claude: Bash live-tail detection + read-only file follower (T-325, core)

The detection/follow core for the live-tail sub-card, with the UI wiring
to follow. Claude Code runs every Bash tool itself and clide only sees the
final tool_result block — we can't mirror the running process, so instead
we detect a file-backed source the command follows and open our own
read-only follower on the same file.

- bash_tail_source.dart: detectBashTailSource() parses a Bash command for a
  single, safe, file-backed source (tail/cat/less with one file arg, inside
  the workspace via resolveUnderRoot). Returns null for a pipe-into-tail, a
  redirect, two files, or a path outside the repo — the caller then shows a
  "nothing to follow" note. bashHasTailIntent() gates WHEN the segment
  appears: v1 triggers on `tail`/follow-flags only, so ordinary cat/ls/git
  cards stay clean (cat/less remain detectable for later).
- file_tail_follower.dart: a polling, read-only `tail -f`-style follower
  (no subprocess, no touching Claude's command) that emits the trailing
  window then appended deltas, and re-reads from the top on truncation.

Tested: 19 parser cases (incl. the `git push | tail -25` and outside-
workspace null cases), the intent predicate, and the follower (initial
window / appended delta / missing file / rotation / start / stop).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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co-authored by Claude Opus 4.8
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/// Detect the file a Bash command follows, for the live-tail sub-card (T-325).
///
/// Claude Code runs every Bash tool itself and clide only sees the final
/// `tool_result` block — we never tap the running command's stdout. So instead
/// of mirroring the process, we detect a *file-backed source* the command
/// reads/follows and open our own read-only follower on the same file.
///
/// Deliberately conservative (the ticket's "small, explicit allowlist"): only
/// the read/follow verbs below, only a single file argument, and only paths
/// that resolve INSIDE the workspace. Anything else — a pipe into `tail`, a
/// redirect, two files, a path outside the repo — returns null so the caller
/// shows a "nothing to follow" affordance instead of following the wrong thing.
library;
import 'dart:io';
import 'package:clide/src/files/path_safety.dart';
/// Verbs whose single file argument clide can independently follow read-only.
const Set<String> _followVerbs = {'tail', 'cat', 'less'};
/// The file [command] reads/follows that clide can mirror read-only, as an
/// absolute path inside [workspaceRoot] — or null when there is no single,
/// safe, file-backed source. See the library doc for the policy.
String? detectBashTailSource(String command, {required Directory workspaceRoot}) {
String? found;
for (final segment in _commandSegments(command)) {
final tokens = _tokenize(segment);
if (tokens.isEmpty || !_followVerbs.contains(tokens.first)) continue;
final files = _fileArgs(tokens.first, tokens.sublist(1));
if (files.length != 1) continue; // 0 → reads stdin (a pipe); >1 → ambiguous
final String resolved;
try {
resolved = resolveUnderRoot(workspaceRoot, files.single);
} on PathOutsideRoot {
continue; // outside the workspace → don't follow (v1 policy)
}
if (found != null && found != resolved) return null; // two distinct sources
found = resolved;
}
return found;
}
/// Whether [command] expresses an intent to FOLLOW a file — used to decide
/// when to surface the live-tail segment at all, so ordinary commands (`ls`,
/// `git status`, a plain `cat`) get no segment, but a `tail …` with no
/// followable file still shows the "nothing to follow" note. v1 triggers on
/// `tail` or a follow flag (`-f`/`-F`/`--follow`); `cat`/`less` are detectable
/// sources but don't trigger the UI on their own (T-325).
bool bashHasTailIntent(String command) {
for (final segment in _commandSegments(command)) {
final tokens = _tokenize(segment);
if (tokens.isEmpty) continue;
if (tokens.first == 'tail') return true;
if (tokens.any((t) => t == '-f' || t == '-F' || t == '--follow')) return true;
}
return false;
}
