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Found while testing #6254 and #6297.

object.blend.replaceSpine only looked for a node with path_data(), and a compound path (NodeKind::Compound, whose children are the paths) has none. Selecting a blend and a compound path therefore answered Replace Spine: select a blend and a path and changed nothing, leaving the compound in the document.

A compound path now gives its first member path as the spine, the way a path of several subpaths gives its first subpath, and the compound path is consumed whole. The command's description and the parity notes say so.

The command also consumed the selected path before the blend had a spine to put its keys on, so a path with no length (no subpath, or one that flattens to a single point) was removed for nothing and the command then failed. It now builds the spine (and refuses one with no length) before the path is consumed, compound path included.

Scope: only Replace Spine. Illustrator requires a single path here; this is a VectorCraft extension, marked as such in docs/target-app-parity.md.

How it was tested

New tests in crates/engine/src/tests/live.rs:

  • blend_replace_spine_uses_a_compound_paths_first_member: two quarters of a half circle are made a compound path, the first member having a second subpath of its own, and a 5-step blend is put on them. It asserts the compound path is gone and the blend runs from the first member's first subpath to its end, not across its second subpath or the other member. Without the fix the command errors and nothing moves.
  • blend_replace_spine_refuses_a_compound_path_with_no_spine and blend_replace_spine_refuses_a_plain_path_with_no_spine: a compound of two single-anchor members, and a plain single-anchor path, give no length. Both assert the error names "no length", the selected path is still in the document, every step centre is unchanged and the blend's spine and options are unchanged. With the length check removed both fail: the path is consumed and the command reports success.

Run on macOS, with main merged in at 3290350:

  • cargo test -p vectorcraft-engine --lib -- blend: 101 passed, 0 failed
  • cargo test -p vectorcraft-engine --lib -- blend_replace_spine: 4 passed, 0 failed
  • cargo clippy -p vectorcraft-engine --all-targets: clean
  • cargo fmt --all --check: clean

Also documents blend_replace_spine for the docstring coverage check.

Not run: the complete cargo xtask ci (left to CI).

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  • cargo xtask ci passes (not run in full, see above).
  • No panics in shipped code: no unwrap(), expect(), panic!, unreachable!, todo! or
    unimplemented! outside tests, and no unchecked indexing on data from files, parameters or
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  • Clean-room: nothing copied from Adobe products or GPL/AGPL code (AGENTS.md).
  • Every new asset has a row in ASSETS.md (no new assets).

Replace Spine looked only for a node with path data, so a compound path,
whose children are the paths, was not recognised: the command reported
that no path was selected and changed nothing, leaving the compound in
the document.

Use a compound path's first member path as the spine, as a path of
several subpaths gives its first subpath, and consume the compound path
whole. Document the rule with the command and in the parity notes, and
cover it with a regression test.

Found while testing storytold#6254 and storytold#6297.
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Replace Spine now accepts a selected compound path. It uses the first member’s first subpath as the spine and consumes the compound on success. If the resolved spine has no length, the command returns an error without consuming the selected object.

Changes: Blend Spine Replacement

Layer / File(s) Summary
Resolve and validate compound spine sources
crates/engine/src/cmd/live/blend.rs, crates/engine/src/cmd/live/commands.rs, crates/engine/src/tests/live.rs, docs/target-app-parity.md, docs/roadmap.md
The command resolves the selected object’s own path or its first member path. It rejects a spine with no length before consuming the selected object. Tests verify successful replacement and rejection behavior. Command text and parity and roadmap notes document compound-path support.

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Change: Bug fix

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- Line 524: Validate the path returned by replace_spine_path before d.remove
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Replace Spine consumed the selected path before the blend had a spine to
put the keys on, so a path with no length (no subpath, or one flattening
to a single point) was removed for nothing: the command then failed and
the path was gone from the document.

Build the spine first and refuse one that has no length before the path
is consumed, compound path included. Cover it with a test that selects a
compound path of two single-anchor members.

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Name the command, what it takes (a compound path's first member
path), how the path gives its spine and when it fails, for the
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Minor · Update the feature-area and milestone rows. · target-app-parity.md:216

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Update the feature-area and milestone rows.

