownership logic is careful, but the headline docs claim does not hold yet — the rest of mise still treats dirs::shims() as a dispatch-only directory and strips it from PATH. There are also two regressions in the dedicated farm (--force can no longer displace a stray same-named file; doctor's unused-shims list no longer matches what prune deletes), a Windows bug where .mode/.version can never be updated in a shared dir, and an over-broad symlink ownership rule.

Unit tests in shims::tests pass locally (26 passed).

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