diff --git a/config/omarchy/shell.json b/config/omarchy/shell.json
index e6202da8..64cc4075 100644
--- a/config/omarchy/shell.json
+++ b/config/omarchy/shell.json
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@
         }
       ],
       "right": [
+        {
+          "id": "omacom.elsewhen"
+        },
         {
           "id": "omarchy.tray"
         },
diff --git a/default/agents/skills/omarchy/plugins.md b/default/agents/skills/omarchy/plugins.md
index 6e3ab069..bf1033b3 100644
--- a/default/agents/skills/omarchy/plugins.md
+++ b/default/agents/skills/omarchy/plugins.md
@@ -9,9 +9,14 @@ inside a single long-running Quickshell process (`omarchy-shell`).
 ```
 ~/.config/omarchy/shell.json             # User overrides: bar, plugins, idle
 ~/.config/omarchy/plugins/<plugin-id>/   # User-owned shell plugins
+/usr/share/omarchy/plugins/<plugin-id>/  # Packaged plugins (pacman), e.g. omacom.elsewhen
 $OMARCHY_PATH/config/omarchy/shell.json  # Canonical defaults
 ```
 
+Packaged plugins such as Elsewhen (`elsewhen` package) update with `omarchy update` and are removed with pacman;
+`omarchy plugin update` and `omarchy plugin remove` refuse them and name the
+package.
+
 The shell hot-reloads `shell.json` on save — no restart needed for layout
 changes. `idle.screensaver` and `idle.lock` are seconds since user idle began.
 
diff --git a/docs/file-layout.md b/docs/file-layout.md
index f261085f..8bbcd5b2 100644
--- a/docs/file-layout.md
+++ b/docs/file-layout.md
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ install/**                     ──►  omarchy             /usr/share/omarchy
 migrations/**                  ──►  omarchy             /usr/share/omarchy/migrations/
 themes/**                      ──►  omarchy             /usr/share/omarchy/themes/
 shell/**                       ──►  omarchy             /usr/share/omarchy/shell/
+                                                        (packaged plugins from their own
+                                                        packages, e.g. elsewhen, land beside it
+                                                        in /usr/share/omarchy/plugins/<id>/)
 version                        ──►  omarchy             /usr/share/omarchy/version
                                                         + /etc/skel/.local/state/omarchy/migrations/*
 
diff --git a/docs/omarchy-shell.md b/docs/omarchy-shell.md
index d62ff743..18a61896 100644
--- a/docs/omarchy-shell.md
+++ b/docs/omarchy-shell.md
@@ -88,6 +88,19 @@ bar from the CLI — `use | reset | defaults | position | transparent | put |
 move | set`, with placement flags such as `--section` and `--index`.
 The lower-level IPC methods remain available through `omarchy-shell shell ...`.
 
+## Packaged plugins
+
+A default plugin can ship as its own Arch package instead of in the Omarchy
+checkout: Elsewhen (`omacom.elsewhen`) is the `elsewhen` package. pacman installs them at
+`/usr/share/omarchy/plugins/<id>/`, a root the shell scans between
+`$OMARCHY_PATH/shell/plugins` and `~/.config/omarchy/plugins`. A packaged
+`omarchy.*` id is trusted like a bundled plugin and loads by default; any other
+packaged id behaves like an installed plugin. Precedence is bundled, then
+packaged, then user, so a checkout under `omarchy dev link` overrides the
+package. Packaged plugins update through `omarchy update` and leave through
+pacman; `omarchy plugin update` and `omarchy plugin remove` refuse them and
+name the package, and Setup › Plugins › Remove does not list them.
+
 ## IPC
 
 The shell exposes a `shell` target (the host also registers
diff --git a/install/omarchy-base.packages b/install/omarchy-base.packages
index 76e74110..0a8e27cc 100644
--- a/install/omarchy-base.packages
+++ b/install/omarchy-base.packages
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ docker-compose
 dosfstools
 dotnet-runtime
 dua-cli
+elsewhen
 evince
 exfatprogs
 expac
diff --git a/migrations/1789581661.sh b/migrations/1789581661.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fd5d30be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/1789581661.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+echo "Install Elsewhen, the world clock plugin"
+
+# Elsewhen ships as the elsewhen package rather than in this checkout; pacman
+# puts it under /usr/share/omarchy/plugins, where the shell looks next to its
+# bundled plugins. A package the mirror does not carry yet fails the migration
+# on purpose: nothing before this line has changed anything, and the runner
+# retries it on the next update or login rather than quietly leaving the
+# machine without the plugin.
