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Date: Sun, 18 May 2025 14:25:38 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] update
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roadmap.md | 98 +++++-----
spec-details/TUI+Query-DSL+Templates.md | 200 +++++++++++++++++++++
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
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-
+# Marlin ― Delivery Road‑map **v3.2**
-# Marlin
+*Engineering‑ready – revised 2025‑05‑18*
-**Marlin** is a lightweight, metadata-driven file indexer that runs **100 % on your computer**. It scans folders, stores paths and file stats in SQLite, lets you attach hierarchical **tags** and **custom attributes**, keeps timestamped **snapshots**, and offers instant full-text search via FTS5. _No cloud, no telemetry – your data never leaves the machine._
+> **Legend** △ engineering artefact ✦ user‑visible deliverable
---
-## Feature highlights
+## 0 · Methodology primer (what “Done” means)
-| Area | What you get |
-| ------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| **Safety** | Timestamped backups (`marlin backup`) and one-command restore (`marlin restore`) |
-| **Resilience** | Versioned, idempotent schema migrations – zero-downtime upgrades |
-| **Indexing** | Fast multi-path scanner with SQLite WAL concurrency |
-| **Metadata** | Hierarchical tags (`project/alpha`) & key-value attributes (`reviewed=yes`) |
-| **Relations** | Typed file ↔ file links (`marlin link`) with backlinks viewer |
-| **Collections / Views** | Named playlists (`marlin coll`) & saved searches (`marlin view`) for instant recall |
-| **Search** | Prefix-aware FTS5 across paths, tags, attrs & links; optional `--exec` per match
(grep-style context snippets coming Q3) |
-| **DX / Logs** | Structured tracing (`RUST_LOG=debug`) for every operation |
+| Theme | Project rule‑of‑thumb |
+| -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| **Branching** | Trunk‑based. Feature branch → PR → 2 reviews → squash‑merge. |
+| **Spec first** | Each epic begins with a **Design Proposal (DP‑xxx)** in `/docs/adr/` containing schema diffs, example CLI session, perf targets. |
+| **Coverage** | Tarpaulin gate ≥ 85 % **on lines touched this sprint** (checked in CI). |
+| **Perf gate** | Cold‑start P95 ≤ 3 s on 100 k files **unless overridden in DP**. Regressions fail CI. |
+| **Docs** | CLI flags & examples land in `README.md` **same PR**. Docs tables (CLI cheatsheet, TUI key‑map) are auto‑generated during the build. |
+| **Demo** | Closing each epic yields a ≤ 2‑min asciinema or GIF in `docs/demos/`. |
---
-## How it works
+## 1 · Bird’s‑eye table (engineering details + deliverables)
-```text
-┌──────────────┐ marlin scan ┌─────────────┐
-│ your files │ ─────────────────────▶│ SQLite │
-│ (any folder) │ │ files/tags │
-└──────────────┘ tag / attr / link │ attrs / FTS │
- ▲ search / exec └──────┬──────┘
- └────────── backup / restore ▼
- timestamped snapshots
-````
+| Phase / Sprint | Timeline | Focus & Rationale | ✦ Key UX Deliverables | △ Engineering artefacts / tasks | Definition of Done |
+| ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| **Sprint 0 — Bootstrap & CI Baseline** | **2025‑Q2
(now → 30 May)** | CI scaffolding, coverage, crate split | — | • Split repo into **`libmarlin` (core)** + **`cli-bin`** + **`tui-bin`**
• Tarpaulin coverage + Hyperfine perf jobs wired
• `build.rs` renders CLI cheatsheet from `commands.yaml`
• Docs / cheatsheet autogen step in GitHub Actions | `cargo test --all` passes with coverage gate ≥ 85 %; docs artefacts appear in build; crates compile. |
+| **Sprint α — Bedrock & Metadata Domains** | **31 May → 13 Jun 2025** | Lock schema v1.1, first metadata objects | • CLI stubs: `marlin link / coll / view`
