- Removed the ensure_project_paths_exist function, streamlining the syncback process by directly managing directory creation and cleanup within the syncback command.
- Enhanced error handling for sourcemap generation, logging warnings when clean mode removes directories that only contain meta files.
- Updated the logic for middleware selection in clean mode to better handle directory and script transitions based on the filesystem structure.
- Added utility functions to ensure base project directories exist before syncback, addressing the need for directory structure in clean mode.
- Improved test coverage for clean mode scenarios, ensuring that directory existence checks are performed and documented.
- Added detailed explanations of clean mode, its purpose, and benefits, clarifying its role in achieving an accurate filesystem state.
- Updated the syncback process to include scanning of the project folder for orphan removal, ensuring comprehensive path collection.
- Emphasized the importance of understanding expected outputs before modifying code in response to failing tests, reinforcing testing philosophy.
- Resolved an issue where syncback failed for projects with `$path` pointing to single files by ensuring only directory paths are scanned for orphans.
- Implemented a function to create missing directories in clean mode, allowing restoration of deleted directories.
- Enhanced class transition handling in clean mode to allow recoverable transitions between Folder and Script types.
- Updated logging and error handling to improve clarity during the syncback process.
- Resolved issues with nested orphan file removal, ensuring that both top-level and nested orphan files are correctly handled.
- Improved directory removal logic to gracefully handle cases where directories may have already been removed, preventing crashes.
- Enhanced the path scanning algorithm to accurately collect all source directories defined in the project, addressing missing paths in the syncback process.
- Updated logging to provide clearer debug information during directory scanning and error handling in the syncback operations.
- Completed the implementation of roundtrip tests to validate the syncback process, ensuring that building a project, syncing back, and rebuilding produces semantically identical outputs.
- Created a new utility module for roundtrip testing, including functions for running builds and asserting directory equality.
- Developed clean mode stress tests to verify that syncing back to a dirty directory yields identical results to syncing back to a fresh directory, covering various mutation scenarios.
- Updated existing test modules to incorporate new test cases and ensure consistency in handling standalone scripts transitioning to directory format when children are added.
- Introduced a new CI pipeline documentation file outlining steps for auto-fixing formatting, running linters, building, and testing.
- Documented the Rojo syncback architecture, detailing improvements to prevent duplicate file creation and format mismatches.
- Updated syncback logic to ensure existing instances are updated instead of creating duplicates, enhancing project file management.
- Added tests for encoding instances and handling nested children to improve reliability in syncback operations.
- Added a helper function to canonicalize paths that may not exist, ensuring accurate path resolution by falling back to the nearest existing ancestor.
- Updated the handling of added paths in the syncback loop to utilize the new canonicalization logic, improving consistency in path comparisons.
- Simplified transparency handling in the SelectionOption component to enhance hover effects for parent-only and normal nodes.
- Updated the DomLabel component to ensure the button is active for input events, improving user interaction.
- Cleaned up comments for clarity and maintainability.
- Updated the syncback loop to skip removal of nested project files, ensuring project structure is maintained.
- Added logging to indicate when nested project files are being skipped during the syncback process.
- Introduced a new `SyncbackStats` module to track and report issues during syncback, including duplicate names, unknown classes, and properties.
- Updated the `syncback_loop` and related functions to utilize the stats tracker, logging summaries of issues encountered.
- Enhanced property filtering and instance syncing to record statistics on unknown classes and properties.
- Modified tests to ensure consistent output by normalizing temporary paths in snapshots.
- Added `regex` dependency for path normalization in tests.
- Added an `incremental` flag to the `SyncbackCommand` to allow for preserving existing file structure and middleware formats during syncback operations.
- Enhanced the `syncback_loop` function to differentiate between clean mode and incremental mode, ensuring orphaned files are removed only in clean mode.
- Updated logging to reflect the mode of operation during syncback.
- Introduced new tests to validate the behavior of clean mode versus incremental mode, ensuring proper handling of orphaned files and preservation of existing structures.
- Adjusted the import order for property filter functions for consistency.
- Enhanced log formatting in the syncback logic to improve readability and maintainability.
- Reformatted code for better alignment and clarity in various sections of the ApiService implementation.
- Introduced a new function, `findClassDescriptor`, to retrieve class properties and metadata, including inherited properties, from the database.
- Updated `encodeInstance` to include encoding for Tags alongside Attributes, ensuring comprehensive property serialization.
- Improved property filtering logic to skip non-serializable properties and those matching default values, aligning with syncback behavior.
- Enhanced comments for clarity on property handling and encoding processes.
- Introduced a new CSV input file with translation data for Spanish.
- Updated the `init.csv` file to include a new entry for "Rojo" with its context and example.
- Enhanced the syncback logic to conditionally emit warnings for duplicate child names based on the new `warn_duplicate_names` configuration in `SyncbackRules`.
- Added documentation for the new warning behavior in the `SyncbackRules` and `SyncbackSnapshot` implementations.
- Added support for encoding the RunContext property in the Script class to determine file suffixes (.server.luau, .client.luau, .plugin.luau, .legacy.luau).
- Updated the Confirming.lua file to improve UI consistency in the confirmation message display.
- Modified snapshot middleware and syncback logic to accommodate new file extensions and ensure proper handling of plugin scripts.
- Refactored tests to align with the new naming conventions for script suffixes and improved path uniqueness checks.
- Changed the default value of the `ignore_hidden_services` option from `false` to `true` to ensure that only visible services are synced back by default.
- Updated related documentation and comments to reflect the new default behavior and clarify the filtering logic in the syncback loop.
- Introduced a new configuration option `ignore_hidden_services` in `SyncbackRules` to allow filtering of internal services during syncback.
- Added a constant `VISIBLE_SERVICES` to define which services are considered visible and should be included when the filtering option is enabled.
- Implemented the `strip_hidden_services` function to remove non-visible services from the syncback process.
- Updated the syncback loop to apply the filtering logic based on the new configuration option.
- Enhanced path uniqueness checks by pre-computing duplicate sibling information for improved performance in the syncback process.
- Introduced REF_EXTERNAL_ATTRIBUTE_PREFIX for attributes pointing to external instances.
- Enhanced PatchApplyContext to track external references and apply them during patch application.
- Implemented get_instance_by_path method in RojoTree for resolving paths to external instances.
- Updated collect_referents function to handle external references and preserve their paths during syncback.
- Refactored link_referents to include external reference handling in the linking process.
- Added `encode_path_name` and `decode_path_name` functions to handle encoding and decoding of invalid characters.
- Updated `SyncbackRules` to include an option for encoding Windows-invalid characters during syncback.
- Modified `name_for_inst` to conditionally encode invalid characters based on the new option.
- Adjusted `ServeSession` and `InstanceContext` to support the new encoding feature.
- Updated tests and snapshots to reflect changes in encoding behavior.
