Sibling-file pairing
Sibling files stay sibling
- Status
- PUBLISHED
- Priority
- P1
- Rank
- INVARIANT
- Cited
- 10×
- Updated
- 2026-05-14
Assertion
Files designed as a pair (emitter + agent-emitter, forward + rollback
migration, OSS + cloud config) do not get merged.
Why
Merging conflates concerns and re-introduces the exact drift the pair
was created to prevent.
Mechanism
Merge justifications go in a decision doc before the merge, never
after. The implementer subagent refuses unsanctioned merges.
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