• `marlin demo` interactive tour | • **DP‑001 Schema v1.1** (ER + migration scripts)
• Unit tests (`escape_fts`, `determine_scan_root`)
• GitHub Action for SQL dry‑run | 100 % migrations green; demo prints ✅; logo badge shows schema version. |
+| **Epic 1 — Live‑Watch Mode & Backup Prune** | **2025‑Q2** | Continuous indexing via FS events; backups never explode | • `marlin watch
` (inotify / FSEvents)
• `backup --prune N` (auto‑prune pre‑ and post‑command) | • **DP‑002** file‑watch life‑cycle & debounce strategy
• Change‑table schema storing dirty file IDs
• Nightly prune CI job | 8 h stress‑watch alters 10 k files → < 1 % missed; backup dir size ≤ N; watch CPU idle < 3 %. |
+| **Epic 2 — Dirty‑scan optimisation** | **2025‑Q2** | Re‑index only paths marked dirty by watch table | • `scan --dirty` | • Reuse change‑table from watch; Hyperfine benchmark script committed | Dirty‑scan runtime ≤ 15 % full scan on 100 k corpus; bench job passes. |
+| **Phase 3 — Content FTS + Annotations** | 2025‑Q3 | Grep snippets, inline notes | • `search -C3` grep‑style context
• `annotate add/list` | • **DP‑004** content‑blob strategy (inline vs ext‑table)
• `syntect` highlight PoC | Indexes 1 GB corpus ≤ 30 min; snippet CLI golden tests pass. |
+| **Phase 4 — Versioning & De‑duplication** | 2025‑Q3 | Historic diffs, SHA‑256 dedupe | • `scan --rehash`
• `version diff ` | • **DP‑005** hash column + Bloom‑de‑dupe research | Diff on 10 MB file ≤ 500 ms; duplicate sets emitted by CLI. |
+| **Phase 5 — Tag Aliases & Semantic Booster** | 2025‑Q3 | Tame tag sprawl; start AI hints | • `tag alias add/ls/rm`
• `tag suggest`, `summary` | • **DP‑006** embeddings size & k‑NN search bench | 95 % alias look‑ups resolved in one hop; suggest query ≤ 150 ms. |
+| **Phase 6 — Search DSL v2 & Smart Views** | 2025‑Q4 | AND/OR, ranges, structured grammar; smart folders | • New `nom` grammar
• Legacy parser behind **`--legacy-search`** (warn on use) | • **DP‑007** BNF + 30 acceptance strings
• Lexer fuzz tests (`cargo‑fuzz`) | Old queries keep working; 0 panics in fuzz run ≥ 1 M cases. |
+| **Phase 7 — Structured Workflows & Templates** | 2025‑Q4 | State graph, relationship templates | • `state set/log`
• `template apply` | • **DP‑008** workflow tables & YAML template spec
• Sample template e2e tests | Create template, apply to 20 files → all attrs/link rows present; illegal transitions blocked. |
+| **Phase 8 — TUI v1 + Lightweight Integrations** | 2026‑Q1 | Keyboard UI, VS Code sidebar | • **`marlin‑tui`** binary (tiling panes, key‑map)
• Read‑only VS Code sidebar | • **DP‑009** TUI redraw budget & key‑map
• Crate split fully consumed | TUI binary ≤ 2 MB; scroll redraw ≤ 4 ms; VS Code extension loads index. |
+| **Phase 9 — Dolphin Sidebar (MVP)** | 2026‑Q1 | Peek metadata inline in KDE Dolphin | • Qt/KIO sidebar | • **DP‑010** DB/IP bridge (D‑Bus vs UNIX socket)
• CMake packaging script | Sidebar opens ≤ 150 ms; passes KDE lint. |
+| **Phase 10 — Full GUI & Multi‑device Sync** | 2026‑Q2 | Visual editor + optional sync backend | • Electron/Qt hybrid explorer UI
• Select & integrate sync (LiteFS / Postgres) | • **DP‑011** sync back‑end trade‑study
• Busy‑timeout/retry strategy for multi‑writer mode | CRUD round‑trip < 2 s between two nodes; 25 GUI e2e tests green. |
---
-## Prerequisites
+### 2 · Feature cross‑matrix (quick look‑ups)
-| Requirement | Why |
-| ------------------ | ----------------------------- |
-| **Rust ≥ 1.77** | Build toolchain (`rustup.rs`) |
-| C build essentials | Builds bundled SQLite (Linux) |
-
-macOS & Windows users: let the Rust installer pull the matching build tools.
