v2.14.1

.gitea/workflows/default_nottags.yaml

@@ -6,19 +6,19 @@ on:
       - '**'
 
 env:
-  IMAGE: code.foss.global/hosttoday/ht-docker-node:npmci
+  IMAGE: code.foss.global/host.today/ht-docker-node:npmci
-  NPMCI_COMPUTED_REPOURL: https://${{gitea.repository_owner}}:${{secrets.GITEA_TOKEN}}@/${{gitea.repository}}.git
+  NPMCI_COMPUTED_REPOURL: https://${-{gitea.repository_owner}-}:${-{secrets.GITEA_TOKEN}-}@{{module.githost}}/${-{gitea.repository}-}.git
-  NPMCI_TOKEN_NPM: ${{secrets.NPMCI_TOKEN_NPM}}
+  NPMCI_TOKEN_NPM: ${-{secrets.NPMCI_TOKEN_NPM}-}
-  NPMCI_TOKEN_NPM2: ${{secrets.NPMCI_TOKEN_NPM2}}
+  NPMCI_TOKEN_NPM2: ${-{secrets.NPMCI_TOKEN_NPM2}-}
-  NPMCI_GIT_GITHUBTOKEN: ${{secrets.NPMCI_GIT_GITHUBTOKEN}}
+  NPMCI_GIT_GITHUBTOKEN: ${-{secrets.NPMCI_GIT_GITHUBTOKEN}-}
-  NPMCI_URL_CLOUDLY: ${{secrets.NPMCI_URL_CLOUDLY}}
+  NPMCI_URL_CLOUDLY: ${-{secrets.NPMCI_URL_CLOUDLY}-}
 
 jobs:
   security:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     continue-on-error: true
     container:
-      image: ${{ env.IMAGE }}
+      image: ${-{ env.IMAGE }-}
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ jobs:
         continue-on-error: true
 
   test:
-    if: ${{ always() }}
+    if: ${-{ always() }-}
     needs: security
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container:
-      image: ${{ env.IMAGE }}
+      image: ${-{ env.IMAGE }-}
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3

.gitea/workflows/default_tags.yaml

@@ -6,19 +6,19 @@ on:
       - '*'
 
 env:
-  IMAGE: code.foss.global/hosttoday/ht-docker-node:npmci
+  IMAGE: code.foss.global/host.today/ht-docker-node:npmci
-  NPMCI_COMPUTED_REPOURL: https://${{gitea.repository_owner}}:${{secrets.GITEA_TOKEN}}@/${{gitea.repository}}.git
+  NPMCI_COMPUTED_REPOURL: https://${-{gitea.repository_owner}-}:${-{secrets.GITEA_TOKEN}-}@{{module.githost}}/${-{gitea.repository}-}.git
-  NPMCI_TOKEN_NPM: ${{secrets.NPMCI_TOKEN_NPM}}
+  NPMCI_TOKEN_NPM: ${-{secrets.NPMCI_TOKEN_NPM}-}
-  NPMCI_TOKEN_NPM2: ${{secrets.NPMCI_TOKEN_NPM2}}
+  NPMCI_TOKEN_NPM2: ${-{secrets.NPMCI_TOKEN_NPM2}-}
-  NPMCI_GIT_GITHUBTOKEN: ${{secrets.NPMCI_GIT_GITHUBTOKEN}}
+  NPMCI_GIT_GITHUBTOKEN: ${-{secrets.NPMCI_GIT_GITHUBTOKEN}-}
-  NPMCI_URL_CLOUDLY: ${{secrets.NPMCI_URL_CLOUDLY}}
+  NPMCI_URL_CLOUDLY: ${-{secrets.NPMCI_URL_CLOUDLY}-}
 
 jobs:
   security:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     continue-on-error: true
     container:
-      image: ${{ env.IMAGE }}
+      image: ${-{ env.IMAGE }-}
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ jobs:
         continue-on-error: true
 
   test:
-    if: ${{ always() }}
+    if: ${-{ always() }-}
     needs: security
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container:
-      image: ${{ env.IMAGE }}
+      image: ${-{ env.IMAGE }-}
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
     if: github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container:
-      image: ${{ env.IMAGE }}
+      image: ${-{ env.IMAGE }-}
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ jobs:
     if: github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container:
-      image: ${{ env.IMAGE }}
+      image: ${-{ env.IMAGE }-}
     continue-on-error: true
 
     steps:

.gitignore

@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 # artifacts
 coverage/
 public/
-test/
-test2/
 
 # installs
 node_modules/
@@ -18,6 +16,10 @@ node_modules/
 dist/
 dist_*/
 
+# AI
+.claude/
+.serena/
+
 #------# custom
 .serena
 test-output.json

.smartconfig.json

@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@
     "npmAccessLevel": "private",
     "npmRegistryUrl": "verdaccio.lossless.one"
   },
-  "gitzone": {
+  "tsdoc": {
+    "legal": "\n## License and Legal Information\n\nThis repository contains open-source code that is licensed under the MIT License. A copy of the MIT License can be found in the [license](license) file within this repository. \n\n**Please note:** The MIT License does not grant permission to use the trade names, trademarks, service marks, or product names of the project, except as required for reasonable and customary use in describing the origin of the work and reproducing the content of the NOTICE file.\n\n### Trademarks\n\nThis project is owned and maintained by Task Venture Capital GmbH. The names and logos associated with Task Venture Capital GmbH and any related products or services are trademarks of Task Venture Capital GmbH and are not included within the scope of the MIT license granted herein. Use of these trademarks must comply with Task Venture Capital GmbH's Trademark Guidelines, and any usage must be approved in writing by Task Venture Capital GmbH.\n\n### Company Information\n\nTask Venture Capital GmbH  \nRegistered at District court Bremen HRB 35230 HB, Germany\n\nFor any legal inquiries or if you require further information, please contact us via email at hello@task.vc.\n\nBy using this repository, you acknowledge that you have read this section, agree to comply with its terms, and understand that the licensing of the code does not imply endorsement by Task Venture Capital GmbH of any derivative works.\n"
+  },
+  "@git.zone/cli": {
     "projectType": "npm",
     "module": {
       "githost": "gitlab.com",
@@ -31,15 +34,11 @@
         "Docker",
         "CI/CD"
       ]
-    }
+    },
-  },
-  "tsdoc": {
-    "legal": "\n## License and Legal Information\n\nThis repository contains open-source code that is licensed under the MIT License. A copy of the MIT License can be found in the [license](license) file within this repository. \n\n**Please note:** The MIT License does not grant permission to use the trade names, trademarks, service marks, or product names of the project, except as required for reasonable and customary use in describing the origin of the work and reproducing the content of the NOTICE file.\n\n### Trademarks\n\nThis project is owned and maintained by Task Venture Capital GmbH. The names and logos associated with Task Venture Capital GmbH and any related products or services are trademarks of Task Venture Capital GmbH and are not included within the scope of the MIT license granted herein. Use of these trademarks must comply with Task Venture Capital GmbH's Trademark Guidelines, and any usage must be approved in writing by Task Venture Capital GmbH.\n\n### Company Information\n\nTask Venture Capital GmbH  \nRegistered at District court Bremen HRB 35230 HB, Germany\n\nFor any legal inquiries or if you require further information, please contact us via email at hello@task.vc.\n\nBy using this repository, you acknowledge that you have read this section, agree to comply with its terms, and understand that the licensing of the code does not imply endorsement by Task Venture Capital GmbH of any derivative works.\n"
-  },
-  "@git.zone/cli": {
     "release": {
       "registries": [
-        "https://verdaccio.lossless.digital"
+        "https://verdaccio.lossless.digital",
+        "https://registry.npmjs.org"
       ],
       "accessLevel": "public"
     }

assets/templates/gitignore/_gitignore

@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ node_modules/
 dist/
 dist_*/
 
+# rust
+rust/target/
+dist_rust/
+
 # AI
 .claude/
 .serena/

assets/templates/multienv/deno.json

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 {
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "experimentalDecorators": true,
     "lib": ["ES2022", "DOM"],
     "target": "ES2022",
     "checkJs": true

assets/templates/npm/.package.json

@@ -12,15 +12,17 @@ fileName: package.json
   "author": "{{module.author}}",
   "license": "{{module.license}}",
   "scripts": {
-    "test": "(tstest test/ --web)",
+    "test": "(tstest test/ --verbose --logfile --timeout 60)",
-    "build": "(tsbuild --web --allowimplicitany)",
+    "build": "(tsbuild tsfolders --allowimplicitany)",
     "buildDocs": "(tsdoc)"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@git.zone/tsbuild": "^3.1.2",
+    "@git.zone/tsbuild": "^4.1.2",
-    "@git.zone/tsrun": "^2.0.0",
+    "@git.zone/tsrun": "^2.0.1",
-    "@git.zone/tstest": "^3.1.3",
+    "@git.zone/tstest": "^3.1.8",
-    "@types/node": "^24.10.1"
+    "@types/node": "^25.2.0"
   },
-  "dependencies": {}
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@push.rocks/smartpath": "^6.0.0"
+  }
 }

assets/templates/npm/ts/index.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-import * as plugins from './{{module.name}}.plugins.js';
+import * as plugins from './plugins.js';
 
 export let demoExport = 'Hi there! :) This is an exported string';

assets/templates/smartconfig/_smartconfig.json

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+---
+fileName: .smartconfig.json
+---
 {
   "@git.zone/cli": {
     "projectType": "{{projectType}}",

assets/templates/vscode/.vscode/settings.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "json.schemas": [
     {
-      "fileMatch": ["/npmextra.json"],
+      "fileMatch": ["/.smartconfig.json"],
       "schema": {
         "type": "object",
         "properties": {

changelog.md

@@ -1,6 +1,224 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 2026-04-16 - 2.14.1 - fix(repo)
+no changes to commit
+
+
+## 2026-04-16 - 2.14.0 - feat(cli)
+add machine-readable CLI help, recommendation, and configuration flows
+
+- introduces shared CLI mode handling for human, plain, and JSON output with configurable interactivity and update checks
+- adds read-only JSON support for `commit recommend`, `format plan`, and command help output
+- expands `config` and `services` commands with non-interactive config inspection and service enablement flows
+- updates format and smartconfig handling to respect non-interactive execution and fail clearly when required metadata is missing
+
+## 2026-04-16 - 2.13.16 - fix(mod_format)
+stop package.json formatter from modifying buildDocs and dependency entries
+
+- removes automatic buildDocs script injection from the package.json formatter
+- removes dependency include/exclude and latest-version update logic from package.json formatting
+- drops the unused smartnpm plugin import after removing registry lookups
+
+## 2026-03-24 - 2.13.15 - fix(repo)
+no changes to commit
+
+
+## 2026-03-24 - 2.13.14 - fix(mod_format)
+move smartconfig file renaming into the formatter orchestrator
+
+- Renames smartconfig.json or npmextra.json to .smartconfig.json before formatters run
+- Simplifies the smartconfig formatter to only read and modify .smartconfig.json
+- Removes create/delete change planning for config renames and applies only content updates within the formatter
+
+## 2026-03-24 - 2.13.13 - fix(vscode-template)
+update VS Code schema matching to use .smartconfig.json
+
+- Changes the VS Code template settings so the JSON schema applies to /.smartconfig.json instead of /npmextra.json.
+
+## 2026-03-24 - 2.13.12 - fix(mod_format)
+render format templates through smartscaf before comparing generated files
+
+- adds smartscaf-based in-memory template rendering so supplied variables are applied before detecting changes
+- supports release.accessLevel as a fallback when selecting public vs private CI templates
+- matches rendered output by template or destination path to handle renamed files from template frontmatter
+
+## 2026-03-24 - 2.13.10 - fix(config)
+migrate configuration handling from npmextra to smartconfig
+
+- replace @push.rocks/npmextra with @push.rocks/smartconfig across config, commit, format, and service modules
+- switch managed project config file references from npmextra.json to smartconfig.json
+- update formatting and package metadata checks to include smartconfig.json
+- extend the gitignore template with Rust build output directories
+
+## 2026-03-11 - 2.13.9 - fix(deps,readme)
+bump dependencies and update README to prefer pnpm and document semantic commit flags
+
+- Dev dependency updates: @git.zone/tsbuild -> ^4.3.0, @git.zone/tstest -> ^3.3.2, @types/node -> ^25.4.0
+- Dependency upgrades: @git.zone/tsdoc -> ^2.0.0, @git.zone/tspublish -> ^1.11.2, @push.rocks/lik -> ^6.3.1, @push.rocks/smartfs -> ^1.5.0, @push.rocks/smartlog -> ^3.2.1, @push.rocks/smartstream -> ^3.4.0, prettier -> ^3.8.1 (and other minor/patch bumps)
+- README changes: prefer pnpm for global install, clarify format command dry-run behavior and --write flag, add and document gitzone commit flags (-y/--yes, -p/--push, -t/--test, -b/--build, -r/--release) and AI-powered commit workflow
+- No source code changes; this is a documentation and dependency refresh, recommend a patch release
+
+## 2026-03-05 - 2.13.8 - fix(dependencies)
+move runtime tooling packages from devDependencies to dependencies
+
+- Removed @push.rocks/smartdelay, @push.rocks/smartinteract, @push.rocks/smartnetwork, and @push.rocks/smartshell from devDependencies and added them to dependencies
+- No package version numbers were changed; this ensures the moved packages are installed for consumers at runtime
+
+## 2026-03-05 - 2.13.7 - fix(deps)
+bump devDependencies: @git.zone/tsbuild to ^4.1.4 and @push.rocks/smartshell to ^3.3.7
+
+- Updated @git.zone/tsbuild from ^4.1.2 to ^4.1.4 (patch)
+- Updated @push.rocks/smartshell from ^3.3.0 to ^3.3.7 (patch)
+
+## 2026-02-01 - 2.13.6 - fix(templates/npm)
+use tsbuild tsfolders instead of --web flag in npm template build script
+
+- Changed build script in assets/templates/npm/.package.json from "(tsbuild --web --allowimplicitany)" to "(tsbuild tsfolders --allowimplicitany)"
+- Replaces --web flag with explicit tsfolders argument to correctly target project folders during build
+
+## 2026-02-01 - 2.13.5 - fix(templates/npm)
+update npm template: tweak test script, bump devDependencies, add smartpath dependency, and fix ts import path
+
+- test script updated: '(tstest test/ --web)' -> '(tstest test/ --verbose --logfile --timeout 60)'
+- devDependencies bumped: @git.zone/tsbuild ^3.1.2 -> ^4.1.2, @git.zone/tsrun ^2.0.0 -> ^2.0.1, @git.zone/tstest ^3.1.3 -> ^3.1.8, @types/node ^24.10.1 -> ^25.2.0
+- dependencies: added @push.rocks/smartpath ^6.0.0
+- TypeScript template import fixed: './{{module.name}}.plugins.js' -> './plugins.js'
+
+## 2025-12-18 - 2.13.3 - fix(tsconfig)
+remove experimentalDecorators and useDefineForClassFields from TypeScript configuration files
+
+- Removed "experimentalDecorators": true from assets/templates/multienv/deno.json and tsconfig.json
+- Removed "useDefineForClassFields": false from tsconfig.json
+- This change alters TypeScript/Deno compiler behavior: decorator support and legacy class-field initialization semantics may be affected; code relying on those may need updates
+
+## 2025-12-16 - 2.13.2 - fix(deps)
+bump @git.zone/tspublish to ^1.11.0
+
+- Updated dependency @git.zone/tspublish from ^1.10.3 to ^1.11.0 in package.json
+
+## 2025-12-16 - 2.13.1 - fix(npmextra)
+merge old npmextra keys into new keys during migration, preserving existing new values
+
+- Changed migration logic to merge data when both old and new keys exist instead of skipping the merge.
+- Merge preserves existing new-key values (old values do not overwrite new ones) and still deletes the old key after migration.
+- Applied the fix in both ts/mod_format/format.npmextra.ts and ts/mod_format/formatters/npmextra.formatter.ts.
+- Adds a console log for successful migrations; behavior for single-key rename remains unchanged.
+
+## 2025-12-16 - 2.13.0 - feat(tests)
+feat(tests): add sandbox test fixture, CI and editor configs; bump deps
+
+- Added comprehensive test/ fixture (sandbox-npmts) including package.json, npmextra.json, readme, GitLab CI (.gitlab-ci.yml), .npmrc, VSCode launch/settings and qenv.yml
+- Added test sources and helper files under test/test and test/ts (browser and node tests, commitinfo data, simple library code)
+- Updated dependencies in package.json: @git.zone/tsdoc -> ^1.11.4, @push.rocks/smartfs -> ^1.3.1
+
+## 2025-12-15 - 2.12.2 - fix(cli)
+noop: no changes
+
+- No source or documentation changes detected in the diff; nothing to release.
+- Package version remains unchanged at 2.12.1.
+
+## 2025-12-15 - 2.12.1 - fix(cli)
+No changes detected — no version bump required
+
+- Current package version: 2.12.0
+- No files changed in this commit
+- No release or version bump necessary
+
+## 2025-12-15 - 2.12.0 - feat(ci,test)
+feat(ci/test): add test scaffold, GitLab CI, update gitea workflows and .gitignore
+
+- Add comprehensive test/ scaffold including sample tests, test package.json, npmextra.json, test fixtures and TypeScript test sources
+- Add GitLab CI pipeline (test/.gitlab-ci.yml), test-specific .npmrc, VSCode launch/settings and supporting qenv/readme files for CI/local test runs
+- Update .gitea workflow YAML files to use templated placeholders and corrected container image path for CI execution
+- Update .gitignore to exclude AI assistant and tooling dirs (.claude/, .serena/) and add test/.gitignore to ignore test artifacts
+- Update changelog and documentation files to reflect recent formatter/commit/service changes and the new test/CI additions
+
+## 2025-12-15 - 2.11.1 - fix(mod_format/formatters)
+
+fix(packagejson.formatter): correctly parse scoped package dependency arguments and default to latest
+
+- Handle scoped packages (e.g. @scope/name@version) by detecting the last '@' after the scope slash so package name and version are split correctly.
+- Fallback to 'latest' when no version is provided.
+- Fixes earlier incorrect splitting on every '@' which broke scoped package names.
+
+## 2025-12-15 - 2.11.0 - feat(mod_format)
+
+feat(mod_format): use unified diff formatter with filenames and context in BaseFormatter.displayDiff
+
+- Replaced plugins.smartdiff.formatLineDiffForConsole(...) with plugins.smartdiff.formatUnifiedDiffForConsole(...) when both before and after are present.
+- Passes originalFileName and revisedFileName as diff.path and sets context to 3 to show a unified diff with surrounding lines.
+- Improves console output for multi-line diffs by using unified diff format and including file names.
+
+## 2025-12-15 - 2.10.0 - feat(mod_format)
+
+Refactor formatting modules to new BaseFormatter and implement concrete analyze/apply logic
+
+- Replace generic LegacyFormatter with explicit BaseFormatter implementations for formatters: copy, gitignore, license, npmextra, packagejson, prettier, readme, templates, tsconfig (legacy.formatter.ts removed).
+- Copy formatter: implemented pattern-based copying, template-preserve path handling, content equality check and planned change generation/apply.
+- Gitignore formatter: canonical template with preservation of custom section when updating/creating .gitignore.
+- License formatter: added runtime license check against node_modules for incompatible licenses and reporting (no file changes).
+- Npmextra formatter: automatic migrations for old namespace keys to package-scoped keys and migration of npmAccessLevel -> @git.zone/cli.release.accessLevel; reformatting and interactive prompting to fill missing repo metadata.
+- Package.json formatter: enforces repository/metadata, sets module type/private/license/scripts/files, ensures/updates dependencies (including fetching latest via registry), and applies pnpm overrides from assets.
+- Prettier formatter: added check() to compute diffs by running Prettier and returning per-file before/after diffs.
+- Readme formatter: create readme.md and readme.hints.md when missing with default content.
+- Templates formatter: apply templates from templatesDir based on project type (vscode, CI, docker, website/service/wcc), compare template vs destination and create/modify files as needed; ensures dest directories exist.
+- Tsconfig formatter: sets compilerOptions.baseUrl and computes path mappings from @git.zone/tspublish modules.
+- General: extensive use of plugins (smartfs, path, smartnpm, smartinteract, smartobject, smartlegal), improved logging and verbose messages.
+
+## 2025-12-15 - 2.9.0 - feat(format)
+
+Add --diff option to format command to display file diffs; pass flag through CLI and show formatter diffs. Bump @git.zone/tsdoc to ^1.11.0.
+
+- Add a diff boolean option to mod_format to enable showing file diffs during format operations.
+- CLI change: pass argvArg.diff into the options so the --diff flag is honored by the format command.
+- When diff is enabled, run formatter.check() for each active formatter and call displayAllDiffs() for those with differences, with informational logging.
+- Update dependency @git.zone/tsdoc from ^1.10.2 to ^1.11.0.
+
+## 2025-12-15 - 2.8.0 - feat(commit)
+
+Add commit configuration and automatic pre-commit tests
+
+- Add CommitConfig class to manage @git.zone/cli.commit settings in npmextra.json (alwaysTest, alwaysBuild).
+- Export CommitConfig from mod_config for use by the CLI.
+- Add 'gitzone config commit' subcommand with interactive and direct-setting modes (alwaysTest, alwaysBuild).
+- Merge CLI flags and npmextra config: -t/--test and -b/--build now respect commit.alwaysTest and commit.alwaysBuild.
+- Run 'pnpm test' early in the commit flow when tests are enabled; abort the commit on failing tests and log results.
+- Update commit UI/plan to show the test option and include the test step when enabled.
+- Add 'gitzone config services' entry to configure services via ServiceManager.
+
+## 2025-12-14 - 2.7.0 - feat(mod_format)
+
+Add check-only formatting with interactive diff preview; make formatting default to dry-run and extend formatting API
+
+- Add BaseFormatter.check(), displayDiff() and displayAllDiffs() to compute and render diffs without applying changes.
+- Extend runFormatter API with new options: write (use to apply changes), checkOnly (only check for diffs), and showDiff (display diffs). When checkOnly is used, runFormatter returns an ICheckResult.
+- Change default formatting behavior to dry-run. Use --write / -w to actually apply changes. CLI format command updated to respect --write/-w.
+- Add formatNpmextraWithDiff in mod_config to preview diffs for npmextra.json and prompt the user before applying changes; calls to add/remove/clear registries and set access level now use this preview flow.
+- Project.fromCwd now accepts an options object ({ requireProjectType?: boolean }) so callers can skip the projectType requirement when appropriate; runFormatter no longer requires projectType for certain formatters.
+- Introduce a list of formatters that don't require projectType: npmextra, prettier, cleanup, packagejson.
+- Export the ICheckResult type from the formatter module and update mod_format interfaces to include ICheckResult.
+- Bump dependency @push.rocks/smartdiff to ^1.1.0.
+
+## 2025-12-14 - 2.6.1 - fix(npmextra)
+
+Normalize npmextra.json: move tsdoc legal entry and reposition @git.zone/cli configuration
+
+- Move TSDoc legal text into a top-level "tsdoc.legal" property in npmextra.json
+- Remove the misplaced "gitzone" object that previously contained the TSDoc legal block
+- Reorder and properly nest the "@git.zone/cli" configuration to follow the new "tsdoc" section
+- Pure configuration change (JSON structure) — no functional code changes
+
+## 2025-12-14 - 2.6.0 - feat(mod_commit)
+
+Add execution plan output to commit command
+
+- Print an execution plan at the start of the commit flow (shows active options and planned steps)
+- New printExecutionPlan(options) added to ts/mod_commit/mod.ui.ts
+- Commit command now calls ui.printExecutionPlan(...) before running format or other steps
+- Execution plan reflects flags: auto-accept (-y), push (-p), build (-b), release (-r), --format, and target registries
+
 ## 2025-12-14 - 2.5.0 - feat(mod_standard)
+
 Add interactive main menu and help to standard CLI module; route commands via dynamic imports
 
 - Introduce interactive CLI menu using @push.rocks/smartinteract to prompt user for actions.
@@ -9,6 +227,7 @@ Add interactive main menu and help to standard CLI module; route commands via dy
 - Remove previous static template listing and logger.warn placeholder.
 
 ## 2025-12-14 - 2.4.0 - feat(cli)
+
 Add optional build step to release flow and auto-format npmextra config when registries change
 
 - Introduce a --build/-b flag in the commit/release flow to run 'pnpm build' before pushing/releases
@@ -19,6 +238,7 @@ Add optional build step to release flow and auto-format npmextra config when reg
 - Add npmextra registry config entry (https://verdaccio.lossless.digital) to npmextra.json
 
 ## 2025-12-14 - 2.3.0 - feat(config)
+
 Add interactive menu and help to config command, handle unknown commands, and bump dependencies
 
 - When running the 'config' command with no arguments, show an interactive menu (via SmartInteract) to choose actions (show, add, remove, clear, access, help) instead of defaulting to 'show'.
@@ -27,6 +247,7 @@ Add interactive menu and help to config command, handle unknown commands, and bu
 - Update dependency: @push.rocks/smartjson -> ^6.0.0.
 
 ## 2025-12-04 - 2.2.1 - fix(commit)
+
 Prevent auto-accept for BREAKING CHANGE commits; require manual confirmation and warn when --yes is used
 
 - Do not auto-accept AI commit recommendations when the suggested change is a BREAKING CHANGE (major bump).
@@ -35,6 +256,7 @@ Prevent auto-accept for BREAKING CHANGE commits; require manual confirmation and
 - Introduced isBreakingChange and canAutoAccept flags to centralize the auto-accept logic.
 
 ## 2025-12-02 - 2.2.0 - feat(services)
+
 Improve services manager and configuration; switch test templates to @git.zone/tstest; bump dev dependencies and update docs
 
 - services: Add robust ServiceConfiguration (creates .nogit/env.json with sane defaults, syncs ports from existing Docker containers, validates and can reconfigure ports)
@@ -45,6 +267,7 @@ Improve services manager and configuration; switch test templates to @git.zone/t
 - docs: README updates — add issue reporting/security section, AI-powered commit recommendation notes, and clarify trademark/legal wording
 
 ## 2025-11-29 - 2.1.0 - feat(mod_services)
+
 Add global service registry and global commands for managing project containers
 
 - Introduce GlobalRegistry class to track registered projects, their containers, ports and last activity (ts/mod_services/classes.globalregistry.ts)
@@ -54,30 +277,34 @@ Add global service registry and global commands for managing project containers
 - Bump dependency @push.rocks/smartfile to ^13.1.0 in package.json
 
 ## 2025-11-27 - 2.0.0 - BREAKING CHANGE(core)
+
 Migrate filesystem to smartfs (async) and add Elasticsearch service support; refactor format/commit/meta modules
 
 - Replace @push.rocks/smartfile usage with @push.rocks/smartfs across the codebase; all filesystem operations are now async (SmartFs.file(...).read()/write(), SmartFs.directory(...).list()/create()/delete(), etc.)
 - Convert formerly synchronous helpers and APIs to async (notable: detectProjectType, getProjectName, readCurrentVersion and related version bumping logic). Callers updated accordingly.
-- Add Elasticsearch support to services: new config fields (ELASTICSEARCH_*), Docker run/start/stop/logs/status handling, and ELASTICSEARCH_URL in service configuration.
+- Add Elasticsearch support to services: new config fields (ELASTICSEARCH\_\*), Docker run/start/stop/logs/status handling, and ELASTICSEARCH_URL in service configuration.
 - Refactor formatting subsystem: cache and rollback/backup systems removed/disabled for stability, format planner execution simplified (sequential), diff/stats reporting updated to use smartfs.
 - Update package.json dependencies: bump @git.zone/tsbuild, tsrun, tstest; upgrade @push.rocks/smartfile to v13 and add @push.rocks/smartfs dependency; update @types/node.
 - Update commit flow and changelog generation to use smartfs for reading/writing files and to await version/branch detection where necessary.
-- Expose a SmartFs instance via plugins and adjust all mod.* plugin files to import/use smartfs where required.
+- Expose a SmartFs instance via plugins and adjust all mod.\* plugin files to import/use smartfs where required.
 - Breaking change: Public and internal APIs that previously used synchronous smartfile APIs are now asynchronous. Consumers and scripts must await these functions and use the new smartfs API.
 
 ## 2025-11-17 - 1.21.5 - fix(tsconfig)
+
 Remove emitDecoratorMetadata from tsconfig template
 
 - Removed the "emitDecoratorMetadata" compiler option from assets/templates/tsconfig_update/tsconfig.json
 - This updates the tsconfig template to avoid emitting decorator metadata when targeting ES2022
 
 ## 2025-11-17 - 1.21.4 - fix(tsconfig template)
+
 Remove experimentalDecorators and useDefineForClassFields from tsconfig template
 
 - Removed experimentalDecorators option from assets/templates/tsconfig_update/tsconfig.json
 - Removed useDefineForClassFields option from assets/templates/tsconfig_update/tsconfig.json
 
 ## 2025-11-17 - 1.21.3 - fix(assets/templates/multienv)
+
 Remove unused Bun configuration template (assets/templates/multienv/bunfig.toml)
 
 - Deleted assets/templates/multienv/bunfig.toml which previously provided Bun TypeScript decorator configuration
@@ -85,17 +312,20 @@ Remove unused Bun configuration template (assets/templates/multienv/bunfig.toml)
 - No functional code changes; removes an unused asset file
 
 ## 2025-11-17 - 1.21.2 - fix(templates/multienv)
+
 Disable useDefineForClassFields in multienv TypeScript configs to ensure decorator compatibility
 
 - Set useDefineForClassFields = false in assets/templates/multienv/bunfig.toml to keep Bun's transpiler compatible with decorator usage
 - Set "useDefineForClassFields": false in assets/templates/multienv/deno.json to ensure Deno/TypeScript compiler emits class fields compatible with decorators
 
 ## 2025-11-17 - 1.21.1 - fix(templates.multienv)
+
 Enable checkJs in multienv Deno template to enable JS type checking
 
 - Added "checkJs": true to compilerOptions in assets/templates/multienv/deno.json to enable JavaScript type checking for the Deno multienv template
 
 ## 2025-11-17 - 1.21.0 - feat(multienv)
+
 Add multi-env templates enabling TypeScript decorators for Bun and Deno; rename npmextra config key to szci
 
 - Added assets/templates/multienv/bunfig.toml to enable Bun TypeScript transpiler experimentalDecorators
@@ -103,6 +333,7 @@ Add multi-env templates enabling TypeScript decorators for Bun and Deno; rename
 - Updated npmextra.json: renamed top-level config key from "npmci" to "szci" (keeps npmGlobalTools, npmAccessLevel and npmRegistryUrl unchanged)
 
 ## 2025-11-06 - 1.20.0 - feat(commit)
+
 Add non-interactive --yes (-y) flag to commit command to auto-accept AI recommendations and optionally push with -p
 
 - Add -y / --yes flag to gitzone commit to auto-accept AI-generated commit recommendations without interactive prompts
@@ -112,6 +343,7 @@ Add non-interactive --yes (-y) flag to commit command to auto-accept AI recommen
 - Updated CLI usage and documentation (readme.hints.md) to document the new flags
 
 ## 2025-11-05 - 1.19.9 - fix(mod_commit)
+
 Refactor version bumping to a unified implementation for npm and Deno; remove npm-exec based helpers and add file-based version readers/updaters to avoid npm warning pollution
 
 - Removed legacy npm/deno-specific helpers (bumpNpmVersion, syncVersionToDenoJson, bumpDenoVersion) that relied on executing npm and caused warning pollution
@@ -122,39 +354,46 @@ Refactor version bumping to a unified implementation for npm and Deno; remove np
 - Benefits: no npm warning pollution in deno.json, simpler git history, consistent behavior across project types
 
 ## 2025-11-04 - 1.19.8 - fix(package.json)
+
 Bump @git.zone/tsdoc dependency to ^1.9.2
 
 - Updated dependency @git.zone/tsdoc from ^1.9.1 to ^1.9.2 in package.json
 
 ## 2025-11-04 - 1.19.7 - fix(dependencies)
+
 Bump @git.zone/tsdoc to ^1.9.1
 
 - Updated package.json dependency @git.zone/tsdoc from ^1.9.0 to ^1.9.1
 
 ## 2025-11-04 - 1.19.6 - fix(cli)
+
 Bump @git.zone/tsdoc dependency to ^1.9.0
 
 - Updated dependency @git.zone/tsdoc from ^1.8.3 to ^1.9.0 in package.json
 
 ## 2025-11-04 - 1.19.5 - fix(cli)
+
 Bump @git.zone/tsdoc to ^1.8.3 and add local .claude settings for allowed permissions
 
 - Updated dependency @git.zone/tsdoc from ^1.8.2 to ^1.8.3
 - Added .claude/settings.local.json to declare allowed permissions for local tooling (Bash commands, Docker, npm, WebFetch and MCP actions)
 
 ## 2025-11-03 - 1.19.3 - fix(tsdoc)
+
 Bump @git.zone/tsdoc to ^1.8.0 and add .claude local settings
 
 - Upgrade dependency @git.zone/tsdoc from ^1.6.1 to ^1.8.0 in package.json
 - Add .claude/settings.local.json for local assistant permissions/configuration
 
 ## 2025-11-03 - 1.19.2 - fix(tsdoc)
+
 Bump @git.zone/tsdoc to ^1.6.1 and add .claude/settings.local.json
 
 - Update dependency @git.zone/tsdoc from ^1.6.0 to ^1.6.1
 - Add .claude/settings.local.json to include local Claude settings/permissions
 
 ## 2025-11-02 - 1.19.1 - fix(dependencies)
+
 Bump dependencies and add local Claude settings
 
 - Bump devDependencies: @git.zone/tsbuild -> ^2.7.1, @git.zone/tsrun -> ^1.6.2, @git.zone/tstest -> ^2.7.0
@@ -162,6 +401,7 @@ Bump dependencies and add local Claude settings
 - Add .claude/settings.local.json (local project permissions/settings file)
 
 ## 2025-10-23 - 1.19.0 - feat(mod_commit)
+
 Add CLI UI helpers and improve commit workflow with progress, recommendations and summary
 
 - Introduce ts/mod_commit/mod.ui.ts: reusable CLI UI helpers (pretty headers, sections, AI recommendation box, step printer, commit summary and helpers for consistent messaging).
@@ -170,6 +410,7 @@ Add CLI UI helpers and improve commit workflow with progress, recommendations an
 - Add .claude/settings.local.json: local permissions configuration for development tooling.
 
 ## 2025-10-23 - 1.18.9 - fix(mod_commit)
+
 Stage and commit deno.json when bumping/syncing versions and create/update git tags
 
 - bumpDenoVersion now creates a Smartshell instance and runs git add deno.json, git commit -m "v<newVersion>", and git tag v<newVersion> to persist the version bump
@@ -177,6 +418,7 @@ Stage and commit deno.json when bumping/syncing versions and create/update git t
 - Added informative logger messages after creating commits and tags
 
 ## 2025-10-23 - 1.18.8 - fix(mod_commit)
+
 Improve commit workflow: detect project type and current branch; add robust version bump helpers for npm/deno
 
 - Add mod_commit/mod.helpers.ts with utilities: detectCurrentBranch(), detectProjectType(), bumpProjectVersion(), bumpDenoVersion(), bumpNpmVersion(), syncVersionToDenoJson(), and calculateNewVersion()
@@ -186,12 +428,14 @@ Improve commit workflow: detect project type and current branch; add robust vers
 - Add local Claude settings file (.claude/settings.local.json) (editor/CI config) — no code behavior change but included in diff
 
 ## 2025-09-07 - 1.18.7 - fix(claude)
+
 Add .claude local settings to whitelist dev tool permissions
 
 - Add .claude/settings.local.json to configure allowed permissions for local AI/tooling helpers (Bash commands, WebFetch, and mcp_serena actions).
 - Disable enableAllProjectMcpServers (set to false) to limit automatic project MCP server usage.
 
 ## 2025-09-07 - 1.18.6 - fix(deps)
+
 Bump dependency versions and add local Claude settings
 
 - Updated devDependencies: @git.zone/tsbuild ^2.6.4 → ^2.6.8, @git.zone/tstest ^2.3.4 → ^2.3.6, @push.rocks/smartfile ^11.2.5 → ^11.2.7
@@ -199,6 +443,7 @@ Bump dependency versions and add local Claude settings
 - Added .claude/settings.local.json to configure local Claude permissions/settings
 
 ## 2025-08-17 - 1.18.5 - fix(dependencies)
+
 Bump smartshell and smartscaf versions; add .claude local settings
 
 - Update @push.rocks/smartshell from ^3.2.4 to ^3.3.0 in package.json
@@ -206,6 +451,7 @@ Bump smartshell and smartscaf versions; add .claude local settings
 - Add .claude/settings.local.json for local assistant permissions/configuration
 
 ## 2025-08-17 - 1.18.4 - fix(cli)
+
 Update dependencies, add local Claude settings, and update gitignore template
 
 - Bump several dependencies: @git.zone/tsbuild -> ^2.6.4, @git.zone/tspublish -> ^1.10.1, @git.zone/tstest -> ^2.3.4, @push.rocks/smartfile -> ^11.2.5, @push.rocks/npmextra -> ^5.3.3, @push.rocks/smartchok -> ^1.1.1, @push.rocks/smartlog -> ^3.1.8, @push.rocks/smartpath -> ^6.0.0, prettier -> ^3.6.2
@@ -214,6 +460,7 @@ Update dependencies, add local Claude settings, and update gitignore template
 - Add pnpm onlyBuiltDependencies entries: esbuild and mongodb-memory-server
 
 ## 2025-08-16 - 1.18.3 - fix(services)
+
 Simplify S3 endpoint handling in ServiceConfiguration to store host only
 
 - S3_ENDPOINT now stores the raw host (e.g. 'localhost') instead of a full URL with protocol and port.
@@ -222,6 +469,7 @@ Simplify S3 endpoint handling in ServiceConfiguration to store host only
 - Consumers that previously relied on S3_ENDPOINT containing protocol and port should now construct the full endpoint URL using S3_USESSL, S3_HOST and S3_PORT.
 
 ## 2025-08-16 - 1.18.1 - fix(services)
+
 Improve services and commit flow: stop AiDoc, use silent docker inspect, sync ports with logging, fix config loading, and bump deps
 
 - Ensure AiDoc is stopped after building commit recommendation to avoid resource leaks
@@ -233,6 +481,7 @@ Improve services and commit flow: stop AiDoc, use silent docker inspect, sync po
 - Add local Claude settings file (.claude/settings.local.json) with development permissions
 
 ## 2025-08-16 - 1.18.0 - feat(services)
+
 Add Docker port mapping sync and reconfigure workflow for local services
 
 - Add getPortMappings to DockerContainer to extract port bindings from docker inspect output
@@ -245,6 +494,7 @@ Add Docker port mapping sync and reconfigure workflow for local services
 - Add .claude/settings.local.json (local permissions config) to repository
 
 ## 2025-08-15 - 1.17.5 - fix(services)
+
 Update S3 credentials naming and add S3_ENDPOINT/S3_USESSL support for improved MinIO integration
 
 - Replaced S3_USER/S3_PASS with S3_ACCESSKEY/S3_SECRETKEY in ServiceConfiguration
@@ -254,6 +504,7 @@ Update S3 credentials naming and add S3_ENDPOINT/S3_USESSL support for improved
 - Added .claude/settings.local.json for local permission settings
 
 ## 2025-08-15 - 1.17.4 - fix(services)
+
 Update S3 credentials naming and add S3_ENDPOINT/S3_USESSL support for improved MinIO integration
 
 - Replaced S3_USER/S3_PASS with S3_ACCESSKEY/S3_SECRETKEY in ServiceConfiguration
@@ -262,12 +513,14 @@ Update S3 credentials naming and add S3_ENDPOINT/S3_USESSL support for improved
 - Updated ServiceManager to use new credential names in container setup and logging
 
 ## 2025-08-15 - 1.17.3 - fix(serviceconfig)
+
 Update service configuration to include dynamic MongoDB connection string and add local permissions settings
 
 - Added .claude/settings.local.json for local permissions configuration
 - Updated ServiceConfiguration to compute and update MONGODB_URL based on current config values
 
 ## 2025-08-15 - 1.17.2 - fix(ci-test-services)
+
 Update CI/CD configurations, test settings, and Docker service for MongoDB.
 
