Release v0.9.0 · govctl-org/govctl

govctl v0.9.0

Added the first local loop workflow. govctl loop start, show, resume, run, list, add, remove, and replan now operate on persisted loop state under .govctl/loops/ instead of writing execution trace into work item fields.
Added canonical loop IDs (LOOP-YYYY-MM-DD-NNN), deterministic loop listing, lifecycle filters, and table/plain/json output for local loop state discovery.
Added work item dependencies through depends_on, including display support in work show/render output and validation for malformed, unknown, or cyclic dependencies.
Added dependency-aware loop planning. Loops compute an execution order from depends_on, preserve existing item state where possible, and mark downstream items blocked when dependencies fail or cancel.
Added loop state and round schemas for execution evidence, summaries, verification evidence, and note candidates.
Added non-blocking diagnostics for work items that still contain legacy inline execution-history entries, with guidance to move durable takeaways to notes and keep new execution trace in loop state.

Work item execution history is no longer modeled as an editable field. New work items omit content.journal; existing legacy entries still render correctly in work show and generated work item output.
Loop scope mutation now uses work as the editable field, keeps wi as the supported alias, and rejects legacy work_items/root_work_items field names.
loop run is specified as a local execution protocol that records and validates round evidence. It does not introduce a parallel resource CRUD model or a separate testing system.
CLI-visible command routing, file I/O, serialization, and scan paths now return coded Diagnostic values where possible. Remaining anyhow boundaries are documented as transport or test-only.
Embedded skills, agent guidance, CLI help, and describe output now direct execution trace to loop state and durable takeaways to notes.
Integration tests were converted from include!-based splitting to normal Rust modules, and several over-split helper modules were folded back into their callers.

Removed path-addressable work item journal operations. journal can no longer be fetched, added, edited, ticked, or removed as a work item field.
Removed support for legacy loop state keys root_work_items and work_items.
Removed legacy RFC/clause JSON storage compatibility from normal operation. Repositories that still contain rfc.json or clause JSON files now fail with E0505 and must be migrated with govctl <0.9 before upgrading.
Removed RFC/clause JSON conversion from govctl migrate. The command now upgrades TOML artifacts and schema metadata only.

govctl migrate now treats the config version bump as part of the same transactional operation set as artifact rewrites, and rollback restores overwritten or deleted files if apply fails.
govctl rfc supersede now updates the source RFC, records the replacement, and rejects missing or invalid replacements with diagnostics.
govctl clause delete now refuses to delete clauses referenced by another artifact while preserving the existing draft-status and section-update behavior for safe deletions.
refs edits now validate target existence and RFC/ADR reference hierarchy before writing, including indexed refs[N] updates.
Acceptance-criteria ticking now matches category-prefixed patterns.
Commit skill behavior now detects whether a repository is governed before running govctl commands, so non-governed repositories skip governance checks while governed repositories keep the full workflow.

Full Changelog: v0.8.5...v0.9.0