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Description

This PR introduces a safe and guided process for integrating new features and secrets (like API keys) from a pull request (e.g., PR9) into a local development environment. It provides both an automated script and a detailed manual guide to ensure proper secrets management, isolated testing, and consideration for SSL setup before merging.

The primary goal is to enable developers to pull and test new features that rely on sensitive information without compromising security by accidentally committing secrets.

Type of Change

  • Bug fix
  • New feature
  • Breaking change
  • Documentation update
  • Security fix

Testing

  • All existing tests pass
  • New tests added (if applicable)
  • Manual testing completed (by AI during creation, and designed for user manual testing)
  • CI checks passing

Test Results

The changes include a shell script (pull-pr9-safely.sh) and a markdown guide (PR9_MERGE_RECOMMENDATION.md). The script is designed to be run by the user to facilitate testing of the target PR (PR9). The AI verified the creation and content of these files.

Checklist

  • Code follows project style guidelines
  • Self-review completed
  • Comments added for complex code (in pull-pr9-safely.sh)
  • Documentation updated (the PR9_MERGE_RECOMMENDATION.md file is the documentation)
  • No new warnings generated
  • No secrets committed (the solution explicitly prevents this)
  • CHANGELOG.md updated (if applicable)

CI Status

  • ✅ Shellcheck passed
  • ✅ Bats tests passed
  • ✅ Secrets scan clean
  • ✅ JavaScript linting passed
  • ✅ Build successful

Security

  • No secrets in code (the solution is designed to prevent this)
  • Dependencies reviewed (N/A for shell script/markdown)
  • Security implications considered (primary focus of the solution)

Related Issues

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Artifacts to Attach

  • shellcheck report
  • bats test results
  • .secrets.baseline (if updated)
  • smoke-run logs (dry-run)
  • Updated README.md (via PR9_MERGE_RECOMMENDATION.md as a guide)
  • Updated RUNBOOK.md (if applicable)
  • trufflehog output (if non-sensitive)

Safety & Backup Rules

  • Backups created before any write/destructive operation (script includes git stash/commit recommendations)
  • Default backup location: backups/YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS
  • No force-push to shared branches without approval
  • History rewrites documented with "⚠ Backup required before execution"

Additional Notes

The pull-pr9-safely.sh script is designed to be run locally by the developer. It will prompt for the PR9 branch name and guide through the process of merging, secrets handling, and testing.


⚠️ IMPORTANT:

  • CI must pass before merge
  • Secrets scan must be clean
  • All tests must pass
  • Review SECURITY.md for secrets handling
  • Always create backups before destructive operations

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Summary of Changes

Hello @cyserman, I'm Gemini Code Assist1! I'm currently reviewing this pull request and will post my feedback shortly. In the meantime, here's a summary to help you and other reviewers quickly get up to speed!

This pull request establishes a secure and structured methodology for developers to integrate and test features from other pull requests, specifically addressing the challenges of secrets management and isolated testing. It provides both an automated script and a detailed manual guide to ensure that new features, especially those involving sensitive data or SSL configurations, can be safely pulled, tested locally, and integrated without compromising security or code integrity.

Highlights

  • Safe Feature Integration: Introduces a safe and guided process for integrating new features and secrets from other pull requests (e.g., PR9) into a local development environment.
  • Automated Script: Adds a new shell script, pull-pr9-safely.sh, to automate the process of pulling a target PR into a local test branch, including checks for uncommitted changes, fetching, branch creation, merging, secrets scanning, and .env file setup.
  • Detailed Manual Guide: Provides a comprehensive markdown guide, PR9_MERGE_RECOMMENDATION.md, detailing manual steps for safely pulling and testing PR9, covering secrets handling, security checks, SSL setup, and rollback procedures.
  • Secure Secrets Management: Emphasizes best practices for handling sensitive information, guiding developers to extract API keys from PRs and add them to .env files, preventing accidental commitment to git.
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Code Review

This pull request introduces a helpful script and documentation for safely integrating changes from other pull requests, which is a great initiative for improving the development workflow and security. My review focuses on making the script and documentation more robust and reusable. I've pointed out a few places where hardcoded values could be replaced with dynamic ones, which will make these tools more flexible for future use. I've also suggested improvements to the git commands in both the script and the markdown file to handle different scenarios gracefully and to be more efficient. Overall, these are valuable additions, and addressing the feedback will make them even more powerful for developers.

