git:20261008.2a1fe84 to git:20261012.57635bd

3 added, 3 removed. Audit A to A.

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name: ponytail-debt

description: "Harvest every shortcut: comment into one debt ledger, so deferrals get tracked instead of forgotten. One-shot report."

homepage: https://github.com/DietrichGebert/ponytail

license: MIT

---

Every deliberate ponytail shortcut is marked with a `shortcut:` comment naming

its ceiling and upgrade path (older code may say `ponytail:`). This collects them into one ledger so a deferral

can't quietly become permanent.

## Scan

- Grep the repo for comment markers, skipping `node_modules`, `.git`, and build

- output:

+ Grep the repo for comment markers, skipping `.git` and everything the

+ `.gitignore` files ignore (dependencies, build output, caches, in any stack):

- `grep -rnE --exclude-dir=.git --exclude-dir=node_modules --exclude-dir=dist --exclude-dir=build '(#|//|/[*]) ?(shortcut|ponytail):' .` (add other comment prefixes if your stack uses them)

+ `git grep --no-index --exclude-standard -nE '(#|//|/[*]) ?(shortcut|ponytail):'` (add other comment prefixes if your stack uses them)

If the user names their own marker word (`/ponytail-debt TODO`), grep for that word instead.

Each hit is one ledger row. The comment prefix keeps prose that merely mentions

the convention out of the ledger. Skip hits that are not a deferral, like a note

about a keyboard shortcut.

## Output

One row per marker, grouped by file:

`<file>:<line>, <what was simplified>. ceiling: <the limit named>. upgrade: <the trigger to revisit>.`

The convention is `shortcut: <ceiling>, <upgrade path>`, so pull the ceiling

and the trigger straight from the comment. Want an owner per row too? add

`git blame -L<line>,<line>`.

Flag the rot risk: any marker comment that names no upgrade path or

trigger gets a `no-trigger` tag, those are the ones that silently rot.

End with `<N> markers, <M> with no trigger.` Nothing found: `No shortcut debt. Clean ledger.`

## Boundaries

Reads and reports only, changes nothing. To persist it, ask and it writes the

ledger to a file (e.g. `PONYTAIL-DEBT.md`). One-shot. "stop ponytail-debt" or

"normal mode" to revert.