fix(reset): clear document entries while preserving scaffolds (#580)

* fix(reset): clear document entries while preserving scaffolds

* fix(reset): preserve scaffolds across Bash versions

* docs(reset): keep document inventory before presentation heading

.claude/commands/reset.md

@@ -86,7 +86,11 @@ cv/main_example.tex. This scope covers skill files only.
 
 ### If scope includes `documents`:
 
-Use Glob to list all files present in `documents/cv/`, `documents/linkedin/`, `documents/diplomas/`, `documents/references/`, `documents/projects/`, `documents/postings/`, and `documents/applications/`. Present as:
+Use Glob to list all files present in `documents/cv/`, `documents/linkedin/`, `documents/diplomas/`, `documents/references/`, `documents/projects/`, `documents/postings/`, and `documents/applications/`.
+
+Include nested and hidden user entries in the inventory. Each subfolder's tracked `.gitkeep` is a scaffold placeholder: exclude it from the deletion list and from the empty/non-empty decision, and preserve it.
+
+Present as:
 
 ```
 ## Documents reset will delete:
@@ -251,16 +255,27 @@ Leave the rest of the file intact: the portal-CLI and WebSearch-fallback explana
 
 ### Documents reset
 
-For each non-empty document subfolder, delete all files within it using Bash `rm`. Do not delete the folder itself, and do not delete `documents/README.md`.
+For each non-empty document subfolder, delete all user entries, including nested folders and hidden files. Preserve the seven top-level subfolders, their `.gitkeep` placeholders, and `documents/README.md`. Run the following Bash block only after the confirmation above; its glob settings stay inside the subshell. If `documents/` or any of its seven roots is a symbolic link, stop before deleting anything and ask the user to replace that linked root with a local document folder.
 