The feature-area row and the M8 row in docs/roadmap.md do not record compound-path support for Replace Spine. Update both rows, even if the score and estimates remain unchanged. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

As per coding guidelines, “When a task lands, update in the same PR: the area row in docs/target-app-parity.md … and … the milestone row in docs/roadmap.md.”

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Update the Symbols, blends, envelopes, Repeat, perspective feature-area row in
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The Symbols, blends, envelopes, Repeat, perspective feature-area row and
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First-pass review notes (automated; combined from specialist angles: tests). Please treat as suggestions and verify before acting.

What it does: Blend Replace Spine now accepts a compound path, using its first member path as the spine and consuming the compound whole, and it builds and validates the spine before consuming the selected path so a path with no length errors without being removed or changing blend keys.

Logical units:

  • Accept a compound path in blend_replace_spine and use its first member as the spine
  • Validate spine length before consuming the path
  • Update the command description and parity notes

Findings:

  • [tests] crates/engine/src/tests/live.rs, blend_replace_spine_refuses_a_path_with_no_spine: only asserts is_err(), so it also passes if the compound is not recognised at all and does not prove the length check is the reason. Fix: assert the error message contains "no length".
  • [tests] crates/engine/src/tests/live.rs: no test for a plain, non-compound path with no length, although the check-before-consume fix is claimed for plain paths too. Fix: add a single-anchor path.create case asserting the error, the path remains, and keys are unchanged.
  • [tests] crates/engine/src/tests/live.rs, blend_replace_spine_uses_a_compound_paths_first_member: both members have one subpath, so the first-subpath-only rule for a compound is not verified. Fix: give the first member two subpaths with different geometry and assert keys follow only the first.
  • [tests] crates/engine/src/cmd/live/blend.rs, blend_replace_spine selection filter and crates/engine/src/tests/live.rs: the filter now accepts any NodeKind::Compound, including an empty compound or one with no path descendant, but no test covers that case or that it does not shadow a valid path in the selection. Fix: add a blend plus empty-compound test asserting an error and no change.
  • [tests] crates/engine/src/tests/live.rs, blend_replace_spine_refuses_a_path_with_no_spine: only the first step centre is checked, so a partial change leaving that step in place would pass. Fix: snapshot all step centres and the spine before the command and assert all are unchanged after.

Overlaps: None listed.

Verdict: needs changes. The 3 most important points are: assert the "no length" error to prove the length check; add a plain path with no length test; verify the first-subpath-only rule with a first member that has two subpaths.

The refusal test only checked that the command errored, so it would pass
if a compound path were not recognised at all. Check the error names no
length, and that the path remains, every step centre stays put and the
blend's spine and options are unchanged. Run the same check on a plain
path, not only a compound.

Give the compound test's first member a second subpath, so it verifies
that only the member's first subpath carries the blend.
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Addressed the test review in 091f3460c:

  • The refusal test now asserts the error names "no length", through a shared helper that matches EngineError::Other(msg), so it no longer passes when a selection is not recognised at all.
  • Added a plain single-anchor path case beside the compound one, covering the check-before-consume fix for both.
  • The compound test's first member now has two subpaths; the test asserts the blend starts and ends on the first and stays away from the second.
  • The refusal check snapshots every step centre and object.blend.info (spine and options) before the command and asserts all are unchanged after.

Kept as is:

  • Empty compound, or several paths in the selection: replace_spine_path returns None for a compound with no path, so the command answers "the selected object has no path" before d.remove; nothing is consumed and the blend is untouched. No command can create an empty compound (that needs a hand-built document), and which selected path is used when several are selected is selection order rather than a defect, so I did not add a synthetic document fixture for it.

The docs finding is in aa9075b3d: the Symbols, blends, envelopes, Repeat, perspective feature-area row (line 216) and the M8 milestone row record compound-path Replace Spine; scores and estimates unchanged.

Tests run: cargo test -p vectorcraft-engine --lib -- blend 101 passed, -- blend_replace_spine 4 passed; cargo clippy -p vectorcraft-engine --all-targets and cargo fmt --all --check clean. With the length check removed, both refusal tests fail. Full cargo xtask ci is left to CI.

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