 - Add .claude/settings.local.json with updated permission settings
@@ -276,6 +529,7 @@ Update CI/CD configurations, test settings, and Docker service for MongoDB.
 - Fix MongoDB Docker container command by adding '--bind_ip_all' for proper network binding
 
 ## 2025-08-15 - 1.17.1 - fix(services)
+
 Improve services module logging and enhance MongoDB Compass integration
 
 - Refactored services module to use centralized logger from gitzone.logging.ts
@@ -284,6 +538,7 @@ Improve services module logging and enhance MongoDB Compass integration
 - Consistent logging across all service commands
 
 ## 2025-08-14 - 1.17.0 - feat(services)
+
 Add comprehensive development services management for MongoDB and MinIO containers
 
 - Implemented `gitzone services` command for managing local development services
@@ -297,6 +552,7 @@ Add comprehensive development services management for MongoDB and MinIO containe
 - Interactive confirmations for destructive operations
 
 ## 2025-08-08 - 1.16.10 - fix(format)
+
 Improve concurrency control in caching and rollback modules, refine gitignore custom section handling, and enhance Prettier file processing.
 
 - Added mutex locking in ChangeCache and RollbackManager to prevent race conditions during manifest updates

package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@git.zone/cli",
   "private": false,
-  "version": "2.5.0",
+  "version": "2.14.1",
   "description": "A comprehensive CLI tool for enhancing and managing local development workflows with gitzone utilities, focusing on project setup, version control, code formatting, and template management.",
   "main": "dist_ts/index.ts",
   "typings": "dist_ts/index.d.ts",
@@ -57,46 +57,40 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://gitlab.com/gitzone/private/gitzone#readme",
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@git.zone/tsbuild": "^4.0.2",
+    "@git.zone/tsbuild": "^4.3.0",
     "@git.zone/tsrun": "^2.0.1",
-    "@git.zone/tstest": "^3.1.3",
+    "@git.zone/tstest": "^3.3.2",
-    "@push.rocks/smartdelay": "^3.0.5",
+    "@types/node": "^25.4.0"
-    "@push.rocks/smartinteract": "^2.0.16",
-    "@push.rocks/smartnetwork": "^4.4.0",
-    "@push.rocks/smartshell": "^3.3.0",
-    "@types/node": "^25.0.2"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@git.zone/tsdoc": "^1.10.2",
+    "@git.zone/tsdoc": "^2.0.0",
-    "@git.zone/tspublish": "^1.10.3",
+    "@git.zone/tspublish": "^1.11.2",
     "@push.rocks/commitinfo": "^1.0.12",
     "@push.rocks/early": "^4.0.4",
-    "@push.rocks/gulp-function": "^3.0.7",
-    "@push.rocks/lik": "^6.2.2",
-    "@push.rocks/npmextra": "^5.3.3",
     "@push.rocks/projectinfo": "^5.0.2",
-    "@push.rocks/smartcli": "^4.0.19",
+    "@push.rocks/smartcli": "^4.0.20",
-    "@push.rocks/smartdiff": "^1.0.3",
+    "@push.rocks/smartconfig": "^6.0.1",
+    "@push.rocks/smartdelay": "^3.0.5",
+    "@push.rocks/smartdiff": "^1.1.0",
     "@push.rocks/smartfile": "^13.1.2",
-    "@push.rocks/smartfs": "^1.2.0",
+    "@push.rocks/smartfs": "^1.5.0",
-    "@push.rocks/smartgulp": "^3.0.4",
+    "@push.rocks/smartinteract": "^2.0.16",
     "@push.rocks/smartjson": "^6.0.0",
     "@push.rocks/smartlegal": "^1.0.27",
-    "@push.rocks/smartlog": "^3.1.10",
+    "@push.rocks/smartlog": "^3.2.1",
     "@push.rocks/smartlog-destination-local": "^9.0.2",
     "@push.rocks/smartmustache": "^3.0.2",
+    "@push.rocks/smartnetwork": "^4.4.0",
     "@push.rocks/smartnpm": "^2.0.6",
     "@push.rocks/smartobject": "^1.0.12",
     "@push.rocks/smartopen": "^2.0.0",
     "@push.rocks/smartpath": "^6.0.0",
     "@push.rocks/smartpromise": "^4.2.3",
-    "@push.rocks/smartscaf": "^4.0.19",
+    "@push.rocks/smartscaf": "^4.0.21",
-    "@push.rocks/smartstream": "^3.2.5",
+    "@push.rocks/smartshell": "^3.3.7",
     "@push.rocks/smartunique": "^3.0.9",
     "@push.rocks/smartupdate": "^2.0.6",
-    "@types/through2": "^2.0.41",
+    "prettier": "^3.8.1"
-    "prettier": "^3.7.4",
-    "through2": "^4.0.2"
   },
   "files": [
     "ts/**/*",
@@ -107,7 +101,7 @@
     "dist_ts_web/**/*",
     "assets/**/*",
     "cli.js",
-    "npmextra.json",
+    ".smartconfig.json",
     "readme.md"
   ],
   "browserslist": [

readme.hints.md

@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ Gitzone CLI (`@git.zone/cli`) is a comprehensive toolbelt for streamlining local
 
 ### Configuration Management
 
-- Uses `npmextra.json` for all tool configuration
+- Uses `.smartconfig.json` for tool configuration
-- Configuration stored under `gitzone` key in npmextra
+- CLI settings live under the `@git.zone/cli` namespace
-- No separate `.gitzonerc` file - everything in npmextra.json
+- Agent and non-interactive defaults now belong under `@git.zone/cli.cli`
-- Project type and module metadata also stored in npmextra
+- Project type, module metadata, release settings, commit defaults, and format settings live in the same file
 
 ### Format Module (`mod_format`) - SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCED
 
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ The format module is responsible for project standardization:
 
 1. **Plan → Action Workflow**: Shows changes before applying them
 2. **Rollback Mechanism**: Full backup and restore on failures
-3. **Enhanced Configuration**: Granular control via npmextra.json
+3. **Enhanced Configuration**: Granular control via `.smartconfig.json`
 4. **Better Error Handling**: Detailed errors with recovery options
 5. **Performance Optimizations**: Parallel execution and caching
 6. **Reporting**: Diff views, statistics, verbose logging
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ The format module is responsible for project standardization:
 The commit module's version bumping has been refactored to eliminate npm command dependencies:
 
 **Changes:**
+
 - Removed `bumpNpmVersion()` - was causing npm warnings to pollute deno.json
 - Removed `syncVersionToDenoJson()` - no longer needed with unified approach
 - Removed separate `bumpDenoVersion()` - replaced by unified implementation
@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ The commit module's version bumping has been refactored to eliminate npm command
 - Unified `bumpProjectVersion()` - handles npm/deno/both with single clean code path
 
 **Benefits:**
+
 - No npm warning pollution in version fields
 - Full control over version bumping process
 - Simpler git history (no amending, no force-tagging)
@@ -115,11 +117,13 @@ The commit module's version bumping has been refactored to eliminate npm command
 The commit module now supports `-y/--yes` flag for non-interactive commits:
 
 **Usage:**
+
 - `gitzone commit -y` - Auto-accepts AI recommendations without prompts
 - `gitzone commit -yp` - Auto-accepts and pushes to origin
 - Separate `-p/--push` flag controls push behavior
 
 **Implementation:**
+
 - Creates AnswerBucket programmatically when `-y` flag detected
 - Preserves all UI output for transparency
 - Fully backward compatible with interactive mode
@@ -128,7 +132,7 @@ The commit module now supports `-y/--yes` flag for non-interactive commits:
 ## Development Tips
 
 - Always check readme.plan.md for ongoing improvement plans
-- Use npmextra.json for any new configuration options
+- Use `.smartconfig.json` for any new configuration options
 - Keep modules focused and single-purpose
 - Maintain the existing plugin pattern for dependencies
 - Test format operations on sample projects before deploying
@@ -140,30 +144,18 @@ The commit module now supports `-y/--yes` flag for non-interactive commits:
 
 ```json
 {
-  "gitzone": {
+  "@git.zone/cli": {
+    "cli": {
+      "interactive": true,
+      "output": "human",
+      "checkUpdates": true
+    },
     "format": {
       "interactive": true,
-      "parallel": true,
       "showStats": true,
-      "cache": {
-        "enabled": true,
-        "clean": true
-      },
-      "rollback": {
-        "enabled": true,
-        "autoRollbackOnError": true,
-        "backupRetentionDays": 7
-      },
       "modules": {
         "skip": ["prettier"],
-        "only": [],
+        "only": []
-        "order": []
-      },
-      "licenses": {
-        "allowed": ["MIT", "Apache-2.0"],
-        "exceptions": {
-          "some-package": "GPL-3.0"
-        }
       }
     }
   }
@@ -178,6 +170,9 @@ The commit module now supports `-y/--yes` flag for non-interactive commits:
 # Interactive commit (default)
 gitzone commit
 
+# Read-only recommendation
+gitzone commit recommend --json
+
 # Auto-accept AI recommendations (no prompts)
 gitzone commit -y
 gitzone commit --yes
@@ -197,11 +192,14 @@ gitzone commit --format
 # Basic format
 gitzone format
 
+# Read-only JSON plan
+gitzone format plan --json
+
 # Dry run to preview changes
 gitzone format --dry-run
 
-# Non-interactive mode
+# Non-interactive apply
-gitzone format --yes
+gitzone format --write --yes
 
 # Plan only (no execution)
 gitzone format --plan-only
@@ -218,11 +216,10 @@ gitzone format --verbose
 # Detailed diff views
 gitzone format --detailed
 
-# Rollback operations
+# Inspect config for agents and scripts
-gitzone format --rollback
+gitzone config show --json
-gitzone format --rollback <operation-id>
+gitzone config set cli.output json
-gitzone format --list-backups
+gitzone config get release.accessLevel
-gitzone format --clean-backups
 ```
 
 ## Common Issues (Now Resolved)
@@ -248,10 +245,12 @@ gitzone format --clean-backups
 The project has been fully migrated from @push.rocks/smartfile v11 to v13, which introduced a major breaking change where filesystem operations were split into two separate packages:
 
 **Packages:**
+
 - `@push.rocks/smartfile` v13.0.1 - File representation classes (SmartFile, StreamFile, VirtualDirectory)
 - `@push.rocks/smartfs` v1.1.0 - Filesystem operations (read, write, exists, stat, etc.)
 
 **Key API Changes:**
+
 1. **File Reading**:
    - Old: `plugins.smartfile.fs.toStringSync(path)` or `plugins.smartfile.fs.toObjectSync(path)`
    - New: `await plugins.smartfs.file(path).encoding('utf8').read()` + JSON.parse if needed
@@ -290,13 +289,15 @@ The project has been fully migrated from @push.rocks/smartfile v11 to v13, which
 All sync methods must become async. Functions that were previously synchronous (like `getProjectName()`) now return `Promise<T>` and must be awaited.
 
 **Affected Modules:**
-- ts/mod_format/* (largest area - 15+ files)
+
-- ts/mod_commit/* (version bumping)
+- ts/mod_format/\* (largest area - 15+ files)
-- ts/mod_services/* (configuration management)
+- ts/mod_commit/\* (version bumping)
-- ts/mod_meta/* (meta repository management)
+- ts/mod_services/\* (configuration management)
-- ts/mod_standard/* (template listing)
+- ts/mod_meta/\* (meta repository management)
-- ts/mod_template/* (template operations)
+- ts/mod_standard/\* (template listing)
+- ts/mod_template/\* (template operations)
 
 **Previous API Changes:**
+
 - smartnpm requires instance creation: `new NpmRegistry()`
 - Type imports use `import type` for proper verbatim module syntax

readme.md

@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ For reporting bugs, issues, or security vulnerabilities, please visit [community
 ### Installation
 
 ```bash
-# Install globally via npm
+# Install globally via pnpm (recommended)
-npm install -g @git.zone/cli
-
-# Or with pnpm (recommended)
 pnpm add -g @git.zone/cli
+
+# Or with npm
+npm install -g @git.zone/cli
 ```
 
 Once installed, you can use either `gitzone` or the shorter `gzone` command from anywhere in your terminal.
@@ -33,9 +33,12 @@ Once installed, you can use either `gitzone` or the shorter `gzone` command from
 # Create a new TypeScript npm package
 gitzone template npm
 
-# Format your entire codebase
+# Format your entire codebase (dry-run by default)
 gitzone format
 
+# Apply formatting changes
+gitzone format --write
+
 # Start local MongoDB and MinIO services
 gitzone services start
 
@@ -45,34 +48,156 @@ gitzone commit
 
 ## 🛠️ Core Features
 
+### 🔀 Semantic Commits & Versioning
+
+Create standardized commits with AI-powered suggestions that automatically handle versioning:
+
+```bash
+# Interactive commit with AI recommendations
+gitzone commit
+
+# Read-only recommendation for agents and scripts
+gitzone commit recommend --json
+
+# Auto-accept AI recommendations (skipped for BREAKING CHANGEs)
+gitzone commit -y
+
+# Auto-accept, push, build, and release
+gitzone commit -ypbr
+```
+
+**Flags:**
+
+| Flag | Long Form   | Description                              |
+| ---- | ----------- | ---------------------------------------- |
+| `-y` | `--yes`     | Auto-accept AI recommendations           |
+| `-p` | `--push`    | Push to remote after commit              |
+| `-t` | `--test`    | Run tests before committing              |
+| `-b` | `--build`   | Build after commit, verify clean tree    |
+| `-r` | `--release` | Publish to configured npm registries     |
+|      | `--format`  | Run format before committing             |
+|      | `--json`    | Emit JSON for `gitzone commit recommend` |
+
+**Workflow steps:**
+
+1. 🤖 **AI-powered analysis** — analyzes your changes and suggests commit type, scope, and message
+2. 📝 Interactive commit message builder (type: `fix`/`feat`/`BREAKING CHANGE`, scope, description)
+3. 📜 Automatic changelog generation
+4. 🏷️ Automatic version bumping (major/minor/patch) with git tag creation
+5. 🔨 Optional build & verification
+6. 🚀 Optional push to origin
+7. 📦 Optional publish to npm registries
+
+Supports both npm (`package.json`) and Deno (`deno.json`) projects, including dual-type projects.
+
+### 🎨 Intelligent Code Formatting
+
+Automatically format and standardize your entire codebase. **Dry-run by default** — nothing changes until you explicitly use `--write`:
+
+```bash
+# Preview what would change (default behavior)
+gitzone format
+
+# Emit a machine-readable plan
+gitzone format plan --json
+
+# Apply changes
+gitzone format --write
+
+# Auto-approve without prompts
+gitzone format --yes --write
+
+# Show detailed diffs
+gitzone format --diff
+
+# Enable verbose logging
+gitzone format --verbose
+```
+
+**Flags:**
+
+| Flag                 | Description                                   |
+| -------------------- | --------------------------------------------- |
+| `--write` / `-w`     | Apply changes (default is dry-run)            |
+| `--yes`              | Auto-approve without interactive confirmation |
+| `--plan-only`        | Only show what would be done                  |
+| `--save-plan <file>` | Save the format plan to a file                |
+| `--from-plan <file>` | Load and execute a saved plan                 |
+| `--detailed`         | Show detailed stats and save report           |
+| `--verbose`          | Enable verbose logging                        |
+| `--diff`             | Show file diffs                               |
+| `--json`             | Emit a read-only format plan as JSON          |
+
+**Formatters (executed in order):**
+
+1. 🧹 **Cleanup** — removes obsolete files (yarn.lock, package-lock.json, tslint.json, etc.)
+2. ⚙️ **Smartconfig** — formats and standardizes `.smartconfig.json`
+3. 📜 **License** — ensures proper licensing and checks dependency licenses
+4. 📦 **Package.json** — standardizes package configuration
+5. 📋 **Templates** — applies project template updates
+6. 🙈 **Gitignore** — updates repository ignore rules
+7. 🔧 **Tsconfig** — optimizes TypeScript configuration
+8. ✨ **Prettier** — applies code formatting
+9. 📖 **Readme** — ensures readme files exist
+10. 📂 **Copy** — copies configured files
+
 ### 🐳 Development Services Management
 
-Effortlessly manage local MongoDB and MinIO (S3-compatible) services for your development environment:
+Effortlessly manage local development services (MongoDB, MinIO S3, Elasticsearch) with Docker:
 
 ```bash
 gitzone services [command]
 ```
 
-**Available commands:**
+**Commands:**
 
-- **`start [service]`** - Start services (mongo|s3|all)
+| Command                  | Description                                            |
-- **`stop [service]`** - Stop services (mongo|s3|all)
+| ------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------ |
-- **`restart [service]`** - Restart services
+| `start [service]`        | Start services (`mongo`\|`s3`\|`elasticsearch`\|`all`) |
-- **`status`** - Show current service status
+| `stop [service]`         | Stop services                                          |
-- **`config`** - Display configuration details
+| `restart [service]`      | Restart services                                       |
-- **`compass`** - Get MongoDB Compass connection string with network IP
+| `status`                 | Show current service status                            |
-- **`logs [service] [lines]`** - View service logs
+| `config`                 | Display configuration details                          |
-- **`remove`** - Remove containers (preserves data)
+| `set <csv>`              | Set enabled services without prompts                   |
-- **`clean`** - Remove containers AND data (⚠️ destructive)
+| `enable <service...>`    | Enable one or more services                            |
+| `disable <service...>`   | Disable one or more services                           |
+| `compass`                | Get MongoDB Compass connection string with network IP  |
+| `logs [service] [lines]` | View service logs (default: 20 lines)                  |
+| `reconfigure`            | Reassign ports and restart all services                |
+| `remove`                 | Remove containers (preserves data)                     |
+| `clean`                  | Remove containers AND data (⚠️ destructive)            |
+
+**Service aliases:**
+
+- `mongo` / `mongodb` — MongoDB
+- `minio` / `s3` — MinIO (S3-compatible storage)
+- `elasticsearch` / `es` — Elasticsearch
+- `all` — All services (default)
 
 **Key features:**
 
-- 🎲 **Smart port assignment** - Automatically assigns random ports (20000-30000) to avoid conflicts
+- 🎲 **Smart port assignment** — automatically assigns random ports (20000–30000) to avoid conflicts
-- 📦 **Project isolation** - Each project gets its own containers with unique names
+- 📦 **Project isolation** — each project gets its own containers with unique names
-- 💾 **Data persistence** - Data stored in `.nogit/` directories survives container restarts
+- 💾 **Data persistence** — data stored in `.nogit/` survives container restarts
-- 🔗 **MongoDB Compass support** - Instantly get connection strings for GUI access
+- 🔗 **MongoDB Compass support** — instantly get connection strings for GUI access
-- 🌐 **Network IP detection** - Automatically detects your local network IP for remote connections
+- 🌐 **Network IP detection** — detects your local network IP for remote connections
-- ⚙️ **Auto-configuration** - Creates `.nogit/env.json` with smart defaults
+- ⚙️ **Auto-configuration** — creates `.nogit/env.json` with smart defaults
+
+**Global operations (`-g` flag):**
+
+```bash
+# List all registered projects
+gitzone services list -g
+
+# Show status across all projects
+gitzone services status -g
+
+# Stop all containers across all projects
+gitzone services stop -g
+
+# Remove stale registry entries
+gitzone services cleanup -g
+```
 
 **Example workflow:**
 
@@ -80,6 +205,9 @@ gitzone services [command]
 # Start all services for your project
 gitzone services start
 
+# Configure enabled services without prompts
+gitzone services set mongodb,minio
+
 # Check what's running
 gitzone services status
 
@@ -94,7 +222,29 @@ gitzone services logs mongo 50
 gitzone services stop
 ```
 
-The services are configured via `.nogit/env.json` which is automatically created with secure defaults and random ports for each project.
+### ⚙️ Release & Commit Configuration
+
+Manage release registries and commit settings:
+
+```bash
+gitzone config [subcommand]
+```
+
+| Command                            | Description                                                |
+| ---------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `show`                             | Display current release config (registries, access level)  |
+| `get <path>`                       | Read a single value from `@git.zone/cli`                   |
+| `set <path> <value>`               | Write a single value to `@git.zone/cli`                    |
+| `unset <path>`                     | Remove a single value from `@git.zone/cli`                 |
+| `add [url]`                        | Add a registry URL (default: `https://registry.npmjs.org`) |
+| `remove [url]`                     | Remove a registry URL (interactive selection if no URL)    |
+| `clear`                            | Clear all registries (with confirmation)                   |
+| `access [public\|private]`         | Set npm access level for publishing                        |
+| `commit alwaysTest [true\|false]`  | Always run tests before commit                             |
+| `commit alwaysBuild [true\|false]` | Always build after commit                                  |
+| `services`                         | Configure which services are enabled                       |
+
+Configuration is stored in `.smartconfig.json` under the `@git.zone/cli` key.
 
 ### 📦 Project Templates
 
@@ -104,12 +254,12 @@ Instantly scaffold production-ready projects with best practices built-in:
 gitzone template [template-name]
 ```
 
-**Available templates:**
+**Interactive templates:**
 
-- **`npm`** - TypeScript npm package with testing, CI/CD, and full tooling
+- **`npm`** — TypeScript npm package with testing, CI/CD, and full tooling
-- **`service`** - Microservice architecture with Docker support
+- **`service`** — Microservice architecture with Docker support
-- **`website`** - Modern web application with LitElement and service workers
+- **`website`** — Modern web application with LitElement and service workers
-- **`wcc`** - Web Component Collection for reusable UI components
+- **`wcc`** — Web Component Collection for reusable UI components
 
 Each template comes pre-configured with:
 
@@ -119,94 +269,6 @@ Each template comes pre-configured with:
 - ✅ Code formatting and linting
 - ✅ Documentation structure
 
-### 🎨 Intelligent Code Formatting
-
-The most powerful feature of gitzone - automatically format and standardize your entire codebase:
-
-```bash
-# Preview changes without applying them
-gitzone format --dry-run
-
-# Format with automatic approval
-gitzone format --yes
-
-# Save formatting plan for later execution
-gitzone format --save-plan format-plan.json
-
-# Execute a saved plan
-gitzone format --from-plan format-plan.json
-
-# Enable verbose output for debugging
-gitzone format --verbose
-```
-
-**Format features:**
-
-- 🔄 **Smart caching** - Only processes changed files
-- 🛡️ **Rollback support** - Undo formatting changes if needed
-- 📊 **Detailed reporting** - See exactly what changed
-- ⚡ **Parallel execution** - Format multiple files simultaneously
-- 🎯 **Module-specific formatting** - Target specific formatters
-
-**Rollback capabilities:**
-
-```bash
-# List all available backups
-gitzone format --list-backups
-
-# Rollback to the last operation
-gitzone format --rollback
-
-# Rollback to a specific operation
-gitzone format --rollback [operation-id]
-
-# Clean old backups
-gitzone format --clean-backups
-```
-
-**Formatters included:**
-
-- **Prettier** - JavaScript/TypeScript code formatting
-- **License** - Ensure proper licensing
-- **Package.json** - Standardize package configurations
-- **Tsconfig** - TypeScript configuration optimization
-- **Readme** - Documentation formatting
-- **Gitignore** - Repository ignore rules
-- **Templates** - Project template updates
-- **Npmextra** - Extended npm configurations
-- **Cleanup** - Removes obsolete files (yarn.lock, package-lock.json, tslint.json, etc.)
-
-### 🔀 Semantic Commits & Versioning
-
-Create standardized commits with AI-powered suggestions that automatically handle versioning:
-
-```bash
-# Interactive commit with AI recommendations
-gitzone commit
-
-# Auto-accept AI recommendations
-gitzone commit -y
-
-# Auto-accept and push
-gitzone commit -y -p
-```
-
-Features:
-
-- 🤖 **AI-powered analysis** - Analyzes your changes and suggests commit type, scope, and message
-- 📝 Interactive commit message builder with smart defaults
-- 🏷️ Automatic version bumping (major/minor/patch)
-- 📜 Changelog generation
-- 🚀 Optional auto-push to origin
-- 🎯 Conventional commit compliance
-
-The commit wizard guides you through:
-
-1. **Type selection** (fix/feat/BREAKING CHANGE) with AI recommendation
-2. **Scope definition** (component/module affected)
-3. **Description crafting**
-4. **Version bump determination**
-
 ### 🏗️ Meta Repository Management
 
 Manage multiple related repositories as a cohesive unit:
@@ -218,36 +280,22 @@ gitzone meta init
 # Add a sub-project
 gitzone meta add [name] [git-url]
 
-# Update all sub-projects
+# Update all sub-projects (clone missing, clean superfluous)
 gitzone meta update
 
 # Remove a sub-project
 gitzone meta remove [name]
 ```
 
-Perfect for:
-
-- Monorepo management
-- Multi-package projects
-- Coordinated deployments
-- Synchronized versioning
-
 ### 🐳 Docker Management
 
 Streamline your Docker workflow:
 
 ```bash
-# Clean up all Docker resources
+# Clean up all Docker resources (containers, images, volumes, networks)
 gitzone docker prune
 ```
 
-This command removes:
-
-- Stopped containers
-- Unused images
-- Dangling volumes
-- Unused networks
-
 ### 🔗 Quick CI/CD Access
 
 Jump directly to your CI/CD configurations:
@@ -270,12 +318,7 @@ Smoothly transition users from old to new packages:
 gitzone deprecate
 ```
 
-Interactive wizard for:
+Interactive wizard that prompts for registry URLs, old package name, and new package name — then runs `npm deprecate` across all specified registries.
-
-- Setting deprecation notices
-- Guiding users to replacements
-- Updating registry metadata
-- Coordinating migration paths
 
 ### 🚦 Project Initialization
 
@@ -285,17 +328,10 @@ Prepare existing projects for development:
 gitzone start
 ```
 
-Automatically:
+Automatically checks out master, pulls latest changes, and installs dependencies.
-
-- Checks out master branch
-- Pulls latest changes
-- Installs dependencies
-- Sets up development environment
 
 ### 🔧 Helper Utilities
 
-Quick utilities for common tasks:
-
 ```bash
 # Generate a unique short ID
 gitzone helpers shortid
@@ -303,31 +339,33 @@ gitzone helpers shortid
 
 ## 📋 Configuration
 
-### npmextra.json Configuration
+### .smartconfig.json
 
-Customize gitzone behavior through `npmextra.json`:
+Customize gitzone behavior through `.smartconfig.json`:
 
 ```json
 {
-  "gitzone": {
+  "@git.zone/cli": {
+    "projectType": "npm",
+    "cli": {
+      "interactive": true,
+      "output": "human",
+      "checkUpdates": true
+    },
+    "release": {
+      "registries": ["https://registry.npmjs.org"],
+      "accessLevel": "public"
+    },
+    "commit": {
+      "alwaysTest": false,
+      "alwaysBuild": false
+    },
     "format": {
       "interactive": true,
-      "showDiffs": false,
+      "showStats": true,
-      "autoApprove": false,
-      "parallel": true,
-      "rollback": {
-        "enabled": true,
-        "autoRollbackOnError": true,
-        "backupRetentionDays": 7
-      },
       "modules": {
         "skip": ["prettier"],
-        "only": [],
+        "only": []
-        "order": []
-      },
-      "cache": {
-        "enabled": true,
-        "clean": true
       }
     }
   }
@@ -336,35 +374,9 @@ Customize gitzone behavior through `npmextra.json`:
 
 ### Environment Variables
 
-- `CI` - Detect CI environment for automated workflows
+- `CI` — Detect CI environment for automated workflows
-- `DEBUG` - Enable debug output
+- `DEBUG` — Enable debug output
-- `GITZONE_FORMAT_PARALLEL` - Control parallel formatting
+- `GITZONE_FORMAT_PARALLEL` — Control parallel formatting
-
-## 🏆 Best Practices
-
-### For New Projects
-
-1. Start with a template: `gitzone template npm`
-2. Set up local services: `gitzone services start`
-3. Customize the generated structure
-4. Run initial format: `gitzone format`
-5. Set up CI/CD: `gitzone open ci`
-
-### For Existing Projects
-
-1. Initialize: `gitzone start`
-2. Format codebase: `gitzone format --dry-run` (preview first!)
-3. Apply formatting: `gitzone format --yes`
-4. Set up services: `gitzone services start`
-5. Commit changes: `gitzone commit`
-
-### For Teams
-
-1. Document format preferences in `npmextra.json`
-2. Share `.nogit/env.json` template for consistent service setup
-3. Use `--save-plan` for reviewable format changes
-4. Enable rollback for safety
-5. Standardize commit conventions
 
 ## 🎯 Common Workflows
 
@@ -383,8 +395,9 @@ gitzone services start
 # 4. Check service logs if needed
 gitzone services logs mongo
 
-# 5. Format code
+# 5. Preview format changes, then apply
 gitzone format
+gitzone format --write
 
 # 6. Commit with semantic versioning
 gitzone commit
@@ -393,6 +406,30 @@ gitzone commit
 gitzone services stop
 ```
 
+### Automated CI/CD Commit
+
+```bash
+# Auto-accept, test, build, push, and release in one command
+gitzone commit -ytbpr
+```
+
+### Agent-Friendly Inspection
+
+```bash
+# Top-level machine-readable help
+gitzone help config --json
+
+# Read-only commit recommendation
+gitzone commit recommend --json
+
+# Read-only format plan
+gitzone format plan --json
+
+# Read or change config without prompts
+gitzone config get release.accessLevel
+gitzone config set cli.interactive false
+```
+
 ### Multi-Repository Management
 
 ```bash
@@ -408,29 +445,26 @@ gitzone meta add shared https://github.com/org/shared.git
 gitzone meta update
 ```
 
-### Safe Formatting with Rollback
+### Safe Formatting with Plan Review
 
 ```bash
-# 1. Preview changes
+# 1. Preview changes (default)
-gitzone format --dry-run
+gitzone format
 
 # 2. Save plan for review
 gitzone format --save-plan format-changes.json
 
-# 3. Apply formatting
+# 3. Apply from saved plan
-gitzone format --from-plan format-changes.json
+gitzone format --from-plan format-changes.json --write
-
-# 4. If something goes wrong, rollback
-gitzone format --rollback
 ```
 
 ### Database-Driven Development
 
 ```bash
-# 1. Start MongoDB and MinIO
+# 1. Start MongoDB, MinIO, and Elasticsearch
 gitzone services start
 
-# 2. Get connection string for your app
+# 2. Get connection details
 gitzone services config
 
 # 3. Connect with MongoDB Compass
@@ -447,43 +481,44 @@ gitzone services clean  # ⚠️ Warning: deletes data
 
 ### CI/CD Platforms
 
-- **GitLab CI** - Full pipeline support with templates
+- **GitLab CI** — full pipeline support with templates
-- **GitHub Actions** - Automated workflows
+- **GitHub Actions** — automated workflows
-- **Docker** - Container-based deployments
+- **Docker** — container-based deployments
 
 ### Development Tools
 
-- **TypeScript** - First-class support
+- **TypeScript** — first-class support
-- **Prettier** - Code formatting
+- **Prettier** — code formatting
-- **npm/pnpm** - Package management
+- **pnpm** — package management
-- **MongoDB** - Local database service
+- **MongoDB** — local database service
-- **MinIO** - S3-compatible object storage
+- **MinIO** — S3-compatible object storage
-- **MongoDB Compass** - Database GUI integration
+- **Elasticsearch** — search and analytics
+- **MongoDB Compass** — database GUI integration
 
 ### Version Control
 
-- **Git** - Deep integration
+- **Git** — deep integration
-- **Semantic Versioning** - Automatic version bumping
+- **Semantic Versioning** — automatic version bumping
-- **Conventional Commits** - Standardized commit messages
+- **Conventional Commits** — standardized commit messages
+- **AI-Powered Analysis** — intelligent commit suggestions via `@git.zone/tsdoc`
 
 ## 💡 Pro Tips
 
 1. **Use aliases**: Add `alias gz='gitzone'` to your shell profile
-2. **Combine commands**: `gitzone format --yes && gitzone commit`
+2. **Combine flags**: `gitzone commit -ypbr` for the full auto workflow
 3. **Leverage templates**: Start projects right with proven structures
 4. **Enable caching**: Dramatically speeds up formatting operations
-5. **Save format plans**: Review changes before applying in production
+5. **Save format plans**: Review changes before applying
 6. **Port management**: Let services auto-assign ports to avoid conflicts
 7. **Use MongoDB Compass**: `gitzone services compass` for visual DB management
+8. **Global service management**: `gitzone services status -g` to see all projects' services at once
 
 ## 🐛 Troubleshooting
 
 ### Format Command Shows "Cancelled"
 
-If the format command shows cancelled even after confirming:
-
 - Check your `npmextra.json` configuration
-- Try with `--yes` flag to skip confirmation
+- Try with `--yes --write` flags
 - Use `--verbose` for detailed output
 
 ### Docker Commands Fail
@@ -496,19 +531,20 @@ docker info
 
 ### Services Won't Start
 
-Check for port conflicts:
-
 ```bash
 # Services auto-assign ports, but you can check the config
 cat .nogit/env.json
 
 # Verify Docker is running
 docker ps
+
+# Reassign ports if there are conflicts
+gitzone services reconfigure
 ```
 
 ### Template Creation Issues
 
-Verify npm/pnpm is properly configured:
+Verify pnpm/npm is properly configured:
 
 ```bash
 npm config get registry
@@ -524,12 +560,11 @@ npm config get registry
 
 gitzone is optimized for speed:
 
-- **Parallel processing** for format operations
+- ⚡ **Parallel processing** for format operations
-- **Smart caching** to avoid redundant work
+- 🧠 **Smart caching** to avoid redundant work
-- **Incremental updates** for meta repositories
+- 📊 **Incremental updates** for meta repositories
-- **Minimal dependencies** for fast installation
+- 🐳 **Isolated services** prevent resource conflicts
-- **Isolated services** prevent resource conflicts
+- 🎲 **Auto port assignment** eliminates manual configuration
-- **Auto port assignment** eliminates manual configuration
 
 ## License and Legal Information
 

readme.plan.md

@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 # GitZone Services Command Implementation Plan
 
 ## Overview
+
 Implement the `gitzone services` command to manage MongoDB and MinIO containers for development projects.
 
 ## Tasks
 
 ### Module Structure Setup
+
 - [x] Create `ts/mod_services/` directory
 - [x] Create `mod.plugins.ts` with required imports
 - [x] Create `helpers.ts` with utility functions
@@ -15,6 +17,7 @@ Implement the `gitzone services` command to manage MongoDB and MinIO containers
 - [x] Create `index.ts` with main command logic
 
 ### Core Functionality
+
 - [x] Implement ServiceConfiguration class
   - [x] Load/create `.nogit/env.json` configuration
   - [x] Generate random available ports (20000-30000 range)
@@ -37,6 +40,7 @@ Implement the `gitzone services` command to manage MongoDB and MinIO containers
   - [x] Generate MongoDB Compass connection strings
 
 ### Commands Implementation
+
 - [x] `start` command - Start services (mongo|s3|all)
 - [x] `stop` command - Stop services (mongo|s3|all)
 - [x] `restart` command - Restart services (mongo|s3|all)
@@ -48,12 +52,14 @@ Implement the `gitzone services` command to manage MongoDB and MinIO containers
 - [x] `clean` command - Remove containers and data
 
 ### Integration
+
 - [x] Add `@push.rocks/smartshell` to main plugins.ts
 - [x] Add `@push.rocks/smartnetwork` to main plugins.ts
 - [x] Add `@push.rocks/smartinteraction` to main plugins.ts
 - [x] Register services command in `gitzone.cli.ts`
 
 ### Features
+
 - [x] Auto-configuration with smart defaults
 - [x] Random port assignment to avoid conflicts
 - [x] Project isolation with unique container names
@@ -65,6 +71,7 @@ Implement the `gitzone services` command to manage MongoDB and MinIO containers
 - [x] MongoDB Compass connection string with network IP
 
 ### Testing
+
 - [ ] Test service start/stop operations
 - [ ] Test configuration creation and updates
 - [ ] Test port collision handling
@@ -73,6 +80,7 @@ Implement the `gitzone services` command to manage MongoDB and MinIO containers
 - [ ] Test all command variations
 
 ## Configuration Format
+
 ```json
 {
   "PROJECT_NAME": "derived-from-package-name",
@@ -91,6 +99,7 @@ Implement the `gitzone services` command to manage MongoDB and MinIO containers
 ```
 
 ## Command Examples
+
 ```bash
 gitzone services start          # Start all services
 gitzone services start mongo    # Start only MongoDB
@@ -104,10 +113,12 @@ gitzone services clean          # Remove containers and data
 ```
 
 ## Progress Notes
+
 Implementation started: 2025-08-14
 Implementation completed: 2025-08-14
 
 ## Summary
+
 Successfully implemented the `gitzone services` command in TypeScript, providing a complete replacement for the `services.sh` shell script. The implementation includes:
 
 1. **Complete Docker service management** for MongoDB and MinIO containers
@@ -118,4 +129,4 @@ Successfully implemented the `gitzone services` command in TypeScript, providing
 6. **Interactive confirmations** for destructive operations
 7. **Comprehensive command set** including start, stop, restart, status, config, compass, logs, remove, and clean commands
 
-The module is fully integrated into the gitzone CLI and ready for testing.
+The module is fully integrated into the gitzone CLI and ready for testing.

ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@git.zone/cli',
-  version: '2.5.0',
+  version: '2.14.1',
   description: 'A comprehensive CLI tool for enhancing and managing local development workflows with gitzone utilities, focusing on project setup, version control, code formatting, and template management.'
 }

ts/classes.gitzoneconfig.ts

@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ export class GitzoneConfig {
   public data: IGitzoneConfigData;
 
   public async readConfigFromCwd() {
-    const npmextraInstance = new plugins.npmextra.Npmextra(paths.cwd);
+    const smartconfigInstance = new plugins.smartconfig.Smartconfig(paths.cwd);
-    this.data = npmextraInstance.dataFor<IGitzoneConfigData>('@git.zone/cli', {});
+    this.data = smartconfigInstance.dataFor<IGitzoneConfigData>('@git.zone/cli', {});
 
     // Read szci config for backward compatibility
-    const szciConfig = npmextraInstance.dataFor<any>('@ship.zone/szci', {});
+    const szciConfig = smartconfigInstance.dataFor<any>('@ship.zone/szci', {});
 
     // Prefer accessLevel from @git.zone/cli.release, fallback to @ship.zone/szci.npmAccessLevel
     const accessLevel =

ts/classes.project.ts

@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ import type { TGitzoneProjectType } from './classes.gitzoneconfig.js';
  * the Project class is a tool to work with a gitzone project
  */
 export class Project {
-  public static async fromCwd() {
+  public static async fromCwd(options: { requireProjectType?: boolean } = {}) {
     const gitzoneConfig = await GitzoneConfig.fromCwd();
     const project = new Project(gitzoneConfig);
-    if (!project.gitzoneConfig.data.projectType) {
+    const requireProjectType = options.requireProjectType ?? true;
+    if (requireProjectType && !project.gitzoneConfig.data.projectType) {
       throw new Error('Please define a project type');
     }
     return project;

ts/gitzone.cli.ts

@@ -1,23 +1,29 @@
-import * as plugins from './plugins.js';
+import * as plugins from "./plugins.js";
-import * as paths from './paths.js';
+import * as paths from "./paths.js";
-import { GitzoneConfig } from './classes.gitzoneconfig.js';
+import { GitzoneConfig } from "./classes.gitzoneconfig.js";
+import { getRawCliMode } from "./helpers.climode.js";
 
 const gitzoneSmartcli = new plugins.smartcli.Smartcli();
 
 export let run = async () => {
   const done = plugins.smartpromise.defer();
+  const rawCliMode = await getRawCliMode();
 
   // get packageInfo
   const projectInfo = new plugins.projectinfo.ProjectInfo(paths.packageDir);
 
   // check for updates
-  const smartupdateInstance = new plugins.smartupdate.SmartUpdate();
+  if (rawCliMode.checkUpdates) {
-  await smartupdateInstance.check(
+    const smartupdateInstance = new plugins.smartupdate.SmartUpdate();
-    'gitzone',
+    await smartupdateInstance.check(
-    projectInfo.npm.version,
+      "gitzone",
-    'http://gitzone.gitlab.io/gitzone/changelog.html',
+      projectInfo.npm.version,
-  );
+      "http://gitzone.gitlab.io/gitzone/changelog.html",
-  console.log('---------------------------------------------');
+    );
+  }
+  if (rawCliMode.output === "human") {
+    console.log("---------------------------------------------");
+  }
   gitzoneSmartcli.addVersion(projectInfo.npm.version);
 
   // ======> Standard task <======
@@ -26,8 +32,13 @@ export let run = async () => {
    * standard task
    */
   gitzoneSmartcli.standardCommand().subscribe(async (argvArg) => {
-    const modStandard = await import('./mod_standard/index.js');
+    const modStandard = await import("./mod_standard/index.js");
-    await modStandard.run();
+    await modStandard.run(argvArg);
+  });
+
+  gitzoneSmartcli.addCommand("help").subscribe(async (argvArg) => {
+    const modStandard = await import("./mod_standard/index.js");
+    await modStandard.run(argvArg);
   });
 
   // ======> Specific tasks <======
@@ -35,115 +46,102 @@ export let run = async () => {
   /**
    * commit something
    */
-  gitzoneSmartcli.addCommand('commit').subscribe(async (argvArg) => {
+  gitzoneSmartcli.addCommand("commit").subscribe(async (argvArg) => {
-    const modCommit = await import('./mod_commit/index.js');
+    const modCommit = await import("./mod_commit/index.js");
     await modCommit.run(argvArg);
   });
 
   /**
    * deprecate a package on npm
    */
-  gitzoneSmartcli.addCommand('deprecate').subscribe(async (argvArg) => {
+  gitzoneSmartcli.addCommand("deprecate").subscribe(async (argvArg) => {
-    const modDeprecate = await import('./mod_deprecate/index.js');
+    const modDeprecate = await import("./mod_deprecate/index.js");
     await modDeprecate.run();
   });
 
   /**
    * docker
    */
-  gitzoneSmartcli.addCommand('docker').subscribe(async (argvArg) => {
+  gitzoneSmartcli.addCommand("docker").subscribe(async (argvArg) => {
-    const modDocker = await import('./mod_docker/index.js');
+    const modDocker = await import("./mod_docker/index.js");
     await modDocker.run(argvArg);
   });
 
   /**
    * Update all files that comply with the gitzone standard
    */
-  gitzoneSmartcli.addCommand('format').subscribe(async (argvArg) => {
+  gitzoneSmartcli.addCommand("format").subscribe(async (argvArg) => {
     const config = GitzoneConfig.fromCwd();
-    const modFormat = await import('./mod_format/index.js');
+    const modFormat = await import("./mod_format/index.js");
-
-    // Handle rollback commands
-    if (argvArg.rollback) {
-      await modFormat.handleRollback(argvArg.rollback);
-      return;
-    }
-
-    if (argvArg['list-backups']) {
-      await modFormat.handleListBackups();
-      return;
-    }
-
-    if (argvArg['clean-backups']) {
-      await modFormat.handleCleanBackups();
-      return;
-    }
 
     // Handle format with options
+    // Default is dry-mode, use --write/-w to apply changes
     await modFormat.run({
-      dryRun: argvArg['dry-run'],
+      ...argvArg,
+      write: argvArg.write || argvArg.w,
+      dryRun: argvArg["dry-run"],
       yes: argvArg.yes,
-      planOnly: argvArg['plan-only'],
+      planOnly: argvArg["plan-only"],
-      savePlan: argvArg['save-plan'],
+      savePlan: argvArg["save-plan"],
-      fromPlan: argvArg['from-plan'],
+      fromPlan: argvArg["from-plan"],
       detailed: argvArg.detailed,
       interactive: argvArg.interactive !== false,
-      parallel: argvArg.parallel !== false,
       verbose: argvArg.verbose,
+      diff: argvArg.diff,
     });
   });
 
   /**
    * run meta commands
    */
-  gitzoneSmartcli.addCommand('meta').subscribe(async (argvArg) => {
+  gitzoneSmartcli.addCommand("meta").subscribe(async (argvArg) => {
     const config = GitzoneConfig.fromCwd();
-    const modMeta = await import('./mod_meta/index.js');
+    const modMeta = await import("./mod_meta/index.js");
     modMeta.run(argvArg);
   });
 
   /**
    * open assets
    */
-  gitzoneSmartcli.addCommand('open').subscribe(async (argvArg) => {
+  gitzoneSmartcli.addCommand("open").subscribe(async (argvArg) => {
-    const modOpen = await import('./mod_open/index.js');
+    const modOpen = await import("./mod_open/index.js");
     modOpen.run(argvArg);
   });
 
   /**
    * add a readme to a project
    */
-  gitzoneSmartcli.addCommand('template').subscribe(async (argvArg) => {
+  gitzoneSmartcli.addCommand("template").subscribe(async (argvArg) => {
-    const modTemplate = await import('./mod_template/index.js');
+    const modTemplate = await import("./mod_template/index.js");
     modTemplate.run(argvArg);
   });
 
   /**
    * start working on a project
    */
-  gitzoneSmartcli.addCommand('start').subscribe(async (argvArg) => {
+  gitzoneSmartcli.addCommand("start").subscribe(async (argvArg) => {
-    const modTemplate = await import('./mod_start/index.js');
+    const modTemplate = await import("./mod_start/index.js");
     modTemplate.run(argvArg);
   });
 
-  gitzoneSmartcli.addCommand('helpers').subscribe(async (argvArg) => {
+  gitzoneSmartcli.addCommand("helpers").subscribe(async (argvArg) => {
-    const modHelpers = await import('./mod_helpers/index.js');
+    const modHelpers = await import("./mod_helpers/index.js");
     modHelpers.run(argvArg);
   });
 
   /**
    * manage release configuration
    */
-  gitzoneSmartcli.addCommand('config').subscribe(async (argvArg) => {
+  gitzoneSmartcli.addCommand("config").subscribe(async (argvArg) => {
-    const modConfig = await import('./mod_config/index.js');
+    const modConfig = await import("./mod_config/index.js");
     await modConfig.run(argvArg);
   });
 
   /**
    * manage development services (MongoDB, S3/MinIO)
    */
-  gitzoneSmartcli.addCommand('services').subscribe(async (argvArg) => {
+  gitzoneSmartcli.addCommand("services").subscribe(async (argvArg) => {
-    const modServices = await import('./mod_services/index.js');
+    const modServices = await import("./mod_services/index.js");
     await modServices.run(argvArg);
   });
 

ts/helpers.climode.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,212 @@
+import { getCliConfigValue } from "./helpers.smartconfig.js";
+
+export type TCliOutputMode = "human" | "plain" | "json";
+
+export interface ICliMode {
+  output: TCliOutputMode;
+  interactive: boolean;
+  json: boolean;
+  plain: boolean;
+  quiet: boolean;
+  yes: boolean;
+  help: boolean;
+  agent: boolean;
+  checkUpdates: boolean;
+  isTty: boolean;
+  command?: string;
+}
+
+interface ICliConfigSettings {
+  interactive?: boolean;
+  output?: TCliOutputMode;
+  checkUpdates?: boolean;
+}
+
+type TArgSource = Record<string, any> & { _?: string[] };
+
+const camelCase = (value: string): string => {
+  return value.replace(/-([a-z])/g, (_match, group: string) =>
+    group.toUpperCase(),
+  );
+};
+
+const getArgValue = (argvArg: TArgSource, key: string): any => {
+  const keyVariants = [key, camelCase(key), key.replace(/-/g, "")];
+  for (const keyVariant of keyVariants) {
+    if (argvArg[keyVariant] !== undefined) {
+      return argvArg[keyVariant];
+    }
+  }
+  return undefined;
+};
+
+const parseRawArgv = (argv: string[]): TArgSource => {
+  const parsedArgv: TArgSource = { _: [] };
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < argv.length; i++) {
+    const currentArg = argv[i];
+
+    if (currentArg.startsWith("--no-")) {
+      const key = currentArg.slice(5);
+      parsedArgv[key] = false;
+      parsedArgv[camelCase(key)] = false;
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (currentArg.startsWith("--")) {
+      const withoutPrefix = currentArg.slice(2);
+      const [rawKey, inlineValue] = withoutPrefix.split("=", 2);
+      if (inlineValue !== undefined) {
+        parsedArgv[rawKey] = inlineValue;
+        parsedArgv[camelCase(rawKey)] = inlineValue;
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      const nextArg = argv[i + 1];
+      if (nextArg && !nextArg.startsWith("-")) {
+        parsedArgv[rawKey] = nextArg;
+        parsedArgv[camelCase(rawKey)] = nextArg;
+        i++;
+      } else {
+        parsedArgv[rawKey] = true;
+        parsedArgv[camelCase(rawKey)] = true;
+      }
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (currentArg.startsWith("-") && currentArg.length > 1) {
+      for (const shortFlag of currentArg.slice(1).split("")) {
+        parsedArgv[shortFlag] = true;
+      }
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    parsedArgv._ = parsedArgv._ || [];
+    parsedArgv._.push(currentArg);
+  }
+
+  return parsedArgv;
+};
+
+const normalizeOutputMode = (value: unknown): TCliOutputMode | undefined => {
+  if (value === "human" || value === "plain" || value === "json") {
+    return value;
+  }
+  return undefined;
+};
+
+const resolveCliMode = (
+  argvArg: TArgSource,
+  cliConfig: ICliConfigSettings,
+): ICliMode => {
+  const isTty = Boolean(process.stdout?.isTTY && process.stdin?.isTTY);
+  const agentMode = Boolean(getArgValue(argvArg, "agent"));
+  const outputOverride = normalizeOutputMode(getArgValue(argvArg, "output"));
+
+  let output: TCliOutputMode =
+    normalizeOutputMode(cliConfig.output) || (isTty ? "human" : "plain");
+  if (agentMode || getArgValue(argvArg, "json")) {
+    output = "json";
+  } else if (getArgValue(argvArg, "plain")) {
+    output = "plain";
+  } else if (outputOverride) {
+    output = outputOverride;
+  }
+
+  const interactiveSetting = getArgValue(argvArg, "interactive");
+  let interactive = cliConfig.interactive ?? isTty;
+  if (interactiveSetting === true) {
+    interactive = true;
+  } else if (interactiveSetting === false) {
+    interactive = false;
+  }
+  if (!isTty || output !== "human" || agentMode) {
+    interactive = false;
+  }
+
+  const checkUpdatesSetting = getArgValue(argvArg, "check-updates");
+  let checkUpdates = cliConfig.checkUpdates ?? output === "human";
+  if (checkUpdatesSetting === true) {
+    checkUpdates = true;
+  } else if (checkUpdatesSetting === false) {
+    checkUpdates = false;
+  }
+  if (output !== "human" || agentMode) {
+    checkUpdates = false;
+  }
+
+  return {
+    output,
+    interactive,
+    json: output === "json",
+    plain: output === "plain",
+    quiet: Boolean(
+      getArgValue(argvArg, "quiet") ||
+      getArgValue(argvArg, "q") ||
+      output === "json",
+    ),
+    yes: Boolean(getArgValue(argvArg, "yes") || getArgValue(argvArg, "y")),
+    help: Boolean(
+      getArgValue(argvArg, "help") ||
+      getArgValue(argvArg, "h") ||
+      argvArg._?.[0] === "help",
+    ),
+    agent: agentMode,
+    checkUpdates,
+    isTty,
+    command: argvArg._?.[0],
+  };
+};
+
+const getCliModeConfig = async (): Promise<ICliConfigSettings> => {
+  return await getCliConfigValue<ICliConfigSettings>("cli", {});
+};
+
+export const getCliMode = async (
+  argvArg: TArgSource = {},
+): Promise<ICliMode> => {
+  const cliConfig = await getCliModeConfig();
+  return resolveCliMode(argvArg, cliConfig);
+};
+
+export const getRawCliMode = async (): Promise<ICliMode> => {
+  const cliConfig = await getCliModeConfig();
+  const rawArgv = parseRawArgv(process.argv.slice(2));
+  return resolveCliMode(rawArgv, cliConfig);
+};
+
+export const printJson = (data: unknown): void => {
+  console.log(JSON.stringify(data, null, 2));
+};
+
+export const runWithSuppressedOutput = async <T>(
+  fn: () => Promise<T>,
+): Promise<T> => {
+  const originalConsole = {
+    log: console.log,
+    info: console.info,
+    warn: console.warn,
+    error: console.error,
+  };
+  const originalStdoutWrite = process.stdout.write.bind(process.stdout);
+  const originalStderrWrite = process.stderr.write.bind(process.stderr);
+  const noop = () => undefined;
+
+  console.log = noop;
+  console.info = noop;
+  console.warn = noop;
+  console.error = noop;
+  process.stdout.write = (() => true) as typeof process.stdout.write;
+  process.stderr.write = (() => true) as typeof process.stderr.write;
+
+  try {
+    return await fn();
+  } finally {
+    console.log = originalConsole.log;
+    console.info = originalConsole.info;
+    console.warn = originalConsole.warn;
+    console.error = originalConsole.error;
+    process.stdout.write = originalStdoutWrite;
+    process.stderr.write = originalStderrWrite;
+  }
+};

ts/helpers.smartconfig.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,192 @@
+import * as plugins from "./plugins.js";
+import { rename, writeFile } from "fs/promises";
+
+export const CLI_NAMESPACE = "@git.zone/cli";
+
+const isPlainObject = (value: unknown): value is Record<string, any> => {
+  return typeof value === "object" && value !== null && !Array.isArray(value);
+};
+
+export const getSmartconfigPath = (cwd: string = process.cwd()): string => {
+  return plugins.path.join(cwd, ".smartconfig.json");
+};
+
+export const readSmartconfigFile = async (
+  cwd: string = process.cwd(),
+): Promise<Record<string, any>> => {
+  const smartconfigPath = getSmartconfigPath(cwd);
+  if (!(await plugins.smartfs.file(smartconfigPath).exists())) {
+    return {};
+  }
+
+  const content = (await plugins.smartfs
+    .file(smartconfigPath)
+    .encoding("utf8")
+    .read()) as string;
+  if (content.trim() === "") {
+    return {};
+  }
+  return JSON.parse(content);
+};
+
+export const writeSmartconfigFile = async (
+  data: Record<string, any>,
+  cwd: string = process.cwd(),
+): Promise<void> => {
+  const smartconfigPath = getSmartconfigPath(cwd);
+  const tempPath = `${smartconfigPath}.tmp-${Date.now()}`;
+  const content = JSON.stringify(data, null, 2);
+  await writeFile(tempPath, content, "utf8");
+  await rename(tempPath, smartconfigPath);
+};
+
+export const normalizeCliConfigPath = (configPath: string): string => {
+  const trimmedPath = configPath.trim();
+  if (!trimmedPath || trimmedPath === CLI_NAMESPACE) {
+    return "";
+  }
+
+  if (trimmedPath.startsWith(`${CLI_NAMESPACE}.`)) {
+    return trimmedPath.slice(`${CLI_NAMESPACE}.`.length);
+  }
+
+  return trimmedPath;
+};
+
+export const getCliConfigPathSegments = (configPath: string): string[] => {
+  const normalizedPath = normalizeCliConfigPath(configPath);
+  if (!normalizedPath) {
+    return [];
+  }
+
+  return normalizedPath
+    .split(".")
+    .map((segment) => segment.trim())
+    .filter(Boolean);
+};
+
+export const getCliNamespaceConfig = (
+  smartconfigData: Record<string, any>,
+): Record<string, any> => {
+  const cliConfig = smartconfigData[CLI_NAMESPACE];
+  if (isPlainObject(cliConfig)) {
+    return cliConfig;
+  }
+  return {};
+};
+
+export const getCliConfigValueFromData = (
+  smartconfigData: Record<string, any>,
+  configPath: string,
+): any => {
+  const segments = getCliConfigPathSegments(configPath);
+  let currentValue: any = getCliNamespaceConfig(smartconfigData);
+
+  for (const segment of segments) {
+    if (!isPlainObject(currentValue) && !Array.isArray(currentValue)) {
+      return undefined;
+    }
+    currentValue = (currentValue as any)?.[segment];
+  }
+
+  return currentValue;
+};
+
+export const getCliConfigValue = async <T>(
+  configPath: string,
+  defaultValue: T,
+  cwd: string = process.cwd(),
+): Promise<T> => {
+  const smartconfigData = await readSmartconfigFile(cwd);
+  const configValue = getCliConfigValueFromData(smartconfigData, configPath);
+
+  if (configValue === undefined) {
+    return defaultValue;
+  }
+
+  if (isPlainObject(defaultValue) && isPlainObject(configValue)) {
+    return {
+      ...defaultValue,
+      ...configValue,
+    } as T;
+  }
+
+  return configValue as T;
+};
+
+export const setCliConfigValueInData = (
+  smartconfigData: Record<string, any>,
+  configPath: string,
+  value: any,
+): Record<string, any> => {
+  const segments = getCliConfigPathSegments(configPath);
+
+  if (!isPlainObject(smartconfigData[CLI_NAMESPACE])) {
+    smartconfigData[CLI_NAMESPACE] = {};
+  }
+
+  if (segments.length === 0) {
+    smartconfigData[CLI_NAMESPACE] = value;
+    return smartconfigData;
+  }
+
+  let currentValue = smartconfigData[CLI_NAMESPACE];
+  for (const segment of segments.slice(0, -1)) {
+    if (!isPlainObject(currentValue[segment])) {
+      currentValue[segment] = {};
+    }
+    currentValue = currentValue[segment];
+  }
+
+  currentValue[segments[segments.length - 1]] = value;
+  return smartconfigData;
+};
+
+export const unsetCliConfigValueInData = (
+  smartconfigData: Record<string, any>,
+  configPath: string,
+): boolean => {
+  const segments = getCliConfigPathSegments(configPath);
+  if (segments.length === 0) {
+    if (smartconfigData[CLI_NAMESPACE] !== undefined) {
+      delete smartconfigData[CLI_NAMESPACE];
+      return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  const parentSegments = segments.slice(0, -1);
+  let currentValue: any = getCliNamespaceConfig(smartconfigData);
+  const objectPath: Array<Record<string, any>> = [currentValue];
+
+  for (const segment of parentSegments) {
+    if (!isPlainObject(currentValue[segment])) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    currentValue = currentValue[segment];
+    objectPath.push(currentValue);
+  }
+
+  const lastSegment = segments[segments.length - 1];
+  if (!(lastSegment in currentValue)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  delete currentValue[lastSegment];
+
+  for (let i = objectPath.length - 1; i >= 1; i--) {
+    if (Object.keys(objectPath[i]).length > 0) {
+      break;
+    }
+
+    const parentObject = objectPath[i - 1];
+    const parentKey = parentSegments[i - 1];
+    delete parentObject[parentKey];
+  }
+
+  if (Object.keys(getCliNamespaceConfig(smartconfigData)).length === 0) {
+    delete smartconfigData[CLI_NAMESPACE];
+  }
+
+  return true;
+};

ts/mod_commit/index.ts

@@ -1,35 +1,102 @@
 // this file contains code to create commits in a consistent way
 
-import * as plugins from './mod.plugins.js';
+import * as plugins from "./mod.plugins.js";
-import * as paths from '../paths.js';
+import * as paths from "../paths.js";
-import { logger } from '../gitzone.logging.js';
+import { logger } from "../gitzone.logging.js";
-import * as helpers from './mod.helpers.js';
+import * as helpers from "./mod.helpers.js";
-import * as ui from './mod.ui.js';
+import * as ui from "./mod.ui.js";
-import { ReleaseConfig } from '../mod_config/classes.releaseconfig.js';
+import { ReleaseConfig } from "../mod_config/classes.releaseconfig.js";
+import type { ICliMode } from "../helpers.climode.js";
+import {
+  getCliMode,
+  printJson,
+  runWithSuppressedOutput,
+} from "../helpers.climode.js";
 
 export const run = async (argvArg: any) => {
-  // Check if release flag is set and validate registries early
+  const mode = await getCliMode(argvArg);
+  const subcommand = argvArg._?.[1];
+
+  if (mode.help || subcommand === "help") {
+    showHelp(mode);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (subcommand === "recommend") {
+    await handleRecommend(mode);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (mode.json) {
+    printJson({
+      ok: false,
+      error:
+        "JSON output is only supported for the read-only recommendation flow. Use `gitzone commit recommend --json`.",
+    });
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // Read commit config from .smartconfig.json
+  const smartconfigInstance = new plugins.smartconfig.Smartconfig();
+  const gitzoneConfig = smartconfigInstance.dataFor<{
+    commit?: {
+      alwaysTest?: boolean;
+      alwaysBuild?: boolean;
+    };
+  }>("@git.zone/cli", {});
+  const commitConfig = gitzoneConfig.commit || {};
+
+  // Check flags and merge with config options
   const wantsRelease = !!(argvArg.r || argvArg.release);
-  const wantsBuild = !!(argvArg.b || argvArg.build);
+  const wantsTest = !!(argvArg.t || argvArg.test || commitConfig.alwaysTest);
+  const wantsBuild = !!(argvArg.b || argvArg.build || commitConfig.alwaysBuild);
   let releaseConfig: ReleaseConfig | null = null;
 
   if (wantsRelease) {
     releaseConfig = await ReleaseConfig.fromCwd();
     if (!releaseConfig.hasRegistries()) {
-      logger.log('error', 'No release registries configured.');
+      logger.log("error", "No release registries configured.");
-      console.log('');
+      console.log("");
-      console.log('  Run `gitzone config add <registry-url>` to add registries.');
+      console.log(
-      console.log('');
+        "  Run `gitzone config add <registry-url>` to add registries.",
+      );
+      console.log("");
       process.exit(1);
     }
   }
 
+  // Print execution plan at the start
+  ui.printExecutionPlan({
+    autoAccept: !!(argvArg.y || argvArg.yes),
+    push: !!(argvArg.p || argvArg.push),
+    test: wantsTest,
+    build: wantsBuild,
+    release: wantsRelease,
+    format: !!argvArg.format,
+    registries: releaseConfig?.getRegistries(),
+  });
+
   if (argvArg.format) {
-    const formatMod = await import('../mod_format/index.js');
+    const formatMod = await import("../mod_format/index.js");
     await formatMod.run();
   }
 
-  ui.printHeader('🔍 Analyzing repository changes...');
+  // Run tests early to fail fast before analysis
+  if (wantsTest) {
+    ui.printHeader("🧪 Running tests...");
+    const smartshellForTest = new plugins.smartshell.Smartshell({
+      executor: "bash",
+      sourceFilePaths: [],
+    });
+    const testResult = await smartshellForTest.exec("pnpm test");
+    if (testResult.exitCode !== 0) {
+      logger.log("error", "Tests failed. Aborting commit.");
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
+    logger.log("success", "All tests passed.");
+  }
+
+  ui.printHeader("🔍 Analyzing repository changes...");
 
   const aidoc = new plugins.tsdoc.AiDoc();
   await aidoc.start();
@@ -42,58 +109,63 @@ export const run = async (argvArg: any) => {
     recommendedNextVersion: nextCommitObject.recommendedNextVersion,
     recommendedNextVersionLevel: nextCommitObject.recommendedNextVersionLevel,
     recommendedNextVersionScope: nextCommitObject.recommendedNextVersionScope,
-    recommendedNextVersionMessage: nextCommitObject.recommendedNextVersionMessage,
+    recommendedNextVersionMessage:
+      nextCommitObject.recommendedNextVersionMessage,
   });
 
   let answerBucket: plugins.smartinteract.AnswerBucket;
 
   // Check if -y/--yes flag is set AND version is not a breaking change
   // Breaking changes (major version bumps) always require manual confirmation
-  const isBreakingChange = nextCommitObject.recommendedNextVersionLevel === 'BREAKING CHANGE';
+  const isBreakingChange =
+    nextCommitObject.recommendedNextVersionLevel === "BREAKING CHANGE";
   const canAutoAccept = (argvArg.y || argvArg.yes) && !isBreakingChange;
 
   if (canAutoAccept) {
     // Auto-mode: create AnswerBucket programmatically
-    logger.log('info', '✓ Auto-accepting AI recommendations (--yes flag)');
+    logger.log("info", "✓ Auto-accepting AI recommendations (--yes flag)");
 
     answerBucket = new plugins.smartinteract.AnswerBucket();
     answerBucket.addAnswer({
-      name: 'commitType',
+      name: "commitType",
       value: nextCommitObject.recommendedNextVersionLevel,
     });
     answerBucket.addAnswer({
-      name: 'commitScope',
+      name: "commitScope",
       value: nextCommitObject.recommendedNextVersionScope,
     });
     answerBucket.addAnswer({
-      name: 'commitDescription',
+      name: "commitDescription",
       value: nextCommitObject.recommendedNextVersionMessage,
     });
     answerBucket.addAnswer({
-      name: 'pushToOrigin',
+      name: "pushToOrigin",
       value: !!(argvArg.p || argvArg.push), // Only push if -p flag also provided
     });
     answerBucket.addAnswer({
-      name: 'createRelease',
+      name: "createRelease",
       value: wantsRelease,
     });
   } else {
     // Warn if --yes was provided but we're requiring confirmation due to breaking change
     if (isBreakingChange && (argvArg.y || argvArg.yes)) {
-      logger.log('warn', '⚠️  BREAKING CHANGE detected - manual confirmation required');
+      logger.log(
+        "warn",
+        "⚠️  BREAKING CHANGE detected - manual confirmation required",
+      );
     }
     // Interactive mode: prompt user for input
     const commitInteract = new plugins.smartinteract.SmartInteract();
     commitInteract.addQuestions([
       {
-        type: 'list',
+        type: "list",
         name: `commitType`,
         message: `Choose TYPE of the commit:`,
         choices: [`fix`, `feat`, `BREAKING CHANGE`],
         default: nextCommitObject.recommendedNextVersionLevel,
       },
       {
-        type: 'input',
+        type: "input",
         name: `commitScope`,
         message: `What is the SCOPE of the commit:`,
         default: nextCommitObject.recommendedNextVersionScope,
@@ -105,13 +177,13 @@ export const run = async (argvArg: any) => {
         default: nextCommitObject.recommendedNextVersionMessage,
       },
       {
-        type: 'confirm',
+        type: "confirm",
         name: `pushToOrigin`,
         message: `Do you want to push this version now?`,
         default: true,
       },
       {
-        type: 'confirm',
+        type: "confirm",
         name: `createRelease`,
         message: `Do you want to publish to npm registries?`,
         default: wantsRelease,
@@ -120,39 +192,50 @@ export const run = async (argvArg: any) => {
     answerBucket = await commitInteract.runQueue();
   }
   const commitString = createCommitStringFromAnswerBucket(answerBucket);
-  const commitVersionType = (() => {
+  const commitType = answerBucket.getAnswerFor("commitType");
-    switch (answerBucket.getAnswerFor('commitType')) {
+  let commitVersionType: helpers.VersionType;
-      case 'fix':
+  switch (commitType) {
-        return 'patch';
+    case "fix":
-      case 'feat':
+      commitVersionType = "patch";
-        return 'minor';
+      break;
-      case 'BREAKING CHANGE':
+    case "feat":
-        return 'major';
+      commitVersionType = "minor";
-    }
+      break;
-  })();
+    case "BREAKING CHANGE":
+      commitVersionType = "major";
+      break;
+    default:
+      throw new Error(`Unsupported commit type: ${commitType}`);
+  }
 
-  ui.printHeader('✨ Creating Semantic Commit');
+  ui.printHeader("✨ Creating Semantic Commit");
   ui.printCommitMessage(commitString);
   const smartshellInstance = new plugins.smartshell.Smartshell({
-    executor: 'bash',
+    executor: "bash",
     sourceFilePaths: [],
   });
 
   // Load release config if user wants to release (interactively selected)
-  if (answerBucket.getAnswerFor('createRelease') && !releaseConfig) {
+  if (answerBucket.getAnswerFor("createRelease") && !releaseConfig) {
     releaseConfig = await ReleaseConfig.fromCwd();
     if (!releaseConfig.hasRegistries()) {
-      logger.log('error', 'No release registries configured.');
+      logger.log("error", "No release registries configured.");
-      console.log('');
+      console.log("");
-      console.log('  Run `gitzone config add <registry-url>` to add registries.');
+      console.log(
-      console.log('');
+        "  Run `gitzone config add <registry-url>` to add registries.",
+      );
+      console.log("");
       process.exit(1);
     }
   }
 
   // Determine total steps based on options
-  const willPush = answerBucket.getAnswerFor('pushToOrigin') && !(process.env.CI === 'true');
+  // Note: test runs early (like format) so not counted in numbered steps
-  const willRelease = answerBucket.getAnswerFor('createRelease') && releaseConfig?.hasRegistries();
+  const willPush =
+    answerBucket.getAnswerFor("pushToOrigin") && !(process.env.CI === "true");
+  const willRelease =
+    answerBucket.getAnswerFor("createRelease") &&
+    releaseConfig?.hasRegistries();
   let totalSteps = 5; // Base steps: commitinfo, changelog, staging, commit, version
   if (wantsBuild) totalSteps += 2; // build step + verification step
   if (willPush) totalSteps++;
@@ -161,96 +244,156 @@ export const run = async (argvArg: any) => {
 
   // Step 1: Baking commitinfo
   currentStep++;
-  ui.printStep(currentStep, totalSteps, '🔧 Baking commit info into code', 'in-progress');
+  ui.printStep(
+    currentStep,
+    totalSteps,
+    "🔧 Baking commit info into code",
+    "in-progress",
+  );
   const commitInfo = new plugins.commitinfo.CommitInfo(
     paths.cwd,
     commitVersionType,
   );
   await commitInfo.writeIntoPotentialDirs();
-  ui.printStep(currentStep, totalSteps, '🔧 Baking commit info into code', 'done');
+  ui.printStep(
+    currentStep,
+    totalSteps,
+    "🔧 Baking commit info into code",
+    "done",
+  );
 
   // Step 2: Writing changelog
   currentStep++;
-  ui.printStep(currentStep, totalSteps, '📄 Generating changelog.md', 'in-progress');
+  ui.printStep(
-  let changelog = nextCommitObject.changelog;
+    currentStep,
+    totalSteps,
+    "📄 Generating changelog.md",
+    "in-progress",
+  );
+  let changelog = nextCommitObject.changelog || "# Changelog\n";
   changelog = changelog.replaceAll(
-    '{{nextVersion}}',
+    "{{nextVersion}}",
     (await commitInfo.getNextPlannedVersion()).versionString,
   );
   changelog = changelog.replaceAll(
-    '{{nextVersionScope}}',
+    "{{nextVersionScope}}",
-    `${await answerBucket.getAnswerFor('commitType')}(${await answerBucket.getAnswerFor('commitScope')})`,
+    `${await answerBucket.getAnswerFor("commitType")}(${await answerBucket.getAnswerFor("commitScope")})`,
   );
   changelog = changelog.replaceAll(
-    '{{nextVersionMessage}}',
+    "{{nextVersionMessage}}",
     nextCommitObject.recommendedNextVersionMessage,
   );
   if (nextCommitObject.recommendedNextVersionDetails?.length > 0) {
     changelog = changelog.replaceAll(
-      '{{nextVersionDetails}}',
+      "{{nextVersionDetails}}",
-      '- ' + nextCommitObject.recommendedNextVersionDetails.join('\n- '),
+      "- " + nextCommitObject.recommendedNextVersionDetails.join("\n- "),
     );
   } else {
-    changelog = changelog.replaceAll('\n{{nextVersionDetails}}', '');
+    changelog = changelog.replaceAll("\n{{nextVersionDetails}}", "");
   }
 
   await plugins.smartfs
     .file(plugins.path.join(paths.cwd, `changelog.md`))
-    .encoding('utf8')
+    .encoding("utf8")
     .write(changelog);
-  ui.printStep(currentStep, totalSteps, '📄 Generating changelog.md', 'done');
+  ui.printStep(currentStep, totalSteps, "📄 Generating changelog.md", "done");
 
   // Step 3: Staging files
   currentStep++;
-  ui.printStep(currentStep, totalSteps, '📦 Staging files', 'in-progress');
+  ui.printStep(currentStep, totalSteps, "📦 Staging files", "in-progress");
   await smartshellInstance.exec(`git add -A`);
-  ui.printStep(currentStep, totalSteps, '📦 Staging files', 'done');
+  ui.printStep(currentStep, totalSteps, "📦 Staging files", "done");
 
   // Step 4: Creating commit
   currentStep++;
-  ui.printStep(currentStep, totalSteps, '💾 Creating git commit', 'in-progress');
+  ui.printStep(
+    currentStep,
+    totalSteps,
+    "💾 Creating git commit",
+    "in-progress",
+  );
   await smartshellInstance.exec(`git commit -m "${commitString}"`);
-  ui.printStep(currentStep, totalSteps, '💾 Creating git commit', 'done');
+  ui.printStep(currentStep, totalSteps, "💾 Creating git commit", "done");
 
   // Step 5: Bumping version
   currentStep++;
   const projectType = await helpers.detectProjectType();
-  const newVersion = await helpers.bumpProjectVersion(projectType, commitVersionType, currentStep, totalSteps);
+  const newVersion = await helpers.bumpProjectVersion(
+    projectType,
+    commitVersionType,
+    currentStep,
+    totalSteps,
+  );
 
   // Step 6: Run build (optional)
   if (wantsBuild) {
     currentStep++;
-    ui.printStep(currentStep, totalSteps, '🔨 Running build', 'in-progress');
+    ui.printStep(currentStep, totalSteps, "🔨 Running build", "in-progress");
-    const buildResult = await smartshellInstance.exec('pnpm build');
+    const buildResult = await smartshellInstance.exec("pnpm build");
     if (buildResult.exitCode !== 0) {
-      ui.printStep(currentStep, totalSteps, '🔨 Running build', 'error');
+      ui.printStep(currentStep, totalSteps, "🔨 Running build", "error");
-      logger.log('error', 'Build failed. Aborting release.');
+      logger.log("error", "Build failed. Aborting release.");
       process.exit(1);
     }
-    ui.printStep(currentStep, totalSteps, '🔨 Running build', 'done');
+    ui.printStep(currentStep, totalSteps, "🔨 Running build", "done");
 
     // Step 7: Verify no uncommitted changes
     currentStep++;
-    ui.printStep(currentStep, totalSteps, '🔍 Verifying clean working tree', 'in-progress');
+    ui.printStep(
-    const statusResult = await smartshellInstance.exec('git status --porcelain');
+      currentStep,
-    if (statusResult.stdout.trim() !== '') {
+      totalSteps,
-      ui.printStep(currentStep, totalSteps, '🔍 Verifying clean working tree', 'error');
+      "🔍 Verifying clean working tree",
-      logger.log('error', 'Build produced uncommitted changes. This usually means build output is not gitignored.');
+      "in-progress",
-      logger.log('error', 'Uncommitted files:');
+    );
+    const statusResult = await smartshellInstance.exec(
+      "git status --porcelain",
+    );
+    if (statusResult.stdout.trim() !== "") {
+      ui.printStep(
+        currentStep,
+        totalSteps,
+        "🔍 Verifying clean working tree",
+        "error",
+      );
+      logger.log(
+        "error",
+        "Build produced uncommitted changes. This usually means build output is not gitignored.",
+      );
+      logger.log("error", "Uncommitted files:");
       console.log(statusResult.stdout);
-      logger.log('error', 'Aborting release. Please ensure build artifacts are in .gitignore');
+      logger.log(
+        "error",
+        "Aborting release. Please ensure build artifacts are in .gitignore",
+      );
       process.exit(1);
     }
-    ui.printStep(currentStep, totalSteps, '🔍 Verifying clean working tree', 'done');
+    ui.printStep(
+      currentStep,
+      totalSteps,
+      "🔍 Verifying clean working tree",
+      "done",
+    );
   }
 
   // Step: Push to remote (optional)
   const currentBranch = await helpers.detectCurrentBranch();
   if (willPush) {
     currentStep++;
-    ui.printStep(currentStep, totalSteps, `🚀 Pushing to origin/${currentBranch}`, 'in-progress');
+    ui.printStep(
-    await smartshellInstance.exec(`git push origin ${currentBranch} --follow-tags`);
+      currentStep,
-    ui.printStep(currentStep, totalSteps, `🚀 Pushing to origin/${currentBranch}`, 'done');
+      totalSteps,
+      `🚀 Pushing to origin/${currentBranch}`,
+      "in-progress",
+    );
+    await smartshellInstance.exec(
+      `git push origin ${currentBranch} --follow-tags`,
+    );
+    ui.printStep(
+      currentStep,
+      totalSteps,
+      `🚀 Pushing to origin/${currentBranch}`,
+      "done",
+    );
   }
 
   // Step 7: Publish to npm registries (optional)
@@ -258,51 +401,173 @@ export const run = async (argvArg: any) => {
   if (willRelease && releaseConfig) {
     currentStep++;
     const registries = releaseConfig.getRegistries();
-    ui.printStep(currentStep, totalSteps, `📦 Publishing to ${registries.length} registr${registries.length === 1 ? 'y' : 'ies'}`, 'in-progress');
+    ui.printStep(
+      currentStep,
+      totalSteps,
+      `📦 Publishing to ${registries.length} registr${registries.length === 1 ? "y" : "ies"}`,
+      "in-progress",
+    );
 
     const accessLevel = releaseConfig.getAccessLevel();
     for (const registry of registries) {
       try {
-        await smartshellInstance.exec(`npm publish --registry=${registry} --access=${accessLevel}`);
+        await smartshellInstance.exec(
+          `npm publish --registry=${registry} --access=${accessLevel}`,
+        );
         releasedRegistries.push(registry);
       } catch (error) {
-        logger.log('error', `Failed to publish to ${registry}: ${error}`);
+        logger.log("error", `Failed to publish to ${registry}: ${error}`);
       }
     }
 
     if (releasedRegistries.length === registries.length) {
-      ui.printStep(currentStep, totalSteps, `📦 Publishing to ${registries.length} registr${registries.length === 1 ? 'y' : 'ies'}`, 'done');
+      ui.printStep(
+        currentStep,
+        totalSteps,
+        `📦 Publishing to ${registries.length} registr${registries.length === 1 ? "y" : "ies"}`,
+        "done",
+      );
     } else {
-      ui.printStep(currentStep, totalSteps, `📦 Publishing to ${registries.length} registr${registries.length === 1 ? 'y' : 'ies'}`, 'error');
+      ui.printStep(
+        currentStep,
+        totalSteps,
+        `📦 Publishing to ${registries.length} registr${registries.length === 1 ? "y" : "ies"}`,
+        "error",
+      );
     }
   }
 
-  console.log(''); // Add spacing before summary
+  console.log(""); // Add spacing before summary
 
   // Get commit SHA for summary
-  const commitShaResult = await smartshellInstance.exec('git rev-parse --short HEAD');
+  const commitShaResult = await smartshellInstance.exec(
+    "git rev-parse --short HEAD",
+  );
   const commitSha = commitShaResult.stdout.trim();
 
   // Print final summary
   ui.printSummary({
     projectType,
     branch: currentBranch,
-    commitType: answerBucket.getAnswerFor('commitType'),
+    commitType: answerBucket.getAnswerFor("commitType"),
-    commitScope: answerBucket.getAnswerFor('commitScope'),
+    commitScope: answerBucket.getAnswerFor("commitScope"),
-    commitMessage: answerBucket.getAnswerFor('commitDescription'),
+    commitMessage: answerBucket.getAnswerFor("commitDescription"),
     newVersion: newVersion,
     commitSha: commitSha,
     pushed: willPush,
     released: releasedRegistries.length > 0,
-    releasedRegistries: releasedRegistries.length > 0 ? releasedRegistries : undefined,
+    releasedRegistries:
+      releasedRegistries.length > 0 ? releasedRegistries : undefined,
   });
 };
 