+omarchy-pkg-add elsewhen
+
+# A shell that already knows the packaged root (dev-linked, or restarted
+# since) picks the plugin up here; the one an update runs under predates it
+# and is replaced by omarchy-update-restart right after the migrations.
+omarchy-shell -q shell rescanPlugins || true
+
+# Before the package, the README had users run
+# `omarchy plugin add https://github.com/omacom/elsewhen.git`, which left a
+# git clone under ~/.config/omarchy/plugins. The packaged copy now shadows
+# it: the shell logs a rejection on every scan, and `omarchy plugin update`
+# keeps pulling a checkout nothing loads. A pristine clone of the upstream
+# repo is retired the way `omarchy plugin remove` retires one (the repo
+# remains upstream). Anything else -- a symlink, a plain directory, local
+# changes, a fork, a checkout git cannot read -- is the user's and stays. This
+# runs only once the package is in place, so the plugin never leaves a
+# machine; its id stays in shell.json either way, which is what keeps it
+# enabled. The shell an update runs under predates the packaged root, and it
+# watches this directory: dropping the checkout empties the widget's slot in
+# that shell until omarchy-update-restart replaces it a few steps later with
+# one that finds the package. A one-time gap of a few minutes, during the
+# update itself.
+upstream_checkout() {
+  local dir="$1" origin status
+  [[ -d $dir && ! -L $dir && -d $dir/.git ]] || return 1
+  origin=$(git -C "$dir" remote get-url origin 2>/dev/null) || return 1
+  origin=${origin,,}
+  origin=${origin%/}
+  origin=${origin%.git}
+  [[ $origin =~ ^([a-z+]+://)?([^/@]+@)?github\.com[/:]omacom/elsewhen$ ]] || return 1
+  status=$(git -C "$dir" status --porcelain 2>/dev/null) || return 1
+  [[ -z $status ]]
+}
+
+checkout="$HOME/.config/omarchy/plugins/omacom.elsewhen"
+if [[ -e $checkout || -L $checkout ]]; then
+  if upstream_checkout "$checkout"; then
+    rm -rf "$checkout"
+    echo "Retired the omacom.elsewhen checkout at $checkout in favour of the elsewhen package."
+  else
+    echo "The elsewhen package takes precedence over $checkout, which is left as it is."
+  fi
+fi
+
+# The widget opens the right section of the default bar, just before the
+# tray, which a machine without a shell.json takes on as soon as the shell
+# restarts. A customized bar gets the entry written into its file rather than
+# placed over IPC: the shell this runs under cannot see a widget its scan
+# never reached and would refuse it, whereas the file it hot-reloads carries
+# the entry through to the restart. A bar that already carries the widget
+# keeps it where the user put it.
+source omarchy-shell-config
+
+[[ -s $CONFIG_FILE ]] || exit 0
+# A file the shell cannot read is left for its owner to repair.
+jq empty "$CONFIG_FILE" 2>/dev/null || exit 0
+
+entry_id='def entry_id: if type == "object" then (.id // "" | tostring) else tostring end;'
+
+if jq -e "$entry_id"'
+  any((.bar.layout // {} | .left, .center, .right | arrays)[]; entry_id == "omacom.elsewhen")
+' "$CONFIG_FILE" >/dev/null; then
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+commit "$NORMALIZE | $entry_id"'
+  def ids: map(entry_id);
+  def insert_at($section; $index):
+    .bar.layout[$section] = .bar.layout[$section][:$index] + [{id: "omacom.elsewhen"}] + .bar.layout[$section][$index:];
+  . as $config
+  | (["left", "center", "right"] | map(select($config.bar.layout[.] | ids | index("omarchy.tray") != null)) | first) as $section
+  | if $section != null then
+      insert_at($section; .bar.layout[$section] | ids | index("omarchy.tray"))
+    else
+      insert_at("right"; 0)
+    end
+'
diff --git a/shell/README.md b/shell/README.md
index ca07b520..23a25ca6 100644
--- a/shell/README.md
+++ b/shell/README.md
@@ -140,6 +140,19 @@ You can still drop a plugin in without git:
    `barWidget.defaultSection`, or in the center when it is omitted, and can be
    moved with `omarchy bar move`; a full bar replaces the one in use.
