fix(release): reject partial ancestry metadata

scripts/clawhub-cli-npm-release-check.mjs

@@ -154,16 +154,20 @@ function collectReleaseTagErrors({ packageVersion, releaseTag, releaseSha, relea
       `Release tag ${normalizedTag} does not match packages/clawhub/package.json version ${normalizedVersion}; expected v${normalizedVersion}.`,
     );
   }
-  if (releaseSha?.trim() && releaseMainRef?.trim()) {
+  const normalizedReleaseSha = releaseSha?.trim() ?? "";
+  const normalizedReleaseMainRef = releaseMainRef?.trim() ?? "";
+  if (Boolean(normalizedReleaseSha) !== Boolean(normalizedReleaseMainRef)) {
+    errors.push("Release ancestry validation requires both --release-sha and --release-main-ref.");
+  } else if (normalizedReleaseSha && normalizedReleaseMainRef) {
     try {
       execFileSync(
         "git",
-        ["merge-base", "--is-ancestor", releaseSha.trim(), releaseMainRef.trim()],
+        ["merge-base", "--is-ancestor", normalizedReleaseSha, normalizedReleaseMainRef],
         { stdio: "ignore" },
       );
     } catch {
       errors.push(
-        `Tagged commit ${releaseSha.trim()} is not contained in ${releaseMainRef.trim()}.`,
+        `Tagged commit ${normalizedReleaseSha} is not contained in ${normalizedReleaseMainRef}.`,
       );
     }
   }

scripts/clawhub-cli-npm-release-check.test.mjs

@@ -4,22 +4,64 @@ import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 
 describe("clawhub CLI npm release metadata check", () => {
+  const releaseTag = "v0.23.0";
+
+  function runCheck(args) {
+    const env = { ...process.env };
+    delete env.RELEASE_TAG;
+    delete env.RELEASE_SHA;
+    delete env.RELEASE_MAIN_REF;
+    return spawnSync("node", ["scripts/clawhub-cli-npm-release-check.mjs", ...args], {
+      encoding: "utf8",
+      env,
+    });
+  }
+
   it("rejects option names used as missing flag values", () => {
-    const result = spawnSync(
-      "node",
-      [
-        "scripts/clawhub-cli-npm-release-check.mjs",
-        "--tag",
-        "--release-sha",
-        "abc",
-        "--release-main-ref",
-        "main",
-      ],
-      { encoding: "utf8" },
-    );
+    const result = runCheck(["--tag", "--release-sha", "abc", "--release-main-ref", "main"]);
 
     expect(result.status).toBe(1);
     expect(result.stderr).toContain("--tag requires a value.");
     expect(result.stderr).not.toContain('Release tag must match vX.Y.Z; found "--release-sha".');
   });
+
+  it.each([
+    ["--release-sha", "HEAD"],
+    ["--release-main-ref", "HEAD"],
+  ])("rejects %s without its matching ancestry ref", (flag, value) => {
+    const result = runCheck(["--tag", releaseTag, flag, value]);
+
+    expect(result.status).toBe(1);
+    expect(result.stderr).toContain(
+      "Release ancestry validation requires both --release-sha and --release-main-ref.",
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("validates that the release commit is an ancestor of the main ref", () => {
+    const result = runCheck([
+      "--tag",
+      releaseTag,
+      "--release-sha",
+      "HEAD^",
+      "--release-main-ref",
+      "HEAD",
+    ]);
+
+    expect(result.status).toBe(0);
+    expect(result.stdout).toContain("Release metadata OK");
+  });
+
+  it("rejects a release commit that is not contained in the main ref", () => {
+    const result = runCheck([
+      "--tag",
+      releaseTag,
+      "--release-sha",
+      "HEAD",
+      "--release-main-ref",
+      "HEAD^",
+    ]);
+
+    expect(result.status).toBe(1);
+    expect(result.stderr).toContain("Tagged commit HEAD is not contained in HEAD^.");
+  });
 });