 ```bash
-rm -f documents/cv/*
+(
-rm -f documents/linkedin/*
+  set -e
-rm -f documents/diplomas/*
+  for directory in documents documents/{cv,linkedin,diplomas,references,projects,postings,applications}; do
-rm -f documents/references/*
+    if [ -L "$directory" ]; then
-rm -f documents/projects/*
+      printf 'Reset stopped: %s is a symbolic link.\n' "$directory" >&2
-rm -f documents/postings/*
+      exit 1
-rm -rf documents/applications/*/
+    fi
+  done
+  unset GLOBIGNORE
+  shopt -s dotglob nullglob
+  for directory in documents/cv documents/linkedin documents/diplomas documents/references documents/projects documents/postings documents/applications; do
+    for entry in "$directory"/*; do
+      if [ "${entry##*/}" != ".gitkeep" ]; then
+        rm -rf -- "$entry"
+      fi
+    done
+  done
+)
 ```
 
 ---
@@ -287,7 +302,7 @@ Then tell the user what to do next based on what was reset:
 > Note that `CLAUDE.md` and `cv/main_example.tex` are outside the `profile` scope and still hold your personal data. If you are handing this fork over or making it public, clear them by hand.
 
 **If documents were reset:**
-> The `documents/` folder is now empty. Add your career documents and run `/setup` to populate your profile. See `documents/README.md` for instructions on what to put where.
+> Your user documents are now cleared. The folder structure, `.gitkeep` placeholders, and `documents/README.md` are preserved. Add your career documents and run `/setup` to populate your profile.
 
 **If both were reset:**
-> Both your profile files and documents folder are now empty. Add documents to `documents/` (or skip and use the CV import / interview path), then run `/setup`.
+> Your profile data and user documents are now cleared; the document folders, `.gitkeep` placeholders, and `documents/README.md` are preserved. Add documents to `documents/` (or skip and use the CV import / interview path), then run `/setup`.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ per-file diff commands.
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- **`/reset documents` clears nested and hidden user entries while preserving scaffolds** - cleanup retains tracked `.gitkeep` files and the README, with the complete inventory shown before confirmation (#580).
+
 - **`jobindex-search` examples follow the search CLI contract** - the posted-today example includes a required query, unsupported flags are removed, and regression checks accept LF and CRLF checkouts (#579).
 
 - **`convert_salary_excel.py` converts the IDA workbook again** (#615, `tools/convert_salary_excel.py`,

tests/test_reset_command.py

@@ -28,13 +28,16 @@ tree, the profile files from /setup Step 3's own headings - so a new drop
 folder or a new /setup target fails this test until /reset covers it.
 """
 import re
+import shutil
 import subprocess
 import unittest
 from pathlib import Path
+from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
 
 REPO = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
 RESET = REPO / ".claude" / "commands" / "reset.md"
 SETUP = REPO / ".claude" / "commands" / "setup.md"
+BASH = shutil.which("bash")
 
 
 def tracked_document_subfolders():
@@ -73,16 +76,26 @@ class TestResetCoversEveryDocumentsSubfolder(unittest.TestCase):
             f"so the user confirms a deletion list that omits them: {missing}",
         )
 
+    @unittest.skipUnless(BASH, "requires Bash to replay the documented /reset command")
     def test_delete_block_removes_every_subfolder(self):
-        deleted = set(re.findall(r"rm -r?f documents/(\w+)/", self.text))
+        # Exercise the deletion contract, rather than requiring one particular
-        missing = sorted(self.folders - deleted)
+        # spelling of rm. Keep deriving the folder set from git so a newly
-        self.assertEqual(
+        # tracked document root still has to be handled by the real command.
-            missing,
+        section = self.text.split("### Documents reset", 1)[1]
-            [],
+        script = re.search(r"```bash\n(.*?)```", section, re.S).group(1)
-            "reset.md's delete block has no rm line for these documents/ "
+        with TemporaryDirectory() as directory:
-            'subfolders, yet the command then claims "The `documents/` '
+            root = Path(directory)
-            f'folder is now empty.": {missing}',
+            for folder in self.folders:
-        )
+                path = root / "documents" / folder
+                path.mkdir(parents=True)
+                (path / ".gitkeep").write_text("Keep scaffold.\n")
+                (path / "user.txt").write_text("Remove document.\n")
+            result = subprocess.run([BASH, "-c", script], cwd=root, capture_output=True, text=True)
+            self.assertEqual(result.returncode, 0, result.stderr)
+            for folder in self.folders:
+                path = root / "documents" / folder
+                self.assertEqual([entry.name for entry in path.iterdir()], [".gitkeep"])
+                self.assertEqual((path / ".gitkeep").read_text(), "Keep scaffold.\n")
 
 
 def section(text: str, start: str, end: str) -> str:

tests/test_reset_documents.py

@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+"""Replay /reset's actual Bash commands against isolated document files."""
+import errno
+import os
+import re
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+import unittest
+from pathlib import Path
+from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
+
+COMMAND = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent / ".claude/commands/reset.md"
