merge-remote-review

name	merge-remote-review
description	Review and land one authenticated provider-native review item. Use when current-head review, landing, closeout, and remote-main parity are in scope.
metadata	{"dverity_class":"workflow-entry","reads":["DVERITY.md"]}

Merge Remote Review

Read DVERITY.md and own only Merge through Verified Remote Main. The entry accepts one authenticated provider-native review item. A bare branch, remote task, missing item, anonymous record, or incomplete item identity routes to submit-remote-review; none may enter landing directly.

Independent Review

Use lib/dverity/review/merge.js#reviewMergeItem to read the named item through its provider adapter and run Independent Review. Both calls are explicitly read-only. The returned immutable provider-neutral record reuses lib/dverity/review/review-item-record.js and binds provider, repo, item, current head, fresh task session, selected facets, findings, and verdict.

Never expose Independent Review as another Skill. Never accept an approval word, an old task session, or missing current approvals, discussions, mergeability, queue/protection, or CI truth as a current-head verdict. A changed head makes the stored verdict stale and requires a fresh review by default.

Semantic no-op carry-forward

Use lib/dverity/review/merge.js#carryForwardReview only when complete structured evidence binds the old and new series. The function runs the read-only Git commands itself from the named repo and SHAs, invokes a new-head validation runner, and refuses caller-supplied equivalence booleans. It proves all of the following:

• every git range-diff entry is =;
• stable patch IDs, final trees, and touched paths are equivalent;
• validation ran and passed against the new head;
• no conflict resolution, content change, generated change, bug fix, or unknown diff exists.

Carry-forward creates a new immutable record with a fresh task session and a carried_from head. It never edits the old review or merely changes its head. Any missing or material evidence routes to fresh Independent Review.

Conflict and product-work reroutes

Use lib/dverity/review/merge.js#routeMergeWork. Invoke resolving-merge-conflicts only for an actual conflict whose product intent is proven. Ambiguous intent remains blocked. The function reuses dverity-repair/scripts/repair-contract.js#routeRepairWork: confirmed defects route to dverity-repair; feature, requirement, and product-intent gaps route to the external Wayfinder/executor.

These decisions are read-only. Merge must not repair product code, implement a feature, push, approve, land, or close an issue while establishing review freshness. Later landing requires separate named mutation authority and the remaining local contract in DVERITY.md.

Landing and provider parity

Use lib/dverity/review/landing.js only after the current-head review passes and a fresh authority names one provider item, target, source, and direct issue set. Its GitHub and GitLab adapters map provider fields into the existing neutral review-item record; they do not own another lifecycle or review state machine.

Queue or merge-train required may request the named provider mutation. pending, enqueued, missing, unknown, or failed truth is blocked and never a successful landing. After the provider accepts the mutation, read back the provider item and merge SHA, remote target, tracking ref, local target, active worktree, and post-merge checks independently. A dirty or diverged active worktree, non-terminal checks, or any missing or mismatched SHA leaves Merge blocked even when the provider says the item is merged.

Issue closeout

Closeout consumes the exact intent handed through Submit but runs only after landing and parity readback. Only issues explicitly classified as direct and named by fresh close authority may use close-after-merge. Parent, sibling, blocker, partial, and other related items are read back as related-only and must never be closed recursively. Read every direct issue before mutation and again afterward; missing closed-state readback leaves the result blocked.