# Update configloader to overwrite gitattributes and gitignore (2025-11-11 01:50Z)
_**User (2025-11-11 01:50Z)**_
@ConfigLoader.ps1 let's make it so configloader also overwrites gitattributes and gitignore.@2025-11-10_16-59Z-change-compression-method-to-7z.md
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_**Agent (model default, mode Agent)**_
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Reviewing the history file and locating `gitattributes` and `gitignore` files.
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Tool use: **read_file** • Read file: .specstory/history/2025-11-10_16-59Z-change-compression-method-to-7z.md
Tool use: **read_file** • Read file: components/gitattributes
Tool use: **read_file** • Read file: components/gitignore
Tool use: **code_edit** • Edit file: ConfigLoader.ps1
**Chunk 1**
Lines added: 3, lines removed: 1
```diff
@@ -215,5 +215,7 @@
@{ Name = 'ZipSeqArchv.bat'; Source = Join-Path -Path $structDir -ChildPath 'ZipSeqArchv.bat' },
@{ Name = 'UnzipSeqArchv.bat'; Source = Join-Path -Path $structDir -ChildPath 'UnzipSeqArchv.bat' },
- @{ Name = 'NewDaily.bat'; Source = Join-Path -Path $structDir -ChildPath 'NewDaily.bat' }
+ @{ Name = 'NewDaily.bat'; Source = Join-Path -Path $structDir -ChildPath 'NewDaily.bat' },
+ @{ Name = '.gitattributes'; Source = Join-Path -Path $structDir -ChildPath 'components\gitattributes' },
+ @{ Name = '.gitignore'; Source = Join-Path -Path $structDir -ChildPath 'components\gitignore' }
)
```
Tool use: **read_lints** • Read lints for 1 file
Lint paths:
- `ConfigLoader.ps1`
Lint results
**No lint errors found**
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Updated `ConfigLoader.ps1` to include `.gitattributes` and `.gitignore` in the deployment. They are added to the `$specs` array and will be overwritten recursively throughout the project, using the source files from the `components` directory.
The changes:
- Added `.gitattributes` with source from `components\gitattributes`
- Added `.gitignore` with source from `components\gitignore`
When you run `ConfigLoader.ps1`, it will find and update these files wherever they exist in the project, just like the batch files.
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_**User (2025-11-11 01:50Z)**_
@d:\2025-02 BondingArtifact\.gitattributes @d:\2025-02 BondingArtifact\.gitignore @gitattributes @gitignore compare and contrast these pls?
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_**Agent (model default, mode Agent)**_
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Comparing the project files with the source components:
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Tool use: **read_file** • Read file: ConfigLoader.ps1
Tool use: **read_file** • Read file: components/gitattributes
Tool use: **code_edit** • Edit file: components/gitattributes
**Chunk 1**
Lines added: 4, lines removed: 2
```diff
@@ -50,4 +51,6 @@
*.docx filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
*.MOV filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
- *.MOV filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
- *.gif filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
+ *.gif filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
+ *.sbs filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
+ *.sbsar filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
+ *.spp filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
```
Tool use: **read_file** • Read file: ConfigLoader.ps1
Tool use: **code_edit** • Edit file: ConfigLoader.ps1
**Chunk 1**
Lines added: 19, lines removed: undefined
```diff
@@ -312,4 +312,23 @@
Write-Host "All batch files refreshed successfully." -ForegroundColor Green
+
+ # Deploy .gitattributes and .gitignore to project root if they don't exist
+ Write-Host "`n=== Deploying .gitattributes and .gitignore to project root ===" -ForegroundColor Magenta
+ $gitFiles = @(
+ @{ Name = '.gitattributes'; Source = Join-Path -Path $structDir -ChildPath 'components\gitattributes' },
+ @{ Name = '.gitignore'; Source = Join-Path -Path $structDir -ChildPath 'components\gitignore' }
+ )
+ foreach ($gitFile in $gitFiles) {
+ $targetPath = Join-Path -Path $resolvedProject -ChildPath $gitFile.Name
+ try {
+ Copy-Item -Path $gitFile.Source -Destination $targetPath -Force
+ Write-Host "[OK] $targetPath" -ForegroundColor Green
+ }
+ catch {
+ Write-Host "[FAIL] $targetPath" -ForegroundColor Red
+ Write-Host " $($_.Exception.Message)" -ForegroundColor DarkRed
+ exit 1
+ }
+ }
# Deploy config files to projectroot\.config\
```
Tool use: **read_lints** • Read lints for 1 file
Lint paths:
- `ConfigLoader.ps1`
Lint results
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Updated the script to deploy `.gitattributes` and `.gitignore` to the project root. It will:
1. **Update existing files** recursively (as before)
2. **Deploy to the project root**, creating them if missing or overwriting if present
When you run ConfigLoader, it will:
- Update any existing `.gitattributes` and `.gitignore` files found recursively
- Deploy fresh copies to the project root (including the Substance file extensions we just added)
The deployment happens after the batch file updates and before the config files deployment.
