[Update] bulk update

bin/dotsync

@@ -9,18 +9,27 @@
 #
 #   dotsync            pull, then relink only if the file set changed
 #   dotsync -n         preview incoming changes (fetch only; no pull, no relink)
+#   dotsync <host>     as above, forcing the host package (normally unnecessary: install.sh
+#                      reuses the host recorded in ~/.config/dots-host)
 set -uo pipefail
 DOTS="$(cd "$(dirname "$(readlink -f "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")/.." && pwd)"
 cd "$DOTS" || exit 1
 
 if [ "${1:-}" = "-n" ] || [ "${1:-}" = "--dry-run" ]; then
-  git fetch -q 2>/dev/null || { echo "fetch failed (offline?)"; exit 1; }
-  up="$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref '@{u}' 2>/dev/null)" || { echo "no upstream set"; exit 1; }
+  git fetch -q 2>/dev/null || {
+    echo "fetch failed (offline?)"
+    exit 1
+  }
+  up="$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref '@{u}' 2>/dev/null)" || {
+    echo "no upstream set"
+    exit 1
+  }
   # rev-list, not diff: a plain diff also fires when the LOCAL side is ahead, mislabelling
   # your own unpushed commits as incoming. Count commits that exist only on the upstream.
   n="$(git rev-list --count "HEAD..$up")"
   if [ "$n" -eq 0 ]; then echo "already up to date with $up."; else
-    echo "incoming from $up ($n commit(s)):"; git --no-pager diff --stat "HEAD...$up"
+    echo "incoming from $up ($n commit(s)):"
+    git --no-pager diff --stat "HEAD...$up"
   fi
   exit 0
 fi
@@ -40,7 +49,7 @@ fi
 # Services that read config ONCE at startup don't pick up pulled edits — nudge loudly.
 # (Symlinked edits are live for everything else; these are the exceptions that bit us.)
 if git diff --name-only "$before" "$after" | grep -q '\.config/llamacpp/' \
-   && systemctl cat llama.service &>/dev/null; then
+  && systemctl cat llama.service &>/dev/null; then
   echo ""
   echo "⚠⚠  llamacpp presets changed — the router reads them only at startup. Apply with:"
   echo "      sudo systemctl restart llama.service"
@@ -49,18 +58,41 @@ fi
 
 # A unit file is read from /etc, not through the stow symlink — needs daemon-reload as well.
 if git diff --name-only "$before" "$after" | grep -q '\.config/whisper/' \
-   && systemctl cat whisper.service &>/dev/null; then
+  && systemctl cat whisper.service &>/dev/null; then
   echo ""
   echo "⚠⚠  whisper unit changed — apply with:"
   echo "      sudo systemctl daemon-reload && sudo systemctl restart whisper.service"
   echo ""
 fi
 
-# Modified files (M) are already live through the symlinks. Only Added/Deleted/Renamed
-# need (un)linking, which is the only case that justifies the churny re-stow.
-if git diff --name-status "$before" "$after" | grep -qE '^(A|D|R)'; then
-  echo "files added/removed/renamed — re-linking via install.sh (this may reload some apps)…"
-  exec "$DOTS/install.sh"
+# Modified files (M) are live only through INTACT symlinks — a live file severed by an
+# atomic rewrite (the recurring claude/settings.json class) swallows pulled edits silently,
+# so verify that premise per modified file instead of assuming it. Added/Deleted/Renamed
+# always need (un)linking. The diff is captured once, not piped into `grep -q`: its early
+# exit can SIGPIPE git under pipefail and turn the whole condition falsely negative.
+changes="$(git diff --name-status "$before" "$after")"
+need_restow=""
+if printf '%s\n' "$changes" | grep -qE '^(A|D|R)'; then
+  need_restow="files added/removed/renamed"
+else
+  # map each modified repo path (package/.dotpath) to its live counterpart; a real file
+  # (not a symlink) sitting there means the pulled edit did NOT land
+  while IFS= read -r rel; do
+    live="$HOME/$rel"
+    if [ -e "$live" ] && [ ! -L "$live" ]; then
+      echo "note: ~/$rel is a real file, not a symlink into the repo — the pulled edit has NOT landed there."
+      need_restow="severed symlink(s)"
+    fi
+  done < <(printf '%s\n' "$changes" | awk -F'\t' '$1 ~ /^M/ && $2 ~ /^[^\/]+\/\./ { sub(/^[^\/]+\//, "", $2); print $2 }')
+fi
+
+if [ -n "$need_restow" ]; then
+  echo "$need_restow — re-linking via install.sh (this may reload some apps)…"
+  # Normally called with no argument, so install.sh resolves the host from ~/.config/dots-host —
+  # the one recorded by the last install.sh run here. That is exactly why the host must not be
+  # derived from `hostname -s`: this path is automatic and has nothing to pass. An explicit
+  # `dotsync <host>` is forwarded through for the rare override.
+  exec "$DOTS/install.sh" "$@"
 else
   echo "edits only — already live through the symlinks; no re-stow, no reload needed."
 fi