+async function handleRecommend(mode: ICliMode): Promise<void> {
+  const recommendationBuilder = async () => {
+    const aidoc = new plugins.tsdoc.AiDoc();
+    await aidoc.start();
+    try {
+      return await aidoc.buildNextCommitObject(paths.cwd);
+    } finally {
+      await aidoc.stop();
+    }
+  };
+
+  const recommendation = mode.json
+    ? await runWithSuppressedOutput(recommendationBuilder)
+    : await recommendationBuilder();
+
+  if (mode.json) {
+    printJson(recommendation);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  ui.printRecommendation({
+    recommendedNextVersion: recommendation.recommendedNextVersion,
+    recommendedNextVersionLevel: recommendation.recommendedNextVersionLevel,
+    recommendedNextVersionScope: recommendation.recommendedNextVersionScope,
+    recommendedNextVersionMessage: recommendation.recommendedNextVersionMessage,
+  });
+
+  console.log(
+    `Suggested commit: ${recommendation.recommendedNextVersionLevel}(${recommendation.recommendedNextVersionScope}): ${recommendation.recommendedNextVersionMessage}`,
+  );
+}
+
 const createCommitStringFromAnswerBucket = (
   answerBucket: plugins.smartinteract.AnswerBucket,
 ) => {
-  const commitType = answerBucket.getAnswerFor('commitType');
+  const commitType = answerBucket.getAnswerFor("commitType");
-  const commitScope = answerBucket.getAnswerFor('commitScope');
+  const commitScope = answerBucket.getAnswerFor("commitScope");
-  const commitDescription = answerBucket.getAnswerFor('commitDescription');
+  const commitDescription = answerBucket.getAnswerFor("commitDescription");
   return `${commitType}(${commitScope}): ${commitDescription}`;
 };
+
+export function showHelp(mode?: ICliMode): void {
+  if (mode?.json) {
+    printJson({
+      command: "commit",
+      usage: "gitzone commit [recommend] [options]",
+      description:
+        "Creates semantic commits or emits a read-only recommendation.",
+      commands: [
+        {
+          name: "recommend",
+          description:
+            "Generate a commit recommendation without mutating the repository",
+        },
+      ],
+      flags: [
+        { flag: "-y, --yes", description: "Auto-accept AI recommendations" },
+        { flag: "-p, --push", description: "Push to origin after commit" },
+        { flag: "-t, --test", description: "Run tests before the commit flow" },
+        {
+          flag: "-b, --build",
+          description: "Run the build after the commit flow",
+        },
+        {
+          flag: "-r, --release",
+          description: "Publish to configured registries after push",
+        },
+        {
+          flag: "--format",
+          description: "Run gitzone format before committing",
+        },
+        {
+          flag: "--json",
+          description: "Emit JSON for `commit recommend` only",
+        },
+      ],
+      examples: [
+        "gitzone commit recommend --json",
+        "gitzone commit -y",
+        "gitzone commit -ypbr",
+      ],
+    });
+    return;
+  }
+
+  console.log("");
+  console.log("Usage: gitzone commit [recommend] [options]");
+  console.log("");
+  console.log("Commands:");
+  console.log(
+    "  recommend           Generate a commit recommendation without mutating the repository",
+  );
+  console.log("");
+  console.log("Flags:");
+  console.log("  -y, --yes           Auto-accept AI recommendations");
+  console.log("  -p, --push          Push to origin after commit");
+  console.log("  -t, --test          Run tests before the commit flow");
+  console.log("  -b, --build         Run the build after the commit flow");
+  console.log(
+    "  -r, --release       Publish to configured registries after push",
+  );
+  console.log("  --format            Run gitzone format before committing");
+  console.log("  --json              Emit JSON for `commit recommend` only");
+  console.log("");
+  console.log("Examples:");
+  console.log("  gitzone commit recommend --json");
+  console.log("  gitzone commit -y");
+  console.log("  gitzone commit -ypbr");
+  console.log("");
+}

ts/mod_commit/mod.ui.ts

@@ -18,6 +18,16 @@ interface ICommitSummary {
   releasedRegistries?: string[];
 }
 
+interface IExecutionPlanOptions {
+  autoAccept: boolean;
+  push: boolean;
+  test: boolean;
+  build: boolean;
+  release: boolean;
+  format: boolean;
+  registries?: string[];
+}
+
 interface IRecommendation {
   recommendedNextVersion: string;
   recommendedNextVersionLevel: string;
@@ -41,6 +51,58 @@ export function printHeader(title: string): void {
   console.log('');
 }
 
+/**
+ * Print execution plan at the start of commit
+ */
+export function printExecutionPlan(options: IExecutionPlanOptions): void {
+  console.log('');
+  console.log('╭───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮');
+  console.log('│  gitzone commit - Execution Plan                              │');
+  console.log('╰───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯');
+  console.log('');
+
+  // Show active options
+  console.log('  Options:');
+  console.log(`    Auto-accept     ${options.autoAccept ? '✓ enabled (-y)' : '○ interactive mode'}`);
+  console.log(`    Push to remote  ${options.push ? '✓ enabled (-p)' : '○ disabled'}`);
+  console.log(`    Test first      ${options.test ? '✓ enabled (-t)' : '○ disabled'}`);
+  console.log(`    Build & verify  ${options.build ? '✓ enabled (-b)' : '○ disabled'}`);
+  console.log(`    Release to npm  ${options.release ? '✓ enabled (-r)' : '○ disabled'}`);
+  if (options.format) {
+    console.log(`    Format first    ✓ enabled (--format)`);
+  }
+  console.log('');
+
+  // Show steps
+  console.log('  Steps:');
+  let stepNum = 1;
+  if (options.format) {
+    console.log(`    ${stepNum++}. Format project files`);
+  }
+  if (options.test) {
+    console.log(`    ${stepNum++}. Run tests`);
+  }
+  console.log(`    ${stepNum++}. Analyze repository changes`);
+  console.log(`    ${stepNum++}. Bake commit info into code`);
+  console.log(`    ${stepNum++}. Generate changelog.md`);
+  console.log(`    ${stepNum++}. Stage and commit files`);
+  console.log(`    ${stepNum++}. Bump version`);
+  if (options.build) {
+    console.log(`    ${stepNum++}. Run build`);
+    console.log(`    ${stepNum++}. Verify clean working tree`);
+  }
+  if (options.push) {
+    console.log(`    ${stepNum++}. Push to remote`);
+  }
+  if (options.release) {
+    console.log(`    ${stepNum++}. Publish to npm registries`);
+    if (options.registries && options.registries.length > 0) {
+      options.registries.forEach(r => console.log(`       → ${r}`));
+    }
+  }
+  console.log('');
+}
+
 /**
  * Print a section with a border
  */

ts/mod_config/classes.commitconfig.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+import * as plugins from './mod.plugins.js';
+
+export interface ICommitConfig {
+  alwaysTest: boolean;
+  alwaysBuild: boolean;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Manages commit configuration stored in .smartconfig.json
+ * under @git.zone/cli.commit namespace
+ */
+export class CommitConfig {
+  private cwd: string;
+  private config: ICommitConfig;
+
+  constructor(cwd: string = process.cwd()) {
+    this.cwd = cwd;
+    this.config = { alwaysTest: false, alwaysBuild: false };
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Create a CommitConfig instance from current working directory
+   */
+  public static async fromCwd(cwd: string = process.cwd()): Promise<CommitConfig> {
+    const instance = new CommitConfig(cwd);
+    await instance.load();
+    return instance;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Load configuration from .smartconfig.json
+   */
+  public async load(): Promise<void> {
+    const smartconfigInstance = new plugins.smartconfig.Smartconfig(this.cwd);
+    const gitzoneConfig = smartconfigInstance.dataFor<any>('@git.zone/cli', {});
+
+    this.config = {
+      alwaysTest: gitzoneConfig?.commit?.alwaysTest ?? false,
+      alwaysBuild: gitzoneConfig?.commit?.alwaysBuild ?? false,
+    };
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Save configuration to .smartconfig.json
+   */
+  public async save(): Promise<void> {
+    const smartconfigPath = plugins.path.join(this.cwd, '.smartconfig.json');
+    let smartconfigData: any = {};
+
+    // Read existing .smartconfig.json
+    if (await plugins.smartfs.file(smartconfigPath).exists()) {
+      const content = await plugins.smartfs.file(smartconfigPath).encoding('utf8').read();
+      smartconfigData = JSON.parse(content as string);
+    }
+
+    // Ensure @git.zone/cli namespace exists
+    if (!smartconfigData['@git.zone/cli']) {
+      smartconfigData['@git.zone/cli'] = {};
+    }
+
+    // Ensure commit object exists
+    if (!smartconfigData['@git.zone/cli'].commit) {
+      smartconfigData['@git.zone/cli'].commit = {};
+    }
+
+    // Update commit settings
+    smartconfigData['@git.zone/cli'].commit.alwaysTest = this.config.alwaysTest;
+    smartconfigData['@git.zone/cli'].commit.alwaysBuild = this.config.alwaysBuild;
+
+    // Write back to file
+    await plugins.smartfs
+      .file(smartconfigPath)
+      .encoding('utf8')
+      .write(JSON.stringify(smartconfigData, null, 2));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get alwaysTest setting
+   */
+  public getAlwaysTest(): boolean {
+    return this.config.alwaysTest;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set alwaysTest setting
+   */
+  public setAlwaysTest(value: boolean): void {
+    this.config.alwaysTest = value;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get alwaysBuild setting
+   */
+  public getAlwaysBuild(): boolean {
+    return this.config.alwaysBuild;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set alwaysBuild setting
+   */
+  public setAlwaysBuild(value: boolean): void {
+    this.config.alwaysBuild = value;
+  }
+}

ts/mod_config/classes.releaseconfig.ts

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export interface IReleaseConfig {
 }
 
 /**
- * Manages release configuration stored in npmextra.json
+ * Manages release configuration stored in .smartconfig.json
  * under @git.zone/cli.release namespace
  */
 export class ReleaseConfig {
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ export class ReleaseConfig {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Load configuration from npmextra.json
+   * Load configuration from .smartconfig.json
    */
   public async load(): Promise<void> {
-    const npmextraInstance = new plugins.npmextra.Npmextra(this.cwd);
+    const smartconfigInstance = new plugins.smartconfig.Smartconfig(this.cwd);
-    const gitzoneConfig = npmextraInstance.dataFor<any>('@git.zone/cli', {});
+    const gitzoneConfig = smartconfigInstance.dataFor<any>('@git.zone/cli', {});
 
     // Also check szci for backward compatibility
-    const szciConfig = npmextraInstance.dataFor<any>('@ship.zone/szci', {});
+    const szciConfig = smartconfigInstance.dataFor<any>('@ship.zone/szci', {});
 
     this.config = {
       registries: gitzoneConfig?.release?.registries || [],
@@ -46,37 +46,37 @@ export class ReleaseConfig {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Save configuration to npmextra.json
+   * Save configuration to .smartconfig.json
    */
   public async save(): Promise<void> {
-    const npmextraPath = plugins.path.join(this.cwd, 'npmextra.json');
+    const smartconfigPath = plugins.path.join(this.cwd, '.smartconfig.json');
-    let npmextraData: any = {};
+    let smartconfigData: any = {};
 
-    // Read existing npmextra.json
+    // Read existing .smartconfig.json
-    if (await plugins.smartfs.file(npmextraPath).exists()) {
+    if (await plugins.smartfs.file(smartconfigPath).exists()) {
-      const content = await plugins.smartfs.file(npmextraPath).encoding('utf8').read();
+      const content = await plugins.smartfs.file(smartconfigPath).encoding('utf8').read();
-      npmextraData = JSON.parse(content as string);
+      smartconfigData = JSON.parse(content as string);
     }
 
     // Ensure @git.zone/cli namespace exists
-    if (!npmextraData['@git.zone/cli']) {
+    if (!smartconfigData['@git.zone/cli']) {
-      npmextraData['@git.zone/cli'] = {};
+      smartconfigData['@git.zone/cli'] = {};
     }
 
     // Ensure release object exists
-    if (!npmextraData['@git.zone/cli'].release) {
+    if (!smartconfigData['@git.zone/cli'].release) {
-      npmextraData['@git.zone/cli'].release = {};
+      smartconfigData['@git.zone/cli'].release = {};
     }
 
     // Update registries and accessLevel
-    npmextraData['@git.zone/cli'].release.registries = this.config.registries;
+    smartconfigData['@git.zone/cli'].release.registries = this.config.registries;
-    npmextraData['@git.zone/cli'].release.accessLevel = this.config.accessLevel;
+    smartconfigData['@git.zone/cli'].release.accessLevel = this.config.accessLevel;
 
     // Write back to file
     await plugins.smartfs
-      .file(npmextraPath)
+      .file(smartconfigPath)
       .encoding('utf8')
-      .write(JSON.stringify(npmextraData, null, 2));
+      .write(JSON.stringify(smartconfigData, null, 2));
   }
 
   /**

ts/mod_config/index.ts

@@ -1,44 +1,116 @@
 // gitzone config - manage release registry configuration
 
-import * as plugins from './mod.plugins.js';
+import * as plugins from "./mod.plugins.js";
-import { ReleaseConfig } from './classes.releaseconfig.js';
+import { ReleaseConfig } from "./classes.releaseconfig.js";
-import { runFormatter } from '../mod_format/index.js';
+import { CommitConfig } from "./classes.commitconfig.js";
+import { runFormatter, type ICheckResult } from "../mod_format/index.js";
+import type { ICliMode } from "../helpers.climode.js";
+import { getCliMode, printJson } from "../helpers.climode.js";
+import {
+  getCliConfigValueFromData,
+  readSmartconfigFile,
+  setCliConfigValueInData,
+  unsetCliConfigValueInData,
+  writeSmartconfigFile,
+} from "../helpers.smartconfig.js";
 
-export { ReleaseConfig };
+export { ReleaseConfig, CommitConfig };
+
+const defaultCliMode: ICliMode = {
+  output: "human",
+  interactive: true,
+  json: false,
+  plain: false,
+  quiet: false,
+  yes: false,
+  help: false,
+  agent: false,
+  checkUpdates: true,
+  isTty: true,
+};
+
+/**
+ * Format .smartconfig.json with diff preview
+ * Shows diff first, asks for confirmation, then applies
+ */
+async function formatSmartconfigWithDiff(mode: ICliMode): Promise<void> {
+  if (!mode.interactive) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // Check for diffs first
+  const checkResult = (await runFormatter("smartconfig", {
+    checkOnly: true,
+    showDiff: true,
+  })) as ICheckResult | void;
+
+  if (checkResult && checkResult.hasDiff) {
+    const shouldApply =
+      await plugins.smartinteract.SmartInteract.getCliConfirmation(
+        "Apply formatting changes to .smartconfig.json?",
+        true,
+      );
+    if (shouldApply) {
+      await runFormatter("smartconfig", { silent: true });
+    }
+  }
+}
 
 export const run = async (argvArg: any) => {
+  const mode = await getCliMode(argvArg);
   const command = argvArg._?.[1];
   const value = argvArg._?.[2];
 
+  if (mode.help || command === "help") {
+    showHelp(mode);
+    return;
+  }
+
   // If no command provided, show interactive menu
   if (!command) {
+    if (!mode.interactive) {
+      showHelp(mode);
+      return;
+    }
     await handleInteractiveMenu();
     return;
   }
 
   switch (command) {
-    case 'show':
+    case "show":
-      await handleShow();
+      await handleShow(mode);
       break;
-    case 'add':
+    case "add":
-      await handleAdd(value);
+      await handleAdd(value, mode);
       break;
-    case 'remove':
+    case "remove":
-      await handleRemove(value);
+      await handleRemove(value, mode);
       break;
-    case 'clear':
+    case "clear":
-      await handleClear();
+      await handleClear(mode);
       break;
-    case 'access':
+    case "access":
-    case 'accessLevel':
+    case "accessLevel":
-      await handleAccessLevel(value);
+      await handleAccessLevel(value, mode);
       break;
-    case 'help':
+    case "commit":
-      showHelp();
+      await handleCommit(argvArg._?.[2], argvArg._?.[3], mode);
+      break;
+    case "services":
+      await handleServices(mode);
+      break;
+    case "get":
+      await handleGet(value, mode);
+      break;
+    case "set":
+      await handleSet(value, argvArg._?.[3], mode);
+      break;
+    case "unset":
+      await handleUnset(value, mode);
       break;
     default:
-      plugins.logger.log('error', `Unknown command: ${command}`);
+      plugins.logger.log("error", `Unknown command: ${command}`);
-      showHelp();
+      showHelp(mode);
   }
 };
 
@@ -46,47 +118,61 @@ export const run = async (argvArg: any) => {
  * Interactive menu for config command
  */
 async function handleInteractiveMenu(): Promise<void> {
-  console.log('');
+  console.log("");
-  console.log('╭─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮');
+  console.log(
-  console.log('│  gitzone config - Release Configuration                     │');
+    "╭─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮",
-  console.log('╰─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯');
+  );
-  console.log('');
+  console.log(
+    "│  gitzone config - Project Configuration                     │",
+  );
+  console.log(
+    "╰─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯",
+  );
+  console.log("");
 
   const interactInstance = new plugins.smartinteract.SmartInteract();
   const response = await interactInstance.askQuestion({
-    type: 'list',
+    type: "list",
-    name: 'action',
+    name: "action",
-    message: 'What would you like to do?',
+    message: "What would you like to do?",
-    default: 'show',
+    default: "show",
     choices: [
-      { name: 'Show current configuration', value: 'show' },
+      { name: "Show current configuration", value: "show" },
-      { name: 'Add a registry', value: 'add' },
+      { name: "Add a registry", value: "add" },
-      { name: 'Remove a registry', value: 'remove' },
+      { name: "Remove a registry", value: "remove" },
-      { name: 'Clear all registries', value: 'clear' },
+      { name: "Clear all registries", value: "clear" },
-      { name: 'Set access level (public/private)', value: 'access' },
+      { name: "Set access level (public/private)", value: "access" },
-      { name: 'Show help', value: 'help' },
+      { name: "Configure commit options", value: "commit" },
+      { name: "Configure services", value: "services" },
+      { name: "Show help", value: "help" },
     ],
   });
 
   const action = (response as any).value;
 
   switch (action) {
-    case 'show':
+    case "show":
-      await handleShow();
+      await handleShow(defaultCliMode);
       break;
-    case 'add':
+    case "add":
-      await handleAdd();
+      await handleAdd(undefined, defaultCliMode);
       break;
-    case 'remove':
+    case "remove":
-      await handleRemove();
+      await handleRemove(undefined, defaultCliMode);
       break;
-    case 'clear':
+    case "clear":
-      await handleClear();
+      await handleClear(defaultCliMode);
       break;
-    case 'access':
+    case "access":
-      await handleAccessLevel();
+      await handleAccessLevel(undefined, defaultCliMode);
       break;
-    case 'help':
+    case "commit":
+      await handleCommit(undefined, undefined, defaultCliMode);
+      break;
+    case "services":
+      await handleServices(defaultCliMode);
+      break;
+    case "help":
       showHelp();
       break;
   }
@@ -95,50 +181,69 @@ async function handleInteractiveMenu(): Promise<void> {
 /**
  * Show current registry configuration
  */
-async function handleShow(): Promise<void> {
+async function handleShow(mode: ICliMode): Promise<void> {
+  if (mode.json) {
+    const smartconfigData = await readSmartconfigFile();
+    printJson(getCliConfigValueFromData(smartconfigData, ""));
+    return;
+  }
+
   const config = await ReleaseConfig.fromCwd();
   const registries = config.getRegistries();
   const accessLevel = config.getAccessLevel();
 
-  console.log('');
+  console.log("");
-  console.log('╭─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮');
+  console.log(
-  console.log('│  Release Configuration                                      │');
+    "╭─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮",
-  console.log('╰─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯');
+  );
-  console.log('');
+  console.log(
+    "│  Release Configuration                                      │",
+  );
+  console.log(
+    "╰─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯",
+  );
+  console.log("");
 
   // Show access level
-  plugins.logger.log('info', `Access Level: ${accessLevel}`);
+  plugins.logger.log("info", `Access Level: ${accessLevel}`);
-  console.log('');
+  console.log("");
 
   if (registries.length === 0) {
-    plugins.logger.log('info', 'No release registries configured.');
+    plugins.logger.log("info", "No release registries configured.");
-    console.log('');
+    console.log("");
-    console.log('  Run `gitzone config add <registry-url>` to add one.');
+    console.log("  Run `gitzone config add <registry-url>` to add one.");
-    console.log('');
+    console.log("");
   } else {
-    plugins.logger.log('info', `Configured registries (${registries.length}):`);
+    plugins.logger.log("info", `Configured registries (${registries.length}):`);
-    console.log('');
+    console.log("");
     registries.forEach((url, index) => {
       console.log(`  ${index + 1}. ${url}`);
     });
-    console.log('');
+    console.log("");
   }
 }
 
 /**
  * Add a registry URL
  */
-async function handleAdd(url?: string): Promise<void> {
+async function handleAdd(
+  url: string | undefined,
+  mode: ICliMode,
+): Promise<void> {
   if (!url) {
+    if (!mode.interactive) {
+      throw new Error("Registry URL is required in non-interactive mode");
+    }
+
     // Interactive mode
     const interactInstance = new plugins.smartinteract.SmartInteract();
     const response = await interactInstance.askQuestion({
-      type: 'input',
+      type: "input",
-      name: 'registryUrl',
+      name: "registryUrl",
-      message: 'Enter registry URL:',
+      message: "Enter registry URL:",
-      default: 'https://registry.npmjs.org',
+      default: "https://registry.npmjs.org",
       validate: (input: string) => {
-        return !!(input && input.trim() !== '');
+        return !!(input && input.trim() !== "");
       },
     });
     url = (response as any).value;
@@ -149,32 +254,48 @@ async function handleAdd(url?: string): Promise<void> {
 
   if (added) {
     await config.save();
-    await runFormatter('npmextra', { silent: true });
+    if (mode.json) {
-    plugins.logger.log('success', `Added registry: ${url}`);
+      printJson({
+        ok: true,
+        action: "add",
+        registry: url,
+        registries: config.getRegistries(),
+      });
+      return;
+    }
+    plugins.logger.log("success", `Added registry: ${url}`);
+    await formatSmartconfigWithDiff(mode);
   } else {
-    plugins.logger.log('warn', `Registry already exists: ${url}`);
+    plugins.logger.log("warn", `Registry already exists: ${url}`);
   }
 }
 
 /**
  * Remove a registry URL
  */
-async function handleRemove(url?: string): Promise<void> {
+async function handleRemove(
+  url: string | undefined,
+  mode: ICliMode,
+): Promise<void> {
   const config = await ReleaseConfig.fromCwd();
   const registries = config.getRegistries();
 
   if (registries.length === 0) {
-    plugins.logger.log('warn', 'No registries configured to remove.');
+    plugins.logger.log("warn", "No registries configured to remove.");
     return;
   }
 
   if (!url) {
+    if (!mode.interactive) {
+      throw new Error("Registry URL is required in non-interactive mode");
+    }
+
     // Interactive mode - show list to select from
     const interactInstance = new plugins.smartinteract.SmartInteract();
     const response = await interactInstance.askQuestion({
-      type: 'list',
+      type: "list",
-      name: 'registryUrl',
+      name: "registryUrl",
-      message: 'Select registry to remove:',
+      message: "Select registry to remove:",
       choices: registries,
       default: registries[0],
     });
@@ -185,98 +306,434 @@ async function handleRemove(url?: string): Promise<void> {
 
   if (removed) {
     await config.save();
-    await runFormatter('npmextra', { silent: true });
+    if (mode.json) {
-    plugins.logger.log('success', `Removed registry: ${url}`);
+      printJson({
+        ok: true,
+        action: "remove",
+        registry: url,
+        registries: config.getRegistries(),
+      });
+      return;
+    }
+    plugins.logger.log("success", `Removed registry: ${url}`);
+    await formatSmartconfigWithDiff(mode);
   } else {
-    plugins.logger.log('warn', `Registry not found: ${url}`);
+    plugins.logger.log("warn", `Registry not found: ${url}`);
   }
 }
 
 /**
  * Clear all registries
  */
-async function handleClear(): Promise<void> {
+async function handleClear(mode: ICliMode): Promise<void> {
   const config = await ReleaseConfig.fromCwd();
 
   if (!config.hasRegistries()) {
-    plugins.logger.log('info', 'No registries to clear.');
+    plugins.logger.log("info", "No registries to clear.");
     return;
   }
 
   // Confirm before clearing
-  const confirmed = await plugins.smartinteract.SmartInteract.getCliConfirmation(
+  const confirmed = mode.interactive
-    'Clear all configured registries?',
+    ? await plugins.smartinteract.SmartInteract.getCliConfirmation(
-    false
+        "Clear all configured registries?",
-  );
+        false,
+      )
+    : true;
 
   if (confirmed) {
     config.clearRegistries();
     await config.save();
-    await runFormatter('npmextra', { silent: true });
+    if (mode.json) {
-    plugins.logger.log('success', 'All registries cleared.');
+      printJson({ ok: true, action: "clear", registries: [] });
+      return;
+    }
+    plugins.logger.log("success", "All registries cleared.");
+    await formatSmartconfigWithDiff(mode);
   } else {
-    plugins.logger.log('info', 'Operation cancelled.');
+    plugins.logger.log("info", "Operation cancelled.");
   }
 }
 
 /**
  * Set or toggle access level
  */
-async function handleAccessLevel(level?: string): Promise<void> {
+async function handleAccessLevel(
+  level: string | undefined,
+  mode: ICliMode,
+): Promise<void> {
   const config = await ReleaseConfig.fromCwd();
   const currentLevel = config.getAccessLevel();
 
   if (!level) {
+    if (!mode.interactive) {
+      throw new Error("Access level is required in non-interactive mode");
+    }
+
     // Interactive mode - toggle or ask
     const interactInstance = new plugins.smartinteract.SmartInteract();
     const response = await interactInstance.askQuestion({
-      type: 'list',
+      type: "list",
-      name: 'accessLevel',
+      name: "accessLevel",
-      message: 'Select npm access level for publishing:',
+      message: "Select npm access level for publishing:",
-      choices: ['public', 'private'],
+      choices: ["public", "private"],
       default: currentLevel,
     });
     level = (response as any).value;
   }
 
   // Validate the level
-  if (level !== 'public' && level !== 'private') {
+  if (level !== "public" && level !== "private") {
-    plugins.logger.log('error', `Invalid access level: ${level}. Must be 'public' or 'private'.`);
+    plugins.logger.log(
+      "error",
+      `Invalid access level: ${level}. Must be 'public' or 'private'.`,
+    );
     return;
   }
 
   if (level === currentLevel) {
-    plugins.logger.log('info', `Access level is already set to: ${level}`);
+    plugins.logger.log("info", `Access level is already set to: ${level}`);
     return;
   }
 
-  config.setAccessLevel(level as 'public' | 'private');
+  config.setAccessLevel(level as "public" | "private");
   await config.save();
-  await runFormatter('npmextra', { silent: true });
+  if (mode.json) {
-  plugins.logger.log('success', `Access level set to: ${level}`);
+    printJson({ ok: true, action: "access", accessLevel: level });
+    return;
+  }
+  plugins.logger.log("success", `Access level set to: ${level}`);
+  await formatSmartconfigWithDiff(mode);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Handle commit configuration
+ */
+async function handleCommit(
+  setting: string | undefined,
+  value: string | undefined,
+  mode: ICliMode,
+): Promise<void> {
+  const config = await CommitConfig.fromCwd();
+
+  // No setting = interactive mode
+  if (!setting) {
+    if (!mode.interactive) {
+      throw new Error("Commit setting is required in non-interactive mode");
+    }
+    await handleCommitInteractive(config);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // Direct setting
+  switch (setting) {
+    case "alwaysTest":
+      await handleCommitSetting(config, "alwaysTest", value, mode);
+      break;
+    case "alwaysBuild":
+      await handleCommitSetting(config, "alwaysBuild", value, mode);
+      break;
+    default:
+      plugins.logger.log("error", `Unknown commit setting: ${setting}`);
+      showCommitHelp();
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Interactive commit configuration
+ */
+async function handleCommitInteractive(config: CommitConfig): Promise<void> {
+  console.log("");
+  console.log(
+    "╭─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮",
+  );
+  console.log(
+    "│  Commit Configuration                                       │",
+  );
+  console.log(
+    "╰─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯",
+  );
+  console.log("");
+
+  const interactInstance = new plugins.smartinteract.SmartInteract();
+  const response = await interactInstance.askQuestion({
+    type: "checkbox",
+    name: "commitOptions",
+    message: "Select commit options to enable:",
+    choices: [
+      { name: "Always run tests before commit (-t)", value: "alwaysTest" },
+      { name: "Always build after commit (-b)", value: "alwaysBuild" },
+    ],
+    default: [
+      ...(config.getAlwaysTest() ? ["alwaysTest"] : []),
+      ...(config.getAlwaysBuild() ? ["alwaysBuild"] : []),
+    ],
+  });
+
+  const selected = (response as any).value || [];
+  config.setAlwaysTest(selected.includes("alwaysTest"));
+  config.setAlwaysBuild(selected.includes("alwaysBuild"));
+  await config.save();
+
+  plugins.logger.log("success", "Commit configuration updated");
+  await formatSmartconfigWithDiff(defaultCliMode);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Set a specific commit setting
+ */
+async function handleCommitSetting(
+  config: CommitConfig,
+  setting: string,
+  value: string | undefined,
+  mode: ICliMode,
+): Promise<void> {
+  // Parse boolean value
+  const boolValue = value === "true" || value === "1" || value === "on";
+
+  if (setting === "alwaysTest") {
+    config.setAlwaysTest(boolValue);
+  } else if (setting === "alwaysBuild") {
+    config.setAlwaysBuild(boolValue);
+  }
+
+  await config.save();
+  if (mode.json) {
+    printJson({ ok: true, action: "commit", setting, value: boolValue });
+    return;
+  }
+  plugins.logger.log("success", `Set ${setting} to ${boolValue}`);
+  await formatSmartconfigWithDiff(mode);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Show help for commit subcommand
+ */
+function showCommitHelp(): void {
+  console.log("");
+  console.log("Usage: gitzone config commit [setting] [value]");
+  console.log("");
+  console.log("Settings:");
+  console.log("  alwaysTest [true|false]     Always run tests before commit");
+  console.log("  alwaysBuild [true|false]    Always build after commit");
+  console.log("");
+  console.log("Examples:");
+  console.log("  gitzone config commit                    # Interactive mode");
+  console.log("  gitzone config commit alwaysTest true");
+  console.log("  gitzone config commit alwaysBuild false");
+  console.log("");
+}
+
+/**
+ * Handle services configuration
+ */
+async function handleServices(mode: ICliMode): Promise<void> {
+  if (!mode.interactive) {
+    throw new Error(
+      "Use `gitzone services config --json` or `gitzone services set ...` in non-interactive mode",
+    );
+  }
+
+  // Import and use ServiceManager's configureServices
+  const { ServiceManager } =
+    await import("../mod_services/classes.servicemanager.js");
+  const serviceManager = new ServiceManager();
+  await serviceManager.init();
+  await serviceManager.configureServices();
+}
+
+async function handleGet(
+  configPath: string | undefined,
+  mode: ICliMode,
+): Promise<void> {
+  if (!configPath) {
+    throw new Error("Configuration path is required");
+  }
+
+  const smartconfigData = await readSmartconfigFile();
+  const value = getCliConfigValueFromData(smartconfigData, configPath);
+
+  if (mode.json) {
+    printJson({ path: configPath, value, exists: value !== undefined });
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (value === undefined) {
+    plugins.logger.log("warn", `No value set for ${configPath}`);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (typeof value === "string") {
+    console.log(value);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  printJson(value);
+}
+
+async function handleSet(
+  configPath: string | undefined,
+  rawValue: string | undefined,
+  mode: ICliMode,
+): Promise<void> {
+  if (!configPath) {
+    throw new Error("Configuration path is required");
+  }
+  if (rawValue === undefined) {
+    throw new Error("Configuration value is required");
+  }
+
+  const smartconfigData = await readSmartconfigFile();
+  const parsedValue = parseConfigValue(rawValue);
+  setCliConfigValueInData(smartconfigData, configPath, parsedValue);
+  await writeSmartconfigFile(smartconfigData);
+
+  if (mode.json) {
+    printJson({
+      ok: true,
+      action: "set",
+      path: configPath,
+      value: parsedValue,
+    });
+    return;
+  }
+
+  plugins.logger.log("success", `Set ${configPath}`);
+}
+
+async function handleUnset(
+  configPath: string | undefined,
+  mode: ICliMode,
+): Promise<void> {
+  if (!configPath) {
+    throw new Error("Configuration path is required");
+  }
+
+  const smartconfigData = await readSmartconfigFile();
+  const removed = unsetCliConfigValueInData(smartconfigData, configPath);
+  if (!removed) {
+    if (mode.json) {
+      printJson({
+        ok: false,
+        action: "unset",
+        path: configPath,
+        removed: false,
+      });
+      return;
+    }
+
+    plugins.logger.log("warn", `No value set for ${configPath}`);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  await writeSmartconfigFile(smartconfigData);
+
+  if (mode.json) {
+    printJson({ ok: true, action: "unset", path: configPath, removed: true });
+    return;
+  }
+
+  plugins.logger.log("success", `Unset ${configPath}`);
+}
+
+function parseConfigValue(rawValue: string): any {
+  const trimmedValue = rawValue.trim();
+  if (trimmedValue === "true") {
+    return true;
+  }
+  if (trimmedValue === "false") {
+    return false;
+  }
+  if (trimmedValue === "null") {
+    return null;
+  }
+  if (/^-?\d+(\.\d+)?$/.test(trimmedValue)) {
+    return Number(trimmedValue);
+  }
+  if (
+    (trimmedValue.startsWith("{") && trimmedValue.endsWith("}")) ||
+    (trimmedValue.startsWith("[") && trimmedValue.endsWith("]")) ||
+    (trimmedValue.startsWith('"') && trimmedValue.endsWith('"'))
+  ) {
+    return JSON.parse(trimmedValue);
+  }
+  return rawValue;
 }
 
 /**
  * Show help for config command
  */
-function showHelp(): void {
+export function showHelp(mode?: ICliMode): void {
-  console.log('');
+  if (mode?.json) {
-  console.log('Usage: gitzone config <command> [options]');
+    printJson({
-  console.log('');
+      command: "config",
-  console.log('Commands:');
+      usage: "gitzone config <command> [options]",
-  console.log('  show                        Display current release configuration');
+      commands: [
-  console.log('  add [url]                   Add a registry URL');
+        {
-  console.log('  remove [url]                Remove a registry URL');
+          name: "show",
-  console.log('  clear                       Clear all registries');
+          description: "Display current @git.zone/cli configuration",
-  console.log('  access [public|private]     Set npm access level for publishing');
+        },
-  console.log('');
+        { name: "get <path>", description: "Read a single config value" },
-  console.log('Examples:');
+        { name: "set <path> <value>", description: "Write a config value" },
-  console.log('  gitzone config show');
+        { name: "unset <path>", description: "Delete a config value" },
-  console.log('  gitzone config add https://registry.npmjs.org');
+        { name: "add [url]", description: "Add a release registry" },
-  console.log('  gitzone config add https://verdaccio.example.com');
+        { name: "remove [url]", description: "Remove a release registry" },
-  console.log('  gitzone config remove https://registry.npmjs.org');
+        { name: "clear", description: "Clear all release registries" },
-  console.log('  gitzone config clear');
+        {
-  console.log('  gitzone config access public');
+          name: "access [public|private]",
-  console.log('  gitzone config access private');
+          description: "Set npm publish access level",
-  console.log('');
+        },
+        {
+          name: "commit <setting> <value>",
+          description: "Set commit defaults",
+        },
+      ],
+      examples: [
+        "gitzone config show --json",
+        "gitzone config get release.accessLevel",
+        "gitzone config set cli.interactive false",
+        "gitzone config set cli.output json",
+      ],
+    });
+    return;
+  }
+
+  console.log("");
+  console.log("Usage: gitzone config <command> [options]");
+  console.log("");
+  console.log("Commands:");
+  console.log(
+    "  show                        Display current @git.zone/cli configuration",
+  );
+  console.log("  get <path>                  Read a single config value");
+  console.log("  set <path> <value>          Write a config value");
+  console.log("  unset <path>                Delete a config value");
+  console.log("  add [url]                   Add a registry URL");
+  console.log("  remove [url]                Remove a registry URL");
+  console.log("  clear                       Clear all registries");
+  console.log(
+    "  access [public|private]     Set npm access level for publishing",
+  );
+  console.log("  commit [setting] [value]    Configure commit options");
+  console.log(
+    "  services                    Configure which services are enabled",
+  );
+  console.log("");
+  console.log("Examples:");
+  console.log("  gitzone config show");
+  console.log("  gitzone config show --json");
+  console.log("  gitzone config get release.accessLevel");
+  console.log("  gitzone config set cli.interactive false");
+  console.log("  gitzone config set cli.output json");
+  console.log("  gitzone config unset cli.output");
+  console.log("  gitzone config add https://registry.npmjs.org");
+  console.log("  gitzone config add https://verdaccio.example.com");
+  console.log("  gitzone config remove https://registry.npmjs.org");
+  console.log("  gitzone config clear");
+  console.log("  gitzone config access public");
+  console.log("  gitzone config access private");
+  console.log("  gitzone config commit                    # Interactive");
+  console.log("  gitzone config commit alwaysTest true");
+  console.log("  gitzone config services                  # Interactive");
+  console.log("");
 }

ts/mod_format/classes.baseformatter.ts

@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 import * as plugins from './mod.plugins.js';
 import { FormatContext } from './classes.formatcontext.js';
-import type { IPlannedChange } from './interfaces.format.js';
+import type { IPlannedChange, ICheckResult } from './interfaces.format.js';
 import { Project } from '../classes.project.js';
+import { FormatStats } from './classes.formatstats.js';
 
 export abstract class BaseFormatter {
   protected context: FormatContext;
   protected project: Project;
-  protected stats: any; // Will be FormatStats from context
+  protected stats: FormatStats;
 
   constructor(context: FormatContext, project: Project) {
     this.context = context;
@@ -36,9 +37,6 @@ export abstract class BaseFormatter {
       }
 
       await this.postExecute();
-    } catch (error) {
-      // Don't rollback here - let the FormatPlanner handle it
-      throw error;
     } finally {
       this.stats.endModule(this.name, startTime);
     }
@@ -53,13 +51,10 @@ export abstract class BaseFormatter {
   }
 
   protected async modifyFile(filepath: string, content: string): Promise<void> {
-    // Validate filepath before writing
     if (!filepath || filepath.trim() === '') {
       throw new Error(`Invalid empty filepath in modifyFile`);
     }
 
-    // Ensure we have a proper path with directory component
-    // If the path has no directory component (e.g., "package.json"), prepend "./"
     let normalizedPath = filepath;
     if (!plugins.path.parse(filepath).dir) {
       normalizedPath = './' + filepath;
@@ -69,14 +64,102 @@ export abstract class BaseFormatter {
   }
 
   protected async createFile(filepath: string, content: string): Promise<void> {
-    await plugins.smartfs.file(filepath).encoding('utf8').write(content);
+    let normalizedPath = filepath;
+    if (!plugins.path.parse(filepath).dir) {
+      normalizedPath = './' + filepath;
+    }
+
+    // Ensure parent directory exists
+    const dir = plugins.path.dirname(normalizedPath);
+    if (dir && dir !== '.') {
+      await plugins.smartfs.directory(dir).recursive().create();
+    }
+
+    await plugins.smartfs.file(normalizedPath).encoding('utf8').write(content);
   }
 
   protected async deleteFile(filepath: string): Promise<void> {
     await plugins.smartfs.file(filepath).delete();
   }
 