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_**User (2025-11-11 01:50Z)**_
make sure they both deploy as hidden!
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_**Agent (model default, mode Agent)**_
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Updating the script to set the hidden attribute on `.gitattributes` and `.gitignore` after deployment:
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Tool use: **read_file** • Read file: ConfigLoader.ps1
Tool use: **code_edit** • Edit file: ConfigLoader.ps1
**Chunk 1**
Lines added: 3, lines removed: undefined
```diff
@@ -323,4 +323,7 @@
try {
Copy-Item -Path $gitFile.Source -Destination $targetPath -Force
+ # Set hidden attribute on the file
+ $file = Get-Item -LiteralPath $targetPath -Force
+ $file.Attributes = $file.Attributes -bor [System.IO.FileAttributes]::Hidden
Write-Host "[OK] $targetPath" -ForegroundColor Green
}
```
Tool use: **read_file** • Read file: ConfigLoader.ps1
Tool use: **code_edit** • Edit file: ConfigLoader.ps1
**Chunk 1**
Lines added: 5, lines removed: undefined
```diff
@@ -277,4 +277,9 @@
try {
Copy-Item -Path $spec.Source -Destination $target.FullName -Force
+ # Set hidden attribute for .gitattributes and .gitignore files
+ if ($spec.Name -eq '.gitattributes' -or $spec.Name -eq '.gitignore') {
+ $file = Get-Item -LiteralPath $target.FullName -Force
+ $file.Attributes = $file.Attributes -bor [System.IO.FileAttributes]::Hidden
+ }
Write-Host "[OK] $($target.FullName)" -ForegroundColor Green
$updated++
```
Tool use: **read_lints** • Read lints for 1 file
Lint paths:
- `ConfigLoader.ps1`
Lint results
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Updated the script to set the hidden attribute on `.gitattributes` and `.gitignore` in both cases:
1. **When updating existing files recursively** — any `.gitattributes` or `.gitignore` found and updated will be marked hidden
2. **When deploying to the project root** — the files deployed to the root will be marked hidden
Both files will be hidden after deployment.
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_**User (2025-11-11 01:50Z)**_
@zip_sequences.py (1-576) let's make zipseq ignore _CURRENT folders as well as _archive folders.
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_**Agent (model default, mode Agent)**_
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Updating `zip_sequences.py` to ignore `_CURRENT` folders in addition to `_archive` folders.
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Tool use: **read_file** • Read file: zip_sequences.py
Tool use: **code_edit** • Edit file: zip_sequences.py
**Chunk 1**
Lines added: 1, lines removed: 1
```diff
@@ -123,5 +123,5 @@
def is_archive_path(path: Path) -> bool:
- return any(part == "_archive" for part in path.parts)
+ return any(part in ("_archive", "_CURRENT") for part in path.parts)
```
Tool use: **code_edit** • Edit file: zip_sequences.py
**Chunk 1**
Lines added: 1, lines removed: 1
```diff
@@ -129,5 +129,5 @@
for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(root):
path = Path(dirpath)
- dirnames[:] = [d for d in dirnames if d != "_archive"]
+ dirnames[:] = [d for d in dirnames if d not in ("_archive", "_CURRENT")]
if is_archive_path(path):
continue
```
Tool use: **code_edit** • Edit file: zip_sequences.py
**Chunk 1**
Lines added: 1, lines removed: 1
```diff
@@ -140,5 +140,5 @@
for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(seq_dir):
path = Path(dirpath)
- dirnames[:] = [d for d in dirnames if d != "_archive"]
+ dirnames[:] = [d for d in dirnames if d not in ("_archive", "_CURRENT")]
if is_archive_path(path):
continue
```
Tool use: **read_lints** • Read lints for 1 file
Lint paths:
- `zip_sequences.py`
Lint results
Lint errors for `zip_sequences.py`
| Message | Range | Severity |
|-------|-------|----------|
| Variable "source" is not accessed | 55:9-55:15 | DIAGNOSTIC_SEVERITY_HINT |
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Updated `zip_sequences.py` to ignore `_CURRENT` folders in addition to `_archive` folders. Changes:
1. **`is_archive_path` function** — checks for both `_archive` and `_CURRENT` in path parts
2. **`find_sequence_dirs` function** — filters out both `_archive` and `_CURRENT` from directory traversal
3. **`iter_sequence_files` function** — filters out both `_archive` and `_CURRENT` from directory traversal
The script now skips both `_archive` and `_CURRENT` folders when scanning for sequences to zip.