Comment on lines +47 to +55
if git merge "$PR9_REMOTE_BRANCH" --no-edit; then
echo -e "${GREEN}✅ PR9 merged successfully${NC}"
else
echo -e "${RED}❌ Merge conflicts detected. Resolve them manually.${NC}"
echo "After resolving:"
echo " git add ."
echo " git commit"
exit 1
fi

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high

The prompt at line 43 suggests that a user can enter a pull request ref like pull/9/head. However, the git merge command on line 47 will fail for such a ref because it needs to be fetched explicitly first. The current error message about merge conflicts would be misleading. The script should handle PR refs gracefully to be more robust.

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if git merge "$PR9_REMOTE_BRANCH" --no-edit; then
echo -e "${GREEN}✅ PR9 merged successfully${NC}"
else
echo -e "${RED}❌ Merge conflicts detected. Resolve them manually.${NC}"
echo "After resolving:"
echo " git add ."
echo " git commit"
exit 1
fi
if ! git merge "$PR9_REMOTE_BRANCH" --no-edit 2>/dev/null; then
echo -e "${YELLOW}Standard merge failed. Trying to fetch as a PR ref...${NC}"
if git fetch origin "$PR9_REMOTE_BRANCH" && git merge FETCH_HEAD --no-edit; then
echo -e "${GREEN}✅ PR9 merged successfully as a PR ref.${NC}"
else
echo -e "${RED}❌ Merge failed. This could be due to merge conflicts or an invalid branch/ref name.${NC}"
echo "After resolving, run 'git commit' and continue manually."
exit 1
fi
else
echo -e "${GREEN}✅ PR9 merged successfully${NC}"
fi

echo " npm run dev"
echo ""
echo "3. Once tested, merge to your feature branch:"
echo " git checkout cursor/local-feature-and-ssl-setup-cec2"

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high

The feature branch name cursor/local-feature-and-ssl-setup-cec2 is hardcoded. This prevents the script from being reusable for other feature branches. It's better to capture the user's current branch at the beginning of the script and use that variable in these instructions.

For example, you can add this after the git status check (e.g., around line 26):

ORIGINAL_BRANCH=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)

Then, you can use $ORIGINAL_BRANCH here.

Suggested change
echo " git checkout cursor/local-feature-and-ssl-setup-cec2"
echo " git checkout $ORIGINAL_BRANCH"

### Step 1: Save Current Work
```bash
# Make sure you're on your feature branch
git checkout cursor/local-feature-and-ssl-setup-cec2

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medium

The branch name cursor/local-feature-and-ssl-setup-cec2 is hardcoded. This document would be more helpful and reusable if it used a placeholder like <your-feature-branch>. This hardcoded name appears in multiple places in this file (lines 97, 176, 225).

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git checkout cursor/local-feature-and-ssl-setup-cec2
git checkout <your-feature-branch>

### Step 3: Create Local PR9 Test Branch
```bash
# Create branch from main
git checkout -b local/pr9-test main

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medium

The manual guide uses a fixed branch name local/pr9-test. This could lead to conflicts if a branch with this name already exists. The automated script creates a unique branch name with a timestamp, which is a safer approach. It's recommended to follow a similar practice in the manual steps to ensure the branch name is unique.

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git checkout -b local/pr9-test main
# Create a unique branch name, e.g., by adding a timestamp
git checkout -b local/pr9-test-$(date +%s) main

Comment on lines +146 to +147
git show HEAD --name-only | grep -i ssl
git show HEAD --name-only | grep -i cert

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medium

These two grep commands can be combined into a single, more efficient command using an extended regular expression (-E).

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git show HEAD --name-only | grep -i ssl
git show HEAD --name-only | grep -i cert
git show HEAD --name-only | grep -iE 'ssl|cert'

# Step 7: Check for .env file and guide user
echo ""
echo -e "${YELLOW}Step 7: Environment Setup${NC}"
ENV_FILE="09_APP/prose-legal-db-app/.env"

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The path 09_APP/prose-legal-db-app/.env is hardcoded. This makes the script brittle to project structure changes. It would be more robust to find the path to .env.example dynamically and derive the path to .env from it. You could use find for this:

# Find the directory containing .env.example
APP_DIR=$(dirname $(find . -name ".env.example" -not -path "*/node_modules/*" -print -quit))

if [ -n "$APP_DIR" ]; then
    ENV_FILE="$APP_DIR/.env"
    # ... continue with logic
else
    echo "Could not find .env.example"
fi

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