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glm-5.3-flash 8f73da5d12 docs(architecture): phase 1 bootstrap — specs, 9 ADRs, OQ tracker
Architecture documentation structure per sdd_process phase 1:

- README index (doc table, ADR table, lifecycle), overview with crate
  map, dependency rules, and security invariants
- Component specs: storage, transport, http, ssh, alkgitd (all draft)
- ADRs 001-009: crate decomposition, front-door-blind core, V2-first
  protocol, pack pipeline (data::output generation / data::input
  ingestion), session substrate types, http adapter composition
  (proposed, OQ-01), ACL-before-advertisement, registry-resolved repo
  identity, bounded-resources budgets
- open-questions.md: OQ-01..08 with two deferred(scope), one
  deferred(unclear), door-type definitions, blocker tracker tasks in
  tasks/architecture/
- v1 ssh-door decision recorded: russh terminates wire SSH in alkgitd;
  alkcall channels stay the internal substrate (OQ-03 partially
  resolved)

Two review rounds (fresh-context subagent): 4 critical + 17 warnings
fixed in round one; zero critical + 4 warnings + 5 suggestions fixed in
round two. All ADR/OQ cross-references verified resolving.
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ADR-001: Workspace crate decomposition (5 crates)

Status

Accepted

Context

The workspace skeleton (created before phase 1) proposed five crates: alkgit-core, alkgit-transport, alkgit-http, alkgit-ssh, alkgitd. The decomposition has to serve two masters: the "ALPN as a service" composability rule from docs/research/vision.md (downstream apps embed core + transport and bring their own front doors) and the POC findings that fixed the actual layering between protocol, storage, and front doors (POC-1/2/3).

Alternatives considered:

  • Single crate — simplest, but forces front-door code into the same dependency graph as embedders who only want core+transport, and blocks independent evolution of the http adapter.
  • Split core into registry/metadata vs storage — premature; the registry storage backing is still an open question (OQ-06) and the split would bake in a boundary we may want to move.
  • http+ssh in one alkgit-frontends crate — reduces crate count but couples alkhttp to alkcall-channels consumers and vice versa.

Decision

Keep the five-crate decomposition from the skeleton:

  • alkgit-core — repository storage: registry, refs, odb wrappers, pack generate/ingest, fsck, access-rule input types. Transport-agnostic.
  • alkgit-transport — smart protocol: pkt-line sessions, V2 capability advertisement, ls-refs, fetch, receive-pack state machines.
  • alkgit-http — http front door (smart-http over alkhttp).
  • alkgit-ssh — ssh front door (git command exec dispatch; wire SSH terminated by russh in alkgitd, or alkcall channels in embedded variants — both converge on the adapter's dispatch).
  • alkgitd — the binary: config, assembly, TLS/ACME, serving loops.

Dependency edges: core ← transport ← {http, ssh} ← alkgitd. http and ssh have no edge between them. Core and transport depend on alkcall types only (never alkhttp/alkgit-ssh); see ADR-002 for the exact boundary.

Consequences

  • Downstream embedders take alkgit-core + alkgit-transport and stop there; front-door crates are replaceable adapters.
  • The binary crate carries all assembly knowledge (config schema, listener setup, vault wiring), keeping the library crates front-door-blind.
  • Crate count stays at five; any future split (e.g. metadata store) is a new ADR.

References

  • docs/research/vision.md §"ALPN as a service", §"Sub-crate shape"
  • docs/research/alk-stack.md §"Composability boundary"
  • POC findings 1–3 (layering validated end-to-end)
  • ADR-002 (the core boundary)
  • overview.md §"Crate map"