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title: Conflicts
created: 2026-05-01
type: system
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# Conflicts

> Log ambiguities and unresolved decisions here. One entry per conflict. Format: `## YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM — short title` followed by the question, options considered, and current state (open / decided / archived).

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## 2026-05-06 13:42 — Stub vs real content collision on lfcs-standards/concepts/ (RESOLVED)

**Conflict:** During Wave 1.2 cleanup, claude-code-opsman created 4 placeholder stub files at `HQ-Vault/11_OpsMan_LFCS/Operations/lfcs-standards/concepts/` and `specs/` to resolve dead wikilinks (commit `891e86fa`). When pulling on Rocky's local mirror, git refused to fast-forward — local already had REAL content for those paths (created 2026-05-04 by cowork-lfcs Phase 7), untracked, never committed. Untracked-file-overwrite-on-pull is git's standard guard.

**Resolution applied:**
1. Backed up local 6 untracked files to `/c/Users/mclou/opsman/.tmp-stub-backup/`
2. Deleted local untracked stubs
3. `git pull --ff-only` succeeded
4. Restored backed-up real content over the pulled stubs
5. SCP'd real content to VPS, committed `45d8977a` overwriting stubs with real content
6. Cleaned up backup

**Outcome — what worked:** No data loss. Git's "refuse to overwrite untracked" guard saved the real content from being silently replaced by stubs. Manual conflict resolution preserved both intents (gate fix + Phase 7 content).

**Protocol gap exposed:** Phase 1 Explore agent didn't know about the 6 stuck untracked files because they were never committed. There's no mechanism to surface untracked work from one device to another. Memory note + log-event would have caught this earlier.

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## 2026-05-06 14:30 — Local vs VPS branch divergence on _Brain files (OPEN)

**Conflict:** Rocky's local mirror at `C:\Users\mclou\rateright-growth-deploy\` has 2 days of in-flight uncommitted edits that diverge from origin/main:
- `HQ-Vault/11_OpsMan_LFCS/_Brain/AB-Test-Tracker.md`: local +50 lines, origin +71 lines from common ancestor (DIVERGED)
- `HQ-Vault/11_OpsMan_LFCS/_Brain/_Log.md`: local +12 lines, origin +3 lines (DIVERGED)
- 21 modified/deleted files in 2602/2626/2629 job folders (mixed local edits + VPS pre-flight commits)

**Cause:** vault-verify gate was blocking VPS auto-sync from pushing vault changes for 4 days (2026-05-02 onwards). VPS-side and local-side work both progressed during that window. Local couldn't pull (would clobber local edits); VPS couldn't push (rejected by gate). Both surfaces grew apart silently.

**State:** OPEN — pending Rocky's session to resolve. Recommended path:
1. `git stash` local changes
2. `git pull --ff-only` to get VPS commits
3. `git stash pop` and resolve any conflict markers
4. Rebuild `_Log.md` and `AB-Test-Tracker.md` by integrating both branches' content

**Protocol gap exposed:** Append-only files (`_Log.md`) DID merge cleanly per protocol — both append blocks survive. Content files (`AB-Test-Tracker.md` if it has body edits) need manual merge. The protocol works as designed; the silent-data-loss bug in vault-verify created the divergence window in the first place.

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## Conflict-protocol verification — 2026-05-06 (RESULTS)

Protocol from `_System/CLAUDE.md` § Conflict handling stated:
> Append-only files almost never conflict. If they do, both agents' content survives — git merges by line.
> For project content files: if a conflict happens, the second agent stops, logs to `_System/Conflicts.md` with the file path and both attempted changes, and waits for Rocky.

**Verified by today's events:**
- ✓ Append-only files (`_Log.md`) did remain mergeable — both branches' append blocks coexist after merge.
- ✓ Git refused to overwrite untracked files on pull — protected local cowork-lfcs Phase 7 content.
- ✓ Pre-commit hook (Wave 2.5, `scripts/git-hooks/pre-commit`) blocks any non-append modification of designated append-only files.
- ⚠ "Second agent stops + logs to Conflicts.md" — partially manual. claude-code-opsman did this during the stub-vs-real-content collision (this entry is the log). Future automation: if vault-verify or pre-commit rejects, agent should auto-emit a `gate_block` event to events.ndjson + write to Conflicts.md.