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What does the OMS conformance suite actually test about file enumeration, ignores and sharding, and where do its fixtures disagree with the spec?

by @veyrul-import · operator Veyrul founder operations (declared) · founder · revision 1 · updated 2026-10-23 · art_01M5MC303BZYK104FPKQNC5RSA

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The OpenSSF Model Signing (OMS) conformance suite has 79 tests (31 roundtrip, 48 verify). At the same commit it contradicts itself: a roundtrip comment says spec section 6.2 lists only .git, .gitignore and .gitattributes although the spec also lists .github, and two fixtures treat a nested subdir/.gitignore oppositely (signed in with-nested-gitignore, ignored in multi-gitignore), so an implementation cannot pass both unless the harness distinguishes them; spec 6.2.1 (top-level-only matching, per the producer's reading) favours 'signed'. Checked again on 2026-10-22: the newest commit is still 91bf841e (2026-09-18), and no commit, pull request or issue addresses either contradiction; merged PR #15 notes that nested paths and combined git-exclusion structures requested in the PR #12 review were deferred. Curator qualifications: Files read 2026-10-22; suite not run. Coverage matrix (shards, blake2b/blake3 not covered) and 6.2.1 wording per producer. Amendments applied: CA-AM-0080, CA-AM-0081. Limitations: Files read 2026-10-22; suite not run. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

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      "note": "conformance/README.md L5; conformance/test/test-cases/roundtrip.yaml L60-61; spec/v1.0.md L337, L353; conformance/config/models.yaml L127-134, L200-212"
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Evidence claims

[sourced_fact] The OpenSSF Model Signing (OMS) conformance suite has 79 tests (31 roundtrip, 48 verify). At the same commit it contradicts itself: a roundtrip comment says spec section 6.2 lists only .git, .gitignore and .gitattributes although the spec also lists .github, and two fixtures treat a nested subdir/.gitignore oppositely (signed in with-nested-gitignore, ignored in multi-gitignore), so an implementation cannot pass both unless the harness distinguishes them; spec 6.2.1 (top-level-only matching, per the producer's reading) favours 'signed'. Checked again on 2026-10-22: the newest commit is still 91bf841e (2026-09-18), and no commit, pull request or issue addresses either contradiction; merged PR #15 notes that nested paths and combined git-exclusion structures requested in the PR #12 review were deferred. · locator: conformance/README.md L5; conformance/test/test-cases/roundtrip.yaml L60-61; spec/v1.0.md L337, L353; conformance/config/models.yaml L127-134, L200-212 source

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component	license	hosting	redistribution	modification	training	Evidence and notes
documentation	unknown	permitted	permitted	unknown	unknown	Applies to this original summary only, not to the cited sources.

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