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DanConwayDev 643367f0b4 fix(sync): budget outbound Git commands and speculative fetches
Cold archive sync counted an entire fetch pass as one request, allowing a single missing-tip backlog to issue hundreds of unaccounted commands. Add a shared 60-command sliding domain budget at subprocess admission, covering advertisements, batch fetches, residuals, hedges and integrity repair.

Reserve useful capacity by limiting speculative purgatory requests to two per pass and six per domain per minute, only below half of the command budget. Deferred OIDs remain eligible without entering the miss memo. One-shot integrity repair reserves discovery plus the first fetch atomically, preventing staggered quota expiry from causing advertisement-only retries. It releases unused reservations and retries admission after releasing its storage lease, retaining ordinary priority for accepted data.

Classify explicit Git rate-limit rejections and apply a 60-second domain cooldown; expose admission deferrals in metrics. The accounting unit is a Git command, not an HTTP exchange or a discovered server quota. Keep existing pass admission, purgatory expiry and configured throughput unchanged; adaptive quota tuning and production deployment are outside this change.

Validation: the initial change passed all 994 library tests. Independent review reproduced an integrity retry starvation case; the fix passes all 71 purgatory sync tests, including staggered-window progress and reservation cleanup regressions, and independent re-review is clear. Both fetch integration tests pass, including a fresh read-only archive with 126 missing tips that fetches advertised data and retries deferred OIDs without repeating misses. Workspace/all-target Clippy with warnings denied, formatting and diff checks pass.

Assisted-by: GPT-6
2026-10-02 09:38:38 +00:00
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ngit-grasp Documentation

Welcome to the ngit-grasp documentation! We use the Diátaxis framework to organize our documentation into four types, each serving a different purpose.

                    PRACTICAL          THEORETICAL
                    ─────────          ───────────
                    
LEARNING      │   Tutorials    │    Explanation   │
              │                │                  │
              │  Getting       │   Architecture   │
              │  Started       │   Decisions      │
              │                │                  │
              ├────────────────┼──────────────────┤
              │                │                  │
WORKING       │  How-To        │    Reference     │
              │  Guides        │                  │
              │                │   API Docs       │
              │  Deployment    │   Protocols      │
              │  Testing       │                  │
              │                │                  │

📚 Documentation Types

🎓 Tutorials - Learning by Doing

Purpose: Learn the basics through practical steps
For: Newcomers getting started
Style: Step-by-step lessons with guaranteed outcomes

🔧 How-To Guides - Solving Problems

Purpose: Accomplish specific tasks
For: Users with basic knowledge solving real problems
Style: Practical recipes and solutions

📖 Reference - Technical Information

Purpose: Look up technical details
For: Users who know what they're looking for
Style: Dry, factual, comprehensive

💡 Explanation - Understanding Concepts

Purpose: Understand the "why" and design decisions
For: Users wanting deeper understanding
Style: Discussion, context, alternatives


🚀 Quick Start Paths

I'm brand new to ngit-grasp

  1. Read README.md for project overview
  2. Follow Getting Started Tutorial
  3. Understand Architecture Overview

I want to deploy ngit-grasp

  1. Review Configuration Reference
  2. Choose an environment in Deploy ngit-grasp
  3. Verify the deployment and test its backup

I want to develop on ngit-grasp

  1. Follow Getting Started Tutorial
  2. Read Architecture Overview
  3. Check Nix Flakes How-To
  4. Review Test Strategy

I want to understand the design

  1. Read Inline Authorization Explanation
  2. Review Design Decisions
  3. Compare with ngit-relay Comparison

I'm looking for specific information


📂 Additional Resources

Learnings

DEPRECATED - Being migrated to Diátaxis structure:

  • Gotchas → How-To Guides
  • Patterns → Reference or Explanation
  • Notes → Appropriate category

🤝 Contributing to Documentation

When adding documentation, ask yourself:

Is it a tutorial?

  • Does it teach a beginner?
  • Is it a complete lesson with guaranteed outcome?
  • → Add to tutorials/

Is it a how-to guide?

  • Does it solve a specific problem?
  • Is it a recipe for accomplishing a task?
  • → Add to how-to/

Is it reference material?

  • Is it technical information?
  • Will people look it up when needed?
  • → Add to reference/

Is it explanation?

  • Does it explain "why"?
  • Does it discuss alternatives or design?
  • → Add to explanation/

See Diátaxis documentation for more guidance.


📊 Project Status

ALPHA - Under active development. Core functionality working, API may change.

Completed

  • ✅ grasp-audit compliance testing tool
  • ✅ Nix flake development environment
  • ✅ nostr-sdk 0.43 upgrade
  • ✅ Documentation restructure (Diátaxis)

In Progress

  • 🔄 Core ngit-grasp server implementation
  • 🔄 GRASP-01 compliance

Planned

  • 🔜 GRASP-02 (Proactive Sync)
  • 🔜 GRASP-05 (Archive)


Documentation structure based on Diátaxis
Last updated: November 4, 2025