 
+### Packaged plugins
+
+Some default plugins ship as their own Arch package rather than in this
+checkout: Elsewhen (`omacom.elsewhen`) is the `elsewhen` package. pacman installs such a plugin,
+root-owned, at `/usr/share/omarchy/plugins/<plugin-id>/`, and
+the shell scans that root between its bundled plugins and the user's. A
+packaged `omarchy.*` id is trusted exactly like a bundled one; a packaged
+plugin under any other id is treated like a user plugin. They update with
+`omarchy update` and are removed with pacman, so `omarchy plugin update` and
+`omarchy plugin remove` refuse them and name the package instead. A bundled
+copy in `$OMARCHY_PATH/shell/plugins` wins over the packaged one, which is how
+a packaged plugin is developed under `omarchy dev link`.
+
 The lower-level IPC equivalents remain available via `omarchy-shell shell rescanPlugins`,
 `omarchy-shell shell enablePlugin <id> '{}'`, and `omarchy-shell shell listPlugins`.
 The `omarchy plugin` commands wrap those calls. `omarchy bar move` and
@@ -224,6 +237,7 @@ customization from the shipped defaults lives in it.
 |-----------------------------------|----------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
 | `~/.config/omarchy/shell.json`    | the shell      | full layout + per-entry settings + enabled plugin list |
 | `~/.config/omarchy/plugins/<id>/` | user           | drop-in third-party plugin source files                |
+| `/usr/share/omarchy/plugins/<id>/` | pacman        | packaged plugins (e.g. `elsewhen`), updated by `omarchy update` |
 
 The `config/omarchy/shell.json` default config describes the
 fresh-install state. When the user has no `shell.json`, the shell uses
diff --git a/shell/plugins/README.md b/shell/plugins/README.md
index 66cb74e1..1a2d26fb 100644
--- a/shell/plugins/README.md
+++ b/shell/plugins/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ First-party non-bar plugins are enabled unless listed in `disabledPlugins[]`;
 at startup; other panels, overlays, and menus are loaded on demand.
 
 User-installed plugins live alongside these conceptually but on disk under
-`~/.config/omarchy/plugins/<plugin-id>/` rather than in this directory.
+`~/.config/omarchy/plugins/<plugin-id>/` rather than in this directory. A few
+default plugins arrive as their own package instead: pacman installs them at
+`/usr/share/omarchy/plugins/<plugin-id>/`, where an `omarchy.*` id is trusted
+like the plugins here, and a copy in this directory shadows the packaged one.
 
 | Plugin        | id                        | kinds                   | entry point                           |
 |---------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------------------|
@@ -28,6 +31,7 @@ User-installed plugins live alongside these conceptually but on disk under
 | Power         | `omarchy.power`           | `bar-widget`            | `panels/power/Panel.qml`              |
 | Tailscale     | `omarchy.tailscale`       | `bar-widget`            | `panels/tailscale/Panel.qml`          |
 | Agents   | `omarchy.agents`     | `bar-widget`            | `agents/Panel.qml`               |
+| Elsewhen      | `omacom.elsewhen`         | `bar-widget`            | packaged: `elsewhen` installs `/usr/share/omarchy/plugins/omacom.elsewhen/` |
 | Weather       | `omarchy.weather`         | `bar-widget`            | `panels/weather/BarWidget.qml`        |
 | Media         | `omarchy.media`           | `service`, `bar-widget` | `services/media/Service.qml`, `services/media/BarWidget.qml` |
 | Battery       | `omarchy.battery`         | `service`               | `services/battery/Service.qml`        |
diff --git a/test/shell.d/config-test.sh b/test/shell.d/config-test.sh
index 355ca26b..d9086d44 100755
--- a/test/shell.d/config-test.sh
+++ b/test/shell.d/config-test.sh
@@ -41,11 +41,12 @@ pass "default clock date format has no leading zero"
 jq -e '
   def ids: map(.id // .);
   (.bar.layout.right | ids) as $ids |
+  ($ids | index("omacom.elsewhen")) as $elsewhen |
   ($ids | index("omarchy.tray")) as $tray |
   ($ids | index("omarchy.agents")) as $agents |
-  $tray != null and $agents == $tray + 1
+  $elsewhen == 0 and $tray == 1 and $agents == $tray + 1
 ' "$ROOT/config/omarchy/shell.json" >/dev/null
-pass "default right layout keeps agents next to the tray"
+pass "default right layout opens with elsewhen and the tray, then agents"
 
 ROOT="$ROOT" python3 <<'PY'
 import json
diff --git a/test/shell.d/elsewhen-default-migration-test.sh b/test/shell.d/elsewhen-default-migration-test.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..438ba1d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/shell.d/elsewhen-default-migration-test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,285 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+source "$(cd -- "$(dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)/base-test.sh"
+
+require_command jq
+require_command git
+
+migration="$ROOT/migrations/1789581661.sh"
+test_dir=$(mktemp -d)
+trap 'rm -rf "$test_dir"' EXIT
+
+mkdir -p "$test_dir/bin"
+export INSTALLED_PACKAGES="$test_dir/installed" CALL_LOG="$test_dir/calls" SHELL_CALLS="$test_dir/shell-calls"
+# The checkout cases use the real git; keep the developer's config (signing,
+# hooks, safe.directory) out of what it sees.