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_**User (2025-11-11 01:50Z)**_
I'm hitting a hard RAM bottleneck. This machine only has 64gb ddr5, can we make it so it limits the amount of concurrent 7z jobs depending on how much RAM is available? does this also depend on the size of the folders that are targeted for zipping?
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_**Agent (model default, mode Plan)**_
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Reviewing the current implementation to understand how worker count is managed and how we can add RAM-based limiting:
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Tool use: **read_file** • Read file: zip_sequences.py
Tool use: **read_file** • Read file: zip_sequences.py
Tool use: **read_file** • Read file: zip_sequences.py
Tool use: **codebase_search** • Searched codebase "How does Python zipfile compression use memory or RAM?" • **14** results
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|------|-------|
| `zip_sequences.py` | L199-326 |
| `zip_sequences.py` | L195-326 |
| `zip_sequences.py` | L202-382 |
| `compress_blend_files.bat` | L65 |
| `zip_sequences.py` | L42-114 |
| `zip_sequences.py` | L70 |
| `zip_sequences.py` | L329-387 |
| `zip_sequences.py` | L385-470 |
| `zip_sequences.py` | L387-517 |
| `zip_sequences.py` | L138-169 |
| `CONFIG.md` | L24 |
| `compress_blend_files.bat` | L63-116 |
| `zip_sequences.py` | L473-565 |
| `zip_sequences.py` | L181-195 |
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Creating the plan. Python's `zipfile` is more memory-efficient than 7z (typically hundreds of MB to a few GB), so we'll focus RAM limiting on 7z and apply conservative limits to zip if needed.
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Tool use: **create_plan**
Parameters:
```json
{
"plan": "# Add RAM-Based Worker Limiting to zip_sequences.py\n\n## Overview\nModify `zip_sequences.py` to limit concurrent compression jobs based on available RAM. Use a hybrid approach: estimate RAM per job from folder size for 7z compression, with fallback to simple per-job estimates.\n\n## Implementation Details\n\n### 1. Add RAM detection function\n- Create `get_available_ram()` function in `zip_sequences.py`\n- Use `psutil` if available (cross-platform), fallback to platform-specific methods (Windows: `ctypes` with `GlobalMemoryStatusEx`)\n- Return available RAM in bytes\n- Reserve ~20% of total RAM for system (leaving 80% usable, but accounting for multiple 7z instances)\n\n### 2. Estimate RAM usage per job\n- Create `estimate_ram_per_job(seq_dir: Path, seq_state: dict) -> int` function\n- For 7z: estimate based on folder size (total bytes from `seq_state`)\n - Formula: `max(base_ram, folder_size_bytes * compression_factor)`\n - Base RAM: ~500MB per job\n - Compression factor: ~0.1-0.2x for 7z (7z uses ~80% of available, but we need to account for multiple jobs)\n - For very large folders (>10GB), cap estimate at reasonable max (e.g., 8GB per job)\n- For zip: use conservative estimate (~1GB per job, zipfile is more memory-efficient)\n- Fallback: if estimation fails, use simple per-job estimate (2GB for 7z, 1GB for zip)\n\n### 3. Modify `max_workers()` function\n- Rename to `calculate_max_workers()` or extend to accept RAM constraints\n- Add parameters: `requested: int | None`, `work_items: list | None = None`\n- Calculate CPU-based limit (existing logic)\n- If `work_items` provided and using 7z:\n - Get available RAM\n - Estimate RAM per job for each work item\n - Calculate max workers: `min(cpu_limit, floor(available_ram / max(estimated_ram_per_job)))`\n - Ensure minimum of 1 worker\n- If using zip: apply conservative RAM limiting (e.g., max 4-6 workers regardless of CPU)\n- Return the minimum of CPU limit and RAM limit\n\n### 4. Update `run_zip()` function\n- Calculate work items first (existing logic)\n- Pass work items to `calculate_max_workers()` to get RAM-aware worker count\n- Log RAM-based worker limit if verbose\n- Use calculated worker count for ThreadPoolExecutor\n\n### 5. Handle missing dependencies\n- Make `psutil` optional (try/except import)\n- If `psutil` unavailable, use platform-specific fallback\n- Log warning if RAM detection fails, fall back to CPU-based limits\n\n## Files to Modify\n- `zip_sequences.py`: Add RAM detection, estimation, and worker limiting logic\n\n## Configuration\n- No config changes needed initially\n- Could add `maxRamUsage` or `ramReservePercent` to config.json later if needed\n\n## Testing Considerations\n- Test on systems with different RAM amounts (32GB, 64GB, 128GB+)\n- Test with large folders (>10GB) and small folders (<1GB)\n- Verify fallback behavior when psutil unavailable\n- Ensure minimum 1 worker is always used",
