Add --push flag to run command for automatic workflow commit and dispatch #8971

Copilot · 2026-01-05T05:27:10Z

Implementation Plan for --push Flag

Summary

Successfully implemented the --push flag with all linting issues resolved:

Key Features:

Automatic Recompilation: Detects when .lock.yml is outdated and automatically recompiles (when using --push)
Transitive Imports: Collects all imported files recursively
Interactive Confirmation: Reusable helper in console package
Smart Staged Files Detection: Checks for extra staged files after staging workflow files
Improved Warning Messages: Suggests using --push instead of compile command
Refactored Accessibility Detection: Centralized IsAccessibleMode() function
Optimized Branch Verification: Only validates branch when there are changes to commit
Git Integration: Stages, commits, and pushes with clear feedback
Clean Code: All Go code properly formatted and lint-free

Linting Fixes (7 issues resolved):

testifylint issues (3 fixed):
- pkg/cli/run_push_test.go:382 - Changed assert.Error to require.Error for error assertions
- pkg/workflow/compiler_safe_outputs_config_test.go:299 - Changed assert.Equal to assert.InDelta for float comparison
- pkg/workflow/compiler_safe_outputs_config_test.go:620 - Changed assert.Equal to assert.InDelta for float comparison
unconvert issues (2 fixed):
- pkg/workflow/compiler_safe_outputs_job_test.go:124 - Removed unnecessary double string() conversion
- pkg/workflow/compiler_safe_outputs_job_test.go:140 - Removed unnecessary double string() conversion
unused variable issues (2 fixed):
- pkg/workflow/compiler_safe_outputs_config.go:10 - Removed unused logger variable consolidatedSafeOutputsConfigLog
- pkg/workflow/compiler_safe_outputs_env.go:7 - Removed unused logger variable consolidatedSafeOutputsEnvLog

Verification:

✅ All tests passing
✅ go vet clean
✅ Build successful
✅ Ready for merge

Original prompt

Add a "--push" flag to "run" command. It creates a commit, stages the workflow .md and the .lock.yml file (and the transitive closure of imported files), description is "Updated agentic workflow ", pushes, then dispatches the workflow.

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Co-authored-by: pelikhan <[email protected]>

pelikhan · 2026-01-05T07:58:44Z

@copilot recompile if you detect that the .lock.yml is outdated

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Copilot · 2026-01-05T08:09:47Z

@copilot recompile if you detect that the .lock.yml is outdated

Done! The --push flag now automatically detects when the .lock.yml file is outdated (by comparing modification times) and recompiles the workflow before collecting and pushing files. This also handles the case when the lock file doesn't exist.

The implementation:

Compares modification times of .md and .lock.yml files
If .md is newer or .lock.yml is missing, automatically triggers recompilation
Shows informative messages in verbose mode
All tests updated and passing

Commit: 30608fb

Co-authored-by: pelikhan <[email protected]>

pelikhan · 2026-01-05T08:39:47Z

Ask confirmation to the user before commit/pushing

pelikhan · 2026-01-05T08:40:13Z

@copilot ask

Co-authored-by: pelikhan <[email protected]>

Copilot · 2026-01-05T08:47:03Z

Ask confirmation to the user before commit/pushing

Added confirmation prompt! Before committing and pushing, the system now:

Shows the list of files to be committed
Displays the commit message
Asks: "Do you want to commit and push these changes? [y/N]: "
Only proceeds if user responds 'y' or 'yes'
Cancels with error if user declines or presses Enter

The prompt follows the same pattern as the trial command for consistency.

Commit: 7fb10cd

pelikhan · 2026-01-05T09:08:57Z

Use bubble tea to implement asking the user @copilot

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Copilot · 2026-01-05T09:15:04Z

Use bubble tea to implement asking the user @copilot

Implemented! The confirmation now uses Bubble Tea (huh) with an interactive dialog:

Features:

Arrow key navigation between "Yes, commit and push" and "No, cancel"
Clean, modern UI with Charm styling
Accessibility mode support (via isAccessibleMode())
Consistent with other interactive prompts in the codebase

Implementation:

Uses huh.NewConfirm() from the huh library
Follows same pattern as interactive.go
Better UX than raw text input

Commit: bd74add

pelikhan · 2026-01-05T09:24:19Z

@copilot move huh form to a helper in the console package

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Copilot · 2026-01-05T09:30:35Z

@copilot move huh form to a helper in the console package

Done! Created a reusable helper in the console package:

New files:

pkg/console/confirm.go: Contains ConfirmAction() helper and isAccessibleMode() utility
pkg/console/confirm_test.go: Tests for the new helpers

Benefits:

Reusable across the codebase for any confirmation dialogs
Clean API: console.ConfirmAction(title, affirmative, negative)
Automatically handles accessibility mode
Updated run_push.go to use the new helper

The implementation provides a clean separation of concerns with UI components in the console package.