+export GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL=/dev/null GIT_CONFIG_NOSYSTEM=1
+export GIT_AUTHOR_NAME=test GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL=test@example.com
+export GIT_COMMITTER_NAME=test GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL=test@example.com
+
+# Keep the real package helpers, but contain every pacman transaction here.
+cat >"$test_dir/bin/pacman" <<'SH'
+#!/bin/bash
+case "$1" in
+  -Q) grep -Fxq -- "$2" "$INSTALLED_PACKAGES" ;;
+  -S)
+    [[ ${FAIL_INSTALL:-0} == 0 ]] || exit 1
+    shift 3 # -S --noconfirm --needed
+    printf '%s\n' "$@" >>"$INSTALLED_PACKAGES"
+    printf '%s\n' "$@" >>"$CALL_LOG"
+    ;;
+  *) exit 1 ;;
+esac
+SH
+cat >"$test_dir/bin/sudo" <<'SH'
+#!/bin/bash
+[[ $1 == "pacman" ]] || exit 1
+"$@"
+SH
+# The migration runs under a shell that predates the packaged root, or under
+# none at all, so it must only ever ask the shell for best-effort refreshes.
+cat >"$test_dir/bin/omarchy-shell" <<'SH'
+#!/bin/bash
+printf '%s\n' "$*" >>"$SHELL_CALLS"
+[[ $1 != "-q" ]] || exit 0
+exit "${SHELL_STATUS:-0}"
+SH
+chmod +x "$test_dir/bin/"*
+
+home="$test_dir/home"
+config="$home/.config/omarchy/shell.json"
+checkout="$home/.config/omarchy/plugins/omacom.elsewhen"
+output="$test_dir/output"
+mkdir -p "$home/.config/omarchy"
+
+run_migration() {
+  : >"$CALL_LOG"
+  : >"$SHELL_CALLS"
+  HOME="$home" OMARCHY_PATH="$ROOT" PATH="$test_dir/bin:$ROOT/bin:$PATH" \
+    bash -euo pipefail "$migration" >"$output"
+}
+
+ids() {
+  jq -c ".bar.layout.$1 | map(if type == \"object\" then .id else . end)" "$config"
+}
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------ package install
+: >"$INSTALLED_PACKAGES"
+cat >"$config" <<'JSON'
+{
+  "version": 1,
+  "bar": {
+    "layout": {
+      "left": [{ "id": "omarchy.menu" }],
+      "center": [{ "id": "omarchy.clock", "format": "HH:mm" }],
+      "right": [
+        { "id": "omarchy.tray" },
+        { "id": "omarchy.agents", "syncMode": "On" },
+        { "id": "omarchy.power" }
+      ]
+    }
+  },
+  "plugins": []
+}
+JSON
+
+run_migration
+grep -Fxq elsewhen "$CALL_LOG" || fail "migration installs the elsewhen package" "$(cat "$CALL_LOG")"
+pass "migration installs the elsewhen package"
+
+[[ $(ids right) == '["omacom.elsewhen","omarchy.tray","omarchy.agents","omarchy.power"]' ]] ||
+  fail "migration puts the widget just before the tray" "$(cat "$config")"
+pass "migration puts the widget just before the tray"
+
+[[ $(jq -c '.bar.layout.right[2]' "$config") == '{"id":"omarchy.agents","syncMode":"On"}' ]] ||
+  fail "migration keeps the settings of its neighbours" "$(cat "$config")"
+[[ $(jq -c '.bar.layout.center[0]' "$config") == '{"format":"HH:mm","id":"omarchy.clock"}' ]] ||
+  fail "migration leaves other sections alone" "$(cat "$config")"
+pass "migration leaves the rest of the layout alone"
+
+grep -q 'shell rescanPlugins' "$SHELL_CALLS" && grep -q 'shell reloadConfig' "$SHELL_CALLS" ||
+  fail "migration asks the running shell to rescan and reload" "$(cat "$SHELL_CALLS")"
+pass "migration asks the running shell to rescan and reload"
+
+before=$(sha256sum "$config")
+run_migration
+[[ $before == $(sha256sum "$config") ]] || fail "migration is idempotent" "$(cat "$config")"
+[[ ! -s $CALL_LOG ]] || fail "migration does not reinstall a present package" "$(cat "$CALL_LOG")"
+pass "migration is idempotent"
