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AGENTS.md@public/files/gitbutler/crates/but from modem-dev/ossrules is an AGENTS.md file: the standing instructions coding agents read in that repo.
mdr add modem-dev/ossrules/public/files/gitbutler/crates/but/AGENTS.md@git:20260915.997c05bPins git:20260915.997c05b in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 14 of 14 checks passed
- Kind
- AGENTS.md file
- Repository
- modem-dev/ossrules
- Path
public/files/gitbutler/crates/but/AGENTS.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260915.997c05b, committed Sep 15, 2026
- Size
- 2,761 bytes
- Repository stars
- 65
- License
- MIT
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# but CLI Instructions These supplement `crates/AGENTS.md` for work under `crates/but/`. For CLI work that touches graph/workspace/branch/stack/commit relationships, reachability, ordering, operation targets, or Git graph/history/ref-placement changes, also read `crates/WORKSPACE_MODEL.md`. ## Command structure and I/O - Use the `cli-commands` skill for guidance on how to write new CLI commands. - Some commands define `ERROR_EXAMPLES` in `crates/but/src/args/` that are shown on parse errors; keep them accurate when changing a command's arguments or behavior. ## Worktree Guards And Deadlocks Command handlers should acquire the required worktree guard at the top of the operation and pass the derived permission down the call chain. Prefer permission-taking helpers such as `*_with_perm(...)` when a guard is already held. Do not call helpers that acquire another shared or exclusive worktree guard while the command is still holding one. When debugging a suspected worktree-lock deadlock, use a debug build with `BUT_WS_LOCK_DEBUG=1`. In debug builds, this makes worktree guard acquisition panic when the lock is already held instead of blocking indefinitely. Run the …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add modem-dev/ossrules/public/files/gitbutler/crates/but/AGENTS.md@sha256:8f211c0600e8dc7fThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260915.997c05b, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Sep 15, 2026.
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Source
modem-dev/ossrules · 65 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-21 · branch main
API
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