version: "1.0.0" name: finalize-pr description: "Finalize a feature branch for merge. Use when finishing a feature branch, preparing for merge, releasing a new version, bumping the version, adding a changelog entry, or when asked to finalize, wrap up, or close out a PR. Covers version bump across all files, CHANGELOG entry, Sphinx + README updates, editor-lens pass over the diff, lint, and test verification. Replaces the older version-bump skill." argument-hint: "Optional: target version (e.g. '0.7.0'); otherwise inferred from scope of changes"

Finalize PR

Prepares a feature branch for merge by bumping the version, writing a changelog entry, updating documentation, scrubbing comment debt, and verifying the change with lint + the full test suite. The user reviews and commits — this skill never commits.

When to Use

• A feature branch is ready to merge and needs the final release polish
• Bumping the bocpy version (replaces the older version-bump skill)
• Adding a CHANGELOG entry
• Pre-merge documentation sweep

For a multi-perspective pre-merge review of the code itself, run branch-review first. This skill assumes the code is settled and the test suite is green.

Prerequisites

Before invoking this skill:

• All code changes are complete
• The test suite passes locally in the venv you intend to use
• A branch-review pass (or equivalent) has been run if the change is

non-trivial — see .github/copilot-instructions.md

• You know which venv this work targets (.env312, .env313d,

.env313t, .env314, .env315, .env315t). Ask the user if unsure; default is .env314.

Procedure

Execute these steps in order. Pause for user review between steps — this is a wrap-up workflow, not an autonomous one.

Step 1 — Determine What Changed

Gather context about the branch:

1. Read the current version from pyproject.toml ([project] version).
2. Run git log --oneline main..HEAD to see commits on the branch.
3. Run git diff main --stat to see changed files.
4. Read the current CHANGELOG.md to see the most recent entry format

and any existing ## Unreleased section.

1. If a session plan file exists under .copilot/plans/ for this

branch, read it to understand the scope of work.

Summarize the work performed (what was added, what was changed, what was removed, any breaking changes) and confirm with the user before proceeding. The summary drives every later step.

Step 2 — Choose the New Version

bocpy follows semantic versioning. Propose the version bump based on the Step 1 summary:

The public C ABI is version-gated via the BOCPY_ABI macro and the bocpy~=MAJOR.MINOR pin in templates/c_abi_consumer/pyproject.toml. Any incompatible change to <bocpy/bocpy.h> or <bocpy/xidata.h> requires a minor bump at minimum and an explicit BOCPY_ABI bump in the header.

Confirm the proposed version with the user before editing any files.

Step 3 — Bump the Version

Update all five files in lock-step. Skipping any one of these leaves the release inconsistent.

3.1 pyproject.toml

[project]
name = "bocpy"
version = "<NEW_VERSION>"

3.2 sphinx/source/conf.py

release = '<NEW_VERSION>'

3.3 CITATION.cff

Update both fields:

version: <NEW_VERSION>
date-released: <TODAY YYYY-MM-DD>

3.4 templates/c_abi_consumer/pyproject.toml

Update both bocpy entries to a compatible-release bound on the new MAJOR.MINOR:

[build-system]
requires = ["setuptools", "wheel", "bocpy~=<MAJOR.MINOR>"]
 
[project]
dependencies = ["bocpy~=<MAJOR.MINOR>"]

The template is the canonical downstream example; its pin signals which public C ABI it was authored against. Keep it in lock-step with the root [project].version.

3.5 CHANGELOG.md

Handled in Step 4 — version is part of the changelog entry header.

Step 4 — Add a CHANGELOG Entry

Open CHANGELOG.md. If a ## Unreleased section already exists, re-title it; otherwise prepend a new entry at the top of the file (below any header).

Format

Match the prevailing format in the file. Recent entries follow this shape:

## YYYY-MM-DD - Version X.Y.Z
One-paragraph summary of the headline change.
 
**New Features**
 
-**Feature name** — what it is, why it matters, where it lives.
-...
 
**Bug Fixes**
 
-**Short title** — root cause + fix, in past tense.
-...
 
