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DanConwayDev 8c2ee32ee6 fix(git): isolate staged expiry recovery failures
A malformed or unreadable staging record should not keep the entire relay offline. Skipping that record creates no new expiry authority and preserves live refs and their history.

Recover each record independently, log failures with the record path, and continue recovering healthy views. Leave suspect metadata and data intact for inspection. Registry enumeration failure remains fatal; this change does not add automatic metadata repair or batch retained-root writes.

Validation: reproduced the corrupt JSON failure before the fix. All 18 staging unit tests and 62 integration/helper tests passed, including invalid-path isolation, healthy-record recovery, data preservation and relay restart with corrupt metadata. Workspace all-target clippy with warnings denied, cargo fmt --check and git diff --check passed.

Assisted-by: GPT-6
2026-09-29 11:43:55 +00:00
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2025-11-04 10:25:53 +00:00

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