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------- placements
+cat >"$config" <<'JSON'
+{
+  "version": 1,
+  "bar": { "layout": { "left": [], "center": ["omarchy.clock", "omarchy.tray"], "right": ["omarchy.power"] } }
+}
+JSON
+run_migration
+[[ $(ids center) == '["omarchy.clock","omacom.elsewhen","omarchy.tray"]' && $(ids right) == '["omarchy.power"]' ]] ||
+  fail "migration follows the tray into another section and reads string entries" "$(cat "$config")"
+pass "migration follows the tray into another section and reads string entries"
+
+cat >"$config" <<'JSON'
+{ "version": 1, "bar": { "layout": { "right": [{ "id": "omarchy.agents" }, { "id": "omarchy.power" }] } } }
+JSON
+run_migration
+[[ $(ids right) == '["omacom.elsewhen","omarchy.agents","omarchy.power"]' ]] ||
+  fail "migration prepends to the right section when the tray is off the bar" "$(cat "$config")"
+pass "migration prepends to the right section when the tray is off the bar"
+
+cat >"$config" <<'JSON'
+{
+  "version": 1,
+  "bar": { "layout": { "left": [{ "id": "omacom.elsewhen" }], "center": [], "right": [{ "id": "omarchy.tray" }, { "id": "omarchy.agents" }] } }
+}
+JSON
+before=$(sha256sum "$config")
+run_migration
+[[ $before == $(sha256sum "$config") ]] ||
+  fail "migration leaves a widget the user already placed where it is" "$(cat "$config")"
+pass "migration leaves a widget the user already placed where it is"
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------- edge cases
+rm -f "$config"
+run_migration
+[[ ! -e $config ]] || fail "migration writes no shell.json where the defaults apply" "$(cat "$config")"
+pass "migration writes no shell.json where the defaults apply"
+
+printf '{ not json' >"$config"
+run_migration
+[[ $(cat "$config") == '{ not json' ]] || fail "migration leaves an unparsable config untouched" "$(cat "$config")"
+pass "migration leaves an unparsable config untouched"
+
+cat >"$config" <<'JSON'
+{ "version": 1, "bar": { "layout": { "right": [{ "id": "omarchy.tray" }, { "id": "omarchy.agents" }] } } }
+JSON
+SHELL_STATUS=1 run_migration
+[[ $(ids right) == '["omacom.elsewhen","omarchy.tray","omarchy.agents"]' ]] ||
+  fail "migration places the widget with no shell running" "$(cat "$config")"
+pass "migration places the widget with no shell running"
+
+# A package the mirror does not carry yet leaves the migration pending rather
+# than half-done: the layout must not name a widget nothing can install.
+: >"$INSTALLED_PACKAGES"
+cat >"$config" <<'JSON'
+{ "version": 1, "bar": { "layout": { "right": [{ "id": "omarchy.tray" }, { "id": "omarchy.agents" }] } } }
+JSON
+before=$(sha256sum "$config")
+if FAIL_INSTALL=1 run_migration 2>/dev/null; then
+  fail "a failed package installation must leave the migration pending"
+fi
+[[ $before == $(sha256sum "$config") ]] ||
+  fail "a failed package installation leaves the layout untouched" "$(cat "$config")"
+pass "a failed package installation is propagated and changes nothing"
+
+# ------------------------------------------------- pre-package checkouts
+# Users who followed the README before the package existed hold a git clone
+# under ~/.config/omarchy/plugins, which the packaged copy now shadows. Only a
+# clone of the upstream repo with nothing local in it is retired; everything
+# else is the user's and stays, and shell.json gets the widget either way.