+| Capability | Sprint / Phase | CLI / GUI element | Linked DP |
+| -------------------------- | -------------- | ----------------------------------- | --------- |
+| Crate split & docs autogen | S0 | — | – |
+| Tarpaulin coverage gate | S0 | — | – |
+| Watch mode (FS events) | Epic 1 | `marlin watch .` | DP‑002 |
+| Backup auto‑prune | Epic 1 | `backup --prune N` | – |
+| Dirty‑scan | Epic 2 | `scan --dirty` | DP‑002 |
+| Grep snippets | Phase 3 | `search -C3 …` | DP‑004 |
+| Hash / dedupe | Phase 4 | `scan --rehash` | DP‑005 |
+| Tag aliases | Phase 5 | `tag alias` commands | DP‑006 |
+| Search DSL v2 | Phase 6 | new grammar, `--legacy-search` flag | DP‑007 |
+| Relationship templates | Phase 7 | `template new/apply` | DP‑008 |
+| TUI v1 | Phase 8 | `marlin‑tui` | DP‑009 |
---
-## Build & install
+## 3 · Milestone acceptance checklist
-```bash
-git clone https://github.com/PR0M3TH3AN/Marlin.git
-cd Marlin
-cargo build --release
+Before a milestone is declared **shipped**:
-# (Optional) install into your PATH
-sudo install -Dm755 target/release/marlin /usr/local/bin/marlin
-```
+* [ ] **Spec** DP‑xxx merged with schema diff, ASCII‑cast demo
+* [ ] **Tests** Tarpaulin ≥ 85 % on changed lines; all suites green
+* [ ] **Perf guard** script passes on CI matrix (Ubuntu 22, macOS 14)
+* [ ] **Docs** auto‑regenerated; README & cheatsheet updated
+* [ ] **Demo** asciinema/GIF committed and linked in release notes
+* [ ] **Release tag** pushed; Cargo binary uploaded to GitHub Releases
---
-## Quick start
+## 4 · Next immediate actions
-For a concise walkthrough—including **links, collections and views**—see
-[**Quick start & Demo**](marlin_demo.md).
-
----
-
-## Testing
-
-Below is a **repeat-able 3-step flow** you can use **every time you pull fresh code**.
-
-### 0 Prepare once
-
-```bash
-# Put build artefacts in one place (faster incremental builds)
-export CARGO_TARGET_DIR=target
-```
-
-### 1 Build the new binary
-
-```bash
-git pull
-cargo build --release
-sudo install -Dm755 target/release/marlin /usr/local/bin/marlin
-```
-
-### 2 Run the smoke-test suite
-
-```bash
-cargo test --test e2e -- --nocapture
-```
-
-*Streams CLI output live; exit-code 0 = all good.*
-
-### 3 (Optionally) run **all** tests
-
-```bash
-cargo test --all -- --nocapture
-```
-
-This now covers:
-
-* unit tests in `src/**`
-* positive & negative integration suites (`tests/pos.rs`, `tests/neg.rs`)
-* doc-tests
-
-#### One-liner helper
-
-```bash
-git pull && cargo build --release &&
-sudo install -Dm755 target/release/marlin /usr/local/bin/marlin &&
-cargo test --test e2e -- --nocapture
-```
-
-Alias it as `marlin-ci` for a 5-second upgrade-and-verify loop.
-
----
-
-### Database location
-
-| OS | Default path |
-| ----------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
-| **Linux** | `~/.local/share/marlin/index.db` |
-| **macOS** | `~/Library/Application Support/marlin/index.db` |
-| **Windows** | `%APPDATA%\marlin\index.db` |
-
-Override:
-
-```bash
-export MARLIN_DB_PATH=/path/to/custom.db
-```
-
----
-
-## CLI reference
-
-```text
-marlin [ARGS]
-
-init create / migrate DB **and perform an initial scan of the cwd**
-scan ... walk directories & (re)index files
-tag "" add hierarchical tag
-attr set set or update custom attribute
-attr ls list attributes
-link add|rm|list|backlinks manage typed file-to-file relations
-coll create|add|list manage named collections (“playlists”)
-view save|list|exec save and run smart views (saved queries)
-search [--exec CMD] FTS5 query; optionally run CMD per hit
-backup create timestamped snapshot in `backups/`
-restore replace DB with snapshot
-completions generate shell completions
-```
-
-### Attribute sub-commands
-
-| Command | Example |
-| ----------- | ------------------------------------------------ |
-| `attr set` | `marlin attr set ~/Docs/**/*.pdf reviewed yes` |
-| `attr ls` | `marlin attr ls ~/Docs/report.pdf` |
-| JSON output | `marlin --format=json attr ls ~/Docs/report.pdf` |
-
----
-
-## Backups & restore
-
-```bash
-marlin backup
-# → ~/.local/share/marlin/backups/backup_2025-05-14_22-15-30.db
-```
-
-```bash
-marlin restore ~/.local/share/marlin/backups/backup_2025-05-14_22-15-30.db
-```
-
-> Marlin also creates an **automatic safety backup before every non-`init` command.**
-> *Auto-prune (`backup --prune `) lands in Q2.*
-
----
-
-## Upgrading
-
-```bash
-cargo install --path . --force # rebuild & replace installed binary
-```
-
-Versioned migrations preserve your data across upgrades.
