refactor(fs): prune write-only fields and the dead routing knob from the seam
The fs seam split left four pieces of pre-split surface populated on
every call and read by nobody:
- STREAM_MIN_SIZE + FsIoInternals.streamMinSize in dsh-fs-local: the
backend has no read routing (readWholeText/streamWholeText are
separate primitives the caller picks), and the real 10 MiB routing
constant lives in dsh-tool-fs's read tool. Delete the dead mirror and
the knob whose JSDoc claimed an override that did not exist; the
remaining FsIoInternals knobs stay (the atomic-write tests use them).
- FsTarget.inputPath: a "diagnostics only" field every backend and test
fake had to fabricate, with zero production readers (policy and error
messages use targetKey/displayPath). listDir gave children the bare
entry name, which was nobody's input.
- FsEditOutcome.replacements/.replaceAll: replacements had no reader
(the single-match policy is enforced by the FS_AMBIGUOUS_EDIT /
FS_EDIT_NOT_FOUND throws, whose message keeps the internal count);
replaceAll only echoed the replace_all argument back to
formatEditOutput, which now takes it from the parsed args. The
outcome shrinks to { version, before, after }, parallel to
FsWriteOutcome's backend-discovered fields. Emitted text is unchanged
for both branches (no snapshot churn).
- FileReadOutcome.limit/.version: formatReadOutput renders
offset/lines/totalLines/truncatedByBytes only, and the fs/observed
emit uses info.version directly.
Backends shed four fabrication obligations and gain none. Doc pastes
(core-data-structures/filesystem.md), the dsh-fs README resolve row,
and the test fakes shrink with the types. RFC moved to
implemented/simplification and amended to the shipped shape
(FsEditSpec -> FsEditRequest name fix; manifest rows needed no change).
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# RFC: Prune write-only fields and a dead routing knob from the fs seam
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Status: implemented (proposed and accepted 2026-07-04)
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## Problem
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The [fs seam split](2026-06-26-fsspec-style-fs-seam.md) moved read routing and policy out of the backend into `dsh-tool-fs` and `dsh-fs-policy`. Four pieces of surface kept the pre-split shape — populated on every call, read by nobody:
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1. **`STREAM_MIN_SIZE` + `FsIoInternals.streamMinSize` in `dsh-fs-local`** (`packages/fs/fs-local/src/fsio.ts`, re-exported from `packages/fs/fs-local/src/index.ts`): zero readers anywhere, including fs-local's own source and tests. The backend has no read routing — `readWholeText`/`streamWholeText` are separate primitives the caller chooses between — and the real routing constant lives in the consumer (`packages/fs/tool-fs/src/read.ts`, compared against `info.size`). Two mirrors of the 10 MiB fact; the backend's was dead, and the knob's JSDoc claimed a "read routing" override that did not exist.
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2. **`FsTarget.inputPath`** (`packages/fs/fs/src/types.ts`): every backend and every test fake had to fabricate a "diagnostics only" value with zero production readers — the policy plugin and every error message use `targetKey`/`displayPath`. The `listDir` producer exposed the semantic wobble: directory children got the bare entry name, which was nobody's "input".
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3. **`FsEditOutcome.replacements` + `.replaceAll`** (`packages/fs/fs/src/types.ts`): `replacements` had zero production readers (the single-match policy itself stays — it is enforced by the `FS_AMBIGUOUS_EDIT`/`FS_EDIT_NOT_FOUND` throws inside the backend, whose error message keeps the internal count); `replaceAll` was read only by `formatEditOutput` in `packages/fs/tool-fs/src/edit.ts` — as an echo of the `replace_all` argument the tool already holds. Shrunk, `FsEditOutcome` is `{ version, before, after }`, parallel to `FsWriteOutcome`'s genuinely backend-discovered fields.
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4. **`FileReadOutcome.limit` + `.version`** (`packages/fs/tool-fs/src/read-render.ts`): populated by the read tool, but `formatReadOutput` renders `offset`/`lines`/`totalLines`/`truncatedByBytes` only, and the `fs/observed` emit uses `info.version` directly rather than an outcome copy.
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## Decision
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Delete the fs-local constant, its re-export, and the `streamMinSize` knob (the remaining `FsIoInternals` knobs are genuinely used by the atomic-write tests); drop `inputPath` from `FsTarget`; shrink `FsEditOutcome` to `{ version, before, after }` and pass `replaceAll` to `formatEditOutput` from the parsed args; drop `limit`/`version` from `FileReadOutcome`. The [filesystem.md](../../../core-data-structures/filesystem.md) pastes, `packages/fs/fs/README.md`, and the test fakes that had to fabricate the removed fields shrink with the types.
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## Why not keep them?
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A future permission/containment layer might want the pre-resolution path for error text — but it would want the *request*, which every call site still holds. "N occurrences replaced" might become model-facing text — a behavior change to design when wanted, and the backend-internal count survives for its error message. A read footer might display `limit` — everything the footer shows already derives from `lines`/`totalLines`. Meanwhile every current and future backend (remote, native) would have to fabricate wire fields nobody consumes, and every test fake would have to satisfy them.
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## Acceptance criteria
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- The removed surfaces are gone — `STREAM_MIN_SIZE`/`streamMinSize` in `dsh-fs-local`, `FsTarget.inputPath`, `FsEditOutcome.replacements`/`.replaceAll`, and `FileReadOutcome.limit`/`.version` — while the request-side `replaceAll` (`FsEditRequest`) and the version fields on the other outcome types are untouched; doc pastes and the manifest in sync; the suite is green with the shrunk fakes.
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- `formatEditOutput`'s emitted text is unchanged for both `replace_all` branches, so no snapshot golden churns.
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## Risks
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The in-flight fs discovery work (glob/grep tools) touches the same `dsh-fs` type files — a textual, not design, conflict; land in either order and reconcile mechanically. Backends gain no new obligations; they shed four.
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