diff --git a/frontend/src/api/snippets.ts b/frontend/src/api/snippets.ts
index 6b4a025..6b400dd 100644
--- a/frontend/src/api/snippets.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/api/snippets.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ export interface SnippetFields {
path: string;
symbol: string;
locations: SnippetLocation[];
+ /** Ids of the snippets folded into this one by merge, oldest first. Read-only:
+ * merge is the only thing that adds to it, and an edit carries it forward. */
+ merged_from: number[];
code: string;
}
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/SnippetDetailView.vue b/frontend/src/views/SnippetDetailView.vue
index 6718ac5..3d72f92 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/SnippetDetailView.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/views/SnippetDetailView.vue
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ const canWrite = computed(() => {
const locations = computed(() => snippet.value?.snippet.locations ?? []);
+// What this record absorbed. Merge keeps the target's fields and trashes the
+// sources, so this line is the only visible trace that the variants existed.
+const mergedFrom = computed(() => snippet.value?.snippet.merged_from ?? []);
+
function locParts(loc: { repo: string; path: string; symbol: string }): string[] {
return [loc.repo, loc.path, loc.symbol].filter((p) => p && p.trim());
}
@@ -110,6 +114,15 @@ async function confirmDelete() {
Language
{{ snippet.snippet.language }}
+
+ Merged from
+
+ #{{ mid }}
+
+ folded in here — the originals are in the trash
+
+
+
@@ -274,6 +287,16 @@ async function confirmDelete() {
gap: 0.35rem;
align-items: center;
}
+.merged-from {
+ display: flex;
+ flex-wrap: wrap;
+ gap: 0.35rem;
+ align-items: baseline;
+}
+.merged-hint {
+ color: var(--color-text-muted);
+ font-size: 0.8rem;
+}
.code-block {
border: 1px solid var(--color-border);
diff --git a/src/scribe/mcp/tools/snippets.py b/src/scribe/mcp/tools/snippets.py
index f2a93fe..6d2e319 100644
--- a/src/scribe/mcp/tools/snippets.py
+++ b/src/scribe/mcp/tools/snippets.py
@@ -243,6 +243,10 @@ async def merge_snippets(target_id: int, source_ids: list[int]) -> dict:
trash (recoverable). The survivor is re-embedded so recall stops surfacing the
now-merged duplicates.
+ The survivor records what it absorbed as `merged_from` (in its `snippet`
+ fields and as a "Merged from: #ids" line in the body), so a variant that got
+ folded in leaves a trace outside the trash. It accumulates across merges.
+
Args:
target_id: The snippet to keep (the canonical record).
source_ids: Snippet ids to fold into the target and retire. Ids that
diff --git a/src/scribe/services/snippets.py b/src/scribe/services/snippets.py
index 94a37b5..94c92d5 100644
--- a/src/scribe/services/snippets.py
+++ b/src/scribe/services/snippets.py
@@ -120,6 +120,23 @@ def _render_location_block(locations: list[dict]) -> str | None:
return f"**Locations:**\n{lines}"
+def _normalize_merged_from(ids: list[int] | None) -> list[int]:
+ """Merge provenance as a clean id list: ints only, no dups, order kept.
+
+ Order is history, not sorting — earlier merges stay first, so the list reads
+ as the sequence of things folded in.
+ """
+ out: list[int] = []
+ for raw in ids or []:
+ try:
+ i = int(raw)
+ except (TypeError, ValueError):
+ continue
+ if i > 0 and i not in out:
+ out.append(i)
+ return out
+
+
def compose_body(
*,
code: str,
@@ -130,6 +147,7 @@ def compose_body(
path: str = "",
symbol: str = "",
locations: list[dict] | None = None,
+ merged_from: list[int] | None = None,
) -> str:
"""Render structured fields into the snippet body markdown. Empty fields are
omitted so the body stays clean.
@@ -151,6 +169,14 @@ def compose_body(
loc_block = _render_location_block(locs)
if loc_block:
header.append(loc_block)
+ merged = _normalize_merged_from(merged_from)
+ if merged:
+ # Human-readable mirror of data["merged_from"]. Without it, a merge folds
+ # variants in and the record of what was absorbed lives only in the trash
+ # — recoverable only by someone who already knows to go looking.
