template-downstream

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name: template-downstream description: Update .claude/, .mcp.json, and .pre-commit-config.yaml from the upstream python-project-template repository into the current project. Only files that exist upstream are updated — project-only files are never deleted. Use when pulling latest tooling, rules, hooks, or skills from the canonical template into this project. Triggers on: "템플릿 최신화", "template sync", "upstream 반영", "template 업데이트".

template-downstream

Direction: Template → Project. Apply only the files that exist upstream to the current project.

Strategy: merge-aware update, not full overwrite.

• NEW files (upstream only) → copy as-is
• CHANGED files (both exist, content differs) → merge, not overwrite (see Merge Rules below)
• Files only in project → leave untouched (preserve project customizations)
• Files removed from upstream → do not auto-delete; report to user only

Why not git submodule: .claude/ requires per-project customization. Submodules force all-or-nothing application of upstream changes and cannot preserve project-local files selectively.

Source Resolution

Resolve TEMPLATE_ROOT in this priority order:

1. User-provided path — ask the user: "Do you have a local clone of the template repo? If yes, provide the path." If provided and <path>/.claude/ exists, use its parent as TEMPLATE_ROOT. No network required.
2. Same remote — if the current project's origin matches https://github.com/tae0y/python-project-template.git, use the local repo directly.
3. Shallow clone — otherwise, clone to a temp directory:

TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d)
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/tae0y/python-project-template.git "$TMPDIR/template"
TEMPLATE_ROOT="$TMPDIR/template"

After resolution, verify $TEMPLATE_ROOT/.claude/ exists. Abort if not.

Scope

Item	Strategy
.claude/	Update upstream files only (preserve project-only files)
.mcp.json	Update if upstream has it; skip otherwise
.pre-commit-config.yaml	Update if upstream has it; skip otherwise

Never overwrite:

• .claude/settings.local.json (local environment settings)
• env block inside .claude/settings.json (project-specific env vars)
• localdocs/ (local-only, gitignored)
• .env* (secrets)

Merge Rules

For CHANGED files (file exists in both upstream and project with different content):

Structured files (.mcp.json, settings.json)

Parse both as JSON. Merge keys:

• Keys present only in upstream → add
• Keys present only in project → preserve (project customization)
• Keys present in both with different values → use upstream value but report the diff to the user

For settings.json, never touch the env block — it is always project-specific.

YAML files (.pre-commit-config.yaml)

Parse both as YAML. Merge entries:

• Hooks/repos present only in upstream → add
• Hooks/repos present only in project → preserve
• Same hook with different config → use upstream version but report the diff

Markdown / text files (.md, .sh, etc.)

Read both files. Compare content:

• If the project file is identical to a previous upstream version (no project-specific edits) → replace with new upstream version
• If the project file has project-specific additions or modifications → show a side-by-side diff to the user and ask:
  • (U) Use upstream version (overwrite)
  • (P) Keep project version (skip)
  • (M) Manual merge — open diff for user to resolve

Default to (P) if the user does not respond, to avoid data loss.

Files that are always overwritten (no merge)

• .claude/rules/*.md — template rules are authoritative
• .claude/agents/*.md — template agent configs are authoritative
• .claude/WORKFLOW.md — template workflow is authoritative

These files should not contain project-specific content. If a project needs custom rules, it should create separate files (e.g., .claude/rules/project-specific.md).

Steps

Stop immediately on any failure. Report the cause before proceeding.

Execution model: Claude performs read-only analysis (Steps 1–4). All file-modifying operations (Steps 5–7) are output as shell script blocks for the user to paste into their terminal. Claude never directly executes cp, rm, or file-write commands.

1. Resolve TEMPLATE_ROOT

Follow the priority order in Source Resolution above. Report which source was used.

2. Check working tree

Output this command for the user to run and confirm clean before proceeding:

git -C "$PROJECT_ROOT" status --short

If the user reports uncommitted changes, stop:

Uncommitted changes detected. Commit or stash before syncing.

3. Compute diff

Use the Read tool and find/diff -q via Bash (read-only) to compare each upstream file against the project. Classify each file as NEW, CHANGED, CHANGED (nouse), or PROJECT-ONLY.

For CHANGED files, read both versions and apply Merge Rules to determine the merged content — do not write yet.

If no changes found:

Already up to date. No changes detected.

Stop.

4. Report and confirm

Files to update:
  NEW:            .claude/rules/new-rule.md
  CHANGED:        .claude/rules/coding-guidelines.md
                  .claude/hooks/check-commit-convention.sh
  CHANGED (nouse): .claude/skills.nouse/tdd/SKILL.md  ← disabled by project, updating nouse copy

Project-only files (preserved, not deleted):
  PROJECT-ONLY: .claude/skills/my-custom-skill/SKILL.md

Proceed? (Y/N)

N → exit.

5. Generate and output copy script

After confirmation, generate a single shell script block covering all updates. The user pastes it into their terminal to execute.

Script structure:

TEMPLATE_ROOT="<resolved-path>"
PROJECT_ROOT="<target-path>"

# NEW and always-overwrite files
mkdir -p "$PROJECT_ROOT/.claude/rules"
cp "$TEMPLATE_ROOT/.claude/rules/new-rule.md" "$PROJECT_ROOT/.claude/rules/new-rule.md"
# ... one cp line per file ...

# CHANGED (nouse) files — target skills.nouse/
cp "$TEMPLATE_ROOT/.claude/skills/tdd/SKILL.md" "$PROJECT_ROOT/.claude/skills.nouse/tdd/SKILL.md"

# .mcp.json and .pre-commit-config.yaml (if applicable)
cp "$TEMPLATE_ROOT/.mcp.json" "$PROJECT_ROOT/.mcp.json"
cp "$TEMPLATE_ROOT/.pre-commit-config.yaml" "$PROJECT_ROOT/.pre-commit-config.yaml"

echo "Done. Run: git -C \"$PROJECT_ROOT\" status --short"

Rules for script generation:

• Skip settings.local.json — never include it
• For CHANGED JSON/YAML files that require merging: instead of cp, write the merged content to a temp file and use that as the source, OR instruct the user to apply the merge manually (show the diff)
• For CHANGED text files where the user chose (P) — omit from script entirely
• Add mkdir -p before each cp to ensure directories exist
• One cp per line — no loops, no wildcards — so each line is auditable

For CHANGED files requiring manual merge, output a separate section:

Manual merge required for:
  .claude/skills/my-skill/SKILL.md
  → diff shown below. Edit the file manually after running the script.
  [show unified diff here]

6. Cleanup (temp clone only)

If a temp clone was created in Step 1, append to the script:

rm -rf "$TMPDIR"

7. Verify and next action

After the user runs the script, ask them to paste the output. Then output:

git -C "$PROJECT_ROOT" diff --stat
git -C "$PROJECT_ROOT" status --short

If .pre-commit-config.yaml changed:

pre-commit config updated.
Re-install: pre-commit install --hook-type commit-msg

8. Next action

Update complete. Changes are unstaged.

A) Review diffs file by file
B) Stage and commit with [MAINTENANCE] prefix
C) Discard all changes (git checkout -- . inside PROJECT_ROOT)

Wait for user choice before proceeding.