-
----
-
-## License
-
-MIT – see [`LICENSE`](LICENSE).
+| # | Task | Owner | Due |
+| - | ------------------------------ | ------ | ------------- |
+| 1 | Crate split + CI baseline | @alice | **26 May 25** |
+| 2 | Tarpaulin + Hyperfine jobs | @bob | **26 May 25** |
+| 3 | **DP‑001 Schema v1.1** draft | @carol | **30 May 25** |
+| 4 | backup prune CLI + nightly job | @dave | **05 Jun 25** |
diff --git a/roadmap.md b/roadmap.md
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--- a/roadmap.md
+++ b/roadmap.md
@@ -1,59 +1,75 @@
-# Marlin Roadmap 2025 → 2026 📜
+# Marlin ― Delivery Road-map **v3**
-This document outlines the **official delivery plan** for Marlin over the next four quarters.
-Every work-item below is *time-boxed, testable,* and traceable back to an end-user benefit.
+*Engineering-ready version — updated 2025-05-17*
> **Legend**
-> ✅ = item added/clarified in the latest planning round
-> Δ = new sub-deliverable (wasn’t in the previous version)
+> **△** = engineering artefact (spec / ADR / perf target) **✦** = user-visible deliverable
---
-## 1 Bird’s-eye Table
+## 0 · Methodology primer (what “Done” means)
-| Phase / Sprint | Timeline | Focus & Rationale | Key Deliverables (Δ = new) | | |
-| ----------------------------------------------- | ------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
-| **Sprint α – Bedrock & Metadata Domains** | **2025-Q2 (now → 6 Jun)** | Stabilise schema & CI; land first metadata domains with discoverability. | Δ CI: `cargo test` + SQL dry-run
Δ Unit tests (`determine_scan_root`, `escape_fts`)
Δ Coverage: e2e `attr --format=json`
Δ Refactor: move `naive_substring_search` to shared util
Migrations: `links`, `collections`, `views`
CLI stubs: `link`, `coll`, `view`
`marlin demo` walkthrough | | |
-| **Epic 1 – Scale & Reliability** | 2025-Q2 | Keep scans fast; bullet-proof CI at 100 k files. | Δ Dirty-flag column + `scan --dirty`
Benchmarks: full vs dirty scan (100 k)
Replace per-row triggers with periodic rebuild
CI edge-case tests | | |
-| **Epic 2 – Live Mode & Self-Pruning Backups** | 2025-Q2 | Continuous indexing & hygiene—Marlin “just works”. | Δ `marlin watch [dir]` (notify/FSEvents)
Δ `backup --prune ` + auto-prune post-scan
Daily / PR-merge prune in CI | | |
-| **Phase 3 – Content FTS & Annotations** | 2025-Q3 | Index file bodies, grep-style context, inline notes. | `files.content` + migration
Extend `files_fts` (context snippets `-C`)
`annotations` table + triggers
CLI \`annotate add | list\` | |
-| **Phase 4 – Versioning & Deduplication** | 2025-Q3 | History, diffs & duplicate detection. | `files.hash` (SHA-256)
`scan --rehash` refresh
CLI `version diff ` | | |
-| **Phase 5 – Tag Aliases & Semantic Booster** | 2025-Q3 | Tame tag sprawl; seed AI-powered suggestions. | `canonical_id` on `tags`; CLI `tag alias …`
`embeddings` table + `scan --embed`
CLI `tag suggest`, `similarity scan`, `summary ` | | |
-| **Phase 6 – Search DSL v2 & Smart Views** | 2025-Q4 | Robust grammar + virtual folders. | Replace parser with **`nom`** grammar (`AND`, `OR`, `()` …)
CLI \`view save | list | exec\` with aliases & paging |
-| **Phase 7 – Structured Workflows** | 2025-Q4 | First-class task / state / reminder / event life-cycles. | ✅ State engine (`files.state`, `state_changes`)
