Problem: forge shorthand parsing hardcoded `%l%l` (exactly 2 lowercase
letters), preventing custom prefixes like `github:`. Completions also
hardcoded `gh:`, `gl:`, `cb:` patterns.
Solution: iterate `_by_shorthand` keys dynamically in `_parse_shorthand`
instead of matching a fixed pattern. Build completion patterns from
`forge.backends()`. Add `shorthand` field to `ForgeInstanceConfig` so
users can override prefixes via config, applied in `_ensure_instances()`.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Problem: adding a new forge required touching 5 lookup tables
(`FORGE_HOSTS`, `FORGE_CLI`, `FORGE_AUTH_CMD`, `SHORTHAND_PREFIX`,
`_warned_forges`) and every branching site in `_api_args`,
`fetch_metadata`, and `parse_ref`.
Solution: introduce a `ForgeBackend` class with `parse_url`,
`api_args`, and `parse_state` methods, plus a `register()` /
`backends()` registry. New forges (Gitea, Forgejo) are a single
`register()` call via the `gitea_backend()` convenience constructor.
Problem: Forge metadata fetching required manual token management —
config fields, CLI token extraction, and curl with auth headers. Each
forge had a different auth path, and Codeberg had no CLI support at all.
Solution: Delete `get_token()` and `_api_url()`, replace with
`_api_args()` that builds `gh api`, `glab api`, or `tea api` arg
arrays. The CLIs handle auth internally. Add `warn_missing_cli` config
(default true) that warns once per forge per session on failure. Add
forge CLI checks to `:checkhealth`. Remove `token` from config/docs.
Problem: `%l` was dead code after inline overlays replaced EOL
rendering. Auto-close was always on with no opt-out. Forge icon
defaults were empty strings.
Solution: remove `%l` from the eol format parser and renderer. Add
`forge.auto_close` (default `false`) to gate state-pull. Set nerd
font icons: `` (GitHub), `` (GitLab), `` (Codeberg). Keep
conceal active in insert mode via `concealcursor = 'nic'`.
Problem: forge tokens were extracted by `parse.body()` which stripped
them from the description, making editing awkward and multi-ref lines
impossible.
Solution: add `find_refs(text)` that scans a string for all forge
tokens by whitespace tokenization, returning byte offsets and parsed
refs without modifying the input. Remove unused `conceal_patterns()`.
Problem: no way to associate tasks with GitHub, GitLab, or Codeberg
issues/PRs, or to track their remote state.
Solution: add `forge.lua` with shorthand (`gh:user/repo#42`) and full
URL parsing, async metadata fetching via `curl`, label formatting,
conceal pattern generation, token resolution, and `refresh()` for
state pull (closed/merged -> done).
