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There's a case where a stack is partially merged and not av synced. In
this case, the parent branch of the not-yet-merged branch no longer
exists on GitHub in many cases (but we can get the PR info via GraphQL
API). The current implementation fails on git-fetch as the branch
doesn't exist.

This change skips those merged branches and adopt only branches that are
still open. The branch metadata is (locally) updated to have a trunk
branch as the parent.

There was an issue that we couldn't restack those branches, but with a
series of changes around the branching point (such as
e3a2206)
makes it possible to support this case.

There's a case where a stack is partially merged and not `av sync`ed. In
this case, the parent branch of the not-yet-merged branch no longer
exists on GitHub in many cases (but we can get the PR info via GraphQL
API). The current implementation fails on git-fetch as the branch
doesn't exist.

This change skips those merged branches and adopt only branches that are
still open. The branch metadata is (locally) updated to have a trunk
branch as the parent.

There was an issue that we couldn't restack those branches, but with a
series of changes around the branching point (such as
e3a2206)
makes it possible to support this case.
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    • 🔒 cmd/av/adopt.go
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Summary of Changes

Hello @draftcode, I'm Gemini Code Assist1! I'm currently reviewing this pull request and will post my feedback shortly. In the meantime, here's a summary to help you and other reviewers quickly get up to speed!

This pull request significantly enhances the av adopt command's ability to manage complex stacked branches, particularly in scenarios where parts of a stack have been merged or closed without being fully synchronized. It introduces logic to dynamically adjust branch parentage, ensuring that adoption processes correctly identify and link to active upstream branches. Furthermore, it improves the resilience of the system by gracefully handling pull requests that may be missing expected metadata, preventing failures and providing a more consistent user experience for stack management.

Highlights

  • Dynamic Parent Re-assignment: The system now intelligently re-parents branches whose immediate parent pull requests are merged or closed. If a parent PR is not open, the branch's parent is updated to the nearest open ancestor or the trunk branch, ensuring stack integrity.
  • Filtered Adoption Targets: The av adopt command will now only consider currently open pull requests as valid targets for adoption, preventing issues with partially merged stacks.
  • Improved Metadata Handling: The system is more robust when encountering pull requests that lack Aviator's internal metadata. Instead of failing, it now defaults the parent and trunk to the base branch name, allowing for smoother operation.
  • New Error Type: A new sentinel error, ErrNoPRMetadata, has been introduced to explicitly signal when Aviator metadata is missing from a pull request body, improving error clarity and handling.
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This pull request addresses an issue with adopting partially merged stacks where parent branches of open PRs might have been deleted from the remote after being merged. The changes introduce a fallback for PRs without av metadata, treating them as stack roots, and modify the adoption logic to correctly re-parent branches whose parents are merged or closed.

The introduction of ErrNoPRMetadata and handling it in get_remote_stacked_pr.go is a clean way to support adopting branches not created by av. The logic to filter only open PRs for adoption in adopt.go is also correct.

However, I've found a critical issue in cmd/av/adopt.go within the initAdoption function. The logic to find the new parent for a branch in a partially merged stack has a bug where the updated parent is not assigned to the branch being adopted. Additionally, it could lead to an infinite loop if a parent branch is not found in the provided map. I've left a detailed comment with a suggested fix.

@aviator-app aviator-app bot merged commit 89c8ecc into master Nov 4, 2025
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