+ header.append(
+ "**Merged from:** " + ", ".join(f"#{i}" for i in merged)
+ )
fence_lang = (language or "").strip().lower()
code_block = f"```{fence_lang}\n{(code or '').rstrip()}\n```"
if header:
@@ -166,7 +192,9 @@ _LOC_RE = re.compile(r"^\*\*Location:\*\*\s*(.+?)\s*$", re.MULTILINE)
_LOCS_RE = re.compile(
r"^\*\*Locations:\*\*[ \t]*\n((?:[ \t]*-[ \t]*.+\n?)+)", re.MULTILINE
)
+_MERGED_RE = re.compile(r"^\*\*Merged from:\*\*\s*(.+?)\s*$", re.MULTILINE)
_CODE_RE = re.compile(r"```([\w+.#-]*)\n(.*?)\n```", re.DOTALL)
+_ID_RE = re.compile(r"#(\d+)")
def _parse_location_str(s: str) -> dict | None:
@@ -202,6 +230,7 @@ def parse_snippet_fields(
"path": "",
"symbol": "",
"locations": [],
+ "merged_from": [],
"code": "",
}
@@ -235,6 +264,12 @@ def parse_snippet_fields(
fields["path"] = locations[0]["path"]
fields["symbol"] = locations[0]["symbol"]
+ m = _MERGED_RE.search(body)
+ if m:
+ fields["merged_from"] = _normalize_merged_from(
+ [int(i) for i in _ID_RE.findall(m.group(1))]
+ )
+
m = _CODE_RE.search(body)
if m:
fields["language"] = m.group(1).strip()
@@ -254,7 +289,9 @@ def parse_snippet_fields(
# Fields kept in `data`. Code is deliberately absent: the body already holds it,
# and copying a blob into the column we index *around* would be pure weight.
-_DATA_FIELDS = ("name", "when_to_use", "signature", "language", "locations")
+_DATA_FIELDS = (
+ "name", "when_to_use", "signature", "language", "locations", "merged_from",
+)
def compose_data(
@@ -264,6 +301,7 @@ def compose_data(
signature: str = "",
language: str = "",
locations: list[dict] | None = None,
+ merged_from: list[int] | None = None,
) -> dict:
"""Build the `notes.data` mirror of a snippet's structured fields.
@@ -284,6 +322,9 @@ def compose_data(
locs = _normalize_locations(locations)
if locs:
out["locations"] = locs
+ merged = _normalize_merged_from(merged_from)
+ if merged:
+ out["merged_from"] = merged
return out
@@ -478,6 +519,9 @@ async def update_snippet(
code=merged["code"], language=merged["language"],
signature=merged["signature"], when_to_use=merged["when_to_use"],
locations=merged_locations,
+ # Carried, never set here: an ordinary edit must not erase the record
+ # of what was folded in, and only a merge may add to it.
+ merged_from=merged.get("merged_from"),
),
# Re-derived from the same merged field set as the body, so an edit can't
# leave the indexed mirror describing the previous version.
@@ -485,6 +529,7 @@ async def update_snippet(
name=merged["name"], when_to_use=merged["when_to_use"],
signature=merged["signature"], language=merged["language"],
locations=merged_locations,
+ merged_from=merged.get("merged_from"),
),
}
# Recompute tags: keep any non-language, non-marker tags the note already had
@@ -566,8 +611,16 @@ async def merge_snippets(user_id: int, target_id: int, source_ids: list[int]):
cross-owner merge stays out of scope (#231) — and must itself be writable;
sources failing either test are skipped rather than silently half-merged.
+ The survivor records what it absorbed as `merged_from` — in the `data` mirror
+ and as a `**Merged from:** #ids` line in the body, written from one value like
+ every other field. It accumulates across merges and ordinary edits carry it
+ forward; only a merge adds to it.
+
Returns (merged_target_note, merged_source_ids), or None if the target isn't
- a snippet the caller can see."""
+ a snippet the caller can see. Note the returned ids are the sources actually
+ TRASHED, while `merged_from` is everything folded in — they differ only if a
+ source vanished between the field union and the trash call, which leaves the
+ source visible rather than losing anything."""
from scribe.services.access import can_write_note
target = await get_snippet(user_id, target_id)
if target is None:
@@ -596,13 +649,22 @@ async def merge_snippets(user_id: int, target_id: int, source_ids: list[int]):
parsed_sources = [(snippet_fields(s), s.tags) for s in sources]
locations, extra_tags = merge_snippet_fields(tgt_fields, target.tags, parsed_sources)
+ # Provenance: what this record absorbed, and when it absorbed it, in order.
+ # Merge keeps the target's scalar fields and trashes the sources, so without
+ # this the fact that a variant ever existed survives only in the trash — and
+ # only for someone who already knew to go looking. Accumulated, not replaced:
+ # a target merged twice keeps both histories.