CLI \`state set | transitions add | log`
✅ Task extractor (`tasks` table) + CLI
`templates`+ validation
CLI`remind …`, `event …`, `timeline\` |
-| **Phase 8 – Lightweight Integrations** | 2026-Q1 | Surface Marlin in editors / terminal. | VS Code & TUI extension (tags / attrs / links / notes) | | |
-| **Phase 9 – Dolphin Sidebar Plugin (MVP)** | 2026-Q1 | Read-only Qt sidebar for Linux file managers. | Qt plug-in: tags, attrs, links, annotations | | |
-| **Phase 10 – Full Edit UI & Multi-Device Sync** | 2026-Q2 | In-place metadata editor & optional sync layer. | GUI editors (tags, views, tasks, reminders, events)
Pick/implement sync backend (rqlite, Litestream, …) | | |
+| Theme | Project rule-of-thumb |
+| -------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| **Branching** | Trunk-based. Feature branches → PR → 2 reviews → squash-merge. |
+| **Spec first** | Every epic starts with a **Design Proposal (DP-xxx)** in `/docs/adr/`. Include schema diffs, example CLI session, perf budget. |
+| **Tests** | Unit + integration coverage ≥ 85 % on lines **touched in the sprint** (checked by Tarpaulin). |
+| **Perf gate** | Cold start P95 ≤ 3 s on 100 k files **unless overridden in DP**. Regressions fail CI. |
+| **Docs** | CLI flags & examples land in `README.md` **same PR** that ships the code. |
+| **Demo** | Closing each epic produces a 2-min asciinema or gif in `docs/demos/`. |
---
-## 2 Narrative & Dependencies
+## 1 · Bird’s-eye table (now includes engineering columns)
-1. **Lock down core schema & demo** *(Sprint α).*
- Developers get immediate feedback via the `marlin demo` command while CI ensures migrations never regress.
-
-2. **Scale & Live Mode** *(Epics 1-2).*
- Dirty scanning, file-watching and auto-pruned backups guarantee snappy, hands-off operation even on six-figure corpora.
-
-3. **Richer Search** *(Phases 3-6).*
- Body-content FTS + grep-style snippets lay the groundwork; `nom` grammar then elevates power-user queries and smart views.
-
-4. **Workflow Layers** *(Phase 7).*
- State transitions, tasks and reminders turn Marlin from a passive index into an active workflow engine.
-
-5. **UX Expansions** *(Phases 8-10).*
- Start lightweight (VS Code / TUI), graduate to a read-only Dolphin plug-in, then ship full editing & sync for multi-device teams.
-
-Every outer milestone depends only on the completion of the rows above it, **so shipping discipline in early sprints de-risks the headline features down the line.**
+| Phase / Sprint | Timeline | Focus & Rationale | ✦ Key UX Deliverables | △ Engineering artefacts / tasks | Definition of Done | | | |
+| --------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| **Sprint α — Bedrock & Metadata Domains** | **2025-Q2
(now → 06 Jun)** | Lock schema, smoking-fast CI, first metadata objects. | • CLI stubs: `marlin link / coll / view`
• `marlin demo` interactive tour | • DP-001 Schema v1.1 (ER + migration scripts)
• Unit tests (`escape_fts`, `determine_scan_root`)
• GitHub Action for SQL dry-run | 100 % migrations green on CI; demo command prints green tick | | | |
+| **Epic 1 — Scale & Reliability** | 2025-Q2 | Stay fast @ 100 k files | • `scan --dirty` (re-index touched rows only) | • DP-002 Dirty-flag design + FTS rebuild cadence
