crates/signed_git/src/lib.rs

@@ -44,7 +44,11 @@ impl GitCache {
     }
 
     /// Open the existing clone, fetching it first.
-    pub fn ensure_clone(&self, addr: &RepoAddr, clone_urls: &[String]) -> Result<gix::Repository> {
+    pub fn ensure_clone<U: AsRef<str>>(
+        &self,
+        addr: &RepoAddr,
+        clone_urls: &[U],
+    ) -> Result<gix::Repository> {
         let path = self.repo_path(addr);
 
         if let Some(repo) = self.open(addr)? {
@@ -122,7 +126,7 @@ pub fn find_git_repos(root: &Path) -> Vec<PathBuf> {
 /// Clone into `path` from the first working URL in `clone_urls`.
 ///
 /// Unlike [`GitCache::ensure_clone`], the clone is not kept in any cache.
-pub fn clone_repo(clone_urls: &[String], path: &Path) -> Result<()> {
+pub fn clone_repo<U: AsRef<str>>(clone_urls: &[U], path: &Path) -> Result<()> {
     if path.exists() {
         bail!("destination {} already exists", path.display());
     }
@@ -347,14 +351,14 @@ fn transport_url(url: &str) -> String {
 ///
 /// Returns the last error wrapped in `failed to {verb} from any mirror`,
 /// or `no clone URLs provided` when the list is empty.
-fn try_each_url<F>(urls: &[String], verb: &str, mut attempt: F) -> Result<()>
+fn try_each_url<U: AsRef<str>, F>(urls: &[U], verb: &str, mut attempt: F) -> Result<()>
 where
     F: FnMut(&str) -> Result<()>,
 {
     let mut last_err: Option<anyhow::Error> = None;
 
     for url in urls {
-        match attempt(url) {
+        match attempt(url.as_ref()) {
             Ok(()) => return Ok(()),
             Err(e) => last_err = Some(e),
         }
@@ -698,7 +702,7 @@ fn edit_local_config(
 /// When no URL works, the last error is returned.
 ///
 /// Never touches the checked-out refs or the worktree.
-pub fn fetch_repo_refs(repo_path: &Path, urls: &[String], refspec: &str) -> Result<()> {
+pub fn fetch_repo_refs<U: AsRef<str>>(repo_path: &Path, urls: &[U], refspec: &str) -> Result<()> {
     let repo = gix::open(repo_path)?;
     let refspec = gix::refspec::parse(
         gix::bstr::BStr::new(refspec),
@@ -2950,9 +2954,10 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn working_copy_cloned_from_the_mirror_matches_head_and_origin() {
-        // The mirror is a freshly initialized repository.
-        // Its `origin` points at the grasp server.
-        // `Backend::create_repository` leaves it in the GitCache.
+        // The mirror is a freshly initialized repository, standing in for
+        // the grasp server. Its `origin` points at the (fake) grasp server.
+        // `GitCache::ensure_clone` lazily clones from a URL shaped like this
+        // the first time a repository is opened.
         let dir = tempfile::tempdir().expect("tempdir");
         let mirror = dir.path().join("mirror");
         let commit = init_repository(&mirror, "My Repo", "Does things.").expect("init");
@@ -3166,7 +3171,8 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(err.to_string().contains("failed to fetch"));
 
         // Without any URL there is nothing to try.
-        let err = fetch_repo_refs(dir, &[], "+refs/heads/*:refs/fork/x/*").expect_err("no URLs");
+        let err = fetch_repo_refs(dir, &[] as &[String], "+refs/heads/*:refs/fork/x/*")
+            .expect_err("no URLs");
         assert!(err.to_string().contains("no clone URLs"));
     }
 

crates/signed_state/src/backend.rs

@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@ use std::str::FromStr;
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 use std::time::Duration;
 
-use anyhow::{Context as AnyhowContext, Error, anyhow, bail};
+use anyhow::{Error, anyhow, bail};
 use bitcoin_hashes::sha1::Hash as Sha1Hash;
 use gpui::{App, AppContext, Context, Entity, EventEmitter, Global, Task};
 use nostr::event::IntoEventBuilder;
 use nostr_connect::prelude::*;
 use nostr_sdk::client::SyncSummary;
 use nostr_sdk::prelude::*;
-use signed_core::{Announcement, RepoAddr, build_state, filters, identifier_from_name, repo_addr};
+use signed_core::{Announcement, RepoAddr, build_state, filters, identifier_from_name};
 use signed_nostr::{SignedAuthUrlHandler, UniversalSigner, Update};
 
 use crate::git_store::GitStore;
@@ -420,41 +420,14 @@ impl Backend {
             )));
         }
 
