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    "error": "command-failed, exit 1",
    "readme_heading": "Quickstart / --verify"
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        "command": "'C:\\coldpass\\venv\\Scripts\\release-check.exe' --denylist 'C:\\coldpass\\private\\terms.json' --reports 'C:\\coldpass\\reports\\probe-run' 'C:\\coldpass\\workspace'",
        "evidence": "\"outcome\": \"INCOMPLETE\", \"ready\": false, \"counts\": {\"coverage\": 1, \"quality\": 1}, \"report\": \"workspace/20261022T134236.471134Z/report.json\"}\r\n",
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        "kind": "claim",
        "outcome": "Real input produced the expected result: \"outcome\": \"INCOMPLETE\"",
        "returncode": 2,
        "source": "prints only a relative report locator. Exit codes: 0 = PASS, 1 = FAIL, 2 = INCOMPLETE.",
        "source_checked": true,
        "source_file": "README.md",
        "verdict": "yes"
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        "claim": "Scheduled or looping main behavior",
        "command": "",
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        "source": "repository entry points",
        "verdict": "yes"
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        "C:\\coldpass\\venv\\Scripts\\release-check.exe",
        "--denylist",
        "C:\\coldpass\\private\\terms.json",
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      "needs_credentials": false,
      "returncode": 2,
      "scope": "product operation",
      "stderr": "",
      "stdout": "{\"outcome\": \"INCOMPLETE\", \"ready\": false, \"counts\": {\"coverage\": 1, \"quality\": 1}, \"report\": \"workspace/20261022T134235.559951Z/report.json\"}\n[excerpt truncated]",
      "working": true
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    "example_checks": [
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        "claim": null,
        "command": "'C:\\coldpass\\venv\\Scripts\\release-check.exe' --requirements",
        "deferred": false,
        "evidence": "   \"discover\",\r\n        \"-s\",\r\n        \"tests\",\r\n        \"-q\"\r\n      ]\r\n    }\r\n  ],\r\n  \"dependency_licenses\": {\r\n    \"example\": {\r\n      \"version\": \"1.0\",\r\n      \"spdx\": \"MIT\",\r\n      \"sha256\": \"0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\"\r\n    }\r\n  }\r\n}\r\nPassing also requires an external denylist, complete local history and attribution, no unresolved personal/secret/path/hostname/email/media/metadata findings, and --verify in a fresh clone/venv/HOME. Install the project and test tools through declared commands. Export rescans a clean one-commit copy; nothing is published.",
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    "PortableGit 2.56 (64-bit) installed to C:\\coldpass\\tools\\git",
    "GIT_CONFIG_COUNT set to 3 to match 3 config values",
    "source fetched with --depth 1 so shallow-history blocks coverage",
    "PowerShell PATH set per call and release-check invoked by absolute path",
    "denylist rewritten without UTF-8 BOM after BOM caused audit-incomplete"
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    "--verify on Windows",
    "unit test discover run did not finish within 240s"
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  "plain_failure": "--verify assumes POSIX layout (bin/python, /usr/bin and /usr/local/bin in PATH) and cannot pass on this Windows guest. Scan without --verify returns INCOMPLETE (shallow-history, verification-not-run).",
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    "install into venv",
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}