-  protected async shouldProcessFile(filepath: string): Promise<boolean> {
+  /**
-    return true;
+   * Check for diffs without applying changes
+   */
+  async check(): Promise<ICheckResult> {
+    const changes = await this.analyze();
+    const diffs: ICheckResult['diffs'] = [];
+
+    for (const change of changes) {
+      if (change.path === '<various files>') {
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      if (change.type === 'modify' || change.type === 'create') {
+        let currentContent: string | undefined;
+        try {
+          currentContent = await plugins.smartfs.file(change.path).encoding('utf8').read() as string;
+        } catch {
+          currentContent = undefined;
+        }
+
+        const newContent = change.content;
+
+        if (currentContent !== newContent && newContent !== undefined) {
+          diffs.push({
+            path: change.path,
+            type: change.type,
+            before: currentContent,
+            after: newContent,
+          });
+        }
+      } else if (change.type === 'delete') {
+        try {
+          const currentContent = await plugins.smartfs.file(change.path).encoding('utf8').read() as string;
+          diffs.push({
+            path: change.path,
+            type: 'delete',
+            before: currentContent,
+            after: undefined,
+          });
+        } catch {
+          // File doesn't exist, nothing to delete
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    return {
+      hasDiff: diffs.length > 0,
+      diffs,
+    };
+  }
+
+  displayDiff(diff: ICheckResult['diffs'][0]): void {
+    console.log(`\n--- ${diff.path}`);
+    if (diff.before && diff.after) {
+      console.log(plugins.smartdiff.formatUnifiedDiffForConsole(diff.before, diff.after, {
+        originalFileName: diff.path,
+        revisedFileName: diff.path,
+        context: 3,
+      }));
+    } else if (diff.after && !diff.before) {
+      console.log('  (new file)');
+      const lines = diff.after.split('\n').slice(0, 10);
+      lines.forEach(line => console.log(`  + ${line}`));
+      if (diff.after.split('\n').length > 10) {
+        console.log('  ... (truncated)');
+      }
+    } else if (diff.before && !diff.after) {
+      console.log('  (file will be deleted)');
+    }
+  }
+
+  displayAllDiffs(result: ICheckResult): void {
+    if (!result.hasDiff) {
+      console.log('  No changes detected');
+      return;
+    }
+    for (const diff of result.diffs) {
+      this.displayDiff(diff);
+    }
   }
 }

ts/mod_format/classes.changecache.ts

@@ -1,235 +0,0 @@
-import * as plugins from './mod.plugins.js';
-import * as paths from '../paths.js';
-
-export interface IFileCache {
-  path: string;
-  checksum: string;
-  modified: number;
-  size: number;
-}
-
-export interface ICacheManifest {
-  version: string;
-  lastFormat: number;
-  files: IFileCache[];
-}
-
-export class ChangeCache {
-  private cacheDir: string;
-  private manifestPath: string;
-  private cacheVersion = '1.0.0';
-
-  constructor() {
-    this.cacheDir = plugins.path.join(paths.cwd, '.nogit', 'gitzone-cache');
-    this.manifestPath = plugins.path.join(this.cacheDir, 'manifest.json');
-  }
-
-  async initialize(): Promise<void> {
-    await plugins.smartfs.directory(this.cacheDir).recursive().create();
-  }
-
-  async getManifest(): Promise<ICacheManifest> {
-    const defaultManifest: ICacheManifest = {
-      version: this.cacheVersion,
-      lastFormat: 0,
-      files: [],
-    };
-
-    const exists = await plugins.smartfs.file(this.manifestPath).exists();
-    if (!exists) {
-      return defaultManifest;
-    }
-
-    try {
-      const content = (await plugins.smartfs
-        .file(this.manifestPath)
-        .encoding('utf8')
-        .read()) as string;
-      const manifest = JSON.parse(content);
-
-      // Validate the manifest structure
-      if (this.isValidManifest(manifest)) {
-        return manifest;
-      } else {
-        console.warn('Invalid manifest structure, returning default manifest');
-        return defaultManifest;
-      }
-    } catch (error) {
-      console.warn(
-        `Failed to read cache manifest: ${error.message}, returning default manifest`,
-      );
-      // Try to delete the corrupted file
-      try {
-        await plugins.smartfs.file(this.manifestPath).delete();
-      } catch (removeError) {
-        // Ignore removal errors
-      }
-      return defaultManifest;
-    }
-  }
-
-  async saveManifest(manifest: ICacheManifest): Promise<void> {
-    // Validate before saving
-    if (!this.isValidManifest(manifest)) {
-      throw new Error('Invalid manifest structure, cannot save');
-    }
-
-    // Ensure directory exists
-    await plugins.smartfs.directory(this.cacheDir).recursive().create();
-
-    // Write directly with proper JSON stringification
-    const jsonContent = JSON.stringify(manifest, null, 2);
-    await plugins.smartfs
-      .file(this.manifestPath)
-      .encoding('utf8')
-      .write(jsonContent);
-  }
-
-  async hasFileChanged(filePath: string): Promise<boolean> {
-    const absolutePath = plugins.path.isAbsolute(filePath)
-      ? filePath
-      : plugins.path.join(paths.cwd, filePath);
-
-    // Check if file exists
-    const exists = await plugins.smartfs.file(absolutePath).exists();
-    if (!exists) {
-      return true; // File doesn't exist, so it's "changed" (will be created)
-    }
-
-    // Get current file stats
-    const stats = await plugins.smartfs.file(absolutePath).stat();
-
-    // Skip directories
-    if (stats.isDirectory) {
-      return false; // Directories are not processed
-    }
-
-    const content = (await plugins.smartfs
-      .file(absolutePath)
-      .encoding('utf8')
-      .read()) as string;
-    const currentChecksum = this.calculateChecksum(content);
-
-    // Get cached info
-    const manifest = await this.getManifest();
-    const cachedFile = manifest.files.find((f) => f.path === filePath);
-
-    if (!cachedFile) {
-      return true; // Not in cache, so it's changed
-    }
-
-    // Compare checksums
-    return (
-      cachedFile.checksum !== currentChecksum ||
-      cachedFile.size !== stats.size ||
-      cachedFile.modified !== stats.mtime.getTime()
-    );
-  }
-
-  async updateFileCache(filePath: string): Promise<void> {
-    const absolutePath = plugins.path.isAbsolute(filePath)
-      ? filePath
-      : plugins.path.join(paths.cwd, filePath);
-
-    // Get current file stats
-    const stats = await plugins.smartfs.file(absolutePath).stat();
-
-    // Skip directories
-    if (stats.isDirectory) {
-      return; // Don't cache directories
-    }
-
-    const content = (await plugins.smartfs
-      .file(absolutePath)
-      .encoding('utf8')
-      .read()) as string;
-    const checksum = this.calculateChecksum(content);
-
-    // Update manifest
-    const manifest = await this.getManifest();
-    const existingIndex = manifest.files.findIndex((f) => f.path === filePath);
-
-    const cacheEntry: IFileCache = {
-      path: filePath,
-      checksum,
-      modified: stats.mtime.getTime(),
-      size: stats.size,
-    };
-
-    if (existingIndex !== -1) {
-      manifest.files[existingIndex] = cacheEntry;
-    } else {
-      manifest.files.push(cacheEntry);
-    }
-
-    manifest.lastFormat = Date.now();
-    await this.saveManifest(manifest);
-  }
-
-  async getChangedFiles(filePaths: string[]): Promise<string[]> {
-    const changedFiles: string[] = [];
-
-    for (const filePath of filePaths) {
-      if (await this.hasFileChanged(filePath)) {
-        changedFiles.push(filePath);
-      }
-    }
-
-    return changedFiles;
-  }
-
-  async clean(): Promise<void> {
-    const manifest = await this.getManifest();
-    const validFiles: IFileCache[] = [];
-
-    // Remove entries for files that no longer exist
-    for (const file of manifest.files) {
-      const absolutePath = plugins.path.isAbsolute(file.path)
-        ? file.path
-        : plugins.path.join(paths.cwd, file.path);
-
-      if (await plugins.smartfs.file(absolutePath).exists()) {
-        validFiles.push(file);
-      }
-    }
-
-    manifest.files = validFiles;
-    await this.saveManifest(manifest);
-  }
-
-  private calculateChecksum(content: string | Buffer): string {
-    return plugins.crypto.createHash('sha256').update(content).digest('hex');
-  }
-
-  private isValidManifest(manifest: any): manifest is ICacheManifest {
-    // Check if manifest has the required structure
-    if (!manifest || typeof manifest !== 'object') {
-      return false;
-    }
-
-    // Check required fields
-    if (
-      typeof manifest.version !== 'string' ||
-      typeof manifest.lastFormat !== 'number' ||
-      !Array.isArray(manifest.files)
-    ) {
-      return false;
-    }
-
-    // Check each file entry
-    for (const file of manifest.files) {
-      if (
-        !file ||
-        typeof file !== 'object' ||
-        typeof file.path !== 'string' ||
-        typeof file.checksum !== 'string' ||
-        typeof file.modified !== 'number' ||
-        typeof file.size !== 'number'
-      ) {
-        return false;
-      }
-    }
-
-    return true;
-  }
-}

ts/mod_format/classes.dependency-analyzer.ts

@@ -1,117 +0,0 @@
-import * as plugins from './mod.plugins.js';
-import { BaseFormatter } from './classes.baseformatter.js';
-
-export interface IModuleDependency {
-  module: string;
-  dependencies: Set<string>;
-  dependents: Set<string>;
-}
-
-export class DependencyAnalyzer {
-  private moduleDependencies: Map<string, IModuleDependency> = new Map();
-
-  constructor() {
-    this.initializeDependencies();
-  }
-
-  private initializeDependencies(): void {
-    // Define dependencies between format modules
-    const dependencies = {
-      cleanup: [], // No dependencies
-      npmextra: [], // No dependencies
-      license: ['npmextra'], // Depends on npmextra for config
-      packagejson: ['npmextra'], // Depends on npmextra for config
-      templates: ['npmextra', 'packagejson'], // Depends on both
-      gitignore: ['templates'], // Depends on templates
-      tsconfig: ['packagejson'], // Depends on package.json
-      prettier: [
-        'cleanup',
-        'npmextra',
-        'packagejson',
-        'templates',
-        'gitignore',
-        'tsconfig',
-      ], // Runs after most others
-      readme: ['npmextra', 'packagejson'], // Depends on project metadata
-      copy: ['npmextra'], // Depends on config
-    };
-
-    // Initialize all modules
-    for (const [module, deps] of Object.entries(dependencies)) {
-      this.moduleDependencies.set(module, {
-        module,
-        dependencies: new Set(deps),
-        dependents: new Set(),
-      });
-    }
-
-    // Build reverse dependencies (dependents)
-    for (const [module, deps] of Object.entries(dependencies)) {
-      for (const dep of deps) {
-        const depModule = this.moduleDependencies.get(dep);
-        if (depModule) {
-          depModule.dependents.add(module);
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  getExecutionGroups(modules: BaseFormatter[]): BaseFormatter[][] {
-    const modulesMap = new Map(modules.map((m) => [m.name, m]));
-    const executed = new Set<string>();
-    const groups: BaseFormatter[][] = [];
-
-    while (executed.size < modules.length) {
-      const currentGroup: BaseFormatter[] = [];
-
-      for (const module of modules) {
-        if (executed.has(module.name)) continue;
-
-        const dependency = this.moduleDependencies.get(module.name);
-        if (!dependency) {
-          // Unknown module, execute in isolation
-          currentGroup.push(module);
-          continue;
-        }
-
-        // Check if all dependencies have been executed
-        const allDepsExecuted = Array.from(dependency.dependencies).every(
-          (dep) => executed.has(dep) || !modulesMap.has(dep),
-        );
-
-        if (allDepsExecuted) {
-          currentGroup.push(module);
-        }
-      }
-
-      if (currentGroup.length === 0) {
-        // Circular dependency or error - execute remaining modules
-        for (const module of modules) {
-          if (!executed.has(module.name)) {
-            currentGroup.push(module);
-          }
-        }
-      }
-
-      currentGroup.forEach((m) => executed.add(m.name));
-      groups.push(currentGroup);
-    }
-
-    return groups;
-  }
-
-  canRunInParallel(module1: string, module2: string): boolean {
-    const dep1 = this.moduleDependencies.get(module1);
-    const dep2 = this.moduleDependencies.get(module2);
-
-    if (!dep1 || !dep2) return false;
-
-    // Check if module1 depends on module2 or vice versa
-    return (
-      !dep1.dependencies.has(module2) &&
-      !dep2.dependencies.has(module1) &&
-      !dep1.dependents.has(module2) &&
-      !dep2.dependents.has(module1)
-    );
-  }
-}

ts/mod_format/classes.formatcontext.ts

@@ -1,14 +1,31 @@
-import * as plugins from './mod.plugins.js';
+import * as plugins from "./mod.plugins.js";
-import { FormatStats } from './classes.formatstats.js';
+import { FormatStats } from "./classes.formatstats.js";
+
+interface IFormatContextOptions {
+  interactive?: boolean;
+  jsonOutput?: boolean;
+}
 
 export class FormatContext {
   private formatStats: FormatStats;
+  private interactive: boolean;
+  private jsonOutput: boolean;
 
-  constructor() {
+  constructor(options: IFormatContextOptions = {}) {
     this.formatStats = new FormatStats();
+    this.interactive = options.interactive ?? true;
+    this.jsonOutput = options.jsonOutput ?? false;
   }
 
   getFormatStats(): FormatStats {
     return this.formatStats;
   }
+
+  isInteractive(): boolean {
+    return this.interactive;
+  }
+
+  isJsonOutput(): boolean {
+    return this.jsonOutput;
+  }
 }

ts/mod_format/classes.formatplanner.ts

@@ -2,13 +2,12 @@ import * as plugins from './mod.plugins.js';
 import { FormatContext } from './classes.formatcontext.js';
 import { BaseFormatter } from './classes.baseformatter.js';
 import type { IFormatPlan, IPlannedChange } from './interfaces.format.js';
+import { getModuleIcon } from './interfaces.format.js';
 import { logger } from '../gitzone.logging.js';
-import { DependencyAnalyzer } from './classes.dependency-analyzer.js';
 import { DiffReporter } from './classes.diffreporter.js';
 
 export class FormatPlanner {
   private plannedChanges: Map<string, IPlannedChange[]> = new Map();
-  private dependencyAnalyzer = new DependencyAnalyzer();
   private diffReporter = new DiffReporter();
 
   async planFormat(modules: BaseFormatter[]): Promise<IFormatPlan> {
@@ -18,7 +17,6 @@ export class FormatPlanner {
         filesAdded: 0,
         filesModified: 0,
         filesRemoved: 0,
-        estimatedTime: 0,
       },
       changes: [],
       warnings: [],
@@ -32,7 +30,6 @@ export class FormatPlanner {
         for (const change of changes) {
           plan.changes.push(change);
 
-          // Update summary
           switch (change.type) {
             case 'create':
               plan.summary.filesAdded++;
@@ -58,7 +55,6 @@ export class FormatPlanner {
       plan.summary.filesAdded +
       plan.summary.filesModified +
       plan.summary.filesRemoved;
-    plan.summary.estimatedTime = plan.summary.totalFiles * 100; // 100ms per file estimate
 
     return plan;
   }
@@ -67,27 +63,20 @@ export class FormatPlanner {
     plan: IFormatPlan,
     modules: BaseFormatter[],
     context: FormatContext,
-    parallel: boolean = false,
   ): Promise<void> {
     const startTime = Date.now();
 
-    try {
+    for (const module of modules) {
-      // Always use sequential execution to avoid race conditions
+      const changes = this.plannedChanges.get(module.name) || [];
-      for (const module of modules) {
-        const changes = this.plannedChanges.get(module.name) || [];
 
-        if (changes.length > 0) {
+      if (changes.length > 0) {
-          logger.log('info', `Executing ${module.name} formatter...`);
+        logger.log('info', `Executing ${module.name} formatter...`);
-          await module.execute(changes);
+        await module.execute(changes);
-        }
       }
-
-      const endTime = Date.now();
-      const duration = endTime - startTime;
-      logger.log('info', `Format operations completed in ${duration}ms`);
-    } catch (error) {
-      throw error;
     }
+
+    const duration = Date.now() - startTime;
+    logger.log('info', `Format operations completed in ${duration}ms`);
   }
 
   async displayPlan(
@@ -103,7 +92,6 @@ export class FormatPlanner {
     console.log('');
     console.log('Changes by module:');
 
-    // Group changes by module
     const changesByModule = new Map<string, IPlannedChange[]>();
     for (const change of plan.changes) {
       const moduleChanges = changesByModule.get(change.module) || [];
@@ -113,14 +101,13 @@ export class FormatPlanner {
 
     for (const [module, changes] of changesByModule) {
       console.log(
-        `\n${this.getModuleIcon(module)} ${module} (${changes.length} ${changes.length === 1 ? 'file' : 'files'})`,
+        `\n${getModuleIcon(module)} ${module} (${changes.length} ${changes.length === 1 ? 'file' : 'files'})`,
       );
 
       for (const change of changes) {
         const icon = this.getChangeIcon(change.type);
         console.log(`  ${icon} ${change.path} - ${change.description}`);
 
-        // Show diff for modified files if detailed view is requested
         if (detailed && change.type === 'modify') {
           const diff = await this.diffReporter.generateDiffForChange(change);
           if (diff) {
@@ -141,22 +128,6 @@ export class FormatPlanner {
     console.log('\n' + '━'.repeat(50));
   }
 
-  private getModuleIcon(module: string): string {
-    const icons: Record<string, string> = {
-      packagejson: '📦',
-      license: '📝',
-      tsconfig: '🔧',
-      cleanup: '🚮',
-      gitignore: '🔒',
-      prettier: '✨',
-      readme: '📖',
-      templates: '📄',
-      npmextra: '⚙️',
-      copy: '📋',
-    };
-    return icons[module] || '📁';
-  }
-
   private getChangeIcon(type: 'create' | 'modify' | 'delete'): string {
     switch (type) {
       case 'create':

ts/mod_format/classes.formatstats.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import * as plugins from './mod.plugins.js';
 import { logger } from '../gitzone.logging.js';
+import { getModuleIcon } from './interfaces.format.js';
 
 export interface IModuleStats {
   name: string;
@@ -23,8 +24,6 @@ export interface IFormatStats {
     totalModified: number;
     totalDeleted: number;
     totalErrors: number;
-    cacheHits: number;
-    cacheMisses: number;
   };
 }
 
@@ -43,8 +42,6 @@ export class FormatStats {
         totalModified: 0,
         totalDeleted: 0,
         totalErrors: 0,
-        cacheHits: 0,
-        cacheMisses: 0,
       },
     };
   }
@@ -107,14 +104,6 @@ export class FormatStats {
     }
   }
 
-  recordCacheHit(): void {
-    this.stats.overallStats.cacheHits++;
-  }
-
-  recordCacheMiss(): void {
-    this.stats.overallStats.cacheMisses++;
-  }
-
   finish(): void {
     this.stats.endTime = Date.now();
     this.stats.totalExecutionTime = this.stats.endTime - this.stats.startTime;
@@ -135,20 +124,6 @@ export class FormatStats {
     console.log(`    • Deleted: ${this.stats.overallStats.totalDeleted}`);
     console.log(`  Errors: ${this.stats.overallStats.totalErrors}`);
 
-    if (
-      this.stats.overallStats.cacheHits > 0 ||
-      this.stats.overallStats.cacheMisses > 0
-    ) {
-      const cacheHitRate =
-        (this.stats.overallStats.cacheHits /
-          (this.stats.overallStats.cacheHits +
-            this.stats.overallStats.cacheMisses)) *
-        100;
-      console.log(`  Cache Hit Rate: ${cacheHitRate.toFixed(1)}%`);
-      console.log(`    • Hits: ${this.stats.overallStats.cacheHits}`);
-      console.log(`    • Misses: ${this.stats.overallStats.cacheMisses}`);
-    }
-
     // Module stats
     console.log('\nModule Breakdown:');
     console.log('─'.repeat(50));
@@ -159,7 +134,7 @@ export class FormatStats {
 
     for (const moduleStats of sortedModules) {
       console.log(
-        `\n${this.getModuleIcon(moduleStats.name)} ${moduleStats.name}:`,
+        `\n${getModuleIcon(moduleStats.name)} ${moduleStats.name}:`,
       );
       console.log(
         `  Execution Time: ${this.formatDuration(moduleStats.executionTime)}`,
@@ -211,19 +186,4 @@ export class FormatStats {
     }
   }
 
-  private getModuleIcon(module: string): string {
-    const icons: Record<string, string> = {
-      packagejson: '📦',
-      license: '📝',
-      tsconfig: '🔧',
-      cleanup: '🚮',
-      gitignore: '🔒',
-      prettier: '✨',
-      readme: '📖',
-      templates: '📄',
-      npmextra: '⚙️',
-      copy: '📋',
-    };
-    return icons[module] || '📁';
-  }
 }

ts/mod_format/classes.rollbackmanager.ts

@@ -1,340 +0,0 @@
-import * as plugins from './mod.plugins.js';
-import * as paths from '../paths.js';
-import type { IFormatOperation } from './interfaces.format.js';
-
-export class RollbackManager {
-  private backupDir: string;
-  private manifestPath: string;
-
-  constructor() {
-    this.backupDir = plugins.path.join(paths.cwd, '.nogit', 'gitzone-backups');
-    this.manifestPath = plugins.path.join(this.backupDir, 'manifest.json');
-  }
-
-  async createOperation(): Promise<IFormatOperation> {
-    await this.ensureBackupDir();
-
-    const operation: IFormatOperation = {
-      id: this.generateOperationId(),
-      timestamp: Date.now(),
-      files: [],
-      status: 'pending',
-    };
-
-    await this.updateManifest(operation);
-    return operation;
-  }
-
-  async backupFile(filepath: string, operationId: string): Promise<void> {
-    const operation = await this.getOperation(operationId);
-    if (!operation) {
-      throw new Error(`Operation ${operationId} not found`);
-    }
-
-    const absolutePath = plugins.path.isAbsolute(filepath)
-      ? filepath
-      : plugins.path.join(paths.cwd, filepath);
-
-    // Check if file exists
-    const exists = await plugins.smartfs.file(absolutePath).exists();
-    if (!exists) {
-      // File doesn't exist yet (will be created), so we skip backup
-      return;
-    }
-
-    // Read file content and metadata
-    const content = (await plugins.smartfs
-      .file(absolutePath)
-      .encoding('utf8')
-      .read()) as string;
-    const stats = await plugins.smartfs.file(absolutePath).stat();
-    const checksum = this.calculateChecksum(content);
-
-    // Create backup
-    const backupPath = this.getBackupPath(operationId, filepath);
-    await plugins.smartfs
-      .directory(plugins.path.dirname(backupPath))
-      .recursive()
-      .create();
-    await plugins.smartfs.file(backupPath).encoding('utf8').write(content);
-
-    // Update operation
-    operation.files.push({
-      path: filepath,
-      originalContent: content,
-      checksum,
-      permissions: stats.mode.toString(8),
-    });
-
-    await this.updateManifest(operation);
-  }
-
-  async rollback(operationId: string): Promise<void> {
-    const operation = await this.getOperation(operationId);
-    if (!operation) {
-      // Operation doesn't exist, might have already been rolled back or never created
-      console.warn(`Operation ${operationId} not found for rollback, skipping`);
-      return;
-    }
-
-    if (operation.status === 'rolled-back') {
-      throw new Error(`Operation ${operationId} has already been rolled back`);
-    }
-
-    // Restore files in reverse order
-    for (let i = operation.files.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
-      const file = operation.files[i];
-      const absolutePath = plugins.path.isAbsolute(file.path)
-        ? file.path
-        : plugins.path.join(paths.cwd, file.path);
-
-      // Verify backup integrity
-      const backupPath = this.getBackupPath(operationId, file.path);
-      const backupContent = await plugins.smartfs
-        .file(backupPath)
-        .encoding('utf8')
-        .read();
-      const backupChecksum = this.calculateChecksum(backupContent);
-
-      if (backupChecksum !== file.checksum) {
-        throw new Error(`Backup integrity check failed for ${file.path}`);
-      }
-
-      // Restore file
-      await plugins.smartfs
-        .file(absolutePath)
-        .encoding('utf8')
-        .write(file.originalContent);
-
-      // Restore permissions
-      const mode = parseInt(file.permissions, 8);
-      // Note: Permissions restoration may not work on all platforms
-    }
-
-    // Update operation status
-    operation.status = 'rolled-back';
-    await this.updateManifest(operation);
-  }
-
-  async markComplete(operationId: string): Promise<void> {
-    const operation = await this.getOperation(operationId);
-    if (!operation) {
-      throw new Error(`Operation ${operationId} not found`);
-    }
-
-    operation.status = 'completed';
-    await this.updateManifest(operation);
-  }
-
-  async cleanOldBackups(retentionDays: number): Promise<void> {
-    const manifest = await this.getManifest();
-    const cutoffTime = Date.now() - retentionDays * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
-
-    const operationsToDelete = manifest.operations.filter(
-      (op) => op.timestamp < cutoffTime && op.status === 'completed',
-    );
-
-    for (const operation of operationsToDelete) {
-      // Remove backup files
-      const operationDir = plugins.path.join(
-        this.backupDir,
-        'operations',
-        operation.id,
-      );
-      await plugins.smartfs.directory(operationDir).recursive().delete();
-
-      // Remove from manifest
-      manifest.operations = manifest.operations.filter(
-        (op) => op.id !== operation.id,
-      );
-    }
-
-    await this.saveManifest(manifest);
-  }
-
-  async verifyBackup(operationId: string): Promise<boolean> {
-    const operation = await this.getOperation(operationId);
-    if (!operation) {
-      return false;
-    }
-
-    for (const file of operation.files) {
-      const backupPath = this.getBackupPath(operationId, file.path);
-      const exists = await plugins.smartfs.file(backupPath).exists();
-
-      if (!exists) {
-        return false;
-      }
-
-      const content = await plugins.smartfs
-        .file(backupPath)
-        .encoding('utf8')
-        .read();
-      const checksum = this.calculateChecksum(content);
-
-      if (checksum !== file.checksum) {
-        return false;
-      }
-    }
-
-    return true;
-  }
-
-  async listBackups(): Promise<IFormatOperation[]> {
-    const manifest = await this.getManifest();
-    return manifest.operations;
-  }
-
-  private async ensureBackupDir(): Promise<void> {
-    await plugins.smartfs.directory(this.backupDir).recursive().create();
-    await plugins.smartfs
-      .directory(plugins.path.join(this.backupDir, 'operations'))
-      .recursive()
-      .create();
-  }
-
-  private generateOperationId(): string {
-    const timestamp = new Date().toISOString().replace(/[:.]/g, '-');
-    const random = Math.random().toString(36).substring(2, 8);
-    return `${timestamp}-${random}`;
-  }
-
-  private getBackupPath(operationId: string, filepath: string): string {
-    const filename = plugins.path.basename(filepath);
-    const dir = plugins.path.dirname(filepath);
-    const safeDir = dir.replace(/[/\\]/g, '__');
-    return plugins.path.join(
-      this.backupDir,
-      'operations',
-      operationId,
-      'files',
-      safeDir,
-      `${filename}.backup`,
-    );
-  }
-
-  private calculateChecksum(content: string | Buffer): string {
-    return plugins.crypto.createHash('sha256').update(content).digest('hex');
-  }
-
-  private async getManifest(): Promise<{ operations: IFormatOperation[] }> {
-    const defaultManifest = { operations: [] };
-
-    const exists = await plugins.smartfs.file(this.manifestPath).exists();
-    if (!exists) {
-      return defaultManifest;
-    }
-
-    try {
-      const content = (await plugins.smartfs
-        .file(this.manifestPath)
-        .encoding('utf8')
-        .read()) as string;
-      const manifest = JSON.parse(content);
-
-      // Validate the manifest structure
-      if (this.isValidManifest(manifest)) {
-        return manifest;
-      } else {
-        console.warn(
-          'Invalid rollback manifest structure, returning default manifest',
-        );
-        return defaultManifest;
-      }
-    } catch (error) {
-      console.warn(
-        `Failed to read rollback manifest: ${error.message}, returning default manifest`,
-      );
-      // Try to delete the corrupted file
-      try {
-        await plugins.smartfs.file(this.manifestPath).delete();
-      } catch (removeError) {
-        // Ignore removal errors
-      }
-      return defaultManifest;
-    }
-  }
-
-  private async saveManifest(manifest: {
-    operations: IFormatOperation[];
-  }): Promise<void> {
-    // Validate before saving
-    if (!this.isValidManifest(manifest)) {
-      throw new Error('Invalid rollback manifest structure, cannot save');
-    }
-
-    // Ensure directory exists
-    await this.ensureBackupDir();
-
-    // Write directly with proper JSON stringification
-    const jsonContent = JSON.stringify(manifest, null, 2);
-    await plugins.smartfs
-      .file(this.manifestPath)
-      .encoding('utf8')
-      .write(jsonContent);
-  }
-
-  private async getOperation(
-    operationId: string,
-  ): Promise<IFormatOperation | null> {
-    const manifest = await this.getManifest();
-    return manifest.operations.find((op) => op.id === operationId) || null;
-  }
-
-  private async updateManifest(operation: IFormatOperation): Promise<void> {
-    const manifest = await this.getManifest();
-    const existingIndex = manifest.operations.findIndex(
-      (op) => op.id === operation.id,
-    );
-
-    if (existingIndex !== -1) {
-      manifest.operations[existingIndex] = operation;
-    } else {
-      manifest.operations.push(operation);
-    }
-
-    await this.saveManifest(manifest);
-  }
-
-  private isValidManifest(
-    manifest: any,
-  ): manifest is { operations: IFormatOperation[] } {
-    // Check if manifest has the required structure
-    if (!manifest || typeof manifest !== 'object') {
-      return false;
-    }
-
-    // Check required fields
-    if (!Array.isArray(manifest.operations)) {
-      return false;
-    }
-
-    // Check each operation entry
-    for (const operation of manifest.operations) {
-      if (
-        !operation ||
-        typeof operation !== 'object' ||
-        typeof operation.id !== 'string' ||
-        typeof operation.timestamp !== 'number' ||
-        typeof operation.status !== 'string' ||
-        !Array.isArray(operation.files)
-      ) {
-        return false;
-      }
-
-      // Check each file in the operation
-      for (const file of operation.files) {
-        if (
-          !file ||
-          typeof file !== 'object' ||
-          typeof file.path !== 'string' ||
-          typeof file.checksum !== 'string'
-        ) {
-          return false;
-        }
-      }
-    }
-
-    return true;
-  }
-}

ts/mod_format/format.cleanup.ts

@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-import * as plugins from './mod.plugins.js';
-import * as paths from '../paths.js';
-
-import { logger } from '../gitzone.logging.js';
-import { Project } from '../classes.project.js';
-
-const filesToDelete = [
-  'defaults.yml',
-  'yarn.lock',
-  'package-lock.json',
-  'tslint.json',
-];
-
-export const run = async (projectArg: Project) => {
-  for (const relativeFilePath of filesToDelete) {
-    const fileExists = await plugins.smartfs.file(relativeFilePath).exists();
-    if (fileExists) {
-      logger.log('info', `Found ${relativeFilePath}! Removing it!`);
-      await plugins.smartfs
-        .file(plugins.path.join(paths.cwd, relativeFilePath))
-        .delete();
-    } else {
-      logger.log('info', `Project is free of ${relativeFilePath}`);
-    }
-  }
-};

ts/mod_format/format.copy.ts

@@ -1,93 +0,0 @@
-import type { Project } from '../classes.project.js';
-import * as plugins from './mod.plugins.js';
-import { logger } from '../gitzone.logging.js';
-
-export const run = async (projectArg: Project) => {
-  const gitzoneConfig = await projectArg.gitzoneConfig;
-
-  // Get copy configuration from npmextra.json
-  const npmextraConfig = new plugins.npmextra.Npmextra();
-  const copyConfig = npmextraConfig.dataFor<any>('gitzone.format.copy', {
-    patterns: [],
-  });
-
-  if (!copyConfig.patterns || copyConfig.patterns.length === 0) {
-    logger.log('info', 'No copy patterns configured in npmextra.json');
-    return;
-  }
-
-  for (const pattern of copyConfig.patterns) {
-    if (!pattern.from || !pattern.to) {
-      logger.log('warn', 'Invalid copy pattern - missing "from" or "to" field');
-      continue;
-    }
-
-    try {
-      // Handle glob patterns
-      const entries = await plugins.smartfs
-        .directory('.')
-        .recursive()
-        .filter(pattern.from)
-        .list();
-      const files = entries.map((entry) => entry.path);
-
-      for (const file of files) {
-        const sourcePath = file;
-        let destPath = pattern.to;
-
-        // If destination is a directory, preserve filename
-        if (pattern.to.endsWith('/')) {
-          const filename = plugins.path.basename(file);
-          destPath = plugins.path.join(pattern.to, filename);
-        }
-
-        // Handle template variables in destination path
-        if (pattern.preservePath) {
-          const relativePath = plugins.path.relative(
-            plugins.path.dirname(pattern.from.replace(/\*/g, '')),
-            file,
-          );
-          destPath = plugins.path.join(pattern.to, relativePath);
-        }
-
-        // Ensure destination directory exists
-        await plugins.smartfs
-          .directory(plugins.path.dirname(destPath))
-          .recursive()
-          .create();
-
-        // Copy file
-        await plugins.smartfs.file(sourcePath).copy(destPath);
-        logger.log('info', `Copied ${sourcePath} to ${destPath}`);
-      }
-    } catch (error) {
-      logger.log(
-        'error',
-        `Failed to copy pattern ${pattern.from}: ${error.message}`,
-      );
-    }
-  }
-};
-
-/**
- * Example npmextra.json configuration:
- * {
- *   "gitzone": {
- *     "format": {
- *       "copy": {
- *         "patterns": [
- *           {
- *             "from": "src/assets/*",
- *             "to": "dist/assets/",
- *             "preservePath": true
- *           },
- *           {
- *             "from": "config/*.json",
- *             "to": "dist/"
- *           }
- *         ]
- *       }
- *     }
- *   }
- * }
- */

ts/mod_format/format.gitignore.ts

@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-import * as plugins from './mod.plugins.js';
-import * as paths from '../paths.js';
-
-import { Project } from '../classes.project.js';
-
-import { logger } from '../gitzone.logging.js';
-const gitignorePath = plugins.path.join(paths.cwd, './.gitignore');
-
-export const run = async (projectArg: Project) => {
-  const gitignoreExists = await plugins.smartfs.file(gitignorePath).exists();
-  let customContent = '';
-
-  if (gitignoreExists) {
-    // lets get the existing gitignore file
-    const existingGitIgnoreString = (await plugins.smartfs
-      .file(gitignorePath)
-      .encoding('utf8')
-      .read()) as string;
-
-    // Check for different custom section markers
-    const customMarkers = ['#------# custom', '# custom'];
-    for (const marker of customMarkers) {
-      const splitResult = existingGitIgnoreString.split(marker);
-      if (splitResult.length > 1) {
-        // Get everything after the marker (excluding the marker itself)
-        customContent = splitResult[1].trim();
-        break;
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  // Write the template
-  const templateModule = await import('../mod_template/index.js');
-  const ciTemplate = await templateModule.getTemplate('gitignore');
-  await ciTemplate.writeToDisk(paths.cwd);
-
-  // Append the custom content if it exists
-  if (customContent) {
-    const newGitignoreContent = (await plugins.smartfs
-      .file(gitignorePath)
-      .encoding('utf8')
-      .read()) as string;
-    // The template already ends with "#------# custom", so just append the content
-    const finalContent =
-      newGitignoreContent.trimEnd() + '\n' + customContent + '\n';
-    await plugins.smartfs
-      .file(gitignorePath)
-      .encoding('utf8')
-      .write(finalContent);
-    logger.log('info', 'Updated .gitignore while preserving custom section!');
-  } else {
-    logger.log('info', 'Added a .gitignore!');
-  }
-};

ts/mod_format/format.license.ts

@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-import * as plugins from './mod.plugins.js';
-import * as paths from '../paths.js';
-import { Project } from '../classes.project.js';
-
-import { logger } from '../gitzone.logging.js';
-
-const incompatibleLicenses: string[] = ['AGPL', 'GPL', 'SSPL'];
-
-export const run = async (projectArg: Project) => {
-  const nodeModulesInstalled = await plugins.smartfs
-    .directory(plugins.path.join(paths.cwd, 'node_modules'))
-    .exists();
-  if (!nodeModulesInstalled) {
-    logger.log('warn', 'No node_modules found. Skipping license check');
-    return;
-  }
-  const licenseChecker = await plugins.smartlegal.createLicenseChecker();
-  const licenseCheckResult = await licenseChecker.excludeLicenseWithinPath(
-    paths.cwd,
-    incompatibleLicenses,
-  );
-  if (licenseCheckResult.failingModules.length === 0) {
-    logger.log('info', 'Success -> licenses passed!');
-  } else {
-    logger.log('error', 'Error -> licenses failed. Here is why:');
-    for (const failedModule of licenseCheckResult.failingModules) {
-      console.log(
-        `${failedModule.name} fails with license ${failedModule.license}`,
-      );
-    }
-  }
-};

ts/mod_format/format.npmextra.ts

@@ -1,142 +0,0 @@
-import * as plugins from './mod.plugins.js';
-import * as paths from '../paths.js';
-import * as gulpFunction from '@push.rocks/gulp-function';
-import { Project } from '../classes.project.js';
-
-/**
- * Migrates npmextra.json from old namespace keys to new package-scoped keys
- */
-const migrateNamespaceKeys = (npmextraJson: any): boolean => {
-  let migrated = false;
-  const migrations = [
-    { oldKey: 'gitzone', newKey: '@git.zone/cli' },
-    { oldKey: 'tsdoc', newKey: '@git.zone/tsdoc' },
-    { oldKey: 'npmdocker', newKey: '@git.zone/tsdocker' },
-    { oldKey: 'npmci', newKey: '@ship.zone/szci' },
-    { oldKey: 'szci', newKey: '@ship.zone/szci' },
-  ];
-  for (const { oldKey, newKey } of migrations) {
-    if (npmextraJson[oldKey] && !npmextraJson[newKey]) {
-      npmextraJson[newKey] = npmextraJson[oldKey];
-      delete npmextraJson[oldKey];
-      migrated = true;
-      console.log(`Migrated npmextra.json: ${oldKey} -> ${newKey}`);
-    }
-  }
-  return migrated;
-};
-
-/**
- * Migrates npmAccessLevel from @ship.zone/szci to @git.zone/cli.release.accessLevel
- * This is a one-time migration for projects using the old location
- */
-const migrateAccessLevel = (npmextraJson: any): boolean => {
-  const szciConfig = npmextraJson['@ship.zone/szci'];
-
-  // Check if szci has npmAccessLevel that needs to be migrated
-  if (!szciConfig?.npmAccessLevel) {
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  // Check if we already have the new location
-  const gitzoneConfig = npmextraJson['@git.zone/cli'] || {};
-  if (gitzoneConfig?.release?.accessLevel) {
-    // Already migrated, just remove from szci
-    delete szciConfig.npmAccessLevel;
-    return true;
-  }
-
-  // Ensure @git.zone/cli and release exist
-  if (!npmextraJson['@git.zone/cli']) {
-    npmextraJson['@git.zone/cli'] = {};
-  }
-  if (!npmextraJson['@git.zone/cli'].release) {
-    npmextraJson['@git.zone/cli'].release = {};
-  }
-
-  // Migrate the value
-  npmextraJson['@git.zone/cli'].release.accessLevel = szciConfig.npmAccessLevel;
-  delete szciConfig.npmAccessLevel;
-
-  console.log(`Migrated npmAccessLevel to @git.zone/cli.release.accessLevel`);
-  return true;
-};
-
-/**
- * runs the npmextra file checking
- */
-export const run = async (projectArg: Project) => {
-  const formatSmartstream = new plugins.smartstream.StreamWrapper([
-    plugins.smartgulp.src([`npmextra.json`]),
-    gulpFunction.forEach(async (fileArg: plugins.smartfile.SmartFile) => {
-      const fileString = fileArg.contents.toString();
-      const npmextraJson = JSON.parse(fileString);
-
-      // Migrate old namespace keys to new package-scoped keys
-      migrateNamespaceKeys(npmextraJson);
-
-      // Migrate npmAccessLevel from szci to @git.zone/cli.release.accessLevel
-      migrateAccessLevel(npmextraJson);
-
-      if (!npmextraJson['@git.zone/cli']) {
-        npmextraJson['@git.zone/cli'] = {};
-      }
-
-      const expectedRepoInformation: string[] = [
-        'projectType',
-        'module.githost',
-        'module.gitscope',
-        'module.gitrepo',
-        'module.description',
-        'module.npmPackagename',
-        'module.license',
-      ];
-
-      const interactInstance = new plugins.smartinteract.SmartInteract();
-      for (const expectedRepoInformationItem of expectedRepoInformation) {
-        if (
-          !plugins.smartobject.smartGet(
-            npmextraJson['@git.zone/cli'],
-            expectedRepoInformationItem,
-          )
-        ) {
-          interactInstance.addQuestions([
-            {
-              message: `What is the value of ${expectedRepoInformationItem}`,
-              name: expectedRepoInformationItem,
-              type: 'input',
-              default: 'undefined variable',
-            },
-          ]);
-        }
-      }
-
-      const answerbucket = await interactInstance.runQueue();
-      for (const expectedRepoInformationItem of expectedRepoInformation) {
-        const cliProvidedValue = answerbucket.getAnswerFor(
-          expectedRepoInformationItem,
-        );
-        if (cliProvidedValue) {
-          plugins.smartobject.smartAdd(
-            npmextraJson['@git.zone/cli'],
-            expectedRepoInformationItem,
-            cliProvidedValue,
-          );
-        }
-      }
-
-      // delete obsolete
-      // tbd
-
-      if (!npmextraJson['@ship.zone/szci']) {
-        npmextraJson['@ship.zone/szci'] = {};
-      }
-
-      fileArg.setContentsFromString(JSON.stringify(npmextraJson, null, 2));
-    }),
-    plugins.smartgulp.replace(),
-  ]);
-  await formatSmartstream.run().catch((error) => {
-    console.log(error);
-  });
-};

