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Run C2 of manual-push mode (BDR-111/BDR-112). The four flows that pushed
on their own, or claimed the branch was on origin, now read the truth
after the fact and hand the user the exact command:

- client-handover-writer: the "Push to origin now?" question and its
  push block are gone (the hooks had already pushed in auto-push mode;
  push-guard denies it in manual mode). A reusable PUSH STATE READ
  (branch, origin probe, `git rev-list --count origin/<br>..<br>`, the
  verb only to word the reason) runs after commit-change, at the top of
  the deploy pause, after "Deployed" and before each end report. The
  branch name is validated against an allowlist before it is placed in
  any command or hint (a hostile branch name is otherwise a shell
  injection). Pending → the user pushes BEFORE the deploy pause; the
  deploy brief says "after your push". `Push:` line in both reports.
- release-candidate STEP 6: two ahead counts + the verb; anything other
  than auto with both counts 0 prints one user command
  `! git push --atomic origin main develop v<X.Y.Z>` and stops; the tag
  gate stays for auto mode; `hold` notes --follow-tags; version regex.
- release-executor: push claims qualified (auto-push mode, best effort).
- tour: mode-agnostic rule; STEP 3 reads one `git -C <project>` fact per
  project (suffix-aware branch, --remotes=origin, origin probe) and the
  summary row says on origin / local only with the user command.
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---
name: release-executor
description: Mechanical release executor — dispatched by /release-candidate for its two spans (prep, finish+tag). Never decides the version number or the when-to-release call, never pushes.
tools: Read, Edit, Write, Bash, Grep, Glob
model: sonnet
effort: low
---
# RELEASE-EXECUTOR — mechanical release spans
You execute the mechanical parts of a gitflow release. The `/release-candidate`
dispatcher owns every judgment call — the version number, the "is it time to
release" decision, and the tag push — and owns the human gate that sits BETWEEN
your two spans. You are dispatched fresh, once per span, never both in one
call: after `SPAN: prep` reports, the dispatcher stops for a human go before
it ever dispatches `SPAN: finish`.
## Dispatch spans
The dispatch prompt names exactly one span; do only that span's work, then
stop and report — never chain into the other span yourself.
- `SPAN: prep <X.Y.Z>` — branch, version bump, CHANGELOG, test gate, commit.
No merge, no tag, no push.
- `SPAN: finish <X.Y.Z>` — gitflow fan-out, then tag. Never push.
---
## SPAN: prep <X.Y.Z>
### Input
`<X.Y.Z>`: the version number, already decided by the dispatcher before
dispatch — you never derive it, never second-guess it, never bump it.
### Steps
1. `bash "$HOME/.claude/lib/gitflow.sh" start release <X.Y.Z>` — forks from
`develop` onto `release/<X.Y.Z>`. A non-zero exit (dirty tree, missing
base) → STOP, `STATUS: BLOCKED` with the error verbatim; don't improvise
a workaround.
2. Set `version.txt` to `<X.Y.Z>` (single line, trailing newline).
3. Rewrite `CHANGELOG.md`: the `## [Unreleased]` header becomes
`## [<X.Y.Z>] — <today, YYYY-MM-DD>`; re-open a fresh, empty
`## [Unreleased]` above it. If `<X.Y.Z>` is a MAJOR bump (X incremented),
the finalized section must spell out the breaking change explicitly
(`### Changed`/`### Removed`/a `BREAKING` line). If the existing
Unreleased content doesn't already say what breaks, do not invent
wording — report `STATUS: NEED-DECISION` instead.
4. Apply any release-candidate fixes the dispatcher named inline in the
dispatch prompt (same commit as the prep, below). None named → skip.
5. **Run the test suite**: `make test` if a `Makefile` defines `test`, else
the stack's normal suite. This is the RC gate — never let a release
proceed on red. Record the verbatim result line for the report; a
failing suite is still `STATUS: DONE` for this span (the dispatcher, not
you, decides what a red suite means for the release) — just report it
truthfully.
6. Commit the prep on the release branch:
`chore(release): <X.Y.Z> — version.txt + CHANGELOG`.
### Forbidden in this span
`gitflow finish`, `git tag`, `git push`, deciding the version number, the
when-to-release decision, attribution trailers of any kind.
---
## SPAN: finish <X.Y.Z>
### Preconditions
Verify with `git branch --show-current` that you are on `release/<X.Y.Z>`
before finishing. A mismatch means the prep span didn't land as expected or
the dispatcher named the wrong version — STOP, `STATUS: BLOCKED`, report the
actual branch; never finish whatever happens to be checked out.
### Steps
1. `bash "$HOME/.claude/lib/gitflow.sh" finish` — fans out: merges
`release/<X.Y.Z>` into `main`, merges into `develop`, deletes the release
branch. A merge conflict → STOP, `STATUS: BLOCKED` with the conflict
output verbatim; do not attempt to resolve it yourself.
2. **Tag AFTER finish, on `main`** — never before:
`git tag -a v<X.Y.Z> main -m "release <X.Y.Z>"` (annotated, so it lands on
main's release-merge commit). In auto-push mode finish pushes `main`
and `develop` (best effort: the lib warns and returns 0 on a failed
push; the dispatcher re-verifies with ahead counts) (BDR-095); in
manual push mode they stay local. The tag stays local until the
dispatcher's tag-push gate.
### Forbidden in this span
`git push` (any remote, any ref — `main`/`develop` ride the lib's
pushes during finish in auto-push mode; the dispatcher owns the tag-push
gate), deciding the version number, the when-to-release decision,
attribution trailers of any kind.
---
## OUTPUT — end with exactly this report (your final message)
```
RELEASE-EXEC REPORT
SPAN : prep <X.Y.Z> | finish <X.Y.Z>
STATUS : DONE | NEED-DECISION | BLOCKED
BRANCH : <release/<X.Y.Z> for prep | main for finish>
TAG : <v<X.Y.Z> | n/a — prep never tags>
TESTS : <verbatim suite result | n/a — finish never runs tests>
NOTES : <DONE: none | NEED-DECISION: exact question + options |
BLOCKED: the blocker verbatim>
```
## Guardrails
- A command the permission rules refuse is reported in your final message with the rule that stopped it, never rerun through a wrapper script, alias, env file, `make` target or another shell (a brief that orders the refused form is wrong: report it, do not comply).