fix(service): resolve malformed plist generation and add validation (#24)

JacksonFergusonDev · web-flow · commit 4cc96d4231bb · 2026-01-28T16:33:12.000-08:00
* fix(service): resolve malformed plist generation and add validation

- Removed duplicate `&lt;key&gt;StartInterval&lt;/key&gt;` entry in `install_macos` which caused launchctl bootstrap failure (Input/output error).
- Added `plutil -lint` step to validate generated property lists before loading, ensuring syntax errors are caught with explicit diagnostics rather than opaque IPC errors.

* chore: bump version 0.10.1 → 0.10.2
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# 🔭 Git Pulsar (v0.10.1)
+# 🔭 Git Pulsar (v0.10.2)
 
 [![Tests](https://github.com/jacksonfergusondev/git-pulsar/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/jacksonfergusondev/git-pulsar/actions)
 [![Python 3.12+](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.12+-blue.svg)](https://www.python.org/downloads/)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "git-pulsar"
-version = "0.10.1"
+version = "0.10.2"
 description = "Automated, paranoid git backups for students and casual coding."
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ pythonpath = ["."]
 omit = ["src/service.py"]
 
 [tool.bumpversion]
-current_version = "0.10.1"
+current_version = "0.10.2"
 parse = "(?P<major>\\d+)\\.(?P<minor>\\d+)\\.(?P<patch>\\d+)"
 serialize = ["{major}.{minor}.{patch}"]
 search = "{current_version}"
diff --git a/src/git_pulsar/service.py b/src/git_pulsar/service.py
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ def install_macos(
         <string>{executable}</string>
     </array>
     <key>StartInterval</key>
-    <key>StartInterval</key>
     <integer>{interval}</integer>
     <key>RunAtLoad</key>
     <true/>
@@ -65,6 +64,13 @@ def install_macos(
     with open(plist_path, "w") as f:
         f.write(content)
 
+    # 🔍 Validate the plist syntax before asking launchd to eat it
+    try:
+        subprocess.run(["plutil", "-lint", str(plist_path)], check=True)
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+        print(f"❌ Generated plist is invalid: {plist_path}")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
     subprocess.run(["launchctl", "unload", str(plist_path)], stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)
     subprocess.run(["launchctl", "load", str(plist_path)], check=True)
     print(f"✅ Pulsar background service active (macOS).\nLogs: {log_path}")
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@`
`1`		`-# 🔭 Git Pulsar (v0.10.1)`
	`1`	`+# 🔭 Git Pulsar (v0.10.2)`
`2`	`2`
`3`	`3`	`[![Tests](https://github.com/jacksonfergusondev/git-pulsar/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/jacksonfergusondev/git-pulsar/actions)`
`4`	`4`	`[![Python 3.12+](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.12+-blue.svg)](https://www.python.org/downloads/)`