ts/mod_format/format.packagejson.ts

@@ -1,196 +0,0 @@
-import * as plugins from './mod.plugins.js';
-import * as paths from '../paths.js';
-import * as gulpFunction from '@push.rocks/gulp-function';
-import { Project } from '../classes.project.js';
-
-import { logger } from '../gitzone.logging.js';
-
-/**
- * ensures a certain dependency
- */
-const ensureDependency = async (
-  packageJsonObjectArg: any,
-  position: 'dep' | 'devDep' | 'everywhere',
-  constraint: 'exclude' | 'include' | 'latest',
-  dependencyArg: string,
-) => {
-  const [packageName, version] = dependencyArg.includes('@')
-    ? dependencyArg.split('@').filter(Boolean)
-    : [dependencyArg, 'latest'];
-
-  const targetSections: string[] = [];
-
-  switch (position) {
-    case 'dep':
-      targetSections.push('dependencies');
-      break;
-    case 'devDep':
-      targetSections.push('devDependencies');
-      break;
-    case 'everywhere':
-      targetSections.push('dependencies', 'devDependencies');
-      break;
-  }
-
-  for (const section of targetSections) {
-    if (!packageJsonObjectArg[section]) {
-      packageJsonObjectArg[section] = {};
-    }
-
-    switch (constraint) {
-      case 'exclude':
-        delete packageJsonObjectArg[section][packageName];
-        break;
-      case 'include':
-        if (!packageJsonObjectArg[section][packageName]) {
-          packageJsonObjectArg[section][packageName] =
-            version === 'latest' ? '^1.0.0' : version;
-        }
-        break;
-      case 'latest':
-        // Fetch latest version from npm
-        try {
-          const registry = new plugins.smartnpm.NpmRegistry();
-          const packageInfo = await registry.getPackageInfo(packageName);
-          const latestVersion = packageInfo['dist-tags'].latest;
-          packageJsonObjectArg[section][packageName] = `^${latestVersion}`;
-        } catch (error) {
-          logger.log(
-            'warn',
-            `Could not fetch latest version for ${packageName}, using existing or default`,
-          );
-          if (!packageJsonObjectArg[section][packageName]) {
-            packageJsonObjectArg[section][packageName] =
-              version === 'latest' ? '^1.0.0' : version;
-          }
-        }
-        break;
-    }
-  }
-};
-
-export const run = async (projectArg: Project) => {
-  const formatStreamWrapper = new plugins.smartstream.StreamWrapper([
-    plugins.smartgulp.src([`package.json`]),
-    gulpFunction.forEach(async (fileArg: plugins.smartfile.SmartFile) => {
-      const npmextraConfig = new plugins.npmextra.Npmextra(paths.cwd);
-      const gitzoneData: any = npmextraConfig.dataFor('@git.zone/cli', {});
-      const fileString = fileArg.contents.toString();
-      const packageJson = JSON.parse(fileString);
-
-      // metadata
-      packageJson.repository = {
-        type: 'git',
-        url: `https://${gitzoneData.module.githost}/${gitzoneData.module.gitscope}/${gitzoneData.module.gitrepo}.git`,
-      };
-      ((packageJson.bugs = {
-        url: `https://${gitzoneData.module.githost}/${gitzoneData.module.gitscope}/${gitzoneData.module.gitrepo}/issues`,
-      }),
-        (packageJson.homepage = `https://${gitzoneData.module.githost}/${gitzoneData.module.gitscope}/${gitzoneData.module.gitrepo}#readme`));
-
-      // Check for module type
-      if (!packageJson.type) {
-        logger.log('info', `setting packageJson.type to "module"`);
-        packageJson.type = 'module';
-      }
-
-      // Check for private or public
-      if (packageJson.private !== undefined) {
-        logger.log(
-          'info',
-          'Success -> found private/public info in package.json!',
-        );
-      } else {
-        logger.log(
-          'error',
-          'found no private boolean! Setting it to private for now!',
-        );
-        packageJson.private = true;
-      }
-
-      // Check for license
-      if (packageJson.license) {
-        logger.log('info', 'Success -> found license in package.json!');
-      } else {
-        logger.log(
-          'error',
-          'found no license! Setting it to UNLICENSED for now!',
-        );
-        packageJson.license = 'UNLICENSED';
-      }
-
-      // Check for build script
-      if (packageJson.scripts.build) {
-        logger.log('info', 'Success -> found build script in package.json!');
-      } else {
-        logger.log(
-          'error',
-          'found no build script! Putting a placeholder there for now!',
-        );
-        packageJson.scripts.build = `echo "Not needed for now"`;
-      }
-
-      // Check for buildDocs script
-      if (!packageJson.scripts.buildDocs) {
-        logger.log(
-          'info',
-          'found no buildDocs script! Putting tsdoc script there now.',
-        );
-        packageJson.scripts.buildDocs = `tsdoc`;
-      }
-
-      // check for files
-      packageJson.files = [
-        'ts/**/*',
-        'ts_web/**/*',
-        'dist/**/*',
-        'dist_*/**/*',
-        'dist_ts/**/*',
-        'dist_ts_web/**/*',
-        'assets/**/*',
-        'cli.js',
-        'npmextra.json',
-        'readme.md',
-      ];
-
-      // check for dependencies
-      // Note: @push.rocks/tapbundle is deprecated - use @git.zone/tstest/tapbundle instead
-      await ensureDependency(
-        packageJson,
-        'devDep',
-        'exclude',
-        '@push.rocks/tapbundle',
-      );
-      await ensureDependency(
-        packageJson,
-        'devDep',
-        'latest',
-        '@git.zone/tstest',
-      );
-      await ensureDependency(
-        packageJson,
-        'devDep',
-        'latest',
-        '@git.zone/tsbuild',
-      );
-
-      // set overrides
-      const overridesContent = (await plugins.smartfs
-        .file(plugins.path.join(paths.assetsDir, 'overrides.json'))
-        .encoding('utf8')
-        .read()) as string;
-      const overrides = JSON.parse(overridesContent);
-      packageJson.pnpm = packageJson.pnpm || {};
-      packageJson.pnpm.overrides = overrides;
-
-      // exclude
-      // TODO
-
-      fileArg.setContentsFromString(JSON.stringify(packageJson, null, 2));
-    }),
-    plugins.smartgulp.replace(),
-  ]);
-  await formatStreamWrapper.run().catch((error) => {
-    console.log(error);
-  });
-};

ts/mod_format/format.prettier.ts

@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-import * as plugins from './mod.plugins.js';
-import prettier from 'prettier';
-import { Project } from '../classes.project.js';
-
-import { logger } from '../gitzone.logging.js';
-
-const prettierDefaultTypeScriptConfig: prettier.Options = {
-  printWidth: 100,
-  parser: 'typescript',
-  singleQuote: true,
-};
-
-const prettierDefaultMarkdownConfig: prettier.Options = {
-  singleQuote: true,
-  printWidth: 100,
-  parser: 'markdown',
-};
-
-const filesToFormat = [
-  `ts/**/*.ts`,
-  `test/**/*.ts`,
-  `readme.md`,
-  `docs/**/*.md`,
-];
-
-const choosePrettierConfig = (fileArg: plugins.smartfile.SmartFile) => {
-  switch (fileArg.parsedPath.ext) {
-    case '.ts':
-      return prettierDefaultTypeScriptConfig;
-    case '.md':
-      return prettierDefaultMarkdownConfig;
-    default:
-      return {};
-  }
-};
-
-const prettierTypeScriptPipestop = plugins.through2.obj(
-  async (fileArg: plugins.smartfile.SmartFile, enc, cb) => {
-    const fileString = fileArg.contentBuffer.toString();
-    const chosenConfig = choosePrettierConfig(fileArg);
-    const filePasses = await prettier.check(fileString, chosenConfig);
-    if (filePasses) {
-      logger.log('info', `OK! -> ${fileArg.path} passes!`);
-      cb(null);
-    } else {
-      logger.log('info', `${fileArg.path} is being reformated!`);
-      const formatedFileString = await prettier.format(
-        fileString,
-        chosenConfig,
-      );
-      fileArg.setContentsFromString(formatedFileString);
-      cb(null, fileArg);
-    }
-  },
-);
-
-export const run = async (projectArg: Project) => {
-  const formatStreamWrapper = new plugins.smartstream.StreamWrapper([
-    plugins.smartgulp.src(filesToFormat),
-    prettierTypeScriptPipestop,
-    plugins.smartgulp.replace(),
-  ]);
-  await formatStreamWrapper.run().catch((error) => {
-    console.log(error);
-  });
-};

ts/mod_format/format.readme.ts

@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-import * as plugins from './mod.plugins.js';
-import * as paths from '../paths.js';
-
-export const run = async () => {
-  const readmePath = plugins.path.join(paths.cwd, 'readme.md');
-  const readmeHintsPath = plugins.path.join(paths.cwd, 'readme.hints.md');
-
-  // Check and initialize readme.md if it doesn't exist
-  const readmeExists = await plugins.smartfs.file(readmePath).exists();
-  if (!readmeExists) {
-    await plugins.smartfs.file(readmePath)
-      .encoding('utf8')
-      .write('# Project Readme\n\nThis is the initial readme file.');
-    console.log('Initialized readme.md');
-  } else {
-    console.log('readme.md already exists');
-  }
-
-  // Check and initialize readme.hints.md if it doesn't exist
-  const readmeHintsExists = await plugins.smartfs.file(readmeHintsPath).exists();
-  if (!readmeHintsExists) {
-    await plugins.smartfs.file(readmeHintsPath)
-      .encoding('utf8')
-      .write('# Project Readme Hints\n\nThis is the initial readme hints file.');
-    console.log('Initialized readme.hints.md');
-  } else {
-    console.log('readme.hints.md already exists');
-  }
-};

ts/mod_format/format.templates.ts

@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-import * as plugins from './mod.plugins.js';
-import * as paths from '../paths.js';
-
-import { logger } from '../gitzone.logging.js';
-import { Project } from '../classes.project.js';
-
-/**
- * takes care of updating files from templates
- */
-export const run = async (project: Project) => {
-  const templateModule = await import('../mod_template/index.js');
-
-  // update vscode
-  const vscodeTemplate = await templateModule.getTemplate('vscode');
-  await vscodeTemplate.writeToDisk(paths.cwd);
-  logger.log('info', `Updated vscode template!`);
-
-  // update gitlab ci and Dockerfile
-  switch (project.gitzoneConfig.data.projectType) {
-    case 'npm':
-    case 'wcc':
-      if (project.gitzoneConfig.data.npmciOptions.npmAccessLevel === 'public') {
-        const ciTemplateDefault =
-          await templateModule.getTemplate('ci_default');
-        ciTemplateDefault.writeToDisk(paths.cwd);
-      } else {
-        const ciTemplateDefault =
-          await templateModule.getTemplate('ci_default_private');
-        ciTemplateDefault.writeToDisk(paths.cwd);
-      }
-      logger.log('info', 'Updated .gitlabci.yml!');
-      break;
-    case 'service':
-    case 'website':
-      const ciTemplateDocker = await templateModule.getTemplate('ci_docker');
-      await ciTemplateDocker.writeToDisk(paths.cwd);
-      logger.log('info', 'Updated CI/CD config files!');
-
-      // lets care about docker
-      const dockerTemplate =
-        await templateModule.getTemplate('dockerfile_service');
-      dockerTemplate.writeToDisk(paths.cwd);
-      logger.log('info', 'Updated Dockerfile!');
-
-      // lets care about cli
-      const cliTemplate = await templateModule.getTemplate('cli');
-      await cliTemplate.writeToDisk(paths.cwd);
-      logger.log('info', 'Updated cli.ts.js and cli.js!');
-      break;
-    default:
-      break;
-  }
-
-  // update html
-  if (project.gitzoneConfig.data.projectType === 'website') {
-    const websiteUpdateTemplate =
-      await templateModule.getTemplate('website_update');
-    const variables = {
-      assetbrokerUrl: project.gitzoneConfig.data.module.assetbrokerUrl,
-      legalUrl: project.gitzoneConfig.data.module.legalUrl,
-    };
-    console.log(
-      'updating website template with variables\n',
-      JSON.stringify(variables, null, 2),
-    );
-    websiteUpdateTemplate.supplyVariables(variables);
-    await websiteUpdateTemplate.writeToDisk(paths.cwd);
-    logger.log('info', `Updated html for website!`);
-  } else if (project.gitzoneConfig.data.projectType === 'service') {
-    const websiteUpdateTemplate =
-      await templateModule.getTemplate('service_update');
-    await websiteUpdateTemplate.writeToDisk(paths.cwd);
-    logger.log('info', `Updated html for element template!`);
-  } else if (project.gitzoneConfig.data.projectType === 'wcc') {
-    const wccUpdateTemplate = await templateModule.getTemplate('wcc_update');
-    await wccUpdateTemplate.writeToDisk(paths.cwd);
-    logger.log('info', `Updated html for wcc template!`);
-  }
-};

ts/mod_format/format.tsconfig.ts

@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-import * as plugins from './mod.plugins.js';
-import * as paths from '../paths.js';
-
-import { logger } from '../gitzone.logging.js';
-import { Project } from '../classes.project.js';
-
-export const run = async (projectArg: Project) => {
-  // lets care about tsconfig.json
-  logger.log('info', 'Formatting tsconfig.json...');
-  const factory = plugins.smartfile.SmartFileFactory.nodeFs();
-  const tsconfigSmartfile = await factory.fromFilePath(
-    plugins.path.join(paths.cwd, 'tsconfig.json'),
-  );
-  const tsconfigObject = JSON.parse(tsconfigSmartfile.parseContentAsString());
-  tsconfigObject.compilerOptions = tsconfigObject.compilerOptions || {};
-  tsconfigObject.compilerOptions.baseUrl = '.';
-  tsconfigObject.compilerOptions.paths = {};
-  const tsPublishMod = await import('@git.zone/tspublish');
-  const tsPublishInstance = new tsPublishMod.TsPublish();
-  const publishModules = await tsPublishInstance.getModuleSubDirs(paths.cwd);
-  for (const publishModule of Object.keys(publishModules)) {
-    const publishConfig = publishModules[publishModule];
-    tsconfigObject.compilerOptions.paths[`${publishConfig.name}`] = [
-      `./${publishModule}/index.js`,
-    ];
-  }
-  await tsconfigSmartfile.editContentAsString(async () => {
-    return JSON.stringify(tsconfigObject, null, 2);
-  });
-  await tsconfigSmartfile.write();
-};

ts/mod_format/formatters/cleanup.formatter.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { BaseFormatter } from '../classes.baseformatter.js';
 import type { IPlannedChange } from '../interfaces.format.js';
 import * as plugins from '../mod.plugins.js';
-import * as cleanupFormatter from '../format.cleanup.js';
 
 export class CleanupFormatter extends BaseFormatter {
   get name(): string {

ts/mod_format/formatters/copy.formatter.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,113 @@
-import { LegacyFormatter } from './legacy.formatter.js';
+import { BaseFormatter } from '../classes.baseformatter.js';
-import * as formatCopy from '../format.copy.js';
+import type { IPlannedChange } from '../interfaces.format.js';
+import * as plugins from '../mod.plugins.js';
+import { logger, logVerbose } from '../../gitzone.logging.js';
 
-export class CopyFormatter extends LegacyFormatter {
+interface ICopyPattern {
-  constructor(context: any, project: any) {
+  from: string;
-    super(context, project, 'copy', formatCopy);
+  to: string;
+  preservePath?: boolean;
+}
+
+export class CopyFormatter extends BaseFormatter {
+  get name(): string {
+    return 'copy';
+  }
+
+  async analyze(): Promise<IPlannedChange[]> {
+    const changes: IPlannedChange[] = [];
+
+    // Get copy configuration from .smartconfig.json
+    const smartconfigInstance = new plugins.smartconfig.Smartconfig();
+    const copyConfig = smartconfigInstance.dataFor<{ patterns: ICopyPattern[] }>(
+      'gitzone.format.copy',
+      { patterns: [] },
+    );
+
+    if (!copyConfig.patterns || copyConfig.patterns.length === 0) {
+      logVerbose('No copy patterns configured in .smartconfig.json');
+      return changes;
+    }
+
+    for (const pattern of copyConfig.patterns) {
+      if (!pattern.from || !pattern.to) {
+        logVerbose('Invalid copy pattern - missing "from" or "to" field');
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      try {
+        // Handle glob patterns
+        const entries = await plugins.smartfs
+          .directory('.')
+          .recursive()
+          .filter(pattern.from)
+          .list();
+        const files = entries.map((entry) => entry.path);
+
+        for (const file of files) {
+          const sourcePath = file;
+          let destPath = pattern.to;
+
+          // If destination is a directory, preserve filename
+          if (pattern.to.endsWith('/')) {
+            const filename = plugins.path.basename(file);
+            destPath = plugins.path.join(pattern.to, filename);
+          }
+
+          // Handle template variables in destination path
+          if (pattern.preservePath) {
+            const relativePath = plugins.path.relative(
+              plugins.path.dirname(pattern.from.replace(/\*/g, '')),
+              file,
+            );
+            destPath = plugins.path.join(pattern.to, relativePath);
+          }
+
+          // Read source content
+          const content = (await plugins.smartfs
+            .file(sourcePath)
+            .encoding('utf8')
+            .read()) as string;
+
+          // Check if destination exists and has same content
+          let needsCopy = true;
+          const destExists = await plugins.smartfs.file(destPath).exists();
+          if (destExists) {
+            const existingContent = (await plugins.smartfs
+              .file(destPath)
+              .encoding('utf8')
+              .read()) as string;
+            if (existingContent === content) {
+              needsCopy = false;
+            }
+          }
+
+          if (needsCopy) {
+            changes.push({
+              type: destExists ? 'modify' : 'create',
+              path: destPath,
+              module: this.name,
+              description: `Copy from ${sourcePath}`,
+              content: content,
+            });
+          }
+        }
+      } catch (error) {
+        logVerbose(`Failed to process pattern ${pattern.from}: ${error.message}`);
+      }
+    }
+
+    return changes;
+  }
+
+  async applyChange(change: IPlannedChange): Promise<void> {
+    if (!change.content) return;
+
+    if (change.type === 'create') {
+      await this.createFile(change.path, change.content);
+    } else {
+      await this.modifyFile(change.path, change.content);
+    }
+    logger.log('info', `Copied to ${change.path}`);
   }
 }

ts/mod_format/formatters/gitignore.formatter.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,107 @@
-import { LegacyFormatter } from './legacy.formatter.js';
+import { BaseFormatter } from '../classes.baseformatter.js';
-import * as formatGitignore from '../format.gitignore.js';
+import type { IPlannedChange } from '../interfaces.format.js';
+import * as plugins from '../mod.plugins.js';
+import * as paths from '../../paths.js';
+import { logger } from '../../gitzone.logging.js';
 
-export class GitignoreFormatter extends LegacyFormatter {
+export class GitignoreFormatter extends BaseFormatter {
-  constructor(context: any, project: any) {
+  get name(): string {
-    super(context, project, 'gitignore', formatGitignore);
+    return 'gitignore';
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Read the standard gitignore template from the asset file,
+   * stripping the YAML frontmatter.
+   */
+  private async getStandardTemplate(): Promise<string> {
+    const templatePath = plugins.path.join(paths.templatesDir, 'gitignore', '_gitignore');
+    const raw = (await plugins.smartfs
+      .file(templatePath)
+      .encoding('utf8')
+      .read()) as string;
+
+    // Strip YAML frontmatter (---\n...\n---)
+    const frontmatterEnd = raw.indexOf('---', 3);
+    if (frontmatterEnd !== -1) {
+      return raw.slice(frontmatterEnd + 3).trimStart();
+    }
+    return raw;
+  }
+
+  async analyze(): Promise<IPlannedChange[]> {
+    const changes: IPlannedChange[] = [];
+    const gitignorePath = '.gitignore';
+
+    const standardTemplate = await this.getStandardTemplate();
+
+    // Check if file exists and extract custom content
+    let customContent = '';
+    const exists = await plugins.smartfs.file(gitignorePath).exists();
+
+    if (exists) {
+      const existingContent = (await plugins.smartfs
+        .file(gitignorePath)
+        .encoding('utf8')
+        .read()) as string;
+
+      // Extract custom section content
+      const customMarkers = ['#------# custom', '# custom'];
+      for (const marker of customMarkers) {
+        const splitResult = existingContent.split(marker);
+        if (splitResult.length > 1) {
+          customContent = splitResult[1].trim();
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Compute new content
+    let newContent = standardTemplate;
+    if (customContent) {
+      newContent = standardTemplate + '\n' + customContent + '\n';
+    } else {
+      newContent = standardTemplate + '\n';
+    }
+
+    // Read current content to compare
+    let currentContent = '';
+    if (exists) {
+      currentContent = (await plugins.smartfs
+        .file(gitignorePath)
+        .encoding('utf8')
+        .read()) as string;
+    }
+
+    if (!exists) {
+      changes.push({
+        type: 'create',
+        path: gitignorePath,
+        module: this.name,
+        description: 'Create .gitignore',
+        content: newContent,
+      });
+    } else if (newContent !== currentContent) {
+      changes.push({
+        type: 'modify',
+        path: gitignorePath,
+        module: this.name,
+        description: 'Update .gitignore (preserving custom section)',
+        content: newContent,
+      });
+    }
+
+    return changes;
+  }
+
+  async applyChange(change: IPlannedChange): Promise<void> {
+    if (!change.content) return;
+
+    if (change.type === 'create') {
+      await this.createFile(change.path, change.content);
+      logger.log('info', 'Created .gitignore');
+    } else if (change.type === 'modify') {
+      await this.modifyFile(change.path, change.content);
+      logger.log('info', 'Updated .gitignore (preserved custom section)');
+    }
   }
 }

ts/mod_format/formatters/legacy.formatter.ts

@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-import { BaseFormatter } from '../classes.baseformatter.js';
-import type { IPlannedChange } from '../interfaces.format.js';
-import { Project } from '../../classes.project.js';
-import * as plugins from '../mod.plugins.js';
-
-// This is a wrapper for existing format modules
-export class LegacyFormatter extends BaseFormatter {
-  private moduleName: string;
-  private formatModule: any;
-
-  constructor(
-    context: any,
-    project: Project,
-    moduleName: string,
-    formatModule: any,
-  ) {
-    super(context, project);
-    this.moduleName = moduleName;
-    this.formatModule = formatModule;
-  }
-
-  get name(): string {
-    return this.moduleName;
-  }
-
-  async analyze(): Promise<IPlannedChange[]> {
-    // For legacy modules, we can't easily predict changes
-    // So we'll return a generic change that indicates the module will run
-    return [
-      {
-        type: 'modify',
-        path: '<various files>',
-        module: this.name,
-        description: `Run ${this.name} formatter`,
-      },
-    ];
-  }
-
-  async applyChange(change: IPlannedChange): Promise<void> {
-    // Run the legacy format module
-    await this.formatModule.run(this.project);
-  }
-}

ts/mod_format/formatters/license.formatter.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,62 @@
-import { LegacyFormatter } from './legacy.formatter.js';
+import { BaseFormatter } from '../classes.baseformatter.js';
-import * as formatLicense from '../format.license.js';
+import type { IPlannedChange } from '../interfaces.format.js';
+import * as plugins from '../mod.plugins.js';
+import * as paths from '../../paths.js';
+import { logger } from '../../gitzone.logging.js';
 
-export class LicenseFormatter extends LegacyFormatter {
+const INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSES: string[] = ['AGPL', 'GPL', 'SSPL'];
-  constructor(context: any, project: any) {
+
-    super(context, project, 'license', formatLicense);
+export class LicenseFormatter extends BaseFormatter {
+  get name(): string {
+    return 'license';
+  }
+
+  async analyze(): Promise<IPlannedChange[]> {
+    // License formatter only checks for incompatible licenses
+    // It does not modify any files, so return empty array
+    // The actual check happens in execute() for reporting purposes
+    return [];
+  }
+
+  async execute(changes: IPlannedChange[]): Promise<void> {
+    const startTime = this.stats.moduleStartTime(this.name);
+    this.stats.startModule(this.name);
+
+    try {
+      // Check if node_modules exists
+      const nodeModulesPath = plugins.path.join(paths.cwd, 'node_modules');
+      const nodeModulesExists = await plugins.smartfs
+        .directory(nodeModulesPath)
+        .exists();
+
+      if (!nodeModulesExists) {
+        logger.log('warn', 'No node_modules found. Skipping license check');
+        return;
+      }
+
+      // Run license check
+      const licenseChecker = await plugins.smartlegal.createLicenseChecker();
+      const licenseCheckResult = await licenseChecker.excludeLicenseWithinPath(
+        paths.cwd,
+        INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSES,
+      );
+
+      if (licenseCheckResult.failingModules.length === 0) {
+        logger.log('info', 'License check passed - no incompatible licenses found');
+      } else {
+        logger.log('error', 'License check failed - incompatible licenses found:');
+        for (const failedModule of licenseCheckResult.failingModules) {
+          console.log(
+            `  ${failedModule.name} has license ${failedModule.license}`,
+          );
+        }
+      }
+    } finally {
+      this.stats.endModule(this.name, startTime);
+    }
+  }
+
+  async applyChange(change: IPlannedChange): Promise<void> {
+    // No file changes for license formatter
   }
 }

ts/mod_format/formatters/npmextra.formatter.ts

@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-import { LegacyFormatter } from './legacy.formatter.js';
-import * as formatNpmextra from '../format.npmextra.js';
-
-export class NpmextraFormatter extends LegacyFormatter {
-  constructor(context: any, project: any) {
-    super(context, project, 'npmextra', formatNpmextra);
-  }
-}

ts/mod_format/formatters/packagejson.formatter.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,122 @@
-import { LegacyFormatter } from './legacy.formatter.js';
+import { BaseFormatter } from '../classes.baseformatter.js';
-import * as formatPackageJson from '../format.packagejson.js';
+import type { IPlannedChange } from '../interfaces.format.js';
+import * as plugins from '../mod.plugins.js';
+import * as paths from '../../paths.js';
+import { logger, logVerbose } from '../../gitzone.logging.js';
 
-export class PackageJsonFormatter extends LegacyFormatter {
+export class PackageJsonFormatter extends BaseFormatter {
-  constructor(context: any, project: any) {
+  get name(): string {
-    super(context, project, 'packagejson', formatPackageJson);
+    return 'packagejson';
+  }
+
+  async analyze(): Promise<IPlannedChange[]> {
+    const changes: IPlannedChange[] = [];
+    const packageJsonPath = 'package.json';
+
+    // Check if file exists
+    const exists = await plugins.smartfs.file(packageJsonPath).exists();
+    if (!exists) {
+      logVerbose('package.json does not exist, skipping');
+      return changes;
+    }
+
+    // Read current content
+    const currentContent = (await plugins.smartfs
+      .file(packageJsonPath)
+      .encoding('utf8')
+      .read()) as string;
+
+    // Parse and compute new content
+    const packageJson = JSON.parse(currentContent);
+
+    // Get gitzone config from smartconfig
+    const smartconfigInstance = new plugins.smartconfig.Smartconfig(paths.cwd);
+    const gitzoneData: any = smartconfigInstance.dataFor('@git.zone/cli', {});
+
+    // Set metadata from gitzone config
+    if (gitzoneData.module) {
+      packageJson.repository = {
+        type: 'git',
+        url: `https://${gitzoneData.module.githost}/${gitzoneData.module.gitscope}/${gitzoneData.module.gitrepo}.git`,
+      };
+      packageJson.bugs = {
+        url: `https://${gitzoneData.module.githost}/${gitzoneData.module.gitscope}/${gitzoneData.module.gitrepo}/issues`,
+      };
+      packageJson.homepage = `https://${gitzoneData.module.githost}/${gitzoneData.module.gitscope}/${gitzoneData.module.gitrepo}#readme`;
+    }
+
+    // Ensure module type
+    if (!packageJson.type) {
+      packageJson.type = 'module';
+    }
+
+    // Ensure private field exists
+    if (packageJson.private === undefined) {
+      packageJson.private = true;
+    }
+
+    // Ensure license field exists
+    if (!packageJson.license) {
+      packageJson.license = 'UNLICENSED';
+    }
+
+    // Ensure scripts object exists
+    if (!packageJson.scripts) {
+      packageJson.scripts = {};
+    }
+
+    // Ensure build script exists
+    if (!packageJson.scripts.build) {
+      packageJson.scripts.build = `echo "Not needed for now"`;
+    }
+
+    // Set files array
+    packageJson.files = [
+      'ts/**/*',
+      'ts_web/**/*',
+      'dist/**/*',
+      'dist_*/**/*',
+      'dist_ts/**/*',
+      'dist_ts_web/**/*',
+      'assets/**/*',
+      'cli.js',
+      '.smartconfig.json',
+      'readme.md',
+    ];
+
+    // Set pnpm overrides from assets
+    try {
+      const overridesContent = (await plugins.smartfs
+        .file(plugins.path.join(paths.assetsDir, 'overrides.json'))
+        .encoding('utf8')
+        .read()) as string;
+      const overrides = JSON.parse(overridesContent);
+      packageJson.pnpm = packageJson.pnpm || {};
+      packageJson.pnpm.overrides = overrides;
+    } catch (error) {
+      logVerbose(`Could not read overrides.json: ${error.message}`);
+    }
+
+    const newContent = JSON.stringify(packageJson, null, 2);
+
+    // Only add change if content differs
+    if (newContent !== currentContent) {
+      changes.push({
+        type: 'modify',
+        path: packageJsonPath,
+        module: this.name,
+        description: 'Format package.json',
+        content: newContent,
+      });
+    }
+
+    return changes;
+  }
+
+  async applyChange(change: IPlannedChange): Promise<void> {
+    if (change.type !== 'modify' || !change.content) return;
+
+    await this.modifyFile(change.path, change.content);
+    logger.log('info', 'Updated package.json');
   }
 }

ts/mod_format/formatters/prettier.formatter.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { BaseFormatter } from '../classes.baseformatter.js';
-import type { IPlannedChange } from '../interfaces.format.js';
+import type { IPlannedChange, ICheckResult } from '../interfaces.format.js';
 import * as plugins from '../mod.plugins.js';
 import { logger, logVerbose } from '../../gitzone.logging.js';
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export class PrettierFormatter extends BaseFormatter {
     const rootConfigFiles = [
       'package.json',
       'tsconfig.json',
-      'npmextra.json',
+      '.smartconfig.json',
       '.prettierrc',
       '.prettierrc.json',
       '.prettierrc.js',
@@ -40,38 +40,48 @@ export class PrettierFormatter extends BaseFormatter {
 
     // Add files from TypeScript directories
     for (const dir of includeDirs) {
-      const globPattern = `${dir}/**/*.${extensions}`;
+      try {
-      const dirEntries = await plugins.smartfs
+        const globPattern = `${dir}/**/*.${extensions}`;
-        .directory('.')
+        const dirEntries = await plugins.smartfs
-        .recursive()
+          .directory('.')
-        .filter(globPattern)
+          .recursive()
-        .list();
+          .filter(globPattern)
-      const dirFiles = dirEntries.map((entry) => entry.path);
+          .list();
-      allFiles.push(...dirFiles);
+        const dirFiles = dirEntries.map((entry) => entry.path);
+        // Filter out files in excluded directories
+        const filteredFiles = dirFiles.filter((f) =>
+          !f.includes('node_modules/') &&
+          !f.includes('.nogit/') &&
+          !f.includes('.git/')
+        );
+        allFiles.push(...filteredFiles);
+      } catch (error) {
+        logVerbose(`Skipping directory ${dir}: ${error.message}`);
+      }
     }
 
-    // Add root config files
+    // Add root config files (only check root level, no recursive needed)
     for (const pattern of rootConfigFiles) {
-      const rootEntries = await plugins.smartfs
+      try {
-        .directory('.')
+        const rootEntries = await plugins.smartfs
-        .recursive()
+          .directory('.')
-        .filter(pattern)
+          .filter(pattern)
-        .list();
+          .list();
-      const rootFiles = rootEntries.map((entry) => entry.path);
+        const rootFiles = rootEntries.map((entry) => entry.path);
-      // Only include files at root level (no slashes in path)
+        // Only include files at root level (no slashes in path)
-      const rootLevelFiles = rootFiles.filter((f) => !f.includes('/'));
+        const rootLevelFiles = rootFiles.filter((f) => !f.includes('/'));
-      allFiles.push(...rootLevelFiles);
+        allFiles.push(...rootLevelFiles);
+      } catch (error) {
+        logVerbose(`Skipping pattern ${pattern}: ${error.message}`);
+      }
     }
 
     // Remove duplicates
     const uniqueFiles = [...new Set(allFiles)];
 
-    // Get all files that match the pattern
-    const files = uniqueFiles;
-
     // Ensure we only process actual files (not directories)
     const validFiles: string[] = [];
-    for (const file of files) {
+    for (const file of uniqueFiles) {
       try {
         const stats = await plugins.smartfs.file(file).stat();
         if (!stats.isDirectory) {
@@ -83,14 +93,7 @@ export class PrettierFormatter extends BaseFormatter {
       }
     }
 
-    // Check which files need formatting
     for (const file of validFiles) {
-      // Skip files that haven't changed
-      if (!(await this.shouldProcessFile(file))) {
-        logVerbose(`Skipping ${file} - no changes detected`);
-        continue;
-      }
-
       changes.push({
         type: 'modify',
         path: file,
@@ -219,7 +222,7 @@ export class PrettierFormatter extends BaseFormatter {
 
   private async getPrettierConfig(): Promise<any> {
     // Try to load prettier config from the project
-    const prettierConfig = new plugins.npmextra.Npmextra();
+    const prettierConfig = new plugins.smartconfig.Smartconfig();
     return prettierConfig.dataFor('prettier', {
       // Default prettier config
       singleQuote: true,
@@ -230,4 +233,53 @@ export class PrettierFormatter extends BaseFormatter {
       arrowParens: 'always',
     });
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Override check() to compute diffs on-the-fly by running prettier
+   */
+  async check(): Promise<ICheckResult> {
+    const changes = await this.analyze();
+    const diffs: ICheckResult['diffs'] = [];
+
+    for (const change of changes) {
+      if (change.type !== 'modify') continue;
+
+      try {
+        // Read current content
+        const currentContent = (await plugins.smartfs
+          .file(change.path)
+          .encoding('utf8')
+          .read()) as string;
+
+        // Skip files without extension (prettier can't infer parser)
+        const fileExt = plugins.path.extname(change.path).toLowerCase();
+        if (!fileExt) continue;
+
+        // Format with prettier to get what it would produce
+        const prettier = await import('prettier');
+        const formatted = await prettier.format(currentContent, {
+          filepath: change.path,
+          ...(await this.getPrettierConfig()),
+        });
+
+        // Only add to diffs if content differs
+        if (formatted !== currentContent) {
+          diffs.push({
+            path: change.path,
+            type: 'modify',
+            before: currentContent,
+            after: formatted,
+          });
+        }
+      } catch (error) {
+        // Skip files that can't be processed
+        logVerbose(`Skipping diff for ${change.path}: ${error.message}`);
+      }
+    }
+
+    return {
+      hasDiff: diffs.length > 0,
+      diffs,
+    };
+  }
 }

ts/mod_format/formatters/readme.formatter.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 import { BaseFormatter } from '../classes.baseformatter.js';
 import type { IPlannedChange } from '../interfaces.format.js';
-import * as formatReadme from '../format.readme.js';
+import * as plugins from '../mod.plugins.js';
+import { logger } from '../../gitzone.logging.js';
+
+const DEFAULT_README_CONTENT = `# Project Readme
+
+This is the initial readme file.`;
+
+const DEFAULT_README_HINTS_CONTENT = `# Project Readme Hints
+
+This is the initial readme hints file.`;
 
 export class ReadmeFormatter extends BaseFormatter {
   get name(): string {
@@ -8,17 +17,39 @@ export class ReadmeFormatter extends BaseFormatter {
   }
 
   async analyze(): Promise<IPlannedChange[]> {
-    return [
+    const changes: IPlannedChange[] = [];
-      {
+
-        type: 'modify',
+    // Check readme.md
+    const readmeExists = await plugins.smartfs.file('readme.md').exists();
+    if (!readmeExists) {
+      changes.push({
+        type: 'create',
         path: 'readme.md',
         module: this.name,
-        description: 'Ensure readme files exist',
+        description: 'Create readme.md',
-      },
+        content: DEFAULT_README_CONTENT,
-    ];
+      });
+    }
+
+    // Check readme.hints.md
+    const hintsExists = await plugins.smartfs.file('readme.hints.md').exists();
+    if (!hintsExists) {
+      changes.push({
+        type: 'create',
+        path: 'readme.hints.md',
+        module: this.name,
+        description: 'Create readme.hints.md',
+        content: DEFAULT_README_HINTS_CONTENT,
+      });
+    }
+
+    return changes;
   }
 
   async applyChange(change: IPlannedChange): Promise<void> {
-    await formatReadme.run();
+    if (change.type !== 'create' || !change.content) return;
+
+    await this.createFile(change.path, change.content);
+    logger.log('info', `Created ${change.path}`);
   }
 }

ts/mod_format/formatters/smartconfig.formatter.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,186 @@
+import { BaseFormatter } from "../classes.baseformatter.js";
+import type { IPlannedChange } from "../interfaces.format.js";
+import * as plugins from "../mod.plugins.js";
+import { logger, logVerbose } from "../../gitzone.logging.js";
+
+/**
+ * Migrates .smartconfig.json from old namespace keys to new package-scoped keys
+ */
+const migrateNamespaceKeys = (smartconfigJson: any): boolean => {
+  let migrated = false;
+  const migrations = [
+    { oldKey: "gitzone", newKey: "@git.zone/cli" },
+    { oldKey: "tsdoc", newKey: "@git.zone/tsdoc" },
+    { oldKey: "npmdocker", newKey: "@git.zone/tsdocker" },
+    { oldKey: "npmci", newKey: "@ship.zone/szci" },
+    { oldKey: "szci", newKey: "@ship.zone/szci" },
+  ];
+  for (const { oldKey, newKey } of migrations) {
+    if (smartconfigJson[oldKey]) {
+      if (!smartconfigJson[newKey]) {
+        smartconfigJson[newKey] = smartconfigJson[oldKey];
+      } else {
+        smartconfigJson[newKey] = {
+          ...smartconfigJson[oldKey],
+          ...smartconfigJson[newKey],
+        };
+      }
+      delete smartconfigJson[oldKey];
+      migrated = true;
+    }
+  }
+  return migrated;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Migrates npmAccessLevel from @ship.zone/szci to @git.zone/cli.release.accessLevel
+ */
+const migrateAccessLevel = (smartconfigJson: any): boolean => {
+  const szciConfig = smartconfigJson["@ship.zone/szci"];
+
+  if (!szciConfig?.npmAccessLevel) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  const gitzoneConfig = smartconfigJson["@git.zone/cli"] || {};
+  if (gitzoneConfig?.release?.accessLevel) {
+    delete szciConfig.npmAccessLevel;
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  if (!smartconfigJson["@git.zone/cli"]) {
+    smartconfigJson["@git.zone/cli"] = {};
+  }
+  if (!smartconfigJson["@git.zone/cli"].release) {
+    smartconfigJson["@git.zone/cli"].release = {};
+  }
+
+  smartconfigJson["@git.zone/cli"].release.accessLevel =
+    szciConfig.npmAccessLevel;
+  delete szciConfig.npmAccessLevel;
+
+  return true;
+};
+
+const CONFIG_FILE = ".smartconfig.json";
+
+export class SmartconfigFormatter extends BaseFormatter {
+  get name(): string {
+    return "smartconfig";
+  }
+
+  async analyze(): Promise<IPlannedChange[]> {
+    const changes: IPlannedChange[] = [];
+
+    // File rename (npmextra.json/smartconfig.json → .smartconfig.json)
+    // is handled by the orchestrator before analysis.
+    // This formatter only operates on .smartconfig.json.
+    const exists = await plugins.smartfs.file(CONFIG_FILE).exists();
+    if (!exists) {
+      logVerbose(".smartconfig.json does not exist, skipping");
+      return changes;
+    }
+
+    const currentContent = (await plugins.smartfs
+      .file(CONFIG_FILE)
+      .encoding("utf8")
+      .read()) as string;
+
+    const smartconfigJson = JSON.parse(currentContent);
+
+    // Apply key migrations
+    migrateNamespaceKeys(smartconfigJson);
+    migrateAccessLevel(smartconfigJson);
+
+    // Ensure namespaces exist
+    if (!smartconfigJson["@git.zone/cli"]) {
+      smartconfigJson["@git.zone/cli"] = {};
+    }
+    if (!smartconfigJson["@ship.zone/szci"]) {
+      smartconfigJson["@ship.zone/szci"] = {};
+    }
+
+    const newContent = JSON.stringify(smartconfigJson, null, 2);
+
+    if (newContent !== currentContent) {
+      changes.push({
+        type: "modify",
+        path: CONFIG_FILE,
+        module: this.name,
+        description: "Migrate and format .smartconfig.json",
+        content: newContent,
+      });
+    }
+
+    return changes;
+  }
+
+  async applyChange(change: IPlannedChange): Promise<void> {
+    if (change.type !== "modify" || !change.content) return;
+
+    const smartconfigJson = JSON.parse(change.content);
+
+    // Check for missing required module information
+    const expectedRepoInformation: string[] = [
+      "projectType",
+      "module.githost",
+      "module.gitscope",
+      "module.gitrepo",
+      "module.description",
+      "module.npmPackagename",
+      "module.license",
+    ];
+
+    const interactInstance = new plugins.smartinteract.SmartInteract();
+    const missingRepoInformation = expectedRepoInformation.filter(
+      (expectedRepoInformationItem) => {
+        return !plugins.smartobject.smartGet(
+          smartconfigJson["@git.zone/cli"],
+          expectedRepoInformationItem,
+        );
+      },
+    );
+
+    if (missingRepoInformation.length > 0 && !this.context.isInteractive()) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `Missing required .smartconfig.json fields: ${missingRepoInformation.join(", ")}`,
+      );
+    }
+
+    for (const expectedRepoInformationItem of expectedRepoInformation) {
+      if (
+        !plugins.smartobject.smartGet(
+          smartconfigJson["@git.zone/cli"],
+          expectedRepoInformationItem,
+        )
+      ) {
+        interactInstance.addQuestions([
+          {
+            message: `What is the value of ${expectedRepoInformationItem}`,
+            name: expectedRepoInformationItem,
+            type: "input",
+            default: "undefined variable",
+          },
+        ]);
+      }
+    }
+
+    const answerbucket = await interactInstance.runQueue();
+    for (const expectedRepoInformationItem of expectedRepoInformation) {
+      const cliProvidedValue = answerbucket.getAnswerFor(
+        expectedRepoInformationItem,
+      );
+      if (cliProvidedValue) {
+        plugins.smartobject.smartAdd(
+          smartconfigJson["@git.zone/cli"],
+          expectedRepoInformationItem,
+          cliProvidedValue,
+        );
+      }
+    }
+
+    const finalContent = JSON.stringify(smartconfigJson, null, 2);
+    await this.modifyFile(change.path, finalContent);
+    logger.log("info", "Updated .smartconfig.json");
+  }
+}

ts/mod_format/formatters/templates.formatter.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,167 @@
-import { LegacyFormatter } from './legacy.formatter.js';
+import { BaseFormatter } from '../classes.baseformatter.js';
-import * as formatTemplates from '../format.templates.js';
+import type { IPlannedChange } from '../interfaces.format.js';
+import * as plugins from '../mod.plugins.js';
+import * as paths from '../../paths.js';
+import { logger, logVerbose } from '../../gitzone.logging.js';
 