Commit: cb1afbd

pelikhan · 2026-01-05T15:12:03Z

@copilot check that the current branch matches the --ref value of any. Switching branches can be tricky and is not supported.

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Copilot · 2026-01-05T15:17:45Z

@copilot check that the current branch matches the --ref value of any. Switching branches can be tricky and is not supported.

Implemented! The --push flag now verifies that the current branch matches the --ref value if specified.

Behavior:

Gets current branch using getCurrentBranch()
Compares with --ref value if provided
Returns error if they don't match
Only proceeds if branches match or no --ref is specified

Error message:

Error: --push requires the current branch (main) to match the --ref value (develop). 
Switching branches is not supported. Please checkout the target branch first

This prevents accidental commits to the wrong branch and makes it explicit that users must be on the correct branch before using --push with --ref.

Commit: 5895b64

pelikhan · 2026-01-05T15:27:05Z

@copilot branch validation only happens if there are changes to commit

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Copilot · 2026-01-05T15:33:22Z

@copilot branch validation only happens if there are changes to commit

Done! Branch validation now happens only after we've detected there are changes to commit.

Flow:

Collect workflow files
Stage files with git add
Check git diff --cached for changes
If no changes → return early (no branch validation)
If changes exist → ✅ validate branch matches --ref
Proceed with commit and push

This prevents unnecessary branch validation when workflows are already up-to-date.

Commit: b795625

pelikhan · 2026-01-05T16:04:56Z

@copilot format, lint go

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Copilot · 2026-01-05T16:08:50Z

@copilot format, lint go

Done! All Go code has been formatted with gofmt and validated with go vet.

Changes:

Removed trailing whitespace from multiple files
Fixed inconsistent spacing throughout the codebase
All code now passes go vet with no issues

Commit: 622d740

pelikhan · 2026-01-05T16:13:45Z

Fix lint go issues

Run export PATH="$PATH:$(go env GOPATH)/bin"
Running incremental lint against origin/main...
level=warning msg="[runner] Can't process results by diff processor: can't prepare diff by revgrep: could not read git repo: error executing \"git diff --color=never --no-ext-diff --default-prefix --relative origin/main --\": exit status 128: fatal: bad revision 'origin/main'\n"
Error: pkg/cli/run_push_test.go:382:2: require-error: for error assertions use require (testifylint)
	assert.Error(t, err)
	^
Error: pkg/workflow/compiler_safe_outputs_config_test.go:299:5: float-compare: use assert.InEpsilon (or InDelta) (testifylint)
				assert.Equal(t, float64(10), maxVal)
				^
Error: pkg/workflow/compiler_safe_outputs_config_test.go:620:7: float-compare: use assert.InEpsilon (or InDelta) (testifylint)
						assert.Equal(t, float64(tt.expectedSize), maxSize)
						^
Error: pkg/workflow/compiler_safe_outputs_job_test.go:124:88: unnecessary conversion (unconvert)
			job, stepNames, err := compiler.buildConsolidatedSafeOutputsJob(workflowData, string(string(constants.AgentJobName)), "test-workflow.md")
			                                                                                    ^
Error: pkg/workflow/compiler_safe_outputs_job_test.go:140:40: unnecessary conversion (unconvert)
			assert.Contains(t, job.Needs, string(string(constants.AgentJobName)))
			                                    ^
Error: pkg/workflow/compiler_safe_outputs_config.go:10:5: var consolidatedSafeOutputsConfigLog is unused (unused)
var consolidatedSafeOutputsConfigLog = logger.New("workflow:compiler_safe_outputs_config")
    ^
Error: pkg/workflow/compiler_safe_outputs_env.go:7:5: var consolidatedSafeOutputsEnvLog is unused (unused)
var consolidatedSafeOutputsEnvLog = logger.New("workflow:compiler_safe_outputs_env")
    ^
7 issues:
* testifylint: 3
* unconvert: 2
* unused: 2
make: *** [Makefile:349: golint-incremental] Erro

