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Bug (a): feature start stamped a stale base

fork_point() took the merge base with the local main. Clones that branch from origin/main rarely update their local main, so every feature they start records an old commit as base. In nimblefox-foundation, features f100 to f113 all carry c204858. feature done then diffs from that commit and reports hundreds of unrelated paths as unintentional.

fork_point() now tries, in order, the target of origin/HEAD, origin/main, origin/master, main and master, the same refs the merge driver's _default_tip uses. It returns the newest merge base, the one every other is an ancestor of, and prefers the remote-tracking base when they diverge. On the default branch itself it still records HEAD and warns.

Behaviour notes:

• Current branch master while the default is main: the result is now HEAD plus a warning, where it used to be the merge base with main. This is rare.
• A custom default such as origin/HEAD -> origin/trunk while on trunk: the short name of origin/HEAD's target counts as a default branch, the same as main and master. On it, start records HEAD and warns, as 0.31.1 did, so unpushed trunk commits don't fall into the change set silently. A test covers this.
• Existing features with a stale base, such as nimblefox-foundation's f100–f113, are not repaired. feature amend cannot change base, and base is part of the event key.

The docs describe the new rule (docs/features.md): the refs compared, the newest base by ancestry, the remote base preferred on divergence, and HEAD plus a warning on the default branch.

Bug (b): merge driver renumbering the default branch's features

0.31.1 (ff86e83) already fixes this. One test is added and the driver is unchanged. test_a_branch_merging_origin_main_in_keeps_main_feature_ids_with_a_stale_local_main merges origin/main into a branch while the local main is stale. Main's feature ids are kept and the branch's feature is renumbered after them. The test passes on 0.31.1 as it stands.

The driver only runs where docket init has registered it, because git reads the driver command from local config. The registered command is the bare docket merge-driver %O %A %B, so docket must be on PATH in the shell that runs git merge. Otherwise git reports a driver failure, not a docket error.

Tests

• New tests, all with real git repos and no mocks:
  • ten fork_point tests in tests/test_feature_outcome.py. Seven are regressions that fail on 0.31.1's fork_point: stale local main, diverged bases prefer the remote, a custom default via origin/HEAD, an unresolved origin/HEAD, on origin/HEAD's target branch, detached at the remote tip, and a new branch at the remote tip. Three pin behaviour 0.31.1 already had: local main only, a newer local main over origin/main, and on local main with a remote;
  • test_feature_start_records_the_fresh_fork_point, in its own class in tests/test_feature_cli.py;
  • the merge-driver test above.
• Before and after: those seven and the CLI test fail on 0.31.1's fork_point and pass with the fix; the other three pass on both.
• Results: tests.test_feature_outcome tests.test_feature_cli tests.test_merge_driver gives 193 tests OK. ruff@0.16.7 check and format --check are clean.

The changelog has an Unreleased entry.

Follow-ups (not in this PR)

• A remote not named origin is never consulted.
• On unrelated histories, the fallback warning says "this is the default branch", which is misleading.
• One existing test leaks /tmp/.docket/ledger.jsonl.

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docket feature start now selects a base by comparing merge bases from origin/HEAD and configured remote and local default refs. Tests cover ref selection, feature event data, and merge behavior when local main is stale.

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Feature Fork-Point Selection

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Select a base from default refs docket/feature_outcome.py, tests/test_feature_outcome.py, CHANGELOG.md	fork_point checks remote and local default refs, selects among their merge bases, and uses HEAD with a warning when no fork point is found. Tests cover stale and newer local refs, diverged refs, custom or unresolved origin/HEAD, and fallback cases. The changelog records the change.
Validate feature start and merge behavior tests/test_feature_cli.py, tests/test_merge_driver.py	The feature-start test checks that the first event stores the expected origin/main commit as its base. The merge test checks success and feature ID ordering when local main is stale.

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Possibly related PRs

• NovusEdge/docket#34: It changes merge-driver behavior for the same default-ref contract, and this PR adds an integration test that checks the resulting feature ID ordering.

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