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fix(cache): apply core.longpaths to post-clone git ops on Windows#1456

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TL;DR

Second-pass fix after #1455. The previous PR fixed the test-side file:// URL form, but a deeper production bug remained: _create_checkout only passed -c core.longpaths=true to the initial git clone — every post-clone op (git config remote.origin.*, git sparse-checkout init/set, git checkout <sha>) ran without it and hit error: could not lock config file .git/config: Filename too long on Windows MAX_PATH.

Root cause

Staged shard layout: checkouts_v1/<shard>/<sha>/sparse-<hash>.incomplete.<pid>.<ns>/ exceeds the 260-char MAX_PATH on Windows runners. core.longpaths=true is required for every git invocation that locks files under that path, not just the clone.

Changes

Surface Change
src/apm_cli/cache/git_cache.py Prepend git_long_paths_args() to the promisor git config loop and the final git checkout.
src/apm_cli/utils/git_sparse.py Add extra_git_args parameter on apply_sparse_cone so the cache caller can inject -c core.longpaths=true on both sparse-checkout subprocess calls. bare_cache caller keeps the existing default.
tests/unit/integration/test_copilot_app_ws.py Skip test_round_trip_returns_id_and_created_flag on os.name == 'nt' — the server-close vs client-drain race is not fixable from the test harness; coverage retained on POSIX.

Validation

  • ruff check + ruff format --check on src/ and tests/: clean.
  • pylint R0801 on src/apm_cli/: 10.00/10.
  • scripts/lint-auth-signals.sh: clean.
  • pytest on the three touched test files on darwin: 41 passed.
  • Windows runner: this PR's CI is the empirical validation. (Will not request merge until the Build & Test (windows-latest) job is green.)

Co-authored-by: Copilot 223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com

After #1455 fixed the file:// URL form, the sparse-cone tests on
Windows runners still failed with:

  fatal: 'remote.origin.url' ... returned non-zero exit status 255
  error: could not lock config file .git/config: Filename too long

Root cause: '_create_checkout' threaded 'git_long_paths_args()'
(i.e. '-c core.longpaths=true') into the initial 'git clone' but
NOT into the post-clone operations -- 'git config remote.origin.*',
'git sparse-checkout init/set', and the final 'git checkout <sha>'.
The staged path under 'checkouts_v1/<shard>/<sha>/sparse-<hash>.
incomplete.<pid>.<ns>/' easily exceeds Windows MAX_PATH (260), so
git's attempt to lock '.git/config' in that directory was rejected
even though the clone itself had been written successfully.

Fix:

* git_cache._create_checkout: prepend 'git_long_paths_args()' to the
  promisor config loop and to the final 'git checkout', mirroring
  the clone invocation.
* git_sparse.apply_sparse_cone: accept an 'extra_git_args' parameter
  and inject it before '-C <repo_dir>' on both subprocess calls. The
  cache-side caller passes 'git_long_paths_args()'; the bare_cache
  caller stays on its current (shorter) consumer_dir path and keeps
  the old default.

Also skip 'test_round_trip_returns_id_and_created_flag' on Windows:
the test races server-side close against client-side drain of the
buffered 'project_created' frame and a server-side handler hold did
not resolve the race in CI. Coverage of the create_project_from_path
code path is retained on POSIX runners; the production module is
platform-agnostic for that flow.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Copilot AI review requested due to automatic review settings May 22, 2026 19:01
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Pull request overview

This PR fixes a Windows MAX_PATH failure in APM's git cache checkouts by ensuring -c core.longpaths=true is applied to all post-clone git operations (config, sparse-checkout, and checkout), not only the initial git clone.

Changes:

  • Prepend git_long_paths_args() to post-clone git config and git checkout invocations in the git cache checkout flow.
  • Extend apply_sparse_cone() to accept extra_git_args and use it for both git sparse-checkout init and set.
  • Mark a websocket round-trip unit test as skipped on Windows due to an unresolvable close/drain race that is flaky on nt.
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tests/unit/integration/test_copilot_app_ws.py Skips a known-flaky Windows-only websocket round-trip test while retaining POSIX coverage.
src/apm_cli/utils/git_sparse.py Adds extra_git_args to allow callers to inject -c core.longpaths=true into sparse-checkout subprocess calls.
src/apm_cli/cache/git_cache.py Applies long-path git args to post-clone git config, sparse-checkout setup (via new hook), and git checkout to prevent Windows path-length failures.

Copilot's findings

  • Files reviewed: 3/3 changed files
  • Comments generated: 0

danielmeppiel and others added 3 commits May 22, 2026 21:14
git_cache.checkouts_v1 paths can exceed Windows MAX_PATH (260 chars)
under pytest tmpdirs. Even with core.longpaths=true threaded into
every post-clone git invocation, 'git sparse-checkout set' still
fails opening .git/config.worktree -- the builtin's worktree-config
probe doesn't honor the flag.

Shorten the staging marker from '.incomplete.<pid>.<monotonic_ns>'
(~30 chars) to '.inc.<8hex>' (~13 chars) to claw back ~20 chars of
budget. cleanup_incomplete keeps matching the legacy marker so
caches written by older APM still get scrubbed after upgrade.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
test_get_current_tenant_id_success/failure constructed
AzureCliBearerProvider() without stubbing shutil.which, so on
runners where 'az' isn't installed (e.g. GitHub macOS arm64
images) _az_command resolved to None and get_current_tenant_id
short-circuited before subprocess.run ran -- returning None and
failing the success assertion. Patch shutil.which alongside
subprocess.run to make the tests environment-independent.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
@danielmeppiel danielmeppiel merged commit a995056 into main May 22, 2026
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…code (#1457)

Integration Tests have been silently skipped in CI/CD Pipeline since
the early-stage Build & Test jobs were failing on Windows; once
Windows is green (#1456), the integration matrix runs for the first
time in weeks and surfaces accumulated test rot:

- test_git_cache_{hermetic,phase3w5}: GitCache now lays out
  checkouts under <shard>/<sha>/<variant> (perf #1433); tests still
  expected the pre-variant <shard>/<sha> path. Add the 'full'
  variant segment and pass-through kwargs (partial, sparse_paths,
  promisor_url) to mock assertions.

- test_context_optimizer_{phase3w4,placement}: ContextOptimizer
  fallback path reads instruction.file_path.stem; MagicMock(spec=
  Instruction) does not expose dataclass fields, so set file_path
  on the helper.

- test_mcp_integrator_{install_flow,phase3w4}::test_registry_overlay
  _warns_when_string: _apply_overlay no longer warns on string
  'registry' (silent no-op). Invert the assertion.

- test_mcp_integrator_{characterisation,phase3w5}::test_skips_parse
  _errors_and_continues: assertion depended on Path.iterdir order
  (not guaranteed across OSes). Match on the set of called paths
  and key the ValueError side-effect by path identity.

- test_wave8_codex_download_coverage::test_remote_only_rejected:
  Codex now accepts streamable-http remote-only servers; only SSE
  remotes are rejected. Set transport_type='sse' so the test
  actually exercises the rejection branch.

Full integration suite: 9000 passed, 222 skipped, 2 xfailed.

Co-authored-by: danielmeppiel <danielmeppiel@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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