**Improvements**
 
-...
 
**Breaking Changes**
 
-**What broke** — why, and the recommended migration path.
 
**Documentation**
 
-New :doc:`xxx` page, expanded :doc:`api`, ...
 
**Tests**
 
-...
 
**Internal**
 
-...

Rules

• Date is today's date (UTC).
• Use the same bold-noun-phrase + em-dash style as recent entries.
• Reference Sphinx pages with :doc: directives (rendered on the

Sphinx site, which embeds the changelog).

• Group by category in the order shown above. Omit any category with

no entries.

• Breaking Changes must be its own section, never folded into

another. Each entry must say what to do instead.

• Mention any new console entry points (bocpy-*) by name.
• Mention any new files in templates/c_abi_consumer/ only if they

change the consumer-facing template.

Step 5 — Update Documentation

Walk through the docs and update anything the branch made stale. Do not rewrite prose that is still accurate.

5.1 README.md (root)

Check and update:

• Public API table / feature list — add new @when, Cown,

send/receive, noticeboard, or messaging symbols.

• Quick-start / examples list — add any new entry-point example

(bocpy-* console script).

• Compatibility matrix — update if Python-version support

changed (look at pyproject.toml classifiers).

• Sub-interpreter / scheduler description — update only if the

architecture changed meaningfully on this branch.

The file is PyPI's project description (after the <!-- pypi-skip-start -->...<!-- pypi-skip-end --> filter in setup.py); keep it presentable.

5.2 sphinx/source/

Sphinx autodoc reads docstrings from src/bocpy/__init__.pyi and src/bocpy/_core.pyi. If you added a new public symbol, the stub docstring is the canonical source — update it there, not in behaviors.py (or both, where applicable).

5.3 templates/c_abi_consumer/README.md

Update only if the consumer-facing API surface changed (new helpers in bocpy.get_include() / bocpy.get_sources(), new headers, new required compile flags).

Step 6 — Editor-Lens Pass Over the Diff

Comment debt accumulates while a PR is in flight: review-process scaffolding (chunk numbers, finding IDs like H1 / M5 / L2, plan back-references, sketch IDs, "Round-2 adv#6"), wordy paraphrases of the code, dated status notes, and "previously / now" archaeology. None of this serves a future reader. Scrub it as part of finalize.

This step is run via the review-loop skill against the PR diff (not the whole repo) using the editor-lens agent.

1. Identify the changed in-scope source files:

```bash mkdir -p .copilot/finalize git diff --name-only main -- \ 'src/bocpy//*.c' 'src/bocpy//*.h' \ 'src/bocpy//*.py' 'src/bocpy//*.pyi' \ 'examples//*.py' \ 'test//*.py' \ 'templates/c_abi_consumer/src//*.c' \ 'templates/c_abi_consumer/src//*.h' \ 'templates/c_abi_consumer/src//*.py' \ 'scripts//*.py' \

```

git diff (no ..HEAD) covers both committed and uncommitted changes — important during finalize, when you may still be editing.

1. Invoke review-loop with editor-lens as the reviewer and the

file list as the target. The lens follows the keep / rewrite / cut policy in .github/agents/editor-lens.agent.md. Iterate until the loop comes back clean.

1. Apply approved cuts and rewrites. Anything the lens flags under

"Questions for the user" must be resolved before proceeding — do not silently delete.

The editor-lens scope explicitly excludes sphinx/source/, README.md, CHANGELOG.md, the top-level policy docs, and everything under .github/ and .copilot/. Those have different rules and are managed by other steps in this skill (or are off-limits entirely).

Why this lives in finalize, not pre-commit: during PR work the review tags and scaffold comments are useful — they let the author and reviewer cross-reference findings. They become noise only after the review documents are deleted. Finalize is the right place to scrub.

