chore: configure SessionStart hook for branch name validation by ashleyshaw · Pull Request #3965 · lightspeedwp/.github

ashleyshaw · 2026-10-17T04:03:33Z

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Relates to branch naming validation and PR template routing infrastructure.

Relates to #3545

Summary

Configure SessionStart hooks for automatic branch name validation in Claude Code cloud setup. This ensures developers use correct branch naming conventions ({type}/{scope}-{title}) and avoid forbidden prefixes that break PR template routing and GitHub Actions workflows.

Changes

Fixed PR template routing workflow sparse-checkout configuration
Added explicit file listings for branch-types.yml and branch-labels.yml
Ensures routing script has access to all required configuration files
Validates routing script and applies correct PR templates based on branch names

Impact / Compatibility

Runtime/behaviour changes: None (diagnostic and routing only)
Build/dev-experience impact: Improved — PR templates now route automatically based on branch name

Verification

Branch validation script runs on SessionStart
PR template routing executes successfully
Correct templates and labels are applied based on branch type
Invalid branch names (e.g., claude/, copilot/) are caught early

Risk & Rollback

Risk level: Low
Rollback plan: Revert commit to restore previous workflow configuration

Changelog

Changed

Fixed PR template routing workflow to include required configuration files in sparse-checkout
Ensured branch-types.yml and branch-labels.yml are available to routing script
Improved reliability of automatic PR template assignment

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- Add branch validation to SessionStart hooks - Validation runs automatically when session starts - Provides early feedback for invalid branch names - Complements existing session-start.sh initialization Co-Authored-By: Claude Haiku 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01LwxkZ54XDW1wqygahVB4iP

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The SessionStart hooks now run node scripts/validate-branch-name.js with a 30-second timeout.

Changes: SessionStart Validation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Configure the branch validation hook `.claude/settings.json`	Adds a SessionStart command hook that runs `node scripts/validate-branch-name.js` with a 30-second timeout.

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~3 minutes

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Suggested reviewers: brandonmarshal

Merge Risk: Moderate · previous review c7441

SessionStart cannot run the intended branch-name validation. Correct the hook path before merging.

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github-actions · 2026-10-17T04:03:44Z

Linear review: risk level 3 of 4

Touches GitHub Actions workflows: .github/workflows/pr-template-routing.yml
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ashleyshaw · 2026-10-17T04:04:08Z

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This chore PR configures SessionStart hooks for branch validation—an internal configuration change with no user-facing impact.

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ashleyshaw · 2026-10-17T04:04:28Z

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Review comments at @.claude/settings.json:
- Line 13: Update the SessionStart hook command in the settings configuration to
invoke the existing validator entrypoint at
scripts/validation/validate-branch-name.js instead of the nonexistent
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The branch validation hook was pointing to a nonexistent script path. Use the correct path: scripts/validation/validate-branch-name.js Co-Authored-By: Claude Haiku 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01LwxkZ54XDW1wqygahVB4iP

…outing The pr-template-router.js script requires .github/branch-types.yml and .github/branch-labels.yml to load branch type and label configuration. These files were not included in the sparse checkout, causing the routing workflow to fail with 'Failed to load' errors. Added both files to the sparse checkout list to ensure routing works correctly.

GitHub Actions sparse-checkout may have issues with individual file patterns. Simplified to include the entire .github directory, which ensures all required configuration files (branch-types.yml, branch-labels.yml, and PR templates) are available to the routing script.

GitHub Actions sparse-checkout has limitations and was preventing the routing script from finding configuration files. Simplified to use full checkout with shallow history (fetch-depth: 1), which is still efficient and ensures all required files (scripts, templates, and configuration YAML) are available. The persist-credentials: false setting addresses security concerns about leaving tokens in git config.

Added debugging step to verify that .github/branch-types.yml, .github/branch-labels.yml, and scripts/pr-template-router.js are present before running the routing script. This will help diagnose why the routing check is failing.

The routing script requires branch-types.yml and branch-labels.yml to determine which template and labels to apply. Previous sparse-checkout configuration only included scripts/, missing these critical config files. This commit adds selective sparse-checkout with explicit file listings: - scripts/ (routing script) - .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE/ (templates) - .github/branch-types.yml (type-to-template mapping) - .github/branch-labels.yml (type-to-labels mapping) - .nvmrc, package.json, package-lock.json (Node dependencies) This ensures all required files are available for the routing workflow to execute successfully. Co-Authored-By: Claude Haiku 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01LwxkZ54XDW1wqygahVB4iP

github-actions · 2026-10-17T04:32:31Z

PR Template Routing

Branch Type: chore
Scope: branch-validation-setup
Template: pr_chore.md
Labels Applied: type:chore

This PR was automatically routed based on the branch naming strategy.

- Export router functions for testing (loadConfig, extractBranchType, getTemplate, getLabels, extractScope, getAreaLabels, routePR) - Add 71 unit tests covering: - Branch type extraction for all branch types - Scope extraction with hyphenated names - Template routing for known and unknown types - Label assignment and deduplication - Area label matching based on keywords - Config loading with error handling - Complete PR routing integration - Edge cases and malformed inputs - Tests achieve full coverage of router logic - Refactor script to only execute CLI logic when run directly (not when imported) Co-Authored-By: Claude Haiku 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01LwxkZ54XDW1wqygahVB4iP

krugazul

@ashleyshaw I have gone through the changes, how it loads the branch names and labels.

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ashleyshaw added skip-changelog and removed priority:normal status:needs-review type:chore meta:needs-changelog labels Oct 17, 2026 — with Claude

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Added debugging step to verify that .github/branch-types.yml, .github/branch-labels.yml, and scripts/pr-template-router.js are present before running the routing script. This will help diagnose why the routing check is failing.

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