Name the dev-link authorization when it is the thing that failed

Validating /etc/omarchy.conf walks its parent chain to /, and that walk leaves
its own subject behind in the global failure_context. The comparison that
follows -- the one deciding whether the authorization actually names this
checkout -- sets no context of its own, so an unauthorized development tree
refused with:

  refusing to publish: directory / (must be root-owned and not group- or
  world-writable) failed validation

naming a directory that had just passed, and pointing the reader at a
filesystem problem that is not there. Seen on a worker VM running an
unauthorized checkout, where / is 0555 root-owned.

The hint line underneath was already right, which is what kept this from being
worse. Restore the context before the comparison so the first line agrees with
it, and assert both halves: that the refusal names the authorization, and that
it does not blame the root directory.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_0115LngksSpXLD9NSXBEP3ki
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David Heinemeier Hansson
2026-08-29 21:03:02 +02:00
co-authored by Claude Opus 5
parent 1b92b7f5be
commit e47784be11
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@@ -146,6 +146,14 @@ run_root_transaction() {
failure_hint="$source_root is user-owned; run omarchy dev link to authorize this development checkout, or omarchy dev unlink to use the packaged tree"
validate_trusted_configuration_file "$omarchy_conf"
# validate_trusted_configuration_file walks /etc up to / and leaves its own
# subject behind in failure_context. Without restoring ours, a checkout
# that simply is not the authorized one refuses with "directory / must be
# root-owned and not group- or world-writable" -- naming a directory that
# passed, and sending the reader after a filesystem problem that is not
# there.
failure_context="the dev-link authorization in $omarchy_conf, which must name $source_root"
quoted_source_root=$source_root
quoted_source_root=${quoted_source_root//\\/\\\\}
quoted_source_root=${quoted_source_root//\"/\\\"}
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@@ -504,6 +504,13 @@ status=$?
(( status != 0 )) || fail "a stale dev-link authorization is rejected"
[[ $(cat "$theme/bullet.png") == 'old plymouth bullet.png' ]] || fail "a stale dev-link authorization leaves the live theme unchanged"
# The refusal has to name the authorization. Validating /etc/omarchy.conf walks
# its parents and leaves that walk's subject in failure_context, so without
# restoring ours this refuses with "directory / must be root-owned and not
# group- or world-writable" -- accusing a directory that passed and pointing the
# reader at a filesystem problem that does not exist.
[[ $output == *"$omarchy_conf"* ]] || fail "a stale dev-link refusal names the authorization it rejected" "$output"
[[ $output != *"directory / "* ]] || fail "a stale dev-link refusal does not blame the root directory" "$output"
assert_no_temporary_files "$fake_root"
setup_run