-export class TemplatesFormatter extends LegacyFormatter {
+export class TemplatesFormatter extends BaseFormatter {
-  constructor(context: any, project: any) {
+  get name(): string {
-    super(context, project, 'templates', formatTemplates);
+    return 'templates';
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Render a template directory through smartscaf and return a map of path → content.
+   */
+  private async renderTemplate(templateName: string): Promise<Map<string, string>> {
+    const templateDir = plugins.path.join(paths.templatesDir, templateName);
+
+    const scafTemplate = new plugins.smartscaf.ScafTemplate(templateDir);
+    await scafTemplate.readTemplateFromDir();
+
+    const gitzoneData = this.project.gitzoneConfig?.data;
+    if (gitzoneData) {
+      await scafTemplate.supplyVariables({
+        module: gitzoneData.module,
+        projectType: gitzoneData.projectType,
+      });
+    }
+
+    const renderedFiles = await scafTemplate.renderToMemory();
+
+    const fileMap = new Map<string, string>();
+    for (const file of renderedFiles) {
+      fileMap.set(file.path, file.contents.toString());
+    }
+    return fileMap;
+  }
+
+  async analyze(): Promise<IPlannedChange[]> {
+    const changes: IPlannedChange[] = [];
+    const project = this.project;
+    const projectType = project.gitzoneConfig?.data?.projectType;
+
+    // VSCode template - for all projects
+    const vscodeChanges = await this.analyzeTemplate('vscode', [
+      { templatePath: '.vscode/settings.json', destPath: '.vscode/settings.json' },
+      { templatePath: '.vscode/launch.json', destPath: '.vscode/launch.json' },
+    ]);
+    changes.push(...vscodeChanges);
+
+    // CI and other templates based on projectType
+    switch (projectType) {
+      case 'npm':
+      case 'wcc':
+        const accessLevel = (project.gitzoneConfig?.data as any)?.release?.accessLevel
+          || project.gitzoneConfig?.data?.npmciOptions?.npmAccessLevel;
+        const ciTemplate = accessLevel === 'public' ? 'ci_default' : 'ci_default_private';
+        const ciChanges = await this.analyzeTemplate(ciTemplate, [
+          { templatePath: '.gitea/workflows/default_nottags.yaml', destPath: '.gitea/workflows/default_nottags.yaml' },
+          { templatePath: '.gitea/workflows/default_tags.yaml', destPath: '.gitea/workflows/default_tags.yaml' },
+        ]);
+        changes.push(...ciChanges);
+        break;
+
+      case 'service':
+      case 'website':
+        const dockerCiChanges = await this.analyzeTemplate('ci_docker', [
+          { templatePath: '.gitea/workflows/docker_nottags.yaml', destPath: '.gitea/workflows/docker_nottags.yaml' },
+          { templatePath: '.gitea/workflows/docker_tags.yaml', destPath: '.gitea/workflows/docker_tags.yaml' },
+        ]);
+        changes.push(...dockerCiChanges);
+
+        const dockerfileChanges = await this.analyzeTemplate('dockerfile_service', [
+          { templatePath: 'Dockerfile', destPath: 'Dockerfile' },
+          { templatePath: 'dockerignore', destPath: '.dockerignore' },
+        ]);
+        changes.push(...dockerfileChanges);
+
+        const cliChanges = await this.analyzeTemplate('cli', [
+          { templatePath: 'cli.js', destPath: 'cli.js' },
+          { templatePath: 'cli.ts.js', destPath: 'cli.ts.js' },
+        ]);
+        changes.push(...cliChanges);
+        break;
+    }
+
+    // Update templates based on projectType
+    if (projectType === 'website') {
+      const websiteChanges = await this.analyzeTemplate('website_update', [
+        { templatePath: 'html/index.html', destPath: 'html/index.html' },
+      ]);
+      changes.push(...websiteChanges);
+    } else if (projectType === 'wcc') {
+      const wccChanges = await this.analyzeTemplate('wcc_update', [
+        { templatePath: 'html/index.html', destPath: 'html/index.html' },
+        { templatePath: 'html/index.ts', destPath: 'html/index.ts' },
+      ]);
+      changes.push(...wccChanges);
+    }
+
+    return changes;
+  }
+
+  private async analyzeTemplate(
+    templateName: string,
+    files: Array<{ templatePath: string; destPath: string }>,
+  ): Promise<IPlannedChange[]> {
+    const changes: IPlannedChange[] = [];
+    const templateDir = plugins.path.join(paths.templatesDir, templateName);
+
+    const templateExists = await plugins.smartfs.directory(templateDir).exists();
+    if (!templateExists) {
+      logVerbose(`Template ${templateName} not found`);
+      return changes;
+    }
+
+    let renderedFiles: Map<string, string>;
+    try {
+      renderedFiles = await this.renderTemplate(templateName);
+    } catch (error) {
+      logVerbose(`Failed to render template ${templateName}: ${error.message}`);
+      return changes;
+    }
+
+    for (const file of files) {
+      // Look up by templatePath first, then destPath (frontmatter may rename files)
+      const processedContent = renderedFiles.get(file.templatePath)
+        || renderedFiles.get(file.destPath);
+
+      if (!processedContent) {
+        logVerbose(`Template file ${file.templatePath} not found in rendered output`);
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      const destExists = await plugins.smartfs.file(file.destPath).exists();
+      let currentContent = '';
+      if (destExists) {
+        currentContent = (await plugins.smartfs
+          .file(file.destPath)
+          .encoding('utf8')
+          .read()) as string;
+      }
+
+      if (processedContent !== currentContent) {
+        changes.push({
+          type: destExists ? 'modify' : 'create',
+          path: file.destPath,
+          module: this.name,
+          description: `Apply template ${templateName}/${file.templatePath}`,
+          content: processedContent,
+        });
+      }
+    }
+
+    return changes;
+  }
+
+  async applyChange(change: IPlannedChange): Promise<void> {
+    if (!change.content) return;
+
+    if (change.type === 'create') {
+      await this.createFile(change.path, change.content);
+    } else {
+      await this.modifyFile(change.path, change.content);
+    }
+    logger.log('info', `Applied template to ${change.path}`);
   }
 }

ts/mod_format/formatters/tsconfig.formatter.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,76 @@
-import { LegacyFormatter } from './legacy.formatter.js';
+import { BaseFormatter } from '../classes.baseformatter.js';
-import * as formatTsconfig from '../format.tsconfig.js';
+import type { IPlannedChange } from '../interfaces.format.js';
+import * as plugins from '../mod.plugins.js';
+import * as paths from '../../paths.js';
+import { logger, logVerbose } from '../../gitzone.logging.js';
 
-export class TsconfigFormatter extends LegacyFormatter {
+export class TsconfigFormatter extends BaseFormatter {
-  constructor(context: any, project: any) {
+  get name(): string {
-    super(context, project, 'tsconfig', formatTsconfig);
+    return 'tsconfig';
+  }
+
+  async analyze(): Promise<IPlannedChange[]> {
+    const changes: IPlannedChange[] = [];
+    const tsconfigPath = 'tsconfig.json';
+
+    // Check if file exists
+    const exists = await plugins.smartfs.file(tsconfigPath).exists();
+    if (!exists) {
+      logVerbose('tsconfig.json does not exist, skipping');
+      return changes;
+    }
+
+    // Read current content
+    const currentContent = (await plugins.smartfs
+      .file(tsconfigPath)
+      .encoding('utf8')
+      .read()) as string;
+
+    // Parse and compute new content
+    const tsconfigObject = JSON.parse(currentContent);
+    tsconfigObject.compilerOptions = tsconfigObject.compilerOptions || {};
+    tsconfigObject.compilerOptions.baseUrl = '.';
+    const existingPaths = tsconfigObject.compilerOptions.paths || {};
+
+    // Get module paths from tspublish, merging with existing custom paths
+    const tspublishPaths: Record<string, string[]> = {};
+    try {
+      const tsPublishMod = await import('@git.zone/tspublish');
+      const tsPublishInstance = new tsPublishMod.TsPublish();
+      const publishModules = await tsPublishInstance.getModuleSubDirs(paths.cwd);
+
+      for (const publishModule of Object.keys(publishModules)) {
+        const publishConfig = publishModules[publishModule];
+        tspublishPaths[`${publishConfig.name}`] = [
+          `./${publishModule}/index.js`,
+        ];
+      }
+    } catch (error) {
+      logVerbose(`Could not get tspublish modules: ${error.message}`);
+    }
+
+    tsconfigObject.compilerOptions.paths = { ...existingPaths, ...tspublishPaths };
+
+    const newContent = JSON.stringify(tsconfigObject, null, 2);
+
+    // Only add change if content differs
+    if (newContent !== currentContent) {
+      changes.push({
+        type: 'modify',
+        path: tsconfigPath,
+        module: this.name,
+        description: 'Format tsconfig.json with path mappings',
+        content: newContent,
+      });
+    }
+
+    return changes;
+  }
+
+  async applyChange(change: IPlannedChange): Promise<void> {
+    if (change.type !== 'modify' || !change.content) return;
+
+    await this.modifyFile(change.path, change.content);
+    logger.log('info', 'Updated tsconfig.json');
   }
 }

ts/mod_format/index.ts

@@ -1,114 +1,239 @@
-import * as plugins from './mod.plugins.js';
+import * as plugins from "./mod.plugins.js";
-import { Project } from '../classes.project.js';
+import { Project } from "../classes.project.js";
-import { FormatContext } from './classes.formatcontext.js';
+import { FormatContext } from "./classes.formatcontext.js";
-import { FormatPlanner } from './classes.formatplanner.js';
+import { FormatPlanner } from "./classes.formatplanner.js";
-import { BaseFormatter } from './classes.baseformatter.js';
+import { BaseFormatter } from "./classes.baseformatter.js";
-import { logger, setVerboseMode } from '../gitzone.logging.js';
+import { logger, setVerboseMode } from "../gitzone.logging.js";
+import type { ICliMode } from "../helpers.climode.js";
+import {
+  getCliMode,
+  printJson,
+  runWithSuppressedOutput,
+} from "../helpers.climode.js";
+import { getCliConfigValue } from "../helpers.smartconfig.js";
 
-// Import wrapper classes for formatters
+import { CleanupFormatter } from "./formatters/cleanup.formatter.js";
-import { CleanupFormatter } from './formatters/cleanup.formatter.js';
+import { SmartconfigFormatter } from "./formatters/smartconfig.formatter.js";
-import { NpmextraFormatter } from './formatters/npmextra.formatter.js';
+import { LicenseFormatter } from "./formatters/license.formatter.js";
-import { LicenseFormatter } from './formatters/license.formatter.js';
+import { PackageJsonFormatter } from "./formatters/packagejson.formatter.js";
-import { PackageJsonFormatter } from './formatters/packagejson.formatter.js';
+import { TemplatesFormatter } from "./formatters/templates.formatter.js";
-import { TemplatesFormatter } from './formatters/templates.formatter.js';
+import { GitignoreFormatter } from "./formatters/gitignore.formatter.js";
-import { GitignoreFormatter } from './formatters/gitignore.formatter.js';
+import { TsconfigFormatter } from "./formatters/tsconfig.formatter.js";
-import { TsconfigFormatter } from './formatters/tsconfig.formatter.js';
+import { PrettierFormatter } from "./formatters/prettier.formatter.js";
-import { PrettierFormatter } from './formatters/prettier.formatter.js';
+import { ReadmeFormatter } from "./formatters/readme.formatter.js";
-import { ReadmeFormatter } from './formatters/readme.formatter.js';
+import { CopyFormatter } from "./formatters/copy.formatter.js";
-import { CopyFormatter } from './formatters/copy.formatter.js';
+
+/**
+ * Rename npmextra.json or smartconfig.json to .smartconfig.json
+ * before any formatter tries to read config.
+ */
+async function migrateConfigFile(allowWrite: boolean): Promise<void> {
+  const target = ".smartconfig.json";
+  const targetExists = await plugins.smartfs.file(target).exists();
+  if (targetExists) return;
+
+  for (const oldName of ["smartconfig.json", "npmextra.json"]) {
+    const exists = await plugins.smartfs.file(oldName).exists();
+    if (exists) {
+      if (!allowWrite) {
+        return;
+      }
+      const content = (await plugins.smartfs
+        .file(oldName)
+        .encoding("utf8")
+        .read()) as string;
+      await plugins.smartfs.file(`./${target}`).encoding("utf8").write(content);
+      await plugins.smartfs.file(oldName).delete();
+      logger.log("info", `Migrated ${oldName} to ${target}`);
+      return;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+// Shared formatter class map used by both run() and runFormatter()
+const formatterMap: Record<
+  string,
+  new (ctx: FormatContext, proj: Project) => BaseFormatter
+> = {
+  cleanup: CleanupFormatter,
+  smartconfig: SmartconfigFormatter,
+  license: LicenseFormatter,
+  packagejson: PackageJsonFormatter,
+  templates: TemplatesFormatter,
+  gitignore: GitignoreFormatter,
+  tsconfig: TsconfigFormatter,
+  prettier: PrettierFormatter,
+  readme: ReadmeFormatter,
+  copy: CopyFormatter,
+};
+
+// Formatters that don't require projectType to be set
+const formattersNotRequiringProjectType = [
+  "smartconfig",
+  "prettier",
+  "cleanup",
+  "packagejson",
+];
+
+const getFormatConfig = async () => {
+  const rawFormatConfig = await getCliConfigValue<Record<string, any>>(
+    "format",
+    {},
+  );
+  return {
+    interactive: true,
+    showDiffs: false,
+    autoApprove: false,
+    showStats: true,
+    modules: {
+      skip: [],
+      only: [],
+      ...(rawFormatConfig.modules || {}),
+    },
+    ...rawFormatConfig,
+  };
+};
+
+const createActiveFormatters = async (options: {
+  interactive: boolean;
+  jsonOutput: boolean;
+}) => {
+  const project = await Project.fromCwd({ requireProjectType: false });
+  const context = new FormatContext(options);
+  const planner = new FormatPlanner();
+
+  const formatConfig = await getFormatConfig();
+  const formatters = Object.entries(formatterMap).map(
+    ([, FormatterClass]) => new FormatterClass(context, project),
+  );
+
+  const activeFormatters = formatters.filter((formatter) => {
+    if (formatConfig.modules.only.length > 0) {
+      return formatConfig.modules.only.includes(formatter.name);
+    }
+    if (formatConfig.modules.skip.includes(formatter.name)) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+  });
+
+  return {
+    context,
+    planner,
+    formatConfig,
+    activeFormatters,
+  };
+};
+
+const buildFormatPlan = async (options: {
+  fromPlan?: string;
+  interactive: boolean;
+  jsonOutput: boolean;
+}) => {
+  const { context, planner, formatConfig, activeFormatters } =
+    await createActiveFormatters({
+      interactive: options.interactive,
+      jsonOutput: options.jsonOutput,
+    });
+
+  const plan = options.fromPlan
+    ? JSON.parse(
+        (await plugins.smartfs
+          .file(options.fromPlan)
+          .encoding("utf8")
+          .read()) as string,
+      )
+    : await planner.planFormat(activeFormatters);
+
+  return {
+    context,
+    planner,
+    formatConfig,
+    activeFormatters,
+    plan,
+  };
+};
+
+const serializePlan = (plan: any) => {
+  return {
+    summary: plan.summary,
+    warnings: plan.warnings,
+    changes: plan.changes.map((change: any) => ({
+      type: change.type,
+      path: change.path,
+      module: change.module,
+      description: change.description,
+    })),
+  };
+};
 
 export let run = async (
   options: {
-    dryRun?: boolean;
+    write?: boolean;
+    dryRun?: boolean; // Deprecated, kept for compatibility
     yes?: boolean;
     planOnly?: boolean;
     savePlan?: string;
     fromPlan?: string;
     detailed?: boolean;
     interactive?: boolean;
-    parallel?: boolean;
     verbose?: boolean;
+    diff?: boolean;
+    [key: string]: any;
   } = {},
 ): Promise<any> => {
-  // Set verbose mode if requested
+  const mode = await getCliMode(options as any);
+  const subcommand = (options as any)?._?.[1];
+
+  if (mode.help || subcommand === "help") {
+    showHelp(mode);
+    return;
+  }
+
   if (options.verbose) {
     setVerboseMode(true);
   }
 
-  const project = await Project.fromCwd();
+  const shouldWrite = options.write ?? options.dryRun === false;
-  const context = new FormatContext();
+  const treatAsPlan = subcommand === "plan";
-  // Cache system removed - no longer needed
-  const planner = new FormatPlanner();
 
-  // Get configuration from npmextra
+  if (mode.json && shouldWrite) {
-  const npmextraConfig = new plugins.npmextra.Npmextra();
+    printJson({
-  const formatConfig = npmextraConfig.dataFor<any>('@git.zone/cli.format', {
+      ok: false,
-    interactive: true,
+      error:
-    showDiffs: false,
+        "JSON output is only supported for read-only format planning. Use `gitzone format plan --json` or omit `--json` when applying changes.",
-    autoApprove: false,
+    });
-    planTimeout: 30000,
+    return;
-    rollback: {
+  }
-      enabled: true,
-      autoRollbackOnError: true,
-      backupRetentionDays: 7,
-      maxBackupSize: '100MB',
-      excludePatterns: ['node_modules/**', '.git/**'],
-    },
-    modules: {
-      skip: [],
-      only: [],
-      order: [],
-    },
-    parallel: true,
-    cache: {
-      enabled: true,
-      clean: true, // Clean invalid entries from cache
-    },
-  });
 
-  // Cache cleaning removed - no longer using cache system
+  // Migrate config file before anything reads it
+  await migrateConfigFile(shouldWrite);
 
-  // Override config with command options
+  const formatConfig = await getFormatConfig();
-  const interactive = options.interactive ?? formatConfig.interactive;
+  const interactive =
+    options.interactive ?? (mode.interactive && formatConfig.interactive);
   const autoApprove = options.yes ?? formatConfig.autoApprove;
-  const parallel = options.parallel ?? formatConfig.parallel;
 
   try {
-    // Initialize formatters
+    const planBuilder = async () => {
-    const formatters = [
+      return await buildFormatPlan({
-      new CleanupFormatter(context, project),
+        fromPlan: options.fromPlan,
-      new NpmextraFormatter(context, project),
+        interactive,
-      new LicenseFormatter(context, project),
+        jsonOutput: mode.json,
-      new PackageJsonFormatter(context, project),
+      });
-      new TemplatesFormatter(context, project),
+    };
-      new GitignoreFormatter(context, project),
-      new TsconfigFormatter(context, project),
-      new PrettierFormatter(context, project),
-      new ReadmeFormatter(context, project),
-      new CopyFormatter(context, project),
-    ];
 
-    // Filter formatters based on configuration
+    if (!mode.json) {
-    const activeFormatters = formatters.filter((formatter) => {
+      logger.log("info", "Analyzing project for format operations...");
-      if (formatConfig.modules.only.length > 0) {
+    }
-        return formatConfig.modules.only.includes(formatter.name);
+    const { context, planner, activeFormatters, plan } = mode.json
-      }
+      ? await runWithSuppressedOutput(planBuilder)
-      if (formatConfig.modules.skip.includes(formatter.name)) {
+      : await planBuilder();
-        return false;
-      }
-      return true;
-    });
 
-    // Plan phase
+    if (mode.json) {
-    logger.log('info', 'Analyzing project for format operations...');
+      printJson(serializePlan(plan));
-    let plan = options.fromPlan
+      return;
-      ? JSON.parse(
+    }
-          (await plugins.smartfs
-            .file(options.fromPlan)
-            .encoding('utf8')
-            .read()) as string,
-        )
-      : await planner.planFormat(activeFormatters);
 
     // Display plan
     await planner.displayPlan(plan, options.detailed);
@@ -117,19 +242,35 @@ export let run = async (
     if (options.savePlan) {
       await plugins.smartfs
         .file(options.savePlan)
-        .encoding('utf8')
+        .encoding("utf8")
         .write(JSON.stringify(plan, null, 2));
-      logger.log('info', `Plan saved to ${options.savePlan}`);
+      logger.log("info", `Plan saved to ${options.savePlan}`);
     }
 
-    // Exit if plan-only mode
+    if (options.planOnly || treatAsPlan) {
-    if (options.planOnly) {
       return;
     }
 
-    // Dry-run mode
+    // Show diffs if explicitly requested or before interactive write confirmation
-    if (options.dryRun) {
+    const showDiffs =
-      logger.log('info', 'Dry-run mode - no changes will be made');
+      options.diff || (shouldWrite && interactive && !autoApprove);
+    if (showDiffs) {
+      logger.log("info", "Showing file diffs:");
+      console.log("");
+
+      for (const formatter of activeFormatters) {
+        const checkResult = await formatter.check();
+        if (checkResult.hasDiff) {
+          logger.log("info", `[${formatter.name}]`);
+          formatter.displayAllDiffs(checkResult);
+          console.log("");
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Dry-run mode (default behavior)
+    if (!shouldWrite) {
+      logger.log("info", "Dry-run mode - use --write (-w) to apply changes");
       return;
     }
 
@@ -137,89 +278,60 @@ export let run = async (
     if (interactive && !autoApprove) {
       const interactInstance = new plugins.smartinteract.SmartInteract();
       const response = await interactInstance.askQuestion({
-        type: 'confirm',
+        type: "confirm",
-        name: 'proceed',
+        name: "proceed",
-        message: 'Proceed with formatting?',
+        message: "Proceed with formatting?",
         default: true,
       });
 
       if (!(response as any).value) {
-        logger.log('info', 'Format operation cancelled by user');
+        logger.log("info", "Format operation cancelled by user");
         return;
       }
     }
 
     // Execute phase
-    logger.log(
+    logger.log("info", "Executing format operations...");
-      'info',
+    await planner.executePlan(plan, activeFormatters, context);
-      `Executing format operations${parallel ? ' in parallel' : ' sequentially'}...`,
-    );
-    await planner.executePlan(plan, activeFormatters, context, parallel);
 
-    // Finish statistics tracking
     context.getFormatStats().finish();
 
-    // Display statistics
+    const showStats = formatConfig.showStats ?? true;
-    const showStats = npmextraConfig.dataFor('gitzone.format.showStats', true);
     if (showStats) {
       context.getFormatStats().displayStats();
     }
 
-    // Save stats if requested
     if (options.detailed) {
       const statsPath = `.nogit/format-stats-${Date.now()}.json`;
       await context.getFormatStats().saveReport(statsPath);
     }
 
-    logger.log('success', 'Format operations completed successfully!');
+    logger.log("success", "Format operations completed successfully!");
   } catch (error) {
-    logger.log('error', `Format operation failed: ${error.message}`);
+    const errorMessage = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
-
+    logger.log("error", `Format operation failed: ${errorMessage}`);
-    // Rollback system has been removed for stability
-
     throw error;
   }
 };
 
-// Export CLI command handlers
+import type { ICheckResult } from "./interfaces.format.js";
-export const handleRollback = async (operationId?: string): Promise<void> => {
+export type { ICheckResult };
-  logger.log('info', 'Rollback system has been disabled for stability');
-};
-
-export const handleListBackups = async (): Promise<void> => {
-  logger.log('info', 'Backup system has been disabled for stability');
-};
-
-export const handleCleanBackups = async (): Promise<void> => {
-  logger.log(
-    'info',
-    'Backup cleaning has been disabled - backup system removed',
-  );
-};
 
 /**
  * Run a single formatter by name (for use by other modules)
  */
 export const runFormatter = async (
   formatterName: string,
-  options: { silent?: boolean } = {}
+  options: {
-): Promise<void> => {
+    silent?: boolean;
-  const project = await Project.fromCwd();
+    checkOnly?: boolean;
-  const context = new FormatContext();
+    showDiff?: boolean;
-
+  } = {},
-  // Map formatter names to classes
+): Promise<ICheckResult | void> => {
-  const formatterMap: Record<string, new (ctx: FormatContext, proj: Project) => BaseFormatter> = {
+  const requireProjectType =
-    cleanup: CleanupFormatter,
+    !formattersNotRequiringProjectType.includes(formatterName);
-    npmextra: NpmextraFormatter,
+  const project = await Project.fromCwd({ requireProjectType });
-    license: LicenseFormatter,
+  const context = new FormatContext({ interactive: true, jsonOutput: false });
-    packagejson: PackageJsonFormatter,
-    templates: TemplatesFormatter,
-    gitignore: GitignoreFormatter,
-    tsconfig: TsconfigFormatter,
-    prettier: PrettierFormatter,
-    readme: ReadmeFormatter,
-    copy: CopyFormatter,
-  };
 
   const FormatterClass = formatterMap[formatterName];
   if (!FormatterClass) {
@@ -227,6 +339,15 @@ export const runFormatter = async (
   }
 
   const formatter = new FormatterClass(context, project);
+
+  if (options.checkOnly) {
+    const result = await formatter.check();
+    if (result.hasDiff && options.showDiff) {
+      formatter.displayAllDiffs(result);
+    }
+    return result;
+  }
+
   const changes = await formatter.analyze();
 
   for (const change of changes) {
@@ -234,6 +355,80 @@ export const runFormatter = async (
   }
 
   if (!options.silent) {
-    logger.log('success', `Formatter '${formatterName}' completed`);
+    logger.log("success", `Formatter '${formatterName}' completed`);
   }
 };
+
+export function showHelp(mode?: ICliMode): void {
+  if (mode?.json) {
+    printJson({
+      command: "format",
+      usage: "gitzone format [plan] [options]",
+      description:
+        "Plans formatting changes by default and applies them only with --write.",
+      flags: [
+        { flag: "--write, -w", description: "Apply planned changes" },
+        {
+          flag: "--yes",
+          description: "Skip the interactive confirmation before writing",
+        },
+        {
+          flag: "--plan-only",
+          description: "Show the plan without applying changes",
+        },
+        {
+          flag: "--save-plan <file>",
+          description: "Write the format plan to a file",
+        },
+        {
+          flag: "--from-plan <file>",
+          description: "Load a previously saved plan",
+        },
+        {
+          flag: "--detailed",
+          description: "Show detailed diffs and save stats",
+        },
+        { flag: "--verbose", description: "Enable verbose logging" },
+        {
+          flag: "--diff",
+          description: "Show per-file diffs before applying changes",
+        },
+        { flag: "--json", description: "Emit a read-only format plan as JSON" },
+      ],
+      examples: [
+        "gitzone format",
+        "gitzone format plan --json",
+        "gitzone format --write --yes",
+      ],
+    });
+    return;
+  }
+
+  console.log("");
+  console.log("Usage: gitzone format [plan] [options]");
+  console.log("");
+  console.log(
+    "Plans formatting changes by default and applies them only with --write.",
+  );
+  console.log("");
+  console.log("Flags:");
+  console.log("  --write, -w          Apply planned changes");
+  console.log(
+    "  --yes                Skip the interactive confirmation before writing",
+  );
+  console.log("  --plan-only          Show the plan without applying changes");
+  console.log("  --save-plan <file>   Write the format plan to a file");
+  console.log("  --from-plan <file>   Load a previously saved plan");
+  console.log("  --detailed           Show detailed diffs and save stats");
+  console.log("  --verbose            Enable verbose logging");
+  console.log(
+    "  --diff               Show per-file diffs before applying changes",
+  );
+  console.log("  --json               Emit a read-only format plan as JSON");
+  console.log("");
+  console.log("Examples:");
+  console.log("  gitzone format");
+  console.log("  gitzone format plan --json");
+  console.log("  gitzone format --write --yes");
+  console.log("");
+}

ts/mod_format/interfaces.format.ts

@@ -1,31 +1,15 @@
-export type IFormatOperation = {
-  id: string;
-  timestamp: number;
-  files: Array<{
-    path: string;
-    originalContent: string;
-    checksum: string;
-    permissions: string;
-  }>;
-  status: 'pending' | 'in-progress' | 'completed' | 'failed' | 'rolled-back';
-  error?: Error;
-};
-
 export type IFormatPlan = {
   summary: {
     totalFiles: number;
     filesAdded: number;
     filesModified: number;
     filesRemoved: number;
-    estimatedTime: number;
   };
   changes: Array<{
     type: 'create' | 'modify' | 'delete';
     path: string;
     module: string;
     description: string;
-    diff?: string;
-    size?: number;
   }>;
   warnings: Array<{
     level: 'info' | 'warning' | 'error';
@@ -39,7 +23,31 @@ export type IPlannedChange = {
   path: string;
   module: string;
   description: string;
-  content?: string; // For create/modify operations
+  content?: string; // New content for create/modify operations
-  diff?: string;
-  size?: number;
 };
+
+export interface ICheckResult {
+  hasDiff: boolean;
+  diffs: Array<{
+    path: string;
+    type: 'create' | 'modify' | 'delete';
+    before?: string;
+    after?: string;
+  }>;
+}
+
+export function getModuleIcon(module: string): string {
+  const icons: Record<string, string> = {
+    packagejson: '📦',
+    license: '📝',
+    tsconfig: '🔧',
+    cleanup: '🚮',
+    gitignore: '🔒',
+    prettier: '✨',
+    readme: '📖',
+    templates: '📄',
+    smartconfig: '⚙️',
+    copy: '📋',
+  };
+  return icons[module] || '📁';
+}

ts/mod_format/mod.plugins.ts

@@ -1,31 +1,21 @@
 export * from '../plugins.js';
 
-import * as crypto from 'crypto';
 import * as path from 'path';
-import * as lik from '@push.rocks/lik';
 import * as smartfile from '@push.rocks/smartfile';
-import * as smartgulp from '@push.rocks/smartgulp';
 import * as smartinteract from '@push.rocks/smartinteract';
 import * as smartlegal from '@push.rocks/smartlegal';
 import * as smartobject from '@push.rocks/smartobject';
-import * as smartnpm from '@push.rocks/smartnpm';
+import * as smartconfig from '@push.rocks/smartconfig';
-import * as smartstream from '@push.rocks/smartstream';
-import * as through2 from 'through2';
-import * as npmextra from '@push.rocks/npmextra';
 import * as smartdiff from '@push.rocks/smartdiff';
+import * as smartscaf from '@push.rocks/smartscaf';
 
 export {
-  crypto,
   path,
-  lik,
   smartfile,
-  smartgulp,
   smartinteract,
   smartlegal,
   smartobject,
-  smartnpm,
+  smartconfig,
-  smartstream,
-  through2,
-  npmextra,
   smartdiff,
+  smartscaf,
 };

ts/mod_services/classes.globalregistry.ts

@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ export interface IGlobalRegistryData {
 
 export class GlobalRegistry {
   private static instance: GlobalRegistry | null = null;
-  private kvStore: plugins.npmextra.KeyValueStore<IGlobalRegistryData>;
+  private kvStore: plugins.smartconfig.KeyValueStore<IGlobalRegistryData>;
   private docker: DockerContainer;
 
   private constructor() {
-    this.kvStore = new plugins.npmextra.KeyValueStore({
+    this.kvStore = new plugins.smartconfig.KeyValueStore({
       typeArg: 'userHomeDir',
       identityArg: 'gitzone-services',
     });

ts/mod_services/classes.servicemanager.ts

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export class ServiceManager {
     await this.config.loadOrCreate();
     logger.log('info', `📋 Project: ${this.config.getConfig().PROJECT_NAME}`);
 
-    // Load service selection from npmextra.json
+    // Load service selection from .smartconfig.json
     await this.loadServiceConfiguration();
 
     // Validate and update ports if needed
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@ export class ServiceManager {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Load service configuration from npmextra.json
+   * Load service configuration from .smartconfig.json
    */
   private async loadServiceConfiguration(): Promise<void> {
-    const npmextraConfig = new plugins.npmextra.Npmextra(process.cwd());
+    const smartconfigInstance = new plugins.smartconfig.Smartconfig(process.cwd());
-    const gitzoneConfig = npmextraConfig.dataFor<any>('@git.zone/cli', {});
+    const gitzoneConfig = smartconfigInstance.dataFor<any>('@git.zone/cli', {});
 
     // Check if services array exists
     if (!gitzoneConfig.services || !Array.isArray(gitzoneConfig.services) || gitzoneConfig.services.length === 0) {
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export class ServiceManager {
 
       this.enabledServices = response.value || ['mongodb', 'minio', 'elasticsearch'];
 
-      // Save to npmextra.json
+      // Save to .smartconfig.json
       await this.saveServiceConfiguration(this.enabledServices);
     } else {
       this.enabledServices = gitzoneConfig.services;
@@ -72,31 +72,31 @@ export class ServiceManager {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Save service configuration to npmextra.json
+   * Save service configuration to .smartconfig.json
    */
   private async saveServiceConfiguration(services: string[]): Promise<void> {
-    const npmextraPath = plugins.path.join(process.cwd(), 'npmextra.json');
+    const smartconfigPath = plugins.path.join(process.cwd(), '.smartconfig.json');
-    let npmextraData: any = {};
+    let smartconfigData: any = {};
 
-    // Read existing npmextra.json if it exists
+    // Read existing .smartconfig.json if it exists
-    if (await plugins.smartfs.file(npmextraPath).exists()) {
+    if (await plugins.smartfs.file(smartconfigPath).exists()) {
-      const content = await plugins.smartfs.file(npmextraPath).encoding('utf8').read();
+      const content = await plugins.smartfs.file(smartconfigPath).encoding('utf8').read();
-      npmextraData = JSON.parse(content as string);
+      smartconfigData = JSON.parse(content as string);
     }
 
     // Update @git.zone/cli.services
-    if (!npmextraData['@git.zone/cli']) {
+    if (!smartconfigData['@git.zone/cli']) {
-      npmextraData['@git.zone/cli'] = {};
+      smartconfigData['@git.zone/cli'] = {};
     }
-    npmextraData['@git.zone/cli'].services = services;
+    smartconfigData['@git.zone/cli'].services = services;
 
-    // Write back to npmextra.json
+    // Write back to .smartconfig.json
     await plugins.smartfs
-      .file(npmextraPath)
+      .file(smartconfigPath)
       .encoding('utf8')
-      .write(JSON.stringify(npmextraData, null, 2));
+      .write(JSON.stringify(smartconfigData, null, 2));
 
-    logger.log('ok', `✅ Saved service configuration to npmextra.json`);
+    logger.log('ok', `✅ Saved service configuration to .smartconfig.json`);
     logger.log('info', `🔧 Enabled services: ${services.join(', ')}`);
   }
 
@@ -904,7 +904,7 @@ export class ServiceManager {
 
     this.enabledServices = response.value || ['mongodb', 'minio', 'elasticsearch'];
 
