From d1c65a06d5fab1850091b20d96317f5f4b99f605 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mikael-lovqvists-claude-agent <mikaels.claude.agent@efforting.tech>
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2026 01:32:33 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Replace rm -rf PEND with mkdir -p, use --delete on both
 rsyncs

---
 lib/commands/run.js | 12 +++++-------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/commands/run.js b/lib/commands/run.js
index 41e0d16..b497899 100644
--- a/lib/commands/run.js
+++ b/lib/commands/run.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /**
  * run command — full backup run.
  */
-import { rm, mkdir, rename, writeFile } from 'fs/promises';
+import { mkdir, rename, writeFile } from 'fs/promises';
 import { join } from 'path';
 import { run as spawn, capture } from '../spawn.js';
 import { parseItemize } from '../itemize.js';
@@ -22,20 +22,18 @@ export async function runCommand(config) {
 
   // TODO: detect and recover from partially-committed previous run
 
-  // ── Phase 1: Clear PEND ─────────────────────────────────────
+  // ── Phase 1: Ensure PEND exists ─────────────────────────────
   await setPhase(deltas, state, PHASES.CLEARING_PEND, dry);
-  console.log('\n── Clear PEND ──');
   if (!dry) {
-    await rm(pend, { recursive: true, force: true });
     await mkdir(pend, { recursive: true });
   } else {
-    console.log(`[dry-run] rm -rf ${pend} && mkdir -p ${pend}`);
+    console.log(`[dry-run] mkdir -p ${pend}`);
   }
 
-  // ── Phase 2: rsync PREV → PEND (local seed) ─────────────────
+  // ── Phase 2: rsync PREV → PEND (local seed, with delete) ────
   await setPhase(deltas, state, PHASES.RSYNC_LOCAL, dry);
   console.log('\n── rsync PREV → PEND (local seed) ──');
-  await spawn('rsync', ['-aP', trailingSlash(prev), trailingSlash(pend)], { dryRun: dry });
+  await spawn('rsync', ['-aP', '--delete', trailingSlash(prev), trailingSlash(pend)], { dryRun: dry });
 
   // ── Phase 3: rsync SOURCE → PEND, capture change list ───────
   await setPhase(deltas, state, PHASES.RSYNC_REMOTE, dry);