+ merged_from = _normalize_merged_from(
+ list(tgt_fields.get("merged_from") or []) + [s.id for s in sources]
+ )
+
# Owner-scoped write, authorised above — same reason as update_snippet.
updated = await notes_svc.update_note(
owner_id, target_id,
body=compose_body(
code=tgt_fields["code"], language=tgt_fields["language"],
signature=tgt_fields["signature"], when_to_use=tgt_fields["when_to_use"],
- locations=locations,
+ locations=locations, merged_from=merged_from,
),
tags=compose_tags(tgt_fields["language"], extra_tags),
# The survivor's location set grew, so its mirror has to grow with it —
@@ -611,7 +673,7 @@ async def merge_snippets(user_id: int, target_id: int, source_ids: list[int]):
data=compose_data(
name=tgt_fields["name"], when_to_use=tgt_fields["when_to_use"],
signature=tgt_fields["signature"], language=tgt_fields["language"],
- locations=locations,
+ locations=locations, merged_from=merged_from,
),
)
if updated is None:
diff --git a/tests/test_services_snippets.py b/tests/test_services_snippets.py
index e6f364b..a6246e2 100644
--- a/tests/test_services_snippets.py
+++ b/tests/test_services_snippets.py
@@ -235,20 +235,57 @@ def test_data_and_body_round_trip_to_the_same_fields():
# serializers get their own argument lists rather than a shared spread.
title = s.compose_title(name, when)
body = s.compose_body(code="const x = 1", language=lang, signature=sig,
- when_to_use=when, locations=locs)
+ when_to_use=when, locations=locs, merged_from=[41, 42])
tags = s.compose_tags(lang)
from_body = s.snippet_fields(_Note(title=title, body=body, tags=tags))
from_data = s.snippet_fields(_Note(
title=title, body=body, tags=tags,
data=s.compose_data(name=name, when_to_use=when, signature=sig,
- language=lang, locations=locs),
+ language=lang, locations=locs, merged_from=[41, 42]),
))
for key in ("name", "when_to_use", "signature", "language", "locations",
- "repo", "path", "symbol", "code"):
+ "merged_from", "repo", "path", "symbol", "code"):
assert from_body[key] == from_data[key], key
+# --- merge provenance (#2087) ------------------------------------------------
+
+def test_normalize_merged_from_keeps_history_order_and_drops_junk():
+ """Order is history, not sorting — earlier merges stay first."""
+ assert s._normalize_merged_from([9, 3, 9, "4", None, 0, -2, "x"]) == [9, 3, 4]
+ assert s._normalize_merged_from(None) == []
+
+
+def test_compose_body_renders_merged_from_and_parse_reads_it_back():
+ body = s.compose_body(code="x = 1", merged_from=[12, 13])
+ assert "**Merged from:** #12, #13" in body
+ got = s.parse_snippet_fields("n — u", body, None)
+ assert got["merged_from"] == [12, 13]
+ # The code fence still comes last — provenance is header metadata.
+ assert body.rstrip().endswith("```")
+
+
+def test_compose_body_omits_merged_from_when_there_is_none():
+ """A snippet that was never merged says nothing about merging."""
+ assert "Merged from" not in s.compose_body(code="x = 1")
+ assert s.parse_snippet_fields("n — u", "```\nx = 1\n```", None)["merged_from"] == []
+
+
+def test_compose_data_mirrors_merged_from():
+ assert s.compose_data(name="f", merged_from=[3, 3, 2])["merged_from"] == [3, 2]
+ assert "merged_from" not in s.compose_data(name="f")
+
+
+def test_snippet_fields_prefers_the_data_columns_merged_from():
+ """Same rule as every other mirrored field: `data` wins when it's populated,
+ so a hand-edited body can't silently rewrite the merge history."""
+ body = s.compose_body(code="x = 1", merged_from=[12])
+ note = _Note(title="n — u", body=body, tags=["snippet"],
+ data=s.compose_data(name="n", merged_from=[12, 13]))
+ assert s.snippet_fields(note)["merged_from"] == [12, 13]
+
+
def test_snippet_to_dict_includes_parsed_fields():
class FakeNote:
title = "debounce — rate-limit"
diff --git a/tests/test_snippet_merge_provenance.py b/tests/test_snippet_merge_provenance.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9fc6bb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_snippet_merge_provenance.py
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+"""Merge records what it absorbed (#2087).
+
+Merging keeps the target's scalar fields, unions locations + tags, and trashes
+the sources. Without provenance the fact that a variant ever existed survives
+only in the trash — and only for someone who already knew to go looking. So the
+survivor carries `merged_from`, written to the body and the indexed mirror from
+one value, and ordinary edits must carry it forward rather than erase it.
