SubMiner/backlog/tasks/task-113 - Scope-make-pretty-to-maintained-source-files.md

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id	title	status	assignee	created_date	updated_date	labels	dependencies	references	priority
TASK-113	Scope make pretty to maintained source files	Done	codex	2026-03-08 00:20	2026-03-08 00:22	tooling formatting		Makefile package.json	medium

Description

Change the make pretty workflow so it formats only the maintained source/config files we intentionally keep under Prettier, instead of sweeping backlog/docs/generated content across the whole repository.

Acceptance Criteria

• #1 make pretty formats only the approved maintained source/config paths
• #2 The allowlist is reusable for check/write flows instead of duplicating path logic
• #3 Verification shows the scoped formatting command targets the intended files without touching backlog or vendored content

Implementation Plan

1. Inspect current Prettier config/ignore behavior and keep the broad repo-wide format command unchanged.
2. Add a reusable scoped Prettier script that targets maintained source/config paths only.
3. Update make pretty to call the scoped script.
4. Verify the scoped command resolves only intended files and does not traverse backlog or vendor paths.

Implementation Notes

User approved the allowlist approach: keep repo-wide format intact, make make pretty use a maintained-path formatter scope.

Added scripts/prettier-scope.sh as the single allowlist for scoped Prettier paths and wired format:src / format:check:src to it.

Updated make pretty to call bun run format:src. Verified with make -n pretty and shell tracing that the helper only targets the maintained allowlist and does not traverse backlog/ or vendor/.

Excluded Makefile and .prettierignore from the allowlist after verification showed Prettier cannot infer parsers for them.

Final Summary

Scoped the repo's day-to-day formatting entrypoint without changing the existing broad repo-wide Prettier scripts. Added scripts/prettier-scope.sh as the shared allowlist for maintained source/config paths (.github, build, launcher, scripts, src, plus selected root JSON config files), added format:src and format:check:src in package.json, and updated make pretty to run the scoped formatter.

Verification: make -n pretty now resolves to bun run format:src. bash -n scripts/prettier-scope.sh passed, and shell-traced bash -x scripts/prettier-scope.sh --check confirmed the exact allowlist passed to Prettier. bun run format:check:src fails only because existing files inside the allowed source scope are not currently formatted; it no longer touches backlog/ or vendor/.