Add post merge identity service option

[tudddorrr]

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[claude]

🔍 Code Review

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🐛 Potential Bugs

Line 132: String comparison for service check
Using options.postMergeIdentityService != "" is not idiomatic for C#. Should use !string.IsNullOrEmpty(options.postMergeIdentityService) to properly handle null values and follow C# best practices.

Lines 134-138: Silent failure on alias not found
When postMergeIdentityService is specified but GetAlias() returns null, the code silently does nothing. This could lead to confusing behavior where the caller expects re-identification to occur but it doesn't happen. Consider either:

• Throwing an exception if the alias is not found
• Logging a warning
• Returning a different result to indicate the operation was incomplete

Lines 137: Potential exception not caught
The Identify() call on line 137 can throw exceptions (see lines 84-88 in the same file), but these are not caught. If identification fails after a successful merge, the caller won't know about the identification failure, and the function will throw unexpectedly.

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🏗️ Code Quality & Best Practices

Lines 8-11: MergeOptions class design

• The MergeOptions class uses a public field with a default empty string initializer, which is not following C# conventions
• Should use a property instead: public string PostMergeIdentityService { get; set; }
• Consider using null as the default instead of empty string to be more explicit about "not set" vs "set to empty"
• The class lacks documentation comments explaining what the options do

Lines 132-139: Inconsistent return value
The merged player is stored in a local variable but after the potential re-identification, the method still returns this original player object. However, after calling Identify(), the Talo.CurrentPlayer is updated (see lines 53, 80-82). This creates inconsistency where the returned player might not match the current player state.

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⚡ Performance Considerations

None identified.

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🔒 Security Concerns

None identified.

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🔄 Backwards Compatibility

Line 121: Breaking change risk (minimal)
While adding an optional parameter with a default value is generally backwards compatible, there's a potential issue if:

• Any code uses reflection to call this method
• Any derived classes override this method

Consider adding an overload instead to be completely safe:

public async Task<Player> Merge(string playerId1, string playerId2)
{
    return await Merge(playerId1, playerId2, null);
}

public async Task<Player> Merge(string playerId1, string playerId2, MergeOptions options)
{
    // implementation
}

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📝 Summary

The core logic is sound, but needs refinement around:

1. Error handling for the re-identification flow
2. C# naming conventions for the options class
3. Clarity around what happens when alias is not found
4. Consistency of return value vs current player state