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fix: preserve user settings when enabling/disabling hooks#24

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Damon-GSY:fix-config-preservation
Feb 14, 2026
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fix: preserve user settings when enabling/disabling hooks#24
mylee04 merged 4 commits intomylee04:mainfrom
Damon-GSY:fix-config-preservation

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Bug Description

This PR fixes a critical bug where cn off destroys all user settings in settings.json.

The Problem

Before this fix, running cn off would:

  1. Overwrite the user's preferred model (e.g., sonnet) to opus
  2. Delete all permission rules
  3. Delete all environment variables
  4. Delete any other custom settings

Example:

// User's original settings.json
{
  "model": "sonnet",
  "permissions": {
    "allow": ["Bash(npm run*)", "Bash(pytest*)"]
  },
  "env": {
    "MY_API_KEY": "secret"
  }
}

After cn off (buggy behavior):

{
  "model": "opus"  // Everything else is GONE!
}

The Fix

Now cn off only removes the hooks section while preserving all other settings:

// After cn off (fixed behavior)
{
  "model": "sonnet",  // Preserved!
  "permissions": {
    "allow": ["Bash(npm run*)", "Bash(pytest*)"]  // Preserved!
  },
  "env": {
    "MY_API_KEY": "secret"  // Preserved!
  }
}

Changes

Function Before After
enable_hooks_in_settings() Hardcoded "model": "opus" Preserves all existing settings
disable_hooks_in_settings() Rewrote entire file Only removes hooks key
disable_gemini_hooks() Rewrote entire file Only removes code-notify hooks

Implementation Details

  • Uses jq (preferred) for JSON manipulation
  • Falls back to python3 if jq is not available
  • Warns user if neither tool is available (safer than corrupting config)

Testing

Added tests/test-config-preservation.sh with 4 test cases:

Test Description Status
Test 1 enable_hooks preserves existing model ✅ PASS
Test 2 disable_hooks preserves other settings ✅ PASS
Test 3 Works with no existing config ✅ PASS
Test 4 Python fallback works correctly ✅ PASS

Run tests:

./tests/test-config-preservation.sh

Documentation

Added docs/BUG_FIX_CONFIG_PRESERVATION.md with:

  • Detailed before/after examples
  • Technical explanation of the fix
  • Migration notes

Files Changed

File Changes
lib/code-notify/core/config.sh Fixed 3 functions to preserve user settings
tests/test-config-preservation.sh New test file
docs/BUG_FIX_CONFIG_PRESERVATION.md New documentation

Checklist

  • Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
  • I have performed a self-review of my own code
  • I have added tests that prove my fix is effective
  • I have updated the documentation

Critical bug fix: Previously, `cn off` would overwrite the entire
settings.json file, destroying user's custom configuration including:
- Preferred model setting (was hardcoded to "opus")
- Permission rules
- Environment variables
- Any other custom settings

Changes:
- enable_hooks_in_settings(): Preserve existing settings, add hooks only
- disable_hooks_in_settings(): Only remove hooks key, keep other settings
- disable_gemini_hooks(): Only remove code-notify hooks, preserve rest

Implementation:
- Uses jq (preferred) or python3 (fallback) for proper JSON handling
- Warns user if neither tool is available (safer than corrupting config)

Testing:
- Added tests/test-config-preservation.sh with 4 test cases
- All tests verify settings are preserved correctly

Documentation:
- Added docs/BUG_FIX_CONFIG_PRESERVATION.md with before/after examples

Fixes: Config overwrite bug that destroyed user settings
Fixed critical bugs in Python fallback path:

1. enable_hooks_in_settings:
   - Wrong: `python3 - ... << 'PYTHON' "$settings"` passed JSON as argument
   - Fixed: `echo "$settings" | python3 -c "..."` pipes JSON via stdin

2. disable_hooks_in_settings:
   - Wrong: `python3 << 'PYTHON' "$file"` executed file as Python script
   - Fixed: `python3 - "$file" << 'PYTHON'` passes file path as argument

3. disable_gemini_hooks: Same fix as mylee04#2

4. No-tools case: Now aborts with error instead of modifying file

Tests updated:
- Now tests both jq and Python fallback paths
- Uses subshells to properly mock has_jq function
- Removed fake "Test 4" that didn't actually test fallback

All tests passing for both jq and Python paths.
- Add shell_quote() helper for safe shell escaping
- Fix enable_project_hooks_in_settings jq branch to use quoted values
- Fix enable_project_hooks_in_settings Python branch to use shlex.quote()
- Add test cases for project hooks with special characters (space, semicolon, quote)
Return proper exit code when underlying config operations fail
@mylee04 mylee04 self-assigned this Feb 14, 2026
@mylee04 mylee04 merged commit 571cf44 into mylee04:main Feb 14, 2026
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