• Hyperfine benchmark script committed | Dirty scan vs full ≤ 15 % runtime on 100 k corpus; benchmark job passes | | | |
+| **Epic 2 — Live Mode & Self-Pruning Backups** | 2025-Q2 | “Just works” indexing, DB never explodes | • `marlin watch ` (notify/FSEvents)
• `backup --prune N` & auto-prune | • DP-003 file-watcher life-cycle & debouncing
• Integration test with inotify-sim
• Cron-style GitHub job for nightly prune | 8 h stress-watch alters 10 k files < 1 % misses; backup dir ≤ N | | | |
+| **Phase 3 — Content FTS + Annotations** | 2025-Q3 | Search inside files, leave notes | • Grep-style snippet output (`-C3`)
• \`marlin annotate add | list\` | • DP-004 content-blob strategy (inline vs ext-table)
• Syntax-highlight via `syntect` PoC
• New FTS triggers unit-tested | Indexes 1 GB corpus in ≤ 30 min; snippet CLI passes golden-file tests | | |
+| **Phase 4 — Versioning & Deduplication** | 2025-Q3 | Historic diffs, detect dupes | • `scan --rehash` (SHA-256)
• `version diff ` | • DP-005 hash column + Bloom-de-dupe
• Binary diff adapter research | Diff on 10 MB file ≤ 500 ms; dupes listed via CLI | | | |
+| **Phase 5 — Tag Aliases & Semantic Booster** | 2025-Q3 | Tame tag sprawl, start AI hints | • \`tag alias add | ls | rm`
• `tag suggest`, `summary\` | • DP-006 embeddings size & model choice
• Vector store schema + k-NN index bench | 95 % of “foo/bar\~foo” alias look-ups resolve in one hop; suggest CLI returns ≤ 150 ms | |
+| **Phase 6 — Search DSL v2 & Smart Views** | 2025-Q4 | Pro-grade query language | • New `nom` grammar: AND/OR, parentheses, ranges | • DP-007 BNF + 30 acceptance strings
• Lexer fuzz-tests with `cargo-fuzz` | Old queries keep working (migration shim); 0 crashes in fuzz run ≥ 1 M cases | | | |
+| **Phase 7 — Structured Workflows** | 2025-Q4 | Tasks, state, reminders, templates | • \`state set | transitions add | log`
• `task scan | list`
• **NEW:** `template apply\` for relationship templates | • DP-008 Workflow tables & validation
• Sample YAML template spec + CLI expansion tests | Create template, apply to 20 files → all attrs/link rows present; state graph denies illegal transitions |
+| **Phase 8 — Lightweight Integrations** | 2026-Q1 | First “shell” GUIs | • VS Code side-bar (read-only)
• **TUI v1** (tag tree ▸ file list ▸ preview) | • DP-009 TUI key-map & redraw budget
• Crate split `marlin_core`, `marlin_tui` | TUI binary ≤ 2.0 MB; 10 k row scroll ≤ 4 ms redraw | | | |
+| **Phase 9 — Dolphin Sidebar (MVP)** | 2026-Q1 | Peek metadata in KDE file-manager | • Qt-plugin showing tags, attrs, links | • DP-010 DB/IP bridge (D-Bus vs UNIX socket)
• CMake packaging script | Sidebar opens in ≤ 150 ms; passes KDE lint | | | |
+| **Phase 10 — Full GUI & Multi-device Sync** | 2026-Q2 | Edit metadata visually, sync option | • Electron/Qt hybrid explorer UI
• Pick & integrate sync backend | • DP-011 sync back-end trade-study
• UI e2e tests in Playwright | Round-trip CRUD between two nodes in < 2 s; 25 GUI tests green | | | |
---
-## 3 Next Steps
+### 2 · Feature cross-matrix (quick look-ups)
-* **Sprint α kickoff:** break deliverables into stories, estimate, assign.
-* **Add roadmap as `docs/ROADMAP.md`** (this file).
-* Wire a **Checklist issue** on GitHub: one task per Δ bullet for instant tracking.
