dedup

Dedup Loop (dedupe-only)

Input: a git base SHA/ref to dedupe against. Default/recommended is auto, which resolves a branch-wide merge-base from integration/default refs first, then falls back to upstream (@{u}).

Preconditions

• Confirm you are in the intended repo: git rev-parse --show-toplevel
• Ensure you have a branch-wide base commit SHA (the fork-point/common-ancestor with the integration branch).
• Start from a clean working tree (required):
  • git status --porcelain should be empty.
• Ensure git can create commits (stop if missing):
  • If commits fail due to missing identity, configure user.name and user.email.
• Ensure both CLIs are available (codex and claude) because reviewer/responder must be different vendors.

Scope / intent

• This is NOT a general code review.
• Only act on:
  • duplicate code introduced/expanded by BASE_SHA..HEAD, and/or
  • code introduced by BASE_SHA..HEAD that reimplements an existing shared util already in the repo.
• Do not apply unrelated fixes (style, perf, security, naming, error handling) unless strictly required to complete a dedupe/reuse change safely.

Expected runtime

Typically runs 10–30 minutes, but allow at least 60 minutes.

Do not interrupt/restart the subagent if it looks stuck. The loop script owns stuck/timeout handling and will exit on its own when it completes or when --timeout is reached. Prefer watching the periodic heartbeat output (--heartbeat-seconds) instead of tailing logs.

Why Claude sometimes looked “stuck”

Claude Code print mode can be silent in --output-format text until it finishes (including during tool work). This repo defaults Claude subprocesses to --output-format stream-json --include-partial-messages so the wrapper sees measurable progress and inactivity timeouts mainly trigger on true hangs.

Run

resolve_skill_dir() {
  local name="$1"
  local repo_root=""
  repo_root="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || pwd)"

  local candidates=(
    "$repo_root/.agents/skills/$name"
    "$repo_root/.claude/skills/$name"
    "$HOME/.agents/skills/$name"
    "$HOME/.codex/skills/$name"
    "$HOME/.claude/skills/$name"
  )

  for d in "${candidates[@]}"; do
    if [[ -d "$d" ]]; then
      echo "$d"
      return 0
    fi
  done

  echo "Error: skill '$name' not found in repo-scoped or user-scoped skill dirs." >&2
  return 1
}

DEDUP_SKILL_DIR="$(resolve_skill_dir dedup)"
python3 "$DEDUP_SKILL_DIR/scripts/run_dedup_loop.py" auto