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The introduction previously implied atomic visibility to readers and a reservation lasting for the entire wrapped command. It now leads with cooperative path reservations, explains acquire-before-launch ordering and TTL expiry, and distinguishes shared logical names across worktrees from shared physical files.

Introductory and wrapper transcripts were recaptured from the 0.7.0 executable in isolated stores, including acquisition and record IDs. The renewal example uses show to verify the acquisition stayed constant while its record changed. The release reference now distinguishes --acquisition from --record; historical storage sketches are explicitly abbreviated rather than presented as complete current payloads.

Fixes #37.

Validation: ten complete displayed JSON lines parsed and validated against the public schema; executed contention, no partial acquisition, unrelated free path, renewal/release, and wrapper stream separation; wide-md --check, normal commit lint, the full pre-push suite (452 passed, 0 failed), and published GitHub lint-and-test passed on d633087. Runtime code and schema are unchanged. The partial-observation investigation remains #38; this documentation does not claim that cached reads form a consistent cut or that external adoption has been demonstrated.

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  • Documentation
    • Clarified how acquisition IDs, path-prefix reservations, and linked-worktree storage work.
    • Updated guidance on transaction limits, cached reads, expired refs, and live reservations.
    • Revised child-lock admission and release behavior, including how releases and cleanup sweeps affect descendants.
    • Expanded with command documentation to cover options, acquisition-based cleanup, limits, and status output.

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The README and changelog update guidance for cooperative path reservations, acquisition identity, linked-worktree stores, transaction limits, child admission, and the with command.

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Reservation documentation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Reservation model and examples
CHANGELOG.md, README.md
The opening guidance and examples describe cooperative, time-bounded reservations, acquisition identity, linked-worktree store behavior, and transaction limits.
Child admission guarantees
README.md
The documentation describes planning-time parent checks and the parent-record update used for child admission. It retains descendant cascading.
With command and CLI reference
README.md
The command guidance adds TTL and optional arguments, clarifies lifecycle output, and documents acquisition-based cleanup and release conditions.

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The README can mislead users about waiting for a semaphore slot. Correcting the two descriptions is a small documentation change; runtime behavior is unchanged.

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The change affects 2 systems.

Changed systems: CHANGELOG.md, README.md

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  • observed — CHANGELOG.md (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.
  • observed — README.md (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.

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  • observed — Modified behavior in CHANGELOG.md: Adds an Unreleased Documentation entry describing refreshed reservation and wrapper guidance, including planning-time parent checks, omitted details in the simplified claim stanza, directory-token lifetime, and with options.
  • observed — Modified behavior in README.md: The title and description now identify cooperative path reservations and version 0.7.0. The overview adds limitations on cooperative, time-bounded ownership, with renewal, check-then-write races, and reader visibility across multi-ref transactions. The example now records note, record, and acquisition fields and demonstrates refusal, extension, show, and acquisition-based release. The store discussion adds linked-worktree path sharing, directory tokens for prefix coordination, and the rule that refs alone do not establish a live reservation.
  • observed — Modified behavior in README.md: The explanation now states that expired refs may remain, a prefix reservation may cover a path without an exact-path ref, and prefix checks consult overlapping reservations.
  • observed — Modified behavior in README.md: The summary replaces the claim that refs alone determine ownership with validated-record expiry and prefix coverage rules. The transaction explanation adds prefix verification and directory-token creation to the illustrated claim.
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly summarizes the main documentation change: explaining cooperative reservation guarantees up front.
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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Issue #37 is directly linked and has coding requirements. The README now presents cooperative, Git-backed path reservations; explains path sets, holders, notes, contention, TTL expiry, and no automati…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The reviewed changes are limited to README.md and the Unreleased documentation changelog. They document the objectives in issue #37, including reservation guarantees, acquisition identity, linked-work…
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And notes the paths where locks reside.
With TTL and IDs made clear,
The changelog hops along with cheer.
Parent checks and cleanup shine,
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The families table and command table said the parent is verified with a
verify line at commit time; the code checks liveness and holder at planning
and updates the parent's refs from the record it read. The claim stanza was
called exact but omits the ancestor-prefix verify and directory token. A
release leaves the directory token behind, so the store is not empty. with
accepts --parent and --note and optional paths. release accepts both
--record and --acquisition (both must match), so they are not enforced as
mutually exclusive. CHANGELOG had two [Unreleased] sections, the new one
above the preamble.

Refs #37
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- Line 414: Update both README descriptions of `--wait` to state that retries
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Align introductory examples with time-bounded reservations and acquisition identity

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