+| Capability | Sprint / Phase | CLI flag or GUI element | Linked DP |
+| ------------------------------------- | -------------- | ---------------------------------- | --------- |
+| Relationship **templates** | P7 | `template new`, `template apply` | DP-008 |
+| Positive / negative filter combinator | P6 | DSL `+tag:foo -tag:bar date>=2025` | DP-007 |
+| Dirty-scan optimisation | E1 | `scan --dirty` | DP-002 |
+| Watch-mode | E2 | `marlin watch .` | DP-003 |
+| Grep snippets | P3 | `search -C3 "foo"` | DP-004 |
+| Hash / dedupe | P4 | `scan --rehash` | DP-005 |
---
-*Last updated · 2025-05-16*
+## 3 · Milestone acceptance checklist
+
+Before a milestone is declared “shipped”:
+
+* [ ] **Spec** merged (DP-xxx) with schema diff & example ASCII-cast
+* [ ] **Unit & integration tests** ≥ 85 % coverage on changed lines
+* [ ] **Perf guard-rail** script passes on CI matrix (Ubuntu 22, macOS 14)
+* [ ] **Docs** — CLI man-page, README table row, roadmap ticked
+* [ ] **Demo** uploaded to `docs/demos/` and linked in release notes
+* [ ] **Release tag** pushed; Cargo binary on GitHub Releases
+
+---
+
+### 4 · Next immediate actions
+
+1. **Write DP-001 (Schema v1.1)** — owner @alice, due 21 May
+2. **Set up Tarpaulin & Hyperfine jobs** — @bob, due 23 May
+3. **Spike dirty-flag logic** — @carol 2 days time-box, outcome in DP-002
+
+---
+
+> *This roadmap now contains both product-level “what” and engineering-level “how/when/prove it”. It should allow a new contributor to jump in, pick the matching DP, and know exactly the bar they must clear for their code to merge.*
diff --git a/spec-details/TUI+Query-DSL+Templates.md b/spec-details/TUI+Query-DSL+Templates.md
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+# Marlin — TUI + Query-DSL + Templates
+
+**Integration Specification · v0.1 (2025-05-18)**
+
+---
+
+## 0 · Scope
+
+This document turns the **concept sketch** (suck-less TUI) **plus** the new
+*relationship-template* and *positive/negative filter* ideas into a concrete
+development plan that extends the existing Marlin code-base without breaking
+CLI workflows.
+
+---
+
+## 1 · Feature Set
+
+| Epic | Deliverable | Short Description |
+| -------- | ---------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
+| **T-1** | **Marlin-TUI** binary | One-screen, tiling, key-centred interface (sketch in §2). |
+| **Q-1** | **Query DSL v2** | Lexer + parser + planner supporting `AND/OR`, `NOT`, parentheses, ranges, comparison ops on `size`, `mtime`… |
+| **T-2** | **Relationship templates** | Named templates with typed fields (key + value-type) that auto-populate attributes when applied. |
+| **Glue** | Shared **`libmarlin`** crate | Re-export public APIs so both CLI and TUI call the same Rust functions. |
+
+These map cleanly onto the public roadmap:
+
+* T-1 → *Phase 6: Search DSL v2 & Smart Views* (UI portion)
+* Q-1 → *Phase 6* (parser)
+* T-2 → *Phase 7: Structured Workflows* (templates subsection)
+
+---
+
+## 2 · TUI Reference Layout & Key-Map
+
+```
+┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
+│ Marlin ▸ ~/demo (q quit · ? help) │
+├───────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────┤
+│ Tags / Views │ Path / Name │ ⓘ Attributes │
+│───────────────│────────────────────────┼────────────────────│
+│ project │ api/design.md │ status=pending │
+│ ├ alpha │ roadmap.xlsx │ reviewed=yes │
+│ │ ├ draft │ ... │ tags=project/alpha │
+│ │ └ final │ (42/812 shown) │ links: 2 outgoing │
+│ │ grep: "(?i)todo" │ ───── Preview ───── │
+│ • urgent │ │ - [ ] TODO write… │
+└───────────────┴────────────────────────┴────────────────────┘
+```
+
+### Essential Keys
+
+| Key | Effect | CLI equivalence |
+| --------------- | ------------------------- | -------------------------------- |
+| `/expr⏎` | Regex/FTS filter | `marlin search` |
+| `;key=val⏎` | Attr filter | `marlin search attr:key=val` |
+| `:` | Command prompt | raw CLI passthrough |
+| `Space` | Mark/unmark | adds to in-memory selection list |
+| `:tag foo/bar⏎` | Tag marked files | `marlin tag` |
+| `Enter` | open file in `$EDITOR` | — |
+| `Tab` | toggle right preview pane | — |
+
+Full table lives in **`docs/tui_keys.md`** (auto-generated from
+`src/tui/keymap.rs`).
+
+---
+
+## 3 · Architecture Impact
+
+### 3.1 Crate refactor (Week 1)
+
+```
+marlin/
+├── cli-bin/ ← binary crate (keeps current main.rs)
+├── tui-bin/ ← NEW binary crate (Marlin-TUI)
+├── libmarlin/ ← NEW library: DB helpers, scan, query, templates
+└── Cargo.toml
+```
+
+*Export surface*:
+
+```rust
+pub struct Marlin { /* connection, config … */ }
+impl Marlin {
+ pub fn search(&self, q: Query) -> Result>;
+ pub fn tag(&self, files: &[PathBuf], tag: &str) -> Result<()>;
+ pub fn apply_template(&self, files: &[PathBuf], tpl: &Template) -> Result<()>;
+ /* … */
+}
+```
+
+CLI keeps 100 % of its flags; it just calls `libmarlin`.
