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Running mise dot track again on a path that is already tracked went through the whole enrollment again. It asked for confirmation, rewrote the config file, recorded a fresh baseline checkpoint even when nothing had changed, and reported the path as newly tracked:

$ mise dot track ~/.config/nvim/lua/config/autocmds.lua
dotfiles: track ~/.config/nvim/lua/config/autocmds.lua? Yes
mise history: saved baseline checkpoint 51
mise dotfiles: tracking ~/.config/nvim/lua/config/autocmds.lua (declared in ~/.config/mise/config.toml)
mise history: watcher running; autosave-enabled files are saved automatically

Now, when the declaration would be written exactly as it already is, the command leaves the config file untouched, skips the prompt, and says so. This applies to both inline and [dotfiles."path"] table declarations:

$ mise dot track ~/.config/nvim/lua/config/autocmds.lua
mise dotfiles: ~/.config/nvim/lua/config/autocmds.lua is already tracked (declared in ~/.config/mise/config.toml)

A re-track still records a checkpoint when there is something to record. That covers file contents changed since the newest checkpoint, and a hand-edited declaration (for example, a new include list) that history has not picked up yet. Tracking with a flag that changes the declaration, such as --no-autosave or --os, still rewrites it and prompts as before. In a command that mixes new and already-tracked paths, the prompt lists only the new ones. Repeating a path in one command treats it as one target. Re-tracking an autosave-enabled path still reports watcher health, including a stopped-watcher warning.

Reported in #13638.

Validation

• mise run test:e2e test_dotfiles_retrack passes on the current head. It covers unchanged inline and long-form declarations, changed contents, declaration-changing flags, duplicate targets, watcher warnings, and a declined interactive prompt with mixed paths.
• mise run lint-fix and cargo clippy --workspace --all-features --all-targets -- -D warnings pass.

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Changes dotfiles enrollment and history baseline/checkpoint skipping; behavior is well covered by new e2e tests but affects user config and git history state.

Overview
mise dot track on a path whose declaration already matches what the command would write is now treated as a re-track, not a fresh enrollment.

Re-tracks leave the config file unchanged (inline and long-form [dotfiles."path"] tables), skip the confirmation prompt when every target is a re-track, and log is already tracked instead of tracking. Declaration files are written only when something actually changed (DeclarationEdit.changed), and duplicate path spellings in one invocation are deduplicated before editing.

Baseline capture still runs on re-track, but history Draft.skip_unchanged avoids creating a checkpoint when the snapshot matches the newest one—so unchanged re-tracks do not bump git HEAD. Re-tracks with edited file contents or flags that change the declaration (e.g. --no-autosave, --os) behave as before: rewrite, prompt when needed, and save when there is a diff. Mixed new + already-tracked paths prompt only for the new ones; watcher health is reported when any involved path has autosave enabled.

Adds e2e/cli/test_dotfiles_retrack for these scenarios. mise.lock picks up repository_id / repository_owner_id metadata on several packslip tools (unrelated lock refresh).

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• Bug Fixes
  • Re-tracking an unchanged dotfile now reports it as already tracked, preserves its declaration format, and avoids creating an unnecessary checkpoint.
  • Changes to a tracked dotfile are saved when it is re-tracked, and updates to tracking options are reflected in its declaration. Repeated spellings of the same target are handled as one change.
  • When tracking a new dotfile alongside an already-tracked one, declining the prompt skips the existing file without preventing the new file from being tracked and baselined.

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The dotfile tracking command now identifies targets whose existing declarations match the requested options. It avoids rewriting matching declarations and skips unchanged checkpoints when every target is already tracked.

Changes

Dotfile re-tracking

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Declaration matching and command handling src/cli/dotfiles/track.rs, e2e/cli/test_dotfiles_retrack	The command compares existing declarations with generated entries. It reports matching targets as already tracked, excludes them from confirmation, and writes declaration files only when entries change. The regression test covers unchanged re-tracking, edits, changed options, duplicate target spellings, and adding a new path.
Re-track baseline deduplication src/cli/dotfiles/track.rs, src/system/history/checkpoint.rs	The command marks baseline drafts for deduplication when all targets are re-tracks. Checkpoint storage skips an unchanged snapshot when the draft enables deduplication and the existing tree and permission-mode checks pass.

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Change: Bug fix

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 2e64e

Re-tracking an unchanged dotfile avoids rewriting its declaration and creating a redundant baseline; changed contents and declaration-changing options retain their recording paths. No actionable merge risk is established.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 2e64e

The changed behavior is limited to already-tracked paths whose declarations match. Changed contents and newly tracked paths still require a checkpoint. No security regression was identified, though use of the new public option outside this repository could not be assessed.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

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Security Blast Radius

• inferred — The observed CLI effect is confined to declaration handling and checkpoint history for the invoking user's tracked paths. The public Draft field permits other Rust callers to opt in, but their existence and behavior outside this repository are unknown.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

• observed — A retrack requires a matching declaration from the same configuration path. Even after opt-in, the store enforces snapshot and mode equality before omitting a checkpoint.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

• observed — A failed baseline does not produce tracking-success output, and declaration edits made by the operation are restored on error. Static inspection did not execute interruption or recovery paths.

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[Medium risk] Changes how dotfiles tracking handles already-tracked paths.

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Summary

The PR makes mise dot track recognize unchanged existing declarations without prompting, rewriting config, or creating a redundant checkpoint.

• It preserves baseline capture when tracked content changes and reports watcher health on re-track.
• It adds end-to-end coverage for declaration formats, changed content, duplicate targets, and mixed-path prompts.
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Nothing was compared, and so nothing was gated. No series appears on both sides: either the base has no measurements recorded, or the two were measured on different runner classes, which are deliberately not comparable — counts shift between machine types by more than a real regression does.

New, nothing to compare against: env on jdx-perf-v1-ubuntu24.04-x64-mise-rust1.97.1-img5263c143, hook-env on jdx-perf-v1-ubuntu24.04-x64-mise-rust1.97.1-img5263c143, ls on jdx-perf-v1-ubuntu24.04-x64-mise-rust1.97.1-img5263c143, registry on jdx-perf-v1-ubuntu24.04-x64-mise-rust1.97.1-img5263c143, startup on jdx-perf-v1-ubuntu24.04-x64-mise-rust1.97.1-img5263c143

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