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Add branch protection and multi-agent coordination guard #79

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Description

Problem

The divergent branches incident (192 local vs 5 remote commits on main) was caused by parallel development without coordination. Two agents/sessions pushed different work to main simultaneously, creating merge conflicts in critical files.

Impact

  • Development blocked until manual conflict resolution
  • Risk of lost work if resolved incorrectly
  • No automated detection of divergence before it becomes severe

Proposed Solution

Short-term (local)

  1. Configure pull.rebase = true repo-wide (done in fe4da19)
  2. Add pre-push hook that warns when >10 commits ahead of remote
  3. Add pre-push hook that fetches and warns on divergence before push

Medium-term (CI)

  1. Add branch protection rules requiring PR reviews
  2. Enforce linear history (no merge commits) via branch protection
  3. Add GitHub Actions check that validates branch is up-to-date before merge

Long-term (coordination)

  1. Implement COORDINATION.md lockfile pattern for multi-agent work
  2. Each agent claims a branch scope before starting work
  3. Automated alerts when two agents touch the same files

Evidence

  • Git log shows 192 local commits diverged from 5 remote commits
  • Common ancestor: 93df31dd
  • VSCode error: fatal: Need to specify how to reconcile divergent branches
  • 4 files conflicted: .gitignore, package.json, cmd/backup/chats.go, ci.yml

Acceptance Criteria

  • Pre-push hook warns on divergence
  • Branch protection enabled on main
  • Linear history enforced

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