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- sdd_process.md: phase 0 + POC Specialist sections cover both modes
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# alkgit POC Plan
## POC modes
POCs are not production code — fewer constraints (comments, unwrap, error
taxonomy are all relaxed), and their code never merges to main. Two modes,
chosen by whether the POC touches code in this repo:
- **Branch mode** (POC depends on alkgit code in the repo): create a git
branch off main, do the work there, then **merge the findings into the
research docs** on main and drop the branch — the POC code itself does
not merge.
- **Standalone mode** (POC is independent of alkgit code): a scratch crate
or project at `/workspace/<poc-name>` (e.g. `/workspace/alkgit-poc1`),
outside the repo entirely. Findings are written directly into
`docs/research/` on main.
In both modes the deliverable on main is the findings write-up, not the
POC source. POC source is disposable once findings are recorded.
Each POC records: hypothesis,
method, result (proceed/pivot/block), and what it changes in the research
docs.
## POC-1: pkt-line over alkcall BiStream
**Hypothesis**: a full V2 fetch handshake (`ls-refs` + one `fetch` round)
between real `git` CLI (as client, `git clone`/`git fetch`) and a Rust
listener that bridges alkcall `BiStream` to `gix-packetline`'s async codec
can be completed.
**Method sketch**: alkcall `Connection` accepted over a local stream; spawn
a handler that receives a `BiStream`; wrap `read_half`/`write_half` in the
pkt-line async reader/writer; advertise V2 capabilities with honest feature
list; parse `command=ls-refs`, emit refs from a fixture repo (created with
`gix`), flush. Client side: `git -c protocol.version=2 clone` against a
local bridge (POC can start with plain tcp and only simulate the alkcall
side if alkcall dialing adds friction — the alkcall-fit part can be tested
with `Connection::from_stream`).
**Success**: git prints its ref advertisement fetch result without error;
all framing validated against real git's parser (the strictest pkt-line
validator available).
**Risks**: gix-packetline `async-io` feature uses `futures-io` traits —
confirm alkcall stream halves implement `AsyncRead`/`AsyncWrite`
compatibility (they should, being tokio io objects; may need a thin adapter).
## POC-2: server-side pack generation
**Hypothesis**: given a fixture repo and a want/have set, we can produce a
valid pack stream in memory that `git verify-pack`/`git unpack-objects`
accepts, using one of:
a. `gix-pack::bundle::write` into a temp dir then read the file back
(correctness baseline), or
b. `gix-pack::data::output::bytes` fed by an odb object walk (streaming).
**Method**: build fixture repo via `gix` API or a scripted `git` (fixture
creation may shell out to `git` — only serving-path must be git-binary-free).
Try (b) first; fall back to (a) to establish the correctness baseline.
**Success**: `git clone` from a bridge that serves the generated pack
completes and `git fsck` passes in the clone.
**Decision to make**: streaming composition that doesn't materialize the
whole pack in memory for large repos — record memory behavior for a
10k-object repo at minimum.
## POC-3: smart-http shape through alkhttp
**Hypothesis**: alkhttp can serve `GET /info/refs` and stream a POST body
(ingest without full buffering) for `git-receive-pack`.
**Method**: minimal alkhttp service exposing a fake
`/repo.git/info/refs?service=git-upload-pack` and
`/repo.git/git-upload-pack` wired to the POC-1 bridge; run real `git clone
http://...` against it; measure whether alkhttp's request-body API streams
or buffers (inspect/measure, not guess).
**Success**: real git clones over http; documented answer on body streaming
for receive-pack sizing.
## Sequencing
POC-1 first (the BiStream/packetline fit is the load-bearing assumption).
POC-2 next (the crux of fetch). POC-3 last (http shape). Each POC updates
the corresponding research doc with results and a proceed/pivot/block note.
## Modes applied to these POCs
- POC-1, POC-2: **standalone mode** — nothing in the alkgit repo exists to
build on yet; run as `/workspace/alkgit-poc1` and `/workspace/alkgit-poc2`.
(If POC-1's bridge turns out to want the workspace deps, it can flip to
branch mode on the repo instead — decide before writing, not after.)
- POC-3: **branch mode** — it exercises alkhttp wiring against this repo's
skeleton; findings merge into `alk-stack.md`, branch is dropped after.