From 9046b6df78247dcee9370790b084d30feab567ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: orchestrator-agent <20+orchestrator-agent@code.cubecraftcreations.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:25:04 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Harden make sqlc-check against a failing git status (#190)

Co-authored-by: orchestrator-agent <20+orchestrator-agent@code.cubecraftcreations.com>
---
 Makefile | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4356184..027386b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ sqlc:
 	$(SQLC) generate
 
 # Fails on any difference from the committed generated code, including new
-# or deleted files.
+# or deleted files. A failing git status is itself a failure: its empty
+# output would otherwise read as "no drift".
 sqlc-check: sqlc
-	@drift="$$(git status --porcelain --untracked-files=all -- $(SQLC_OUT))"; \
+	@drift="$$(git status --porcelain --untracked-files=all -- $(SQLC_OUT))" || { echo "git status failed; cannot check internal/db for drift"; exit 1; }; \
 	if [ -n "$$drift" ]; then echo "internal/db is stale; run make sqlc and commit:"; echo "$$drift"; git diff -- $(SQLC_OUT); exit 1; fi