-    // Save to npmextra.json
+    // Save to .smartconfig.json
     await this.saveServiceConfiguration(this.enabledServices);
 
     logger.log('ok', '✅ Service configuration updated');

ts/mod_services/index.ts

@@ -1,12 +1,26 @@
-import * as plugins from './mod.plugins.js';
+import * as plugins from "./mod.plugins.js";
-import * as helpers from './helpers.js';
+import * as helpers from "./helpers.js";
-import { ServiceManager } from './classes.servicemanager.js';
+import { ServiceManager } from "./classes.servicemanager.js";
-import { GlobalRegistry } from './classes.globalregistry.js';
+import { GlobalRegistry } from "./classes.globalregistry.js";
-import { logger } from '../gitzone.logging.js';
+import { logger } from "../gitzone.logging.js";
+import type { ICliMode } from "../helpers.climode.js";
+import { getCliMode, printJson } from "../helpers.climode.js";
+import {
+  getCliConfigValueFromData,
+  readSmartconfigFile,
+  setCliConfigValueInData,
+  writeSmartconfigFile,
+} from "../helpers.smartconfig.js";
 
 export const run = async (argvArg: any) => {
+  const mode = await getCliMode(argvArg);
   const isGlobal = argvArg.g || argvArg.global;
-  const command = argvArg._[1] || 'help';
+  const command = argvArg._[1] || "help";
+
+  if (mode.help || command === "help") {
+    showHelp(mode);
+    return;
+  }
 
   // Handle global commands first
   if (isGlobal) {
@@ -14,264 +28,597 @@ export const run = async (argvArg: any) => {
     return;
   }
 
-  // Local project commands
+  const service = argvArg._[2] || "all";
-  const serviceManager = new ServiceManager();
-  await serviceManager.init();
-
-  const service = argvArg._[2] || 'all';
 
   switch (command) {
-    case 'start':
+    case "config":
-      await handleStart(serviceManager, service);
+      if (service === "services" || argvArg._[2] === "services") {
-      break;
+        const serviceManager = new ServiceManager();
-      
+        await serviceManager.init();
-    case 'stop':
-      await handleStop(serviceManager, service);
-      break;
-      
-    case 'restart':
-      await handleRestart(serviceManager, service);
-      break;
-      
-    case 'status':
-      await serviceManager.showStatus();
-      break;
-      
-    case 'config':
-      if (service === 'services' || argvArg._[2] === 'services') {
         await handleConfigureServices(serviceManager);
       } else {
-        await serviceManager.showConfig();
+        await handleShowConfig(mode);
       }
       break;
 
-    case 'compass':
+    case "set":
-      await serviceManager.showCompassConnection();
+      await handleSetServices(argvArg._[2], mode);
       break;
-      
+
-    case 'logs':
+    case "enable":
-      const lines = parseInt(argvArg._[3]) || 20;
+      await handleEnableServices(argvArg._.slice(2), mode);
-      await serviceManager.showLogs(service, lines);
       break;
-      
+
-    case 'remove':
+    case "disable":
-      await handleRemove(serviceManager);
+      await handleDisableServices(argvArg._.slice(2), mode);
       break;
-      
+
-    case 'clean':
+    case "start":
-      await handleClean(serviceManager);
+    case "stop":
+    case "restart":
+    case "status":
+    case "compass":
+    case "logs":
+    case "remove":
+    case "clean":
+    case "reconfigure": {
+      const serviceManager = new ServiceManager();
+      await serviceManager.init();
+
+      switch (command) {
+        case "start":
+          await handleStart(serviceManager, service);
+          break;
+
+        case "stop":
+          await handleStop(serviceManager, service);
+          break;
+
+        case "restart":
+          await handleRestart(serviceManager, service);
+          break;
+
+        case "status":
+          await serviceManager.showStatus();
+          break;
+
+        case "compass":
+          await serviceManager.showCompassConnection();
+          break;
+
+        case "logs": {
+          const lines = parseInt(argvArg._[3]) || 20;
+          await serviceManager.showLogs(service, lines);
+          break;
+        }
+
+        case "remove":
+          await handleRemove(serviceManager);
+          break;
+
+        case "clean":
+          await handleClean(serviceManager);
+          break;
+
+        case "reconfigure":
+          await serviceManager.reconfigure();
+          break;
+      }
       break;
-      
+    }
-    case 'reconfigure':
-      await serviceManager.reconfigure();
-      break;
-      
-    case 'help':
     default:
-      showHelp();
+      showHelp(mode);
       break;
   }
 };
 
+const allowedServices = ["mongodb", "minio", "elasticsearch"];
+
+const normalizeServiceName = (service: string): string => {
+  switch (service) {
+    case "mongo":
+    case "mongodb":
+      return "mongodb";
+    case "minio":
+    case "s3":
+      return "minio";
+    case "elastic":
+    case "elasticsearch":
+    case "es":
+      return "elasticsearch";
+    default:
+      return service;
+  }
+};
+
+async function readServicesConfig(): Promise<{
+  enabledServices: string[];
+  environment: Record<string, any> | null;
+}> {
+  const smartconfigData = await readSmartconfigFile();
+  const enabledServices = getCliConfigValueFromData(
+    smartconfigData,
+    "services",
+  );
+  let environment: Record<string, any> | null = null;
+  const envPath = plugins.path.join(process.cwd(), ".nogit", "env.json");
+  if (await plugins.smartfs.file(envPath).exists()) {
+    const envContent = (await plugins.smartfs
+      .file(envPath)
+      .encoding("utf8")
+      .read()) as string;
+    environment = JSON.parse(envContent);
+  }
+
+  return {
+    enabledServices: Array.isArray(enabledServices) ? enabledServices : [],
+    environment,
+  };
+}
+
+async function updateEnabledServices(services: string[]): Promise<void> {
+  const smartconfigData = await readSmartconfigFile();
+  setCliConfigValueInData(smartconfigData, "services", services);
+  await writeSmartconfigFile(smartconfigData);
+}
+
+async function handleShowConfig(mode: ICliMode) {
+  const configData = await readServicesConfig();
+
+  if (mode.json) {
+    printJson(configData);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  helpers.printHeader("Current Services Configuration");
+  logger.log(
+    "info",
+    `Enabled Services: ${configData.enabledServices.length > 0 ? configData.enabledServices.join(", ") : "none configured"}`,
+  );
+  console.log();
+
+  if (!configData.environment) {
+    logger.log(
+      "note",
+      "No .nogit/env.json found yet. Start a service once to create runtime defaults.",
+    );
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const env = configData.environment;
+  logger.log("note", "MongoDB:");
+  logger.log("info", `  Host: ${env.MONGODB_HOST}:${env.MONGODB_PORT}`);
+  logger.log("info", `  Database: ${env.MONGODB_NAME}`);
+  logger.log("info", `  User: ${env.MONGODB_USER}`);
+  logger.log("info", `  Container: ${env.PROJECT_NAME}-mongodb`);
+  logger.log(
+    "info",
+    `  Data: ${plugins.path.join(process.cwd(), ".nogit", "mongodata")}`,
+  );
+  logger.log("info", `  Connection: ${env.MONGODB_URL}`);
+  console.log();
+
+  logger.log("note", "S3/MinIO:");
+  logger.log("info", `  Host: ${env.S3_HOST}`);
+  logger.log("info", `  API Port: ${env.S3_PORT}`);
+  logger.log("info", `  Console Port: ${env.S3_CONSOLE_PORT}`);
+  logger.log("info", `  Bucket: ${env.S3_BUCKET}`);
+  logger.log("info", `  Container: ${env.PROJECT_NAME}-minio`);
+  logger.log(
+    "info",
+    `  Data: ${plugins.path.join(process.cwd(), ".nogit", "miniodata")}`,
+  );
+  logger.log("info", `  Endpoint: ${env.S3_ENDPOINT}`);
+  console.log();
+
+  logger.log("note", "Elasticsearch:");
+  logger.log(
+    "info",
+    `  Host: ${env.ELASTICSEARCH_HOST}:${env.ELASTICSEARCH_PORT}`,
+  );
+  logger.log("info", `  User: ${env.ELASTICSEARCH_USER}`);
+  logger.log("info", `  Container: ${env.PROJECT_NAME}-elasticsearch`);
+  logger.log(
+    "info",
+    `  Data: ${plugins.path.join(process.cwd(), ".nogit", "esdata")}`,
+  );
+  logger.log("info", `  Connection: ${env.ELASTICSEARCH_URL}`);
+}
+
+async function handleSetServices(rawValue: string | undefined, mode: ICliMode) {
+  if (!rawValue) {
+    throw new Error("Specify a comma-separated list of services");
+  }
+
+  const requestedServices = rawValue
+    .split(",")
+    .map((service) => normalizeServiceName(service.trim()))
+    .filter(Boolean);
+  validateRequestedServices(requestedServices);
+  await updateEnabledServices(requestedServices);
+
+  if (mode.json) {
+    printJson({ ok: true, action: "set", enabledServices: requestedServices });
+    return;
+  }
+
+  logger.log("ok", `Enabled services set to: ${requestedServices.join(", ")}`);
+}
+
+async function handleEnableServices(
+  requestedServices: string[],
+  mode: ICliMode,
+) {
+  const normalizedServices = requestedServices.map((service) =>
+    normalizeServiceName(service),
+  );
+  validateRequestedServices(normalizedServices);
+
+  const configData = await readServicesConfig();
+  const nextServices = Array.from(
+    new Set([...configData.enabledServices, ...normalizedServices]),
+  );
+  await updateEnabledServices(nextServices);
+
+  if (mode.json) {
+    printJson({ ok: true, action: "enable", enabledServices: nextServices });
+    return;
+  }
+
+  logger.log("ok", `Enabled services: ${nextServices.join(", ")}`);
+}
+
+async function handleDisableServices(
+  requestedServices: string[],
+  mode: ICliMode,
+) {
+  const normalizedServices = requestedServices.map((service) =>
+    normalizeServiceName(service),
+  );
+  validateRequestedServices(normalizedServices);
+
+  const configData = await readServicesConfig();
+  const nextServices = configData.enabledServices.filter(
+    (service) => !normalizedServices.includes(service),
+  );
+  await updateEnabledServices(nextServices);
+
+  if (mode.json) {
+    printJson({ ok: true, action: "disable", enabledServices: nextServices });
+    return;
+  }
+
+  logger.log("ok", `Enabled services: ${nextServices.join(", ")}`);
+}
+
+function validateRequestedServices(services: string[]): void {
+  if (services.length === 0) {
+    throw new Error("Specify at least one service");
+  }
+
+  const invalidServices = services.filter(
+    (service) => !allowedServices.includes(service),
+  );
+  if (invalidServices.length > 0) {
+    throw new Error(`Unknown service(s): ${invalidServices.join(", ")}`);
+  }
+}
+
 async function handleStart(serviceManager: ServiceManager, service: string) {
-  helpers.printHeader('Starting Services');
+  helpers.printHeader("Starting Services");
 
   switch (service) {
-    case 'mongo':
+    case "mongo":
-    case 'mongodb':
+    case "mongodb":
       await serviceManager.startMongoDB();
       break;
 
-    case 'minio':
+    case "minio":
-    case 's3':
+    case "s3":
       await serviceManager.startMinIO();
       break;
 
-    case 'elasticsearch':
+    case "elasticsearch":
-    case 'es':
+    case "es":
       await serviceManager.startElasticsearch();
       break;
 
-    case 'all':
+    case "all":
-    case '':
+    case "":
       await serviceManager.startAll();
       break;
 
     default:
-      logger.log('error', `Unknown service: ${service}`);
+      logger.log("error", `Unknown service: ${service}`);
-      logger.log('note', 'Use: mongo, s3, elasticsearch, or all');
+      logger.log("note", "Use: mongo, s3, elasticsearch, or all");
       break;
   }
 }
 
 async function handleStop(serviceManager: ServiceManager, service: string) {
-  helpers.printHeader('Stopping Services');
+  helpers.printHeader("Stopping Services");
 
   switch (service) {
-    case 'mongo':
+    case "mongo":
-    case 'mongodb':
+    case "mongodb":
       await serviceManager.stopMongoDB();
       break;
 
-    case 'minio':
+    case "minio":
-    case 's3':
+    case "s3":
       await serviceManager.stopMinIO();
       break;
 
-    case 'elasticsearch':
+    case "elasticsearch":
-    case 'es':
+    case "es":
       await serviceManager.stopElasticsearch();
       break;
 
-    case 'all':
+    case "all":
-    case '':
+    case "":
       await serviceManager.stopAll();
       break;
 
     default:
-      logger.log('error', `Unknown service: ${service}`);
+      logger.log("error", `Unknown service: ${service}`);
-      logger.log('note', 'Use: mongo, s3, elasticsearch, or all');
+      logger.log("note", "Use: mongo, s3, elasticsearch, or all");
       break;
   }
 }
 
 async function handleRestart(serviceManager: ServiceManager, service: string) {
-  helpers.printHeader('Restarting Services');
+  helpers.printHeader("Restarting Services");
 
   switch (service) {
-    case 'mongo':
+    case "mongo":
-    case 'mongodb':
+    case "mongodb":
       await serviceManager.stopMongoDB();
       await plugins.smartdelay.delayFor(2000);
       await serviceManager.startMongoDB();
       break;
 
-    case 'minio':
+    case "minio":
-    case 's3':
+    case "s3":
       await serviceManager.stopMinIO();
       await plugins.smartdelay.delayFor(2000);
       await serviceManager.startMinIO();
       break;
 
-    case 'elasticsearch':
+    case "elasticsearch":
-    case 'es':
+    case "es":
       await serviceManager.stopElasticsearch();
       await plugins.smartdelay.delayFor(2000);
       await serviceManager.startElasticsearch();
       break;
 
-    case 'all':
+    case "all":
-    case '':
+    case "":
       await serviceManager.stopAll();
       await plugins.smartdelay.delayFor(2000);
       await serviceManager.startAll();
       break;
 
     default:
-      logger.log('error', `Unknown service: ${service}`);
+      logger.log("error", `Unknown service: ${service}`);
       break;
   }
 }
 
 async function handleRemove(serviceManager: ServiceManager) {
-  helpers.printHeader('Removing Containers');
+  helpers.printHeader("Removing Containers");
-  logger.log('note', '⚠️  This will remove containers but preserve data');
+  logger.log("note", "⚠️  This will remove containers but preserve data");
-  
+
-  const shouldContinue = await plugins.smartinteract.SmartInteract.getCliConfirmation('Continue?', false);
+  const shouldContinue =
-  
+    await plugins.smartinteract.SmartInteract.getCliConfirmation(
+      "Continue?",
+      false,
+    );
+
   if (shouldContinue) {
     await serviceManager.removeContainers();
   } else {
-    logger.log('note', 'Cancelled');
+    logger.log("note", "Cancelled");
   }
 }
 
 async function handleClean(serviceManager: ServiceManager) {
-  helpers.printHeader('Clean All');
+  helpers.printHeader("Clean All");
-  logger.log('error', '⚠️  WARNING: This will remove all containers and data!');
+  logger.log("error", "⚠️  WARNING: This will remove all containers and data!");
-  logger.log('error', 'This action cannot be undone!');
+  logger.log("error", "This action cannot be undone!");
 
   const smartinteraction = new plugins.smartinteract.SmartInteract();
   const confirmAnswer = await smartinteraction.askQuestion({
-    name: 'confirm',
+    name: "confirm",
-    type: 'input',
+    type: "input",
     message: 'Type "yes" to confirm:',
-    default: 'no'
+    default: "no",
   });
 
-  if (confirmAnswer.value === 'yes') {
+  if (confirmAnswer.value === "yes") {
     await serviceManager.removeContainers();
     console.log();
     await serviceManager.cleanData();
-    logger.log('ok', 'All cleaned ✓');
+    logger.log("ok", "All cleaned ✓");
   } else {
-    logger.log('note', 'Cancelled');
+    logger.log("note", "Cancelled");
   }
 }
 
 async function handleConfigureServices(serviceManager: ServiceManager) {
-  helpers.printHeader('Configure Services');
+  helpers.printHeader("Configure Services");
   await serviceManager.configureServices();
 }
 
-function showHelp() {
+export function showHelp(mode?: ICliMode) {
-  helpers.printHeader('GitZone Services Manager');
+  if (mode?.json) {
+    printJson({
+      command: "services",
+      usage: "gitzone services <command> [options]",
+      commands: [
+        {
+          name: "config",
+          description:
+            "Show configured services and any existing runtime env.json data",
+        },
+        {
+          name: "set <csv>",
+          description: "Set the enabled service list without prompts",
+        },
+        {
+          name: "enable <service...>",
+          description: "Enable one or more services without prompts",
+        },
+        {
+          name: "disable <service...>",
+          description: "Disable one or more services without prompts",
+        },
+        { name: "start [service]", description: "Start services" },
+        { name: "stop [service]", description: "Stop services" },
+        { name: "status", description: "Show service status" },
+      ],
+      examples: [
+        "gitzone services config --json",
+        "gitzone services set mongodb,minio",
+        "gitzone services enable elasticsearch",
+      ],
+    });
+    return;
+  }
 
-  logger.log('ok', 'Usage: gitzone services [command] [options]');
+  helpers.printHeader("GitZone Services Manager");
+
+  logger.log("ok", "Usage: gitzone services [command] [options]");
   console.log();
 
-  logger.log('note', 'Commands:');
+  logger.log("note", "Commands:");
-  logger.log('info', '  start [service]   Start services (mongo|s3|elasticsearch|all)');
+  logger.log(
-  logger.log('info', '  stop [service]    Stop services (mongo|s3|elasticsearch|all)');
+    "info",
-  logger.log('info', '  restart [service] Restart services (mongo|s3|elasticsearch|all)');
+    "  start [service]   Start services (mongo|s3|elasticsearch|all)",
-  logger.log('info', '  status            Show service status');
+  );
-  logger.log('info', '  config            Show current configuration');
+  logger.log(
-  logger.log('info', '  config services   Configure which services are enabled');
+    "info",
-  logger.log('info', '  compass           Show MongoDB Compass connection string');
+    "  stop [service]    Stop services (mongo|s3|elasticsearch|all)",
-  logger.log('info', '  logs [service]    Show logs (mongo|s3|elasticsearch|all) [lines]');
+  );
-  logger.log('info', '  reconfigure       Reassign ports and restart services');
+  logger.log(
-  logger.log('info', '  remove            Remove all containers');
+    "info",
-  logger.log('info', '  clean             Remove all containers and data ⚠️');
+    "  restart [service] Restart services (mongo|s3|elasticsearch|all)",
-  logger.log('info', '  help              Show this help message');
+  );
+  logger.log("info", "  status            Show service status");
+  logger.log("info", "  config            Show current configuration");
+  logger.log(
+    "info",
+    "  config services   Configure which services are enabled",
+  );
+  logger.log(
+    "info",
+    "  set <csv>         Set enabled services without prompts",
+  );
+  logger.log("info", "  enable <svc...>   Enable one or more services");
+  logger.log("info", "  disable <svc...>  Disable one or more services");
+  logger.log(
+    "info",
+    "  compass           Show MongoDB Compass connection string",
+  );
+  logger.log(
+    "info",
+    "  logs [service]    Show logs (mongo|s3|elasticsearch|all) [lines]",
+  );
+  logger.log("info", "  reconfigure       Reassign ports and restart services");
+  logger.log("info", "  remove            Remove all containers");
+  logger.log("info", "  clean             Remove all containers and data ⚠️");
+  logger.log("info", "  help              Show this help message");
   console.log();
 
-  logger.log('note', 'Available Services:');
+  logger.log("note", "Available Services:");
-  logger.log('info', '  • MongoDB (mongo) - Document database');
+  logger.log("info", "  • MongoDB (mongo) - Document database");
-  logger.log('info', '  • MinIO (s3) - S3-compatible object storage');
+  logger.log("info", "  • MinIO (s3) - S3-compatible object storage");
-  logger.log('info', '  • Elasticsearch (elasticsearch) - Search and analytics engine');
+  logger.log(
+    "info",
+    "  • Elasticsearch (elasticsearch) - Search and analytics engine",
+  );
   console.log();
 
-  logger.log('note', 'Features:');
+  logger.log("note", "Features:");
-  logger.log('info', '  • Auto-creates .nogit/env.json with smart defaults');
+  logger.log("info", "  • Auto-creates .nogit/env.json with smart defaults");
-  logger.log('info', '  • Random ports (20000-30000) for MongoDB/MinIO to avoid conflicts');
+  logger.log(
-  logger.log('info', '  • Elasticsearch uses standard port 9200');
+    "info",
-  logger.log('info', '  • Project-specific containers for multi-project support');
+    "  • Random ports (20000-30000) for MongoDB/MinIO to avoid conflicts",
-  logger.log('info', '  • Preserves custom configuration values');
+  );
-  logger.log('info', '  • MongoDB Compass connection support');
+  logger.log("info", "  • Elasticsearch uses standard port 9200");
+  logger.log(
+    "info",
+    "  • Project-specific containers for multi-project support",
+  );
+  logger.log("info", "  • Preserves custom configuration values");
+  logger.log("info", "  • MongoDB Compass connection support");
   console.log();
 
-  logger.log('note', 'Examples:');
+  logger.log("note", "Examples:");
-  logger.log('info', '  gitzone services start               # Start all services');
+  logger.log(
-  logger.log('info', '  gitzone services start mongo         # Start only MongoDB');
+    "info",
-  logger.log('info', '  gitzone services start elasticsearch # Start only Elasticsearch');
+    "  gitzone services start               # Start all services",
-  logger.log('info', '  gitzone services stop                # Stop all services');
+  );
-  logger.log('info', '  gitzone services status              # Check service status');
+  logger.log(
-  logger.log('info', '  gitzone services config              # Show configuration');
+    "info",
-  logger.log('info', '  gitzone services compass             # Get MongoDB Compass connection');
+    "  gitzone services start mongo         # Start only MongoDB",
-  logger.log('info', '  gitzone services logs elasticsearch  # Show Elasticsearch logs');
+  );
+  logger.log(
+    "info",
+    "  gitzone services start elasticsearch # Start only Elasticsearch",
+  );
+  logger.log(
+    "info",
+    "  gitzone services stop                # Stop all services",
+  );
+  logger.log(
+    "info",
+    "  gitzone services status              # Check service status",
+  );
+  logger.log(
+    "info",
+    "  gitzone services config              # Show configuration",
+  );
+  logger.log(
+    "info",
+    "  gitzone services config --json       # Show configuration as JSON",
+  );
+  logger.log(
+    "info",
+    "  gitzone services set mongodb,minio   # Configure services without prompts",
+  );
+  logger.log(
+    "info",
+    "  gitzone services compass             # Get MongoDB Compass connection",
+  );
+  logger.log(
+    "info",
+    "  gitzone services logs elasticsearch  # Show Elasticsearch logs",
+  );
   console.log();
 
-  logger.log('note', 'Global Commands (-g/--global):');
+  logger.log("note", "Global Commands (-g/--global):");
-  logger.log('info', '  list -g           List all registered projects');
+  logger.log("info", "  list -g           List all registered projects");
-  logger.log('info', '  status -g         Show status across all projects');
+  logger.log("info", "  status -g         Show status across all projects");
-  logger.log('info', '  stop -g           Stop all containers across all projects');
+  logger.log(
-  logger.log('info', '  cleanup -g        Remove stale registry entries');
+    "info",
+    "  stop -g           Stop all containers across all projects",
+  );
+  logger.log("info", "  cleanup -g        Remove stale registry entries");
   console.log();
 
-  logger.log('note', 'Global Examples:');
+  logger.log("note", "Global Examples:");
-  logger.log('info', '  gitzone services list -g    # List all registered projects');
+  logger.log(
-  logger.log('info', '  gitzone services status -g  # Show global container status');
+    "info",
-  logger.log('info', '  gitzone services stop -g    # Stop all (prompts for confirmation)');
+    "  gitzone services list -g    # List all registered projects",
+  );
+  logger.log(
+    "info",
+    "  gitzone services status -g  # Show global container status",
+  );
+  logger.log(
+    "info",
+    "  gitzone services stop -g    # Stop all (prompts for confirmation)",
+  );
 }
 
 // ==================== Global Command Handlers ====================
@@ -280,23 +627,23 @@ async function handleGlobalCommand(command: string) {
   const globalRegistry = GlobalRegistry.getInstance();
 
   switch (command) {
-    case 'list':
+    case "list":
       await handleGlobalList(globalRegistry);
       break;
 
-    case 'status':
+    case "status":
       await handleGlobalStatus(globalRegistry);
       break;
 
-    case 'stop':
+    case "stop":
       await handleGlobalStop(globalRegistry);
       break;
 
-    case 'cleanup':
+    case "cleanup":
       await handleGlobalCleanup(globalRegistry);
       break;
 
-    case 'help':
+    case "help":
     default:
       showHelp();
       break;
@@ -304,13 +651,13 @@ async function handleGlobalCommand(command: string) {
 }
 
 async function handleGlobalList(globalRegistry: GlobalRegistry) {
-  helpers.printHeader('Registered Projects (Global)');
+  helpers.printHeader("Registered Projects (Global)");
 
   const projects = await globalRegistry.getAllProjects();
   const projectPaths = Object.keys(projects);
 
   if (projectPaths.length === 0) {
-    logger.log('note', 'No projects registered');
+    logger.log("note", "No projects registered");
     return;
   }
 
@@ -319,20 +666,20 @@ async function handleGlobalList(globalRegistry: GlobalRegistry) {
     const lastActive = new Date(project.lastActive).toLocaleString();
 
     console.log();
-    logger.log('ok', `📁 ${project.projectName}`);
+    logger.log("ok", `📁 ${project.projectName}`);
-    logger.log('info', `   Path: ${project.projectPath}`);
+    logger.log("info", `   Path: ${project.projectPath}`);
-    logger.log('info', `   Services: ${project.enabledServices.join(', ')}`);
+    logger.log("info", `   Services: ${project.enabledServices.join(", ")}`);
-    logger.log('info', `   Last Active: ${lastActive}`);
+    logger.log("info", `   Last Active: ${lastActive}`);
   }
 }
 
 async function handleGlobalStatus(globalRegistry: GlobalRegistry) {
-  helpers.printHeader('Global Service Status');
+  helpers.printHeader("Global Service Status");
 
   const statuses = await globalRegistry.getGlobalStatus();
 
   if (statuses.length === 0) {
-    logger.log('note', 'No projects registered');
+    logger.log("note", "No projects registered");
     return;
   }
 
@@ -341,28 +688,39 @@ async function handleGlobalStatus(globalRegistry: GlobalRegistry) {
 
   for (const project of statuses) {
     console.log();
-    logger.log('ok', `📁 ${project.projectName}`);
+    logger.log("ok", `📁 ${project.projectName}`);
-    logger.log('info', `   Path: ${project.projectPath}`);
+    logger.log("info", `   Path: ${project.projectPath}`);
 
     if (project.containers.length === 0) {
-      logger.log('note', '   No containers configured');
+      logger.log("note", "   No containers configured");
       continue;
     }
 
     for (const container of project.containers) {
       totalContainers++;
-      const statusIcon = container.status === 'running' ? '🟢' : container.status === 'exited' ? '🟡' : '⚪';
+      const statusIcon =
-      if (container.status === 'running') runningCount++;
+        container.status === "running"
-      logger.log('info', `   ${statusIcon} ${container.name}: ${container.status}`);
+          ? "🟢"
+          : container.status === "exited"
+            ? "🟡"
+            : "⚪";
+      if (container.status === "running") runningCount++;
+      logger.log(
+        "info",
+        `   ${statusIcon} ${container.name}: ${container.status}`,
+      );
     }
   }
 
   console.log();
-  logger.log('note', `Summary: ${runningCount}/${totalContainers} containers running across ${statuses.length} project(s)`);
+  logger.log(
+    "note",
+    `Summary: ${runningCount}/${totalContainers} containers running across ${statuses.length} project(s)`,
+  );
 }
 
 async function handleGlobalStop(globalRegistry: GlobalRegistry) {
-  helpers.printHeader('Stop All Containers (Global)');
+  helpers.printHeader("Stop All Containers (Global)");
 
   const statuses = await globalRegistry.getGlobalStatus();
 
@@ -370,64 +728,73 @@ async function handleGlobalStop(globalRegistry: GlobalRegistry) {
   let runningCount = 0;
   for (const project of statuses) {
     for (const container of project.containers) {
-      if (container.status === 'running') runningCount++;
+      if (container.status === "running") runningCount++;
     }
   }
 
   if (runningCount === 0) {
-    logger.log('note', 'No running containers found');
+    logger.log("note", "No running containers found");
     return;
   }
 
-  logger.log('note', `Found ${runningCount} running container(s) across ${statuses.length} project(s)`);
+  logger.log(
+    "note",
+    `Found ${runningCount} running container(s) across ${statuses.length} project(s)`,
+  );
   console.log();
 
   // Show what will be stopped
   for (const project of statuses) {
-    const runningContainers = project.containers.filter(c => c.status === 'running');
+    const runningContainers = project.containers.filter(
+      (c) => c.status === "running",
+    );
     if (runningContainers.length > 0) {
-      logger.log('info', `${project.projectName}:`);
+      logger.log("info", `${project.projectName}:`);
       for (const container of runningContainers) {
-        logger.log('info', `  • ${container.name}`);
+        logger.log("info", `  • ${container.name}`);
       }
     }
   }
 
   console.log();
-  const shouldContinue = await plugins.smartinteract.SmartInteract.getCliConfirmation(
+  const shouldContinue =
-    'Stop all containers?',
+    await plugins.smartinteract.SmartInteract.getCliConfirmation(
-    false
+      "Stop all containers?",
-  );
+      false,
+    );
 
   if (!shouldContinue) {
-    logger.log('note', 'Cancelled');
+    logger.log("note", "Cancelled");
     return;
   }
 
-  logger.log('note', 'Stopping all containers...');
+  logger.log("note", "Stopping all containers...");
   const result = await globalRegistry.stopAll();
 
   if (result.stopped.length > 0) {
-    logger.log('ok', `Stopped: ${result.stopped.join(', ')}`);
+    logger.log("ok", `Stopped: ${result.stopped.join(", ")}`);
   }
   if (result.failed.length > 0) {
-    logger.log('error', `Failed to stop: ${result.failed.join(', ')}`);
+    logger.log("error", `Failed to stop: ${result.failed.join(", ")}`);
   }
 }
 
 async function handleGlobalCleanup(globalRegistry: GlobalRegistry) {
-  helpers.printHeader('Cleanup Registry (Global)');
+  helpers.printHeader("Cleanup Registry (Global)");
 
-  logger.log('note', 'Checking for stale registry entries...');
+  logger.log("note", "Checking for stale registry entries...");
   const removed = await globalRegistry.cleanup();
 
   if (removed.length === 0) {
-    logger.log('ok', 'No stale entries found');
+    logger.log("ok", "No stale entries found");
     return;
   }
 
-  logger.log('ok', `Removed ${removed.length} stale entr${removed.length === 1 ? 'y' : 'ies'}:`);
+  logger.log(
+    "ok",
+    `Removed ${removed.length} stale entr${removed.length === 1 ? "y" : "ies"}:`,
+  );
   for (const path of removed) {
-    logger.log('info', `  • ${path}`);
+    logger.log("info", `  • ${path}`);
   }
-}
+}

ts/mod_standard/index.ts

@@ -1,91 +1,224 @@
 /* -----------------------------------------------
  * executes as standard  task
  * ----------------------------------------------- */
-import * as plugins from './mod.plugins.js';
+import * as plugins from "./mod.plugins.js";
-import * as paths from '../paths.js';
+import * as paths from "../paths.js";
+import type { ICliMode } from "../helpers.climode.js";
+import { getCliMode, printJson } from "../helpers.climode.js";
 
-import { logger } from '../gitzone.logging.js';
+import { logger } from "../gitzone.logging.js";
 
-export let run = async () => {
+type ICommandHelpSummary = {
-  console.log('');
+  name: string;
-  console.log('╭─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮');
+  description: string;
-  console.log('│  gitzone - Development Workflow CLI                         │');
+};
-  console.log('╰─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯');
+
-  console.log('');
+const commandSummaries: ICommandHelpSummary[] = [
+  {
+    name: "commit",
+    description:
+      "Create semantic commits or generate read-only commit recommendations",
+  },
+  { name: "format", description: "Plan or apply project formatting changes" },
+  { name: "config", description: "Read and change .smartconfig.json settings" },
+  { name: "services", description: "Manage or configure development services" },
+  { name: "template", description: "Create a project from a template" },
+  { name: "open", description: "Open project assets and CI pages" },
+  { name: "docker", description: "Run Docker-related maintenance tasks" },
+  {
+    name: "deprecate",
+    description: "Deprecate npm packages across registries",
+  },
+  { name: "meta", description: "Run meta-repository commands" },
+  { name: "start", description: "Prepare a project for local work" },
+  { name: "helpers", description: "Run helper utilities" },
+];
+
+export let run = async (argvArg: any = {}) => {
+  const mode = await getCliMode(argvArg);
+  const requestedCommandHelp =
+    argvArg._?.[0] === "help" ? argvArg._?.[1] : undefined;
+
+  if (mode.help || requestedCommandHelp) {
+    await showHelp(mode, requestedCommandHelp);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (!mode.interactive) {
+    await showHelp(mode);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  console.log("");
+  console.log(
+    "╭─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮",
+  );
+  console.log(
+    "│  gitzone - Development Workflow CLI                         │",
+  );
+  console.log(
+    "╰─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯",
+  );
+  console.log("");
 
   const interactInstance = new plugins.smartinteract.SmartInteract();
   const response = await interactInstance.askQuestion({
-    type: 'list',
+    type: "list",
-    name: 'action',
+    name: "action",
-    message: 'What would you like to do?',
+    message: "What would you like to do?",
-    default: 'commit',
+    default: "commit",
     choices: [
-      { name: 'Commit changes (semantic versioning)', value: 'commit' },
+      { name: "Commit changes (semantic versioning)", value: "commit" },
-      { name: 'Format project files', value: 'format' },
+      { name: "Format project files", value: "format" },
-      { name: 'Configure release settings', value: 'config' },
+      { name: "Configure release settings", value: "config" },
-      { name: 'Create from template', value: 'template' },
+      { name: "Create from template", value: "template" },
-      { name: 'Manage dev services (MongoDB, S3)', value: 'services' },
+      { name: "Manage dev services (MongoDB, S3)", value: "services" },
-      { name: 'Open project assets', value: 'open' },
+      { name: "Open project assets", value: "open" },
-      { name: 'Show help', value: 'help' },
+      { name: "Show help", value: "help" },
     ],
   });
 
   const action = (response as any).value;
 
   switch (action) {
-    case 'commit': {
+    case "commit": {
-      const modCommit = await import('../mod_commit/index.js');
+      const modCommit = await import("../mod_commit/index.js");
-      await modCommit.run({ _: ['commit'] });
+      await modCommit.run({ _: ["commit"] });
       break;
     }
-    case 'format': {
+    case "format": {
-      const modFormat = await import('../mod_format/index.js');
+      const modFormat = await import("../mod_format/index.js");
       await modFormat.run({ interactive: true });
       break;
     }
-    case 'config': {
+    case "config": {
-      const modConfig = await import('../mod_config/index.js');
+      const modConfig = await import("../mod_config/index.js");
-      await modConfig.run({ _: ['config'] });
+      await modConfig.run({ _: ["config"] });
       break;
     }
-    case 'template': {
+    case "template": {
-      const modTemplate = await import('../mod_template/index.js');
+      const modTemplate = await import("../mod_template/index.js");
-      await modTemplate.run({ _: ['template'] });
+      await modTemplate.run({ _: ["template"] });
       break;
     }
-    case 'services': {
+    case "services": {
-      const modServices = await import('../mod_services/index.js');
+      const modServices = await import("../mod_services/index.js");
-      await modServices.run({ _: ['services'] });
+      await modServices.run({ _: ["services"] });
       break;
     }
-    case 'open': {
+    case "open": {
-      const modOpen = await import('../mod_open/index.js');
+      const modOpen = await import("../mod_open/index.js");
-      await modOpen.run({ _: ['open'] });
+      await modOpen.run({ _: ["open"] });
       break;
     }
-    case 'help':
+    case "help":
-      showHelp();
+      await showHelp(mode);
       break;
   }
 };
 
-function showHelp(): void {
+export async function showHelp(
-  console.log('');
+  mode: ICliMode,
-  console.log('Usage: gitzone <command> [options]');
+  commandName?: string,
-  console.log('');
+): Promise<void> {
-  console.log('Commands:');
+  if (commandName) {
-  console.log('  commit      Create a semantic commit with versioning');
+    const handled = await showCommandHelp(commandName, mode);
-  console.log('  format      Format and standardize project files');
+    if (handled) {
-  console.log('  config      Manage release registry configuration');
+      return;
-  console.log('  template    Create a new project from template');
+    }
-  console.log('  services    Manage dev services (MongoDB, S3/MinIO)');
+  }
-  console.log('  open        Open project assets (GitLab, npm, etc.)');
+
-  console.log('  docker      Docker-related operations');
+  if (mode.json) {
-  console.log('  deprecate   Deprecate a package on npm');
+    printJson({
-  console.log('  meta        Run meta commands');
+      name: "gitzone",
-  console.log('  start       Start working on a project');
+      usage: "gitzone <command> [options]",
-  console.log('  helpers     Run helper utilities');
+      commands: commandSummaries,
-  console.log('');
+      globalFlags: [
-  console.log('Run gitzone <command> --help for more information on a command.');
+        { flag: "--help, -h", description: "Show help output" },
-  console.log('');
+        {
+          flag: "--json",
+          description: "Emit machine-readable JSON when supported",
+        },
+        {
+          flag: "--plain",
+          description: "Use plain text output when supported",
+        },
+        {
+          flag: "--agent",
+          description: "Prefer non-interactive machine-friendly output",
+        },
+        {
+          flag: "--no-interactive",
+          description: "Disable prompts and interactive menus",
+        },
+        {
+          flag: "--no-check-updates",
+          description: "Skip the update check banner",
+        },
+      ],
+    });
+    return;
+  }
+
+  console.log("");
+  console.log("Usage: gitzone <command> [options]");
+  console.log("");
+  console.log("Commands:");
+  for (const commandSummary of commandSummaries) {
+    console.log(
+      `  ${commandSummary.name.padEnd(11)} ${commandSummary.description}`,
+    );
+  }
+  console.log("");
+  console.log("Global flags:");
+  console.log("  --help, -h            Show help output");
+  console.log(
+    "  --json                Emit machine-readable JSON when supported",
+  );
+  console.log("  --plain               Use plain text output when supported");
+  console.log(
+    "  --agent               Prefer non-interactive machine-friendly output",
+  );
+  console.log("  --no-interactive      Disable prompts and interactive menus");
+  console.log("  --no-check-updates    Skip the update check banner");
+  console.log("");
+  console.log("Examples:");
+  console.log("  gitzone help commit");
+  console.log("  gitzone config show --json");
+  console.log("  gitzone commit recommend --json");
+  console.log("  gitzone format plan --json");
+  console.log("  gitzone services set mongodb,minio");
+  console.log("");
+  console.log("Run gitzone <command> --help for command-specific usage.");
+  console.log("");
+}
+
+async function showCommandHelp(
+  commandName: string,
+  mode: ICliMode,
+): Promise<boolean> {
+  switch (commandName) {
+    case "commit": {
+      const modCommit = await import("../mod_commit/index.js");
+      modCommit.showHelp(mode);
+      return true;
+    }
+    case "config": {
+      const modConfig = await import("../mod_config/index.js");
+      modConfig.showHelp(mode);
+      return true;
+    }
+    case "format": {
+      const modFormat = await import("../mod_format/index.js");
+      modFormat.showHelp(mode);
+      return true;
+    }
+    case "services": {
+      const modServices = await import("../mod_services/index.js");
+      modServices.showHelp(mode);
+      return true;
+    }
+    default:
+      return false;
+  }
 }

ts/plugins.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import * as smartlog from '@push.rocks/smartlog';
 import * as smartlogDestinationLocal from '@push.rocks/smartlog-destination-local';
-import * as npmextra from '@push.rocks/npmextra';
+import * as smartconfig from '@push.rocks/smartconfig';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import * as projectinfo from '@push.rocks/projectinfo';
 import * as smartcli from '@push.rocks/smartcli';
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export const smartfs = new SmartFs(new SmartFsProviderNode());
 export {
   smartlog,
   smartlogDestinationLocal,
-  npmextra,
+  smartconfig,
   path,
   projectinfo,
   smartcli,

tsconfig.json

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 {
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "experimentalDecorators": true,
-    "useDefineForClassFields": false,
     "target": "ES2022",
     "module": "NodeNext",
     "moduleResolution": "NodeNext",