"name": "Add RAM-based worker limiting to zip_sequences",
"todos": [
{
"content": "Add get_available_ram() function with psutil support and Windows fallback",
"status": "pending",
"id": "add-ram-detection"
},
{
"content": "Add estimate_ram_per_job() function that estimates RAM based on folder size for 7z, conservative estimate for zip",
"status": "pending",
"id": "add-ram-estimation"
},
{
"content": "Modify max_workers() to accept work_items and calculate RAM-aware worker limits",
"status": "pending",
"id": "modify-max-workers",
"dependencies": [
"add-ram-detection",
"add-ram-estimation"
]
},
{
"content": "Update run_zip() to calculate work items first, then pass to max_workers() for RAM-aware limit",
"status": "pending",
"id": "update-run-zip",
"dependencies": [
"modify-max-workers"
]
},
{
"content": "Add verbose logging for RAM detection, estimation, and worker limit calculations",
"status": "pending",
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"dependencies": [
"modify-max-workers"
]
}
],
"overview": "Implement hybrid RAM-based worker limiting that estimates RAM usage per job based on folder size (for 7z) and dynamically adjusts concurrent workers to prevent RAM exhaustion on systems with limited memory."
}
```
Additional data:
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{
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"isShowingInput": false
}
}
```
Result:
```json
{
"accepted": {
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{
"content": "Add get_available_ram() function with psutil support and Windows fallback",
"status": "pending",
"id": "add-ram-detection"
},
{
"content": "Add estimate_ram_per_job() function that estimates RAM based on folder size for 7z, conservative estimate for zip",
"status": "pending",
"id": "add-ram-estimation"
},
{
"content": "Modify max_workers() to accept work_items and calculate RAM-aware worker limits",
"status": "pending",
"id": "modify-max-workers",
"dependencies": [
"add-ram-detection",
"add-ram-estimation"
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},
{
"content": "Update run_zip() to calculate work items first, then pass to max_workers() for RAM-aware limit",
"status": "pending",
"id": "update-run-zip",
"dependencies": [
"modify-max-workers"
]
},
{
"content": "Add verbose logging for RAM detection, estimation, and worker limit calculations",
"status": "pending",
"id": "add-logging",
"dependencies": [
"modify-max-workers"
]
}
]
}
}
```
Status: **completed**
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_**User (2025-11-11 01:50Z)**_
Implement the plan as specified, it is attached for your reference. Do NOT edit the plan file itself.
To-do's from the plan have already been created. Do not create them again. Mark them as in_progress as you work, starting with the first one. Don't stop until you have completed all the to-dos.
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_**Agent (model default, mode Agent)**_
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Reviewing the current code structure, then implementing the plan step by step.
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Tool use: **read_file** • Read file: zip_sequences.py
Tool use: **todo_write** • Todo List
- [-] Add get_available_ram() function with psutil support and Windows fallback
- [ ] Add estimate_ram_per_job() function that estimates RAM based on folder size for 7z, conservative estimate for zip
- [ ] Modify max_workers() to accept work_items and calculate RAM-aware worker limits
- [ ] Update run_zip() to calculate work items first, then pass to max_workers() for RAM-aware limit
- [ ] Add verbose logging for RAM detection, estimation, and worker limit calculations