Step 7 — Lint and Test

Activate the chosen venv (default .env314 — confirm with the user) and run the full local mirror of the PR gate. Pipe long-running output to .copilot/finalize/<name>.log so the chat stays readable.

source .env314/bin/activate

7.1 Lint

Mirrors the .github/workflows/pr_gate.yml linting job. The --filename flag opts the walker into .pyi stubs (it would otherwise skip them silently):

flake8 --filename='*.py,*.pyi' src/bocpy test examples scripts \
  2>&1 | tee .copilot/finalize/flake8.log

Must exit zero.

7.2 Clang-format

Mirrors the cpp-format job. Run for both C trees touched by the branch:

clang-format-18 --dry-run -Werror \
    src/bocpy/*.c src/bocpy/*.h src/bocpy/include/bocpy/*.h \
  2>&1 | tee .copilot/finalize/clang-format-src.log
 
clang-format-18 --dry-run -Werror \
    templates/c_abi_consumer/src/**/*.{c,h} \
  2>&1 | tee .copilot/finalize/clang-format-template.log

Both must exit zero. If clang-format-18 is not installed, install it (apt install clang-format-18) or skip with explicit user approval; the CI version is pinned to 18.

7.3 Reinstall bocpy in the venv

A version bump touches pyproject.toml and (often) C sources. Force a fresh editable install so the test suite sees the new build. Use the BOCPY_BUILD_INTERNAL_TESTS=1 opt-in so the _internal_test_* extensions are built and the test_internal_* / test_compat_atomics.py modules run instead of skipping:

BOCPY_BUILD_INTERNAL_TESTS=1 pip install -e .[test] --no-build-isolation \
  2>&1 | tee .copilot/finalize/install.log

7.4 Full test suite

pytest -vv 2>&1 | tee .copilot/finalize/pytest.log | tail -40

Must exit zero. If pre-existing skips are present (e.g. version-gated tests), confirm they match the baseline recorded in the session plan; new skips warrant investigation.

7.5 Downstream consumer (if touched)

If the branch changed anything under src/bocpy/include/bocpy/, src/bocpy/boc_*.{c,h}, templates/c_abi_consumer/, or the bocpy.get_include() / bocpy.get_sources() helpers, also run:

pip install --no-build-isolation ./templates/c_abi_consumer \
  2>&1 | tee .copilot/finalize/consumer-install.log
 
pytest -vv templates/c_abi_consumer/test \
  2>&1 | tee .copilot/finalize/consumer-pytest.log | tail -20

Both must exit zero.

7.6 Cross-version spot check (optional)

If the branch touched anything version-gated (xidata.h, PY_VERSION_HEX ladders, free-threaded code paths, #if Py_GIL_DISABLED branches), re-run 7.3 + 7.4 in at least one additional venv covering the affected versions (e.g. .env312, .env313t, .env315t). Confirm with the user which extra venvs to exercise.

Step 8 — Summarize

Present a single summary to the user with:

• Version: old → new
• Files changed by this skill: pyproject.toml,

sphinx/source/conf.py, CITATION.cff, templates/c_abi_consumer/pyproject.toml, CHANGELOG.md, any Sphinx pages updated, any README sections updated, and the list of source files edited by the editor-lens pass.

• Verification: flake8, clang-format, pytest, downstream

consumer (if run), cross-version (if run) — all pass / fail with log paths under .copilot/finalize/.

• Open questions: anything editor-lens flagged as ambiguous

and any pre-existing test skips that warrant attention.

Do not commit. All git operations belong to the user.

Guardrails

• Never commit, push, tag, or create a release. The user owns

every git operation.

• Never skip a file listed in Step 3. All five (pyproject.toml,

conf.py, CITATION.cff, the template pyproject.toml, and CHANGELOG.md) must move in lock-step.

• Never silently widen scope. If the editor-lens pass surfaces a

bug, stop and raise it as a finding; do not fix it in the finalize pass.

• **Never edit prose under sphinx/source/ to mask a missing public

symbol.** If the docs reference a symbol that does not exist, the bug is in the code or in __init__.pyi, not the docs.

• Always confirm the venv at Step 7 before running pip install.

Installing into the wrong venv silently rebuilds the wrong interpreter's wheel.