glitter: publish a repository through gh (RT-229)

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glitter: publish a repository (RT-229)

A repo with no remote shows "Publish repository" on the action segment. Before this, pressing it gave "publishing a repository is not wired yet". Now it opens GitHub Desktop's Publish Repository dialog and publishes through gh.

What changed

Dialog (ui/internal/views/mission/publish.go)

• Step one is a name field prefilled with the repo label. Type owner/name to publish to an organization.
• Step two picks visibility: "Keep this code private" (the default), Public, or Cancel.
• Adds picker.NewNameMenu, a menu that opens on a prefilled name field. Esc at the root closes it.

Driver (lib/mission/driver.ts)

• The publish-repo action sends a one-shot publishPrompt (with a seq) instead of calling runAction. That covers the f key, a click, and the ⌃k row.
• mission:publish runs publishRepo under the busy segment. A failure shows gh's last stderr line as the notice; a success refreshes.
• RunnableAction leaves out publish-repo, so the compiler stops it from reaching runAction.

gh (lib/mission/git-actions.ts)

• publishRepo runs gh repo create <name> --private|--public --source <cwd> --remote origin --push.
• A missing gh gives a clear notice.
• A repo with no commits publishes without --push, since gh refuses it.
• The busy segment refreshes after a failure too, because gh adds origin before a push that can fail.

Also

• The mission README moves Publish from "Deferred" to a ratified deviation: two steps, no description field, no org dropdown.

Testing

• New tests: publishRepo with a fake gh, four driver tests, the Go dialog's prompt and seq tests, and a pty session test for both visibility payloads.
• Gates: mission and ui 421/421; the Go suite; tsc; glitter e2e 2/2; pty 7/7; repo-purity.
• The full bun run test hit 18 rt-tray stub failures (bun not on PATH during the full run). The file passes 18/18 alone.
• Live: published a private throwaway repo from glitter. Afterwards origin was set, main tracked origin/main, and GitHub reported PRIVATE. The repo was then deleted.

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Walkthrough

The mission interface now collects a repository name and visibility, then sends a publish intent. The mission driver runs GitHub CLI repository creation, reports failures, and refreshes state after success.

Changes

Publish Repository

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Publish prompt contract and model lib/ui/protocol.ts, lib/mission/model.ts, lib/mission/driver.ts, ui/internal/views/mission/model.go, ui/fixtures/session-model-mission*.json, lib/mission/__tests__/model.test.ts	The UI protocol and mission models carry a nullable publish prompt with a sequence number and repository name. The session intent allowlist includes mission:publish.
Name and visibility dialog ui/internal/views/picker/menu.go, ui/internal/views/picker/menu_test.go, ui/internal/views/mission/menu.go, ui/internal/views/mission/mission.go, ui/internal/views/mission/publish.go, ui/internal/views/mission/publish_test.go, ui/internal/views/mission/publish_session_test.go	The dialog starts with the supplied repository name, then offers private and public choices. The mission view opens the dialog only for a newer prompt sequence.
Publish execution and GitHub CLI lib/mission/git-actions.ts, lib/mission/driver.ts, commands/glitter.ts, lib/mission/__tests__/*, docs/design/mission/README.md	The driver sends publish requests to publishRepo, which runs gh repo create with the source, remote, and push options. Failures return CLI or stderr details. Driver and Git action tests cover the publish flow, and the design document describes it.

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Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant MissionView
  participant MissionDriver
  participant publishRepo
  participant GitHubCLI
  MissionView->>MissionDriver: Emit mission:publish with name and visibility
  MissionDriver->>publishRepo: Publish repository from cwd
  publishRepo->>GitHubCLI: Create repository, add origin, and push
  GitHubCLI-->>publishRepo: Return process status and stderr
  publishRepo-->>MissionDriver: Return success or failure detail
  MissionDriver->>MissionView: Refresh mission state after success

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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 169b3

Publishing a repository that has no commits fails outright. If a push fails after GitHub has created the repository, the screen keeps offering "Publish repository," and every retry fails instead of finishing the push. Both issues have small, localized fixes that should land before merge.

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• commands/glitter.ts
• docs/design/mission/README.md
• lib/mission/__tests__/compose-harness.ts
• lib/mission/__tests__/driver.test.ts
• lib/mission/__tests__/git-actions.test.ts
• lib/mission/__tests__/menu-action.test.ts
• lib/mission/__tests__/model.test.ts
• lib/mission/driver.ts
• lib/mission/git-actions.ts
• lib/mission/model.ts
• lib/ui/protocol.ts
• ui/fixtures/session-model-mission-history.json
• ui/fixtures/session-model-mission.json
• ui/internal/views/mission/menu.go
• ui/internal/views/mission/mission.go
• ui/internal/views/mission/model.go
• ui/internal/views/mission/publish.go
• ui/internal/views/mission/publish_session_test.go
• ui/internal/views/mission/publish_test.go
• ui/internal/views/picker/menu.go
• ui/internal/views/picker/menu_test.go

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