📚 Document Pint --test Critical Learning (Post-PR#74)

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📚 Documentation: Pint --test Critical Learning

Post-merge documentation from PR #74 that captures critical learnings about CI/local parity.

🎯 What This Adds

1. docs/ISSUE74_RETROSPECTIVE.md (new, 280 lines)

   • Complete session retrospective
   • Root cause analysis of Pint false confidence issue
   • Metrics and timeline
   • Future recommendations

2. docs/SELF_REVIEW_CHECKLIST.md (updated)

   • Added CRITICAL warning about pint --test flag
   • Explained why auto-fix-only workflow is dangerous
   • Added to "Common Mistakes to Avoid" ([TEST] Token Test - api repo #8)
   • Documented correct workflow: check → fix → verify

🚨 Key Learning

Problem:

• Running pint (auto-fix) hides issues that pint --test (check-only) exposes
• CI uses --test, so local auto-fix creates false confidence
• Led to failed CI check after push, requiring hotfix commit

Solution:

# ✅ CORRECT workflow:
ddev exec vendor/bin/pint --test  # Check first
ddev exec vendor/bin/pint         # Fix if needed  
ddev exec vendor/bin/pint --test  # Verify fix

Impact:

• Self-Review Checklist now explicitly warns about this pattern
• ISSUE74_RETROSPECTIVE.md documents full context for future reference
• Future features will follow updated checklist from start

📊 Changes

• Files Changed: 2
• Lines Added: +316
• New Documentation: 1 file (ISSUE74_RETROSPECTIVE.md)
• Updated Documentation: 1 file (SELF_REVIEW_CHECKLIST.md)

✅ Quality Checks

• Prettier formatted
• Markdownlint clean
• REUSE compliant
• All tests passing (127/127)

🔗 Related

• Parent PR: 🔐 Password Reset Feature (Production Test Phase 1) #74 (Password Reset Feature)
• Root Cause: CI/local command parity issue (Pint --test flag)
• Prevention: Updated Self-Review Checklist with explicit warnings

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Pull Request Overview

This PR documents lessons learned from PR #74, specifically addressing a critical workflow issue with Laravel Pint. The changes update the self-review checklist to emphasize running pint --test before auto-fixing, and add a comprehensive retrospective document detailing the problem and its resolution.

Key changes:

• Enhanced Pint workflow guidance with critical warnings about checking before fixing
• Added detailed retrospective documenting the false confidence issue
• Expanded common mistakes section with Pint workflow anti-pattern

Reviewed Changes

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File	Description
docs/SELF_REVIEW_CHECKLIST.md	Added critical warnings and workflow steps for Pint --test flag usage
docs/ISSUE74_RETROSPECTIVE.md	New retrospective document detailing PR #74 learnings and Pint workflow issue

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💡 Tip: Consider Using Draft PRs

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• 💰 Saves CI runtime and Copilot review credits
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• 🚀 Mark "Ready for review" when done to trigger full CI pipeline

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2. Use gh pr ready when ready for review

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