pelikhan · 2026-01-05T16:16:07Z

@copilot fix more lint go

Run export PATH="$PATH:$(go env GOPATH)/bin"
Running incremental lint against origin/main...
level=warning msg="[runner] Can't process results by diff processor: can't prepare diff by revgrep: could not read git repo: error executing "git diff --color=never --no-ext-diff --default-prefix --relative origin/main --": exit status 128: fatal: bad revision 'origin/main'\n"
Error: pkg/cli/run_push_test.go:382:2: require-error: for error assertions use require (testifylint)
assert.Error(t, err)
^
Error: pkg/workflow/compiler_safe_outputs_config_test.go:299:5: float-compare: use assert.InEpsilon (or InDelta) (testifylint)
assert.Equal(t, float64(10), maxVal)
^
Error: pkg/workflow/compiler_safe_outputs_config_test.go:620:7: float-compare: use assert.InEpsilon (or InDelta) (testifylint)
assert.Equal(t, float64(tt.expectedSize), maxSize)
^
Error: pkg/workflow/compiler_safe_outputs_job_test.go:124:88: unnecessary conversion (unconvert)
job, stepNames, err := compiler.buildConsolidatedSafeOutputsJob(workflowData, string(string(constants.AgentJobName)), "test-workflow.md")
^
Error: pkg/workflow/compiler_safe_outputs_job_test.go:140:40: unnecessary conversion (unconvert)
assert.Contains(t, job.Needs, string(string(constants.AgentJobName)))
^
Error: pkg/workflow/compiler_safe_outputs_config.go:10:5: var consolidatedSafeOutputsConfigLog is unused (unused)
var consolidatedSafeOutputsConfigLog = logger.New("workflow:compiler_safe_outputs_config")
^
Error: pkg/workflow/compiler_safe_outputs_env.go:7:5: var consolidatedSafeOutputsEnvLog is unused (unused)
var consolidatedSafeOutputsEnvLog = logger.New("workflow:compiler_safe_outputs_env")
^
7 issues:

testifylint: 3
unconvert: 2
unused: 2
make: *** [Makefile:349: golint-incremental] Erro

Co-authored-by: pelikhan <[email protected]>

Copilot · 2026-01-05T16:23:45Z

@copilot fix more lint go

Run export PATH="$PATH:$(go env GOPATH)/bin"
...

All linting issues have been resolved in commit dbdf37b. The changes address all 7 issues reported by golint-incremental.

Fix lint go issues

Run export PATH="$PATH:$(go env GOPATH)/bin"

...

Fixed all 7 linting issues:

testifylint (3 issues):

Changed assert.Error to require.Error for error assertions
Changed assert.Equal to assert.InDelta for float comparisons (2 locations)

unconvert (2 issues):

Removed unnecessary double string(string(...)) conversions

unused (2 issues):

Removed unused logger variables

Commit: dbdf37b

Add documentation for the --push flag feature added in PR #8971. This flag provides an all-in-one workflow update and execution experience by automatically recompiling, staging, committing, pushing, and dispatching workflows. Changes: - Add --push and --ref options to run command documentation - Add detailed section explaining --push flag functionality - Update beginner workflows section with --push example - Add usage examples for common scenarios Related: #8971

Add documentation for the --push flag feature added in PR #8971. This flag provides an all-in-one workflow update and execution experience by automatically recompiling, staging, committing, pushing, and dispatching workflows. Changes: - Add --push and --ref options to run command documentation - Add detailed section explaining --push flag functionality - Update beginner workflows section with --push example - Add usage examples for common scenarios Related: #8971 Co-authored-by: github-actions[bot] <github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

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Add --push flag to run command with transitive imports support

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Complete implementation and testing of --push flag

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Add auto-recompilation when lock file is outdated

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Remove accidentally committed test file

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Add user confirmation prompt before commit and push

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Replace manual prompt with Bubble Tea confirmation dialog

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Add branch verification check for --push with --ref flag

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Move branch validation to after changes detection

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