+
+TUI links against the same crate → zero business-logic duplication.
+
+---
+
+### 3.2 Query-DSL v2 (Week 2-3)
+
+* **Lexer:** [`logos`](https://crates.io/crates/logos) (<500 LOC).
+* **Parser:** `nom` (top-down precedence climbing).
+* **AST → Plan:**
+
+ ```rust
+ struct Plan {
+ fts_match: Option, // tags_text/path/attrs_text
+ sql_where: Vec, // files.size > ?, files.mtime BETWEEN ? ?
+ params: Vec,
+ }
+ ```
+* **Planner** decides when to fall back to pure SQL (e.g. `size>1M AND NOT tag:archive` uses an FTS sub-query joined on rowid).
+
+Backwards compatibility: old space-separated syntax is parsed first; if it fails,
+DSL v2 is attempted, so no user breakage.
+
+---
+
+### 3.3 Templates (Week 4)
+
+**Schema (migration 0005):**
+
+```sql
+CREATE TABLE templates (
+ id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
+ name TEXT NOT NULL UNIQUE,
+ description TEXT
+);
+CREATE TABLE template_fields (
+ id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
+ template_id INTEGER NOT NULL REFERENCES templates(id),
+ key TEXT NOT NULL,
+ value_type TEXT NOT NULL -- 'text' | 'int' | 'date'
+);
+```
+
+**CLI additions**
+
+```
+marlin template list|show|add|rm
+marlin template apply
+```
+
+`Templater` helper validates type coercion before inserting into `attributes`.
+
+TUI: `:apply ` applies to marked files and prompts inline for field values
+(stenographic prompt à la `git commit --template`).
+
+---
+
+## 4 · Implementation Phases & Timeline
+
+| Week | Milestone / Task | Owner | Exit Criteria |
+| ---- | ------------------------------------------ | -------- | ------------------------- |
+| 1 | Split repo into `libmarlin`, adapt CLI | core dev | `cargo test --all` green |
+| 2 | Lexer + unit tests | core dev | 95 % coverage |
+| 3 | Parser + Planner; replace `run_search()` | core dev | DSL green tests pass |
+| 4 | Template schema, CLI, tests | DB dev | `template apply` e2e test |
+| 5 | **TUI MVP**
draw loop + panes + key nav | UI dev | Can browse & open files |
+| 6 | TUI ↔ Marlin API glue
mark, tag, search | UI dev | All key-map smoke tests |
+| 7 | Preview cache, file-watch refresh | UI dev | CPU < 5 % idle load |
+| 8 | Docs refresh, release notes | all | v0.2.0 tag |
+
+---
+
+## 5 · Testing & CI
+
+* **DSL golden-file tests** (`tests/dsl/*.txt` → expected SQL).
+* **SQLite snapshot tests** for templates.
+* **TUI headless tests** via `termwiz`’s `TerminalTest` harness.
+* GitHub Actions matrix unchanged; new crate just builds in.
+
+---
+
+## 6 · Risks & Mitigations
+
+| Risk | Impact | Mitigation |
+| ---------------------------- | -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
+| Parser ambiguity | broken queries | formal grammar + fuzzy tests |
+| TUI performance on huge dirs | lag | incremental drawing + LRU file stat cache |
+| Schema lock-in for templates | hard to evolve | keep `value_type` generic (text) until needs prove otherwise |
+
+---
+
+## 7 · What Stays Back-Compatible?
+
+* **CLI syntax**: existing commands & search strings still work.
+* **Database**: 0005 migration is additive.
+* **Automation scripts**: unchanged; TUI is *optional* (`marlin-tui` binary).
+
+---
+
+## 8 · Why It’s Worth It
+
+* **Differentiator**: Few local-first tools combine rich metadata, SQL-grade
+ filtering, and both script-friendly CLI *and* keyboard-driven TUI.
+* **Gateway to GUI**: The API we expose for TUI is the same one the
+ future GTK/Qt desktop app can use.
+
+---
+
+**Let the hacking begin!**