config

- transcript.rs: use sort_by_key with Reverse instead of sort_by
  (clippy::unnecessary_sort_by)
- flex.rs: distribute extra space proportionally among multiple spacers
  instead of picking a single winner
- .gitignore: add .DS_Store entries

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

.gitignore

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 # bv (beads viewer) local config and caches
 .bv/
 target/
+.DS_Store
+src/.DS_Store

defaults.json

@@ -147,7 +147,6 @@
       "enabled": true,
       "priority": 1,
       "min_width": 8,
-      "prefer": "auto",
       "show_ahead_behind": true,
       "show_dirty": true,
       "truncate": {

install.sh

@@ -31,14 +31,40 @@ echo "[ok] jq found"
 # ── Build release binary ─────────────────────────────────────────────
 echo ""
 echo "Building release binary..."
-(cd "$SCRIPT_DIR" && cargo build --release --quiet)
+if ! (cd "$SCRIPT_DIR" && cargo build --release); then
-echo "[ok] Built: $(ls -lh "$SCRIPT_DIR/target/release/$BINARY_NAME" | awk '{print $5}')"
+  echo ""
+  echo "ERROR: cargo build failed. Check the output above for details."
+  echo "  Common causes:"
+  echo "    - Missing C compiler: sudo apt install build-essential (Debian/Ubuntu)"
+  echo "    - Missing libc headers: sudo apt install libc6-dev"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Find the binary — respects CARGO_TARGET_DIR, custom target triples, etc.
+# Use cargo metadata as the source of truth for the target directory.
+TARGET_DIR=$(cd "$SCRIPT_DIR" && cargo metadata --format-version 1 --no-deps 2>/dev/null | jq -r '.target_directory' 2>/dev/null) || true
+TARGET_DIR="${TARGET_DIR:-$SCRIPT_DIR/target}"
+
+BINARY="$TARGET_DIR/release/$BINARY_NAME"
+if [[ ! -f "$BINARY" ]]; then
+  # Fall back to searching (handles custom target triples like target/<triple>/release/)
+  BINARY=$(find "$TARGET_DIR" -name "$BINARY_NAME" -type f -path "*/release/*" ! -name "*.d" 2>/dev/null | head -1)
+fi
+if [[ -z "${BINARY:-}" || ! -f "$BINARY" ]]; then
+  echo "ERROR: Build succeeded but binary not found."
+  echo "  Target dir: $TARGET_DIR"
+  echo "  Searched:   $TARGET_DIR/*/release/$BINARY_NAME"
+  echo "  Contents:   $(ls "$TARGET_DIR/release/" 2>/dev/null || echo '(empty or missing)')"
+  exit 1
+fi
+echo "[ok] Built: $(ls -lh "$BINARY" | awk '{print $5}')"
 
 # ── Install binary ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
 mkdir -p "$INSTALL_DIR"
-cp "$SCRIPT_DIR/target/release/$BINARY_NAME" "$INSTALL_DIR/$BINARY_NAME"
+cp "$BINARY" "$INSTALL_DIR/$BINARY_NAME"
 chmod +x "$INSTALL_DIR/$BINARY_NAME"
-echo "[ok] Installed to $INSTALL_DIR/$BINARY_NAME"
+BINARY_PATH="$INSTALL_DIR/$BINARY_NAME"
+echo "[ok] Installed to $BINARY_PATH"
 
 # Verify it's on PATH
 if ! command -v "$BINARY_NAME" &>/dev/null; then
@@ -46,33 +72,50 @@ if ! command -v "$BINARY_NAME" &>/dev/null; then
   echo "  