First real star-import removal. settings.nu is the highest fan-in importer
in the lib_provisioning/ transitivity DAG (8 star-imports, common ancestor
for most symbols consumed by the 16 root fat-import files).
Before:
use ../config/accessor.nu *
use ./logging.nu *
use ./nickel_processor.nu *
use ./error.nu [throw-error]
use ./init.nu [get-provisioning-infra-path get-provisioning-name get-provisioning-resources]
use ../../../../extensions/providers/prov_lib/middleware.nu *
use ../context.nu *
use ../sops/mod.nu *
use ../workspace/detection.nu *
use ../user/config.nu *
After (absolute paths from nulib/ root, named-symbol imports):
use lib_provisioning/config/accessor/core.nu [config-get]
use lib_provisioning/context.nu [setup_user_context]
use lib_provisioning/sops/lib.nu [is_sops_file decode_sops_file on_sops]
use lib_provisioning/user/config.nu [get-workspace-default-infra get-workspace-path]
use lib_provisioning/utils/error.nu [throw-error]
use lib_provisioning/utils/init.nu [get-provisioning-infra-path get-provisioning-name get-provisioning-resources get-work-format]
use lib_provisioning/utils/interface.nu [_ansi _print]
use lib_provisioning/utils/logging.nu [is-debug-enabled]
use lib_provisioning/utils/nickel_processor.nu [ncl-eval ncl-eval-soft process_nickel_export_raw]
use lib_provisioning/workspace/detection.nu [detect-infra-from-pwd get-effective-workspace infer-workspace-from-pwd]
use ../../../../extensions/providers/prov_lib/middleware.nu [mw_create_cache mw_ip_from_cache]
Cross-tree middleware import kept relative — the target is outside nulib/
(public extension API consumed by workspaces). Only two specific middleware
symbols are pulled; the rest of middleware.nu is no longer in settings.nu
scope.
Method: grep bare identifiers in settings.nu body, intersect with each
star-imported target's export set, record origin. Followed pattern from
Phase 3 pilot methodology (ADR-025 section "Fix call sites bottom-up").
Validation:
nu --ide-check 50 lib_provisioning/utils/settings.nu
-> 0 errors, 0 warnings (type hints only)
Transitivity note: several target files (error.nu, logging.nu, init.nu,
sops/lib.nu, detection.nu) still contain star-imports of their own. This
pilot proves the pattern works; subsequent commits will climb the DAG
leaves-first and eventually remove those remaining stars.
Refs: ADR-025, .coder/benchmarks/phase2-transitivity.md (Layer 3 priority)