+FOLDERS = ("cv", "linkedin", "diplomas", "references", "projects", "postings", "applications")
+BASH = shutil.which("bash")
+
+
+def symlinks_available():
+    """Probe only the filesystem capability needed by the scope controls."""
+    with TemporaryDirectory() as directory:
+        root = Path(directory)
+        target = root / "target"
+        target.touch()
+        try:
+            (root / "link").symlink_to(target)
+        except NotImplementedError:
+            return False
+        except OSError as exc:
+            if exc.errno in (errno.ENOSYS, errno.ENOTSUP, errno.EPERM):
+                return False
+            if os.name == "nt" and getattr(exc, "winerror", None) in (5, 1314):
+                return False
+            raise
+        return True
+
+
+SYMLINKS = bool(BASH) and symlinks_available()
+
+
+@unittest.skipUnless(BASH, "requires Bash to replay the documented /reset command")
+class ResetDocuments(unittest.TestCase):
+    def reset_script(self):
+        section = COMMAND.read_text(encoding="utf-8").split("### Documents reset", 1)[1]
+        return re.search(r"```bash\n(.*?)```", section, re.S).group(1)
+
+    def run_reset(self, populated):
+        with TemporaryDirectory() as directory:
+            root = Path(directory)
+            documents = root / "documents"
+            documents.mkdir()
+            readme = documents / "README.md"
+            readme.write_text("Keep these framework instructions.\n")
+            sibling = root / "outside-documents.md"
+            sibling.write_text("Keep this external file.\n")
+            for name in FOLDERS:
+                folder = documents / name
+                folder.mkdir()
+                (folder / ".gitkeep").write_text("Keep this scaffold.\n")
+                if populated:
+                    (folder / "summary.md").write_text("A document\n")
+                    (folder / ".source.md").write_text("A hidden document\n")
+                    nested = folder / "project-or-application"
+                    nested.mkdir()
+                    (nested / "README.md").write_text("A nested document\n")
+            result = subprocess.run([BASH, "-c", self.reset_script()], cwd=root, capture_output=True, text=True)
+            self.assertEqual(result.returncode, 0, result.stderr)
+            self.assertEqual(result.stderr, "")
+            self.assertEqual(readme.read_text(), "Keep these framework instructions.\n")
+            self.assertEqual(sibling.read_text(), "Keep this external file.\n")
+            self.assertEqual({path.name for path in documents.iterdir()}, {*FOLDERS, "README.md"})
+            for name in FOLDERS:
+                self.assertEqual([path.name for path in (documents / name).iterdir()], [".gitkeep"])
+                self.assertEqual((documents / name / ".gitkeep").read_text(), "Keep this scaffold.\n")
+
+    def test_all_document_entries_are_removed_without_removing_the_scaffold(self):
+        self.run_reset(populated=True)
+
+    def test_empty_document_folders_remain_usable(self):
+        self.run_reset(populated=False)
+
+    @unittest.skipUnless(SYMLINKS, "requires filesystem symlinks and Windows symlink privilege")
+    def test_symlinked_roots_stop_before_any_deletion(self):
+        for linked_root in ("documents", *(f"documents/{name}" for name in FOLDERS)):
+            with self.subTest(linked_root=linked_root), TemporaryDirectory() as directory:
+                root = Path(directory)
+                outside = root / "outside"
+                outside.mkdir()
+                sentinel = outside / "keep.md"
+                sentinel.write_text("External document.\n")
+                documents = root / "documents"
+                documents.mkdir()
+                for name in FOLDERS:
+                    folder = documents / name
+                    folder.mkdir()
+                    (folder / "local.md").write_text("Local document.\n")
+                target = root / linked_root
+                shutil.rmtree(target)
+                target.symlink_to(outside, target_is_directory=True)
+                locals_before = [path for name in FOLDERS for path in (documents / name).glob("local.md")]
+                result = subprocess.run([BASH, "-c", self.reset_script()], cwd=root, capture_output=True, text=True)
+                self.assertNotEqual(result.returncode, 0)
+                self.assertIn("symbolic link", result.stderr)
+                self.assertEqual(sentinel.read_text(), "External document.\n")
+                for path in locals_before:
+                    self.assertEqual(path.read_text(), "Local document.\n")
+
+    @unittest.skipUnless(SYMLINKS, "requires filesystem symlinks and Windows symlink privilege")
+    def test_internal_symlink_is_removed_without_following_its_target(self):
+        with TemporaryDirectory() as directory:
+            root = Path(directory)
+            outside = root / "outside"
+            outside.mkdir()
+            sentinel = outside / "keep.md"
+            sentinel.write_text("External document.\n")
+            for name in FOLDERS:
+                (root / "documents" / name).mkdir(parents=True)
+            link = root / "documents/projects/external"
+            link.symlink_to(outside, target_is_directory=True)
+            result = subprocess.run([BASH, "-c", self.reset_script()], cwd=root, capture_output=True, text=True)
+            self.assertEqual(result.returncode, 0, result.stderr)
+            self.assertFalse(link.is_symlink())
+            self.assertEqual(sentinel.read_text(), "External document.\n")