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gio open has no good answer for these. An AppImage has no desktop association on a fresh box, and a .deb resolves to an archive manager, which offers to unpack a package rather than install it. AppShelf is Omarchy's local application manager and shows the same review window for all four kinds, so Enter or a double-click goes there instead.

src/appshelf.rs decides what AppShelf handles — by content where the format has any, by name where it does not:

  • AppImages: extension, or the Type 2 magic at offset 8.
  • Arch packages: a .pkg.tar* name. There is nothing else to read, so photos.tar.zst deliberately does not match.
  • Debian packages: extension, or an ar archive whose first member is debian-binary. The !<arch> magic alone also matches a static library, which must keep going to the desktop.
  • RPM packages: extension, or magic.

None read past the first few bytes — AppShelf reads the file itself and refuses it with its own message when the guess was wrong.

When appshelf is not on PATH nothing changes: the file falls through to gio open and the desktop's associations still decide.

Notes

  • src/appimage.rs is renamed to src/appshelf.rs, since it now covers four formats rather than one.
  • 5 unit tests; full suite passes (429).
  • tests/modes.sh gains cases for .deb, .rpm and .pkg.tar.zst handoff plus a negative case for a plain .tar.zst. These were not executed here — the harness needs a root-owned /home/flea-sandbox.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Opening AppImages and Arch, Debian, and RPM packages now hands them to AppShelf when available.
    • Unsupported files continue opening with the system default handler.
    • AppShelf is now listed as an optional package for supported file types.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Invalid command-line argument combinations now produce clear usage errors.
  • Documentation

    • Added documentation describing supported file types and opening behavior.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for AppShelf handling and fallback behavior.

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The change adds AppShelf detection for AppImage, Arch, Debian, and RPM files. Supported files launch through appshelf; other files use gio open. The CLI also adds argument validation for several modes.

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AppShelf opening integration

Layer / File(s) Summary
Package detection and AppShelf launcher
src/appshelf.rs
The new module detects four package types by filename or file content, launches appshelf with detached standard streams and its own process group, and includes unit tests.
Opening flow and integration tests
src/open.rs, tests/modes.sh
The open path tries AppShelf before gio open. Tests verify supported formats, process isolation, unsupported archives, and fallback behavior.
Packaging and documentation
PKGBUILD, README.md, AGENTS.md
Package metadata and documentation describe AppShelf, its supported file types, and fallback behavior.

CLI argument validation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Command-line mode validation
src/main.rs
The CLI restricts --version to sole-argument use and reports invalid argument counts for several modes. oflags is registered as a crate module.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to e9326

Supported package files now open through AppShelf when available, but the README still describes the older gio or desktop-handler behavior. This can mislead users about how package files will open, though it does not affect the runtime fallback behavior.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Caller
  participant FleaOpen
  participant Appshelf
  participant GioOpen
  Caller->>FleaOpen: open(target)
  FleaOpen->>Appshelf: handles(target)
  alt AppShelf handles target
    FleaOpen->>Appshelf: open(target)
    Appshelf-->>FleaOpen: status 0
  else AppShelf does not handle or is unavailable
    FleaOpen->>GioOpen: open target
    GioOpen-->>FleaOpen: status
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`gio open` has no good answer for either. An AppImage has no desktop
association at all on a fresh box, and a `.deb` resolves to an archive
manager, which offers to unpack a package rather than install it.
AppShelf is Omarchy's local application manager and shows the same
review window for all four kinds, so Enter or a double-click on one
goes there instead.

`appshelf.rs` decides what AppShelf handles, by content where the
format has any and by name where it does not:

- AppImages, by extension or the Type 2 magic at offset 8.
- Arch packages, by a `.pkg.tar*` name. There is nothing else to read:
  the file is an ordinary compressed tarball, so `photos.tar.zst`
  deliberately does not match.
- Debian packages, by extension or an `ar` archive whose first member
  is `debian-binary`. The `!<arch>` magic alone would also match a
  static library, which must keep going to the desktop.
- RPM packages, by extension or magic.

None of these read further than the first few bytes. Recognition only
has to be a good guess: AppShelf reads the file itself and refuses it
with its own message when this was wrong.

When `appshelf` is not on PATH nothing changes and the file falls
through to `gio open`, so the desktop's own associations still decide.
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In `@AGENTS.md`:
- Around line 3451-3452: In the appshelf::open documentation, replace the
unclear phrase “leads its own process group” with wording that states the
detached appshelf process runs in its own process group, accurately reflecting
process_group(0).
- Around line 3446-3448: Update the Debian archive recognizer in the symbol
handling the `ar` first-member check so `debian-binary` matches only as a
complete member name, validating its delimiter or exact length rather than
accepting names such as `debian-binaryx`; preserve routing of other `ar`
archives to the desktop.

In `@src/appshelf.rs`:
- Around line 73-82: Update the package filename detection in appshelf to
recognize the full .pkg.tar* Arch package suffix contract, including
.pkg.tar.lz4 and any other supported compression forms rather than only the
current six suffixes. Add regression cases covering the previously omitted
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513-513: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Document the AppShelf branch for file opening.

flea --open <path> now sends supported AppImages and packages to appshelf when available. Unsupported files, or files handled when appshelf is unavailable, fall through to gio open. The Return binding has the same stale description. Update both statements.

Proposed documentation update
-`flea --open <path>` is what Enter on a file other than an archive runs, and it hands the file to `gio open` and waits
+`flea --open <path>` is what Enter on a file other than an archive runs, and it hands supported AppImages and packages to `appshelf` when available; other files fall through to `gio open` and wait
...
-| Return, Enter, Ctrl-Down | Open a directory, open an archive in Flea's own view, or open any other file with the desktop's handler; Ctrl-Down under the Mac preset |
+| Return, Enter, Ctrl-Down | Open a directory, open an archive in Flea's own view, or open a supported AppImage or package with `appshelf` when available; other files use the desktop's handler; Ctrl-Down under the Mac preset |

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In `@README.md` at line 513, Update both README descriptions for flea --open and
the Return binding to document that supported AppImages and packages are sent to
appshelf when available, while unsupported files or unavailable appshelf fall
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In `@src/appshelf.rs`:
- Line 26: Update the header-reading helper in appshelf so it checks metadata
and returns None for non-regular files before calling File::open, preserving the
existing failure behavior for metadata or reads. Add a bounded regression test
covering an extensionless FIFO and verifying the appshelf detection path does
not block.

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In `@README.md`:
- Line 513: Update both README descriptions for flea --open and the Return
binding to document that supported AppImages and packages are sent to appshelf
when available, while unsupported files or unavailable appshelf fall back to gio
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btw this code was written and handled by me with agents ( claude , codex )

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