+"""
+from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock, patch
+
+import pytest
+
+from scribe.services import snippets as s
+
+
+def _snippet(id=1, owner=9, body=None, data=None, tags=None):
+ n = MagicMock()
+ n.id = id
+ n.user_id = owner
+ n.title = "formatDuration — humanize a millisecond count"
+ n.body = body if body is not None else s.compose_body(code="x = 1", language="ts")
+ n.tags = tags if tags is not None else ["ts", "snippet"]
+ n.note_type = "snippet"
+ n.deleted_at = None
+ # Explicitly None — snippet_fields prefers `data` when truthy, and an
+ # auto-MagicMock attribute is truthy (note 2109).
+ n.data = data
+ return n
+
+
+async def _run_merge(target, sources, source_ids):
+ """Drive merge_snippets with the DB stubbed out; return update_note's kwargs."""
+ by_id = {target.id: target, **{x.id: x for x in sources}}
+
+ async def fake_get(_uid, sid):
+ return by_id.get(sid)
+
+ with patch.object(s, "get_snippet", AsyncMock(side_effect=fake_get)), \
+ patch("scribe.services.access.can_write_note", AsyncMock(return_value=True)), \
+ patch.object(s.notes_svc, "update_note",
+ AsyncMock(return_value=target)) as mock_update, \
+ patch("scribe.services.trash.delete", AsyncMock(return_value=object())), \
+ patch.object(s, "_embed_snippet", MagicMock()):
+ await s.merge_snippets(7, target.id, source_ids)
+ return mock_update.await_args.kwargs
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_merge_records_what_it_absorbed_in_body_and_mirror():
+ kwargs = await _run_merge(
+ _snippet(id=1), [_snippet(id=2), _snippet(id=3)], [2, 3],
+ )
+ assert "**Merged from:** #2, #3" in kwargs["body"]
+ assert kwargs["data"]["merged_from"] == [2, 3]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_merge_accumulates_across_merges():
+ """A target merged twice keeps both histories — the second merge must not
+ replace the record of the first."""
+ target = _snippet(id=1, data=s.compose_data(name="f", merged_from=[2]))
+ kwargs = await _run_merge(target, [_snippet(id=3)], [3])
+ assert kwargs["data"]["merged_from"] == [2, 3]
+ assert "**Merged from:** #2, #3" in kwargs["body"]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_merge_does_not_record_a_skipped_cross_owner_source():
+ """A source owned by someone else is skipped, not folded in (#231) — so it
+ must not appear in the provenance either, or the record would claim to
+ contain something it never absorbed."""
+ kwargs = await _run_merge(
+ _snippet(id=1, owner=9),
+ [_snippet(id=2, owner=9), _snippet(id=3, owner=42)],
+ [2, 3],
+ )
+ assert kwargs["data"]["merged_from"] == [2]
+ assert "#3" not in kwargs["body"]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_an_ordinary_edit_carries_provenance_forward():
+ """Only a merge may add to it, but nothing else may drop it — update
+ recomposes body and mirror from scratch, so an omission here would silently
+ erase the history on the next unrelated edit."""
+ note = _snippet(id=1, data=s.compose_data(name="f", language="ts",
+ merged_from=[2, 3]))
+ with patch.object(s, "get_snippet", AsyncMock(return_value=note)), \
+ patch("scribe.services.access.can_write_note", AsyncMock(return_value=True)), \
+ patch.object(s.notes_svc, "update_note",
+ AsyncMock(return_value=note)) as mock_update, \
+ patch.object(s, "_embed_snippet", MagicMock()):
+ await s.update_snippet(7, 1, signature="f(ms) -> string")
+
+ kwargs = mock_update.await_args.kwargs
+ assert kwargs["data"]["merged_from"] == [2, 3]
+ assert "**Merged from:** #2, #3" in kwargs["body"]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_a_pre_0070_row_keeps_provenance_through_the_body():
+ """Rows written before the `data` column are never backfilled, so the body
+ line is their only copy — and it has to survive an edit too."""
+ body = s.compose_body(code="x = 1", language="ts", merged_from=[5])
+ note = _snippet(id=1, body=body, data=None)
+ with patch.object(s, "get_snippet", AsyncMock(return_value=note)), \
+ patch("scribe.services.access.can_write_note", AsyncMock(return_value=True)), \
+ patch.object(s.notes_svc, "update_note",
+ AsyncMock(return_value=note)) as mock_update, \
+ patch.object(s, "_embed_snippet", MagicMock()):
+ await s.update_snippet(7, 1, when_to_use="humanize a ms count")
+
+ assert "**Merged from:** #5" in mock_update.await_args.kwargs["body"]