/// Split a command line into command/pipeline segments on `|`, `;`, `&`. The
/// doubled forms (`&&`, `||`) fall out as empty middles and are dropped.
Iterable<String> _commandSegments(String command) => command.split(RegExp(r'[|;&]')).where((s) => s.trim().isNotEmpty);
/// Positional (non-flag) file arguments for [verb]. Skips flags, consumes the
/// value of `tail -n N` / `-c N`, honours `--` (end of options), and stops at a
/// redirect (`>` / `<`) — everything after a redirect targets a fd, not the
/// command's input.
List<String> _fileArgs(String verb, List<String> args) {
final files = <String>[];
for (var i = 0; i < args.length; i++) {
final a = args[i];
if (a == '--') {
files.addAll(args.sublist(i + 1).where((t) => !t.contains('>') && !t.contains('<')));
break;
}
if (a.contains('>') || a.contains('<')) break; // a redirect ends positional args
if (a.startsWith('-')) {
if (verb == 'tail' && (a == '-n' || a == '-c') && i + 1 < args.length) i++; // -n N / -c N
continue;
}
files.add(a);
}
return files;
}
/// Minimal shell tokeniser: splits on whitespace, honours single/double quotes
/// (no escape or expansion handling — enough to recover file arguments).
List<String> _tokenize(String s) {
final out = <String>[];
final buf = StringBuffer();
String? quote;
var has = false;
for (var i = 0; i < s.length; i++) {
final ch = s[i];
if (quote != null) {
if (ch == quote) {
quote = null;
} else {
buf.write(ch);
}
has = true;
} else if (ch == '"' || ch == "'") {
quote = ch;
has = true;
} else if (ch == ' ' || ch == '\t') {
if (has) {
out.add(buf.toString());
buf.clear();
has = false;
}
} else {
buf.write(ch);
has = true;
}
}
if (has) out.add(buf.toString());
return out;
}
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/// Read-only file follower for the Bash live-tail sub-card (T-325).
///
/// clide can't see a running Bash command's stdout (Claude Code owns the
/// process), so to "watch the same output" we open our OWN read-only follower
/// on the file the command tails. This never spawns a process and never
/// touches Claude's command — it just reads the file as it grows, like
/// `tail -f`, and hands new bytes to [onData].
///
/// Pure dart:io/dart:async (no Flutter) so it's unit-testable. Polls rather
/// than using a watcher so it works uniformly across platforms and survives
/// truncation/rotation (size shrinking → re-read from the top).
library;
import 'dart:async';
import 'dart:io';
import 'dart:typed_data';
class FileTailFollower {
FileTailFollower(this.path, {required this.onData, this.tailBytes = 16384, this.interval = const Duration(milliseconds: 300)});
/// Absolute path of the file to follow.
final String path;
/// New bytes appended since the last read (or the initial tail window).
final void Function(Uint8List bytes) onData;
/// On first read, start this many bytes from the end (a `tail -c` window)
/// rather than dumping the whole file.
final int tailBytes;
final Duration interval;
int _pos = 0;
bool _primed = false;
bool _stopped = false;
Timer? _timer;
/// Begin following: emit the initial tail window, then poll for growth.
Future<void> start() async {
await pollOnce();
if (_stopped) return;
_timer = Timer.periodic(interval, (_) => pollOnce());
}
/// One read cycle. Public so tests can drive it deterministically without
/// waiting on the timer. Reads any bytes appended since the last position
/// (or, on the first call, the trailing [tailBytes]); resets to the top if
/// the file shrank (truncated/rotated).
Future<void> pollOnce() async {
if (_stopped) return;
final file = File(path);
if (!await file.exists()) return; // not created yet — keep waiting
final length = await file.length();
if (!_primed) {
_pos = length > tailBytes ? length - tailBytes : 0;
_primed = true;
} else if (length < _pos) {
_pos = 0; // truncated / rotated → re-read from the top
}
if (length <= _pos) return;
final raf = await file.open();
try {
await raf.setPosition(_pos);
final bytes = await raf.read(length - _pos);
_pos = length;
if (!_stopped && bytes.isNotEmpty) onData(Uint8List.fromList(bytes));
} finally {
await raf.close();
}
}
/// Stop following and release the timer. Idempotent.
void stop() {
_stopped = true;
_timer?.cancel();
_timer = null;
}
}