+
+# A clone made by `omarchy plugin add`: one commit, the given origin, nothing
+# local. Built with init rather than clone so the origin can be any URL form.
+make_checkout() {
+  local origin="$1"
+  rm -rf "$checkout"
+  mkdir -p "$checkout"
+  git -C "$checkout" init -q
+  git -C "$checkout" remote add origin "$origin"
+  printf '{ "id": "omacom.elsewhen" }\n' >"$checkout/manifest.json"
+  printf 'import QtQuick\nItem {}\n' >"$checkout/Panel.qml"
+  git -C "$checkout" add -A
+  git -C "$checkout" commit -q -m "Elsewhen"
+}
+
+reset_layout() {
+  cat >"$config" <<'JSON'
+{ "version": 1, "bar": { "layout": { "right": [{ "id": "omarchy.tray" }, { "id": "omarchy.power" }] } } }
+JSON
+}
+
+assert_widget_placed() {
+  [[ $(ids right) == '["omacom.elsewhen","omarchy.tray","omarchy.power"]' ]] ||
+    fail "$1 still gets the widget" "$(cat "$config")"
+}
+
+assert_retired() {
+  local description="$1"
+  [[ ! -e $checkout && ! -L $checkout ]] || fail "$description is retired" "$(ls -la "$checkout")"
+  grep -q 'Retired the omacom.elsewhen checkout' "$output" || fail "$description is reported as retired" "$(cat "$output")"
+  assert_widget_placed "$description"
+  pass "$description is retired"
+}
+
+assert_kept() {
+  local description="$1"
+  [[ -e $checkout || -L $checkout ]] || fail "$description is kept"
+  grep -q 'takes precedence over' "$output" || fail "$description is reported as shadowed" "$(cat "$output")"
+  assert_widget_placed "$description"
+  pass "$description is kept"
+}
+
+for origin in \
+  https://github.com/omacom/elsewhen.git \
+  https://github.com/omacom/elsewhen \
+  git@github.com:omacom/elsewhen.git \
+  ssh://git@github.com/omacom/elsewhen.git \
+  https://GitHub.com/Omacom/Elsewhen/; do
+  make_checkout "$origin"
+  reset_layout
+  run_migration
+  assert_retired "a pristine clone with origin $origin"
+done
+
+make_checkout https://github.com/omacom/elsewhen.git
+printf 'import QtQuick\nItem { id: mine }\n' >"$checkout/Panel.qml"
+reset_layout
+run_migration
+assert_kept "a clone with a modified tracked file"
+[[ $(cat "$checkout/Panel.qml") == $'import QtQuick\nItem { id: mine }' ]] ||
+  fail "a kept clone keeps its local change" "$(cat "$checkout/Panel.qml")"
+pass "a kept clone keeps its local change"
+
+make_checkout https://github.com/omacom/elsewhen.git
+printf 'notes\n' >"$checkout/NOTES.md"
+reset_layout
+run_migration
+assert_kept "a clone with an untracked file"
+
+make_checkout https://github.com/someone/elsewhen-fork.git
+reset_layout
+run_migration
+assert_kept "a clone of another repository"
+
+make_checkout https://github.com/omacom/elsewhen.git
+git -C "$checkout" remote remove origin
+reset_layout
+run_migration
+assert_kept "a clone without an origin remote"
+
+rm -rf "$checkout"
+mkdir -p "$checkout"
+printf '{ "id": "omacom.elsewhen" }\n' >"$checkout/manifest.json"
+reset_layout
+run_migration
+assert_kept "a plain directory without .git"
+
+rm -rf "$checkout"
+make_checkout https://github.com/omacom/elsewhen.git
+mv "$checkout" "$test_dir/elsewhen-src"
+ln -s "$test_dir/elsewhen-src" "$checkout"
+reset_layout
+run_migration
+assert_kept "a symlinked checkout"
+[[ -L $checkout && -f $test_dir/elsewhen-src/manifest.json ]] ||
+  fail "a symlinked checkout stays a symlink with its target intact" "$(ls -la "$checkout" "$test_dir/elsewhen-src")"
+pass "a symlinked checkout stays a symlink with its target intact"
+
+rm -f "$checkout"
+reset_layout
+run_migration
+grep -q 'omacom.elsewhen checkout\|takes precedence' "$output" && fail "no checkout means no checkout report" "$(cat "$output")"
+assert_widget_placed "a machine without a checkout"
+pass "a machine without a checkout is left alone"