-        let addr = repo_addr(public_key, repo_id.clone());
-        let cache = GitStore::global(cx).cache().clone();
-        let path = cache.repo_path(&addr);
         let owner = public_key.to_bech32().unwrap();
         let servers = grasp_servers.clone();
         let client = self.client.clone();
 
-        cx.spawn(async move |this, cx| {
-            // Initialize the local clone and create the user's working copy from it.
-            let work = cx.background_spawn({
-                let path = path.clone();
-                let folder = folder.clone();
-                let name = name.clone();
-                let description = description.clone();
-                let owner = owner.clone();
-                let repo_id = repo_id.clone();
-                let servers = servers.clone();
-
-                async move {
-                    let parent = path
-                        .parent()
-                        .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("invalid repository path"))?;
-                    std::fs::create_dir_all(parent)?;
-                    let commit = signed_git::init_repository(&path, &name, &description)?;
-
-                    // Point `origin` at the first grasp server.
-                    // Later fetches and pushes have a target, like ngit.
-                    if let Some(base) = servers.first().and_then(grasp_base_url) {
-                        let url = format!("{base}/{owner}/{repo_id}.git");
-                        signed_git::ensure_origin(&path, &url).ok();
-                    }
-
-                    // A working copy at `<folder>/<name>`, like the header's Clone action.
-                    // Cloned from the mirror above so it shares the announced history.
-                    // `origin` is set to the first grasp server, not the mirror path.
+        // Initialize directly at the user's chosen destination.
+        // No mirror is pre-populated: `GitCache::ensure_clone` lazily clones
+        // from the grasp server the first time the repo detail view needs it,
+        // exactly like every other repository.
         let destination = {
             let dir_name = signed_git::sanitize_path_component(&name);
             let dir_name = if dir_name.is_empty() {
@@ -465,27 +438,32 @@ impl Backend {
             folder.join(dir_name)
         };
 
-                    let mirror_url = Url::from_file_path(&path)
-                        .map_err(|_| anyhow!("invalid mirror path"))?
-                        .to_string();
+        cx.spawn(async move |this, cx| {
+            let work = cx.background_spawn({
+                let destination = destination.clone();
+                let name = name.clone();
+                let description = description.clone();
+                let owner = owner.clone();
+                let repo_id = repo_id.clone();
+                let servers = servers.clone();
 
-                    signed_git::clone_repo(&[mirror_url], &destination).with_context(|| {
-                        format!(
-                            "failed to create the working copy at {}",
-                            destination.display()
-                        )
-                    })?;
+                async move {
+                    if destination.exists() {
+                        bail!("destination {} already exists", destination.display());
+                    }
+
+                    let commit = signed_git::init_repository(&destination, &name, &description)?;
 
                     if let Some(base) = servers.first().and_then(grasp_base_url) {
                         let url = format!("{base}/{owner}/{repo_id}.git");
                         signed_git::set_origin(&destination, &url)?;
                     }
 
-                    Ok::<_, Error>((commit, destination))
+                    Ok::<_, Error>(commit)
                 }
             });
 
-            let (commit, checkout_path) = work.await?;
+            let commit = work.await?;
             let commit_sha = Sha1Hash::from_str(&commit).map_err(|_| anyhow!("invalid id"))?;
 
             // The nostr client queues events until each relay is connected.
@@ -525,7 +503,7 @@ impl Backend {
             let push = cx.background_spawn({
                 let client = client.clone();
                 let signer = signer.clone();
-                let path = path.clone();
+                let destination = destination.clone();
                 let owner = owner.clone();
                 let repo_id = repo_id.clone();
                 let servers = servers.clone();
@@ -537,7 +515,7 @@ impl Backend {
                         &repo_id,
                         &refs,
                         Some("main"),
-                        &path,
+                        &destination,
                         &owner,
                         &servers,
                         signed_git::push_main,
@@ -577,7 +555,7 @@ impl Backend {
             let announcement = Announcement::from_event(&event)
                 .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("failed to parse announcement"))?;
 
-            Ok((announcement, checkout_path))
+            Ok((announcement, destination))
         })
     }
 

crates/signed_state/src/repo.rs

@@ -999,10 +999,10 @@ impl RepoStore {
         let cache = GitStore::global(cx).cache().clone();
         let addr = self.addr.clone();
 
-        let clone_urls: Vec<String> = self
+        let clone_urls: Vec<Url> = self
             .announcement
             .as_ref()
-            .map(|a| a.clone.iter().map(ToString::to_string).collect())
+            .map(|a| a.clone.clone())
             .unwrap_or_default();
 
         let patch = pull_request_patch(root, self.patches.iter());
@@ -1222,7 +1222,7 @@ impl RepoStore {
             return self.action_error("Repository announcement is not loaded yet", cx);
         };
 
-        let clone_urls: Vec<String> = announcement.clone.iter().map(ToString::to_string).collect();
+        let clone_urls = announcement.clone.clone();
         let addr = self.addr.clone();
 
         self.cloning = true;

crates/workspace/src/views/repo_detail/mod.rs

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ use gpui_component::{
     ActiveTheme, Colorize, Icon, IconName, Sizable, StyledExt, ThemeStyled,
     VirtualListScrollHandle, h_flex, v_flex,
 };
-use nostr::prelude::{RelayUrl, ToBech32};
+use nostr::prelude::{RelayUrl, ToBech32, Url};
 use signed_core::{Announcement, RepoAddr, RepoStatus, filters};
 use signed_git::{CommitList, FileCommit};
 use signed_state::{
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ impl RepoDetailView {
 
         let cache = GitStore::global(cx).cache().clone();
         let addr = initial.addr();
-        let clone_urls: Vec<String> = initial.clone.iter().map(ToString::to_string).collect();
+        let clone_urls: Vec<Url> = initial.clone.clone();
 
         // Captured before the loads start.
         // A branch/tag switch bumps the generation, discarding the refresh below.

crates/workspace/src/views/repo_detail/new_pull_request.rs

@@ -591,14 +591,14 @@ impl NewPullRequestView {
         let cache = GitStore::global(cx).cache().clone();
         let mirror_path = cache.repo_path(&base);
         let namespace = fork_namespace(&announcement);
-        let clone_urls: Vec<String> = announcement.clone.iter().map(ToString::to_string).collect();
+        let clone_urls = announcement.clone.clone();
 
-        let base_clone_urls: Vec<String> = self
+        let base_clone_urls: Vec<Url> = self
             .store
             .read(cx)
             .announcement
             .as_ref()
-            .map(|a| a.clone.iter().map(ToString::to_string).collect())
+            .map(|a| a.clone.clone())
             .unwrap_or_default();
 
         // Keep the current compare and base when the fork is already applied.

crates/workspace/src/views/repo_detail/pull_request_detail.rs

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use gpui_component::{
     ActiveTheme, Sizable, StyledExt, VirtualListScrollHandle, WindowExt, h_flex, v_flex,
     v_virtual_list,
 };
-use nostr::prelude::{Event, EventId, Kind, Nip34Tag};
+use nostr::prelude::{Event, EventId, Kind, Nip34Tag, Url};
 use signed_core::{activity_subject, pull_request_patch};
 use signed_git::{FileCommit, patch_commits, patch_diffs};
 use signed_state::{Backend, GitStore, ProfileStore, RepoStore};
@@ -139,12 +139,8 @@ impl PullRequestDetailView {
                 .and_then(merge_base_of)
                 .or_else(|| merge_base_of(root));
 
-            let clone_urls = clone_urls_of(root).or_else(|| {
-                store
-                    .announcement
-                    .as_ref()
-                    .map(|a| a.clone.iter().map(ToString::to_string).collect())
-            });
+            let clone_urls = clone_urls_of(root)
+                .or_else(|| store.announcement.as_ref().map(|a| a.clone.clone()));
 
             (
                 root.content.clone(),
@@ -730,12 +726,12 @@ fn merge_base_of(event: &Event) -> Option<String> {
 /// The `clone` tag of a PR event.
 ///
 /// URLs where the proposed branch can be fetched, or `None` if the PR has none.
-fn clone_urls_of(event: &Event) -> Option<Vec<String>> {
+fn clone_urls_of(event: &Event) -> Option<Vec<Url>> {
     event
         .tags
         .iter()
         .find_map(|tag| match Nip34Tag::parse(tag.as_slice()) {
-            Ok(Nip34Tag::Clone(urls)) => Some(urls.iter().map(ToString::to_string).collect()),
+            Ok(Nip34Tag::Clone(urls)) => Some(urls),
             _ => None,
         })
 }

docs/backend-rearchitecture.md

@@ -691,6 +691,24 @@ Delete `Backend::add_relays` entirely once both call sites are inlined.
 
 ## 9. `create_repository`'s flow is backwards: it inits a mirror, then clones it into the real destination
 
+> **Status: done.** `Backend::create_repository` now computes `destination`
+> (`folder.join(dir_name)`) up front and calls `signed_git::init_repository`
+> directly on it — no mirror path, no `Url::from_file_path`, no `clone_repo`
+> call, no double `origin` setup. An explicit `destination.exists()` check
+> (mirroring what `clone_repo` used to guard for free) replaces the removed
+> clone step's own guard. The push at the end now runs against `destination`
+> instead of the mirror path, and the task returns `(announcement,
+> destination)` as before — no caller-visible signature change. This also
+> dropped `GitStore`/`GitCache::repo_path`/`repo_addr` usage from the
+> function entirely, since no mirror is created there anymore; `repo_addr`
+> and `Context as AnyhowContext` became unused imports in `backend.rs` and
+> were removed. Updated a stale comment in `signed_git`'s
+> `working_copy_cloned_from_the_mirror_matches_head_and_origin` test, which
+> referenced this flow by name even though it's a generic `clone_repo`
+> fixture unrelated to `Backend::create_repository`. `cargo check --workspace`,
+> `cargo clippy --workspace`, and `cargo test --workspace` (signed_git 67,
+> signed_state 24, workspace 14) all pass.
+
 This is a real business-logic flaw, not just a style issue. Today
 (`backend.rs:437-501`):
 
@@ -1046,6 +1064,21 @@ already exists once in the same crate.
 
 ## 15. `Vec<Url>` → `Vec<String>` conversion sprawl — fix the 3 `signed_git` signatures, not the 8 call sites
 
+> **Status: done.** `try_each_url`, `clone_repo`, `GitCache::ensure_clone`
+> and `fetch_repo_refs` are now generic over `U: AsRef<str>`. All 7 call
+> sites (`repo.rs::merge_pull_request`/`clone_to_folder`,
+> `repo_detail/mod.rs::load_repo`, `new_pull_request.rs::choose_fork` x2,
+> `pull_request_detail.rs::load`/`clone_urls_of`) now pass the
+> `Vec<Url>`/`Vec<Url>`-derived value straight through with a plain
+> `.clone()` of the field, no `.iter().map(ToString::to_string).collect()`
+> anywhere left in non-test code. One test in `signed_git` passed an empty
+> untyped `&[]` literal to `fetch_repo_refs`, which lost its type-inference
+> anchor once the function went generic — fixed with an explicit
+> `&[] as &[String]` annotation. `cargo check --workspace`,
+> `cargo clippy -p signed_state -p workspace -p signed_git --all-targets`,
+> and `cargo test --workspace` (signed_git 67, signed_state 24, workspace 14)
+> all pass.
+
 `Announcement::clone` is `Vec<Url>` (`signed_core/src/model.rs`, `Url` being
 `nostr`'s re-export of the `url` crate's `Url`, `nostr/src/types/url.rs:15`,
 `pub use url::*;`). Every call site that needs to hand those URLs to
@@ -1300,17 +1333,23 @@ method.
    `latest_grasp_list_servers`.
 
    Done: see §1. `fetch_events` no longer appears anywhere in the workspace.
-5. **Generalize the 3 `signed_git` URL-list signatures** to `&[impl AsRef<str>]`
+5. ✅ **Generalize the 3 `signed_git` URL-list signatures** to `&[impl AsRef<str>]`
    (§15), then delete the now-redundant `.map(ToString::to_string).collect()`
    at all 7 call sites. Self-contained to `signed_git`'s public API plus a
    one-line change per call site; re-run `signed_git`'s existing tests
    (`clone_repo`/`fetch_repo_refs` already have coverage).
-6. **Fix `create_repository`'s init/clone ordering** (§9): initialize and
+
+   Done: see §15 for the full list of call sites and verification notes.
+6. ✅ **Fix `create_repository`'s init/clone ordering** (§9): initialize and
    push directly at the user's chosen destination, drop the mirror
    pre-population entirely and let `ensure_clone` populate it lazily like
    every other repo. Self-contained to one function; verify against this
    crate's existing `init_repository`/push tests plus a manual
    create-repository-then-open-detail-view pass.
+
+   Done: see §9. Manual create-repository-then-open-detail-view pass still
+   recommended before shipping, since it depends on the grasp push actually
+   succeeding end-to-end against a live server.
 7. **Merge `local_repos.rs` and `repo_list.rs` into one file** (§13),
    keeping both stores as independent entities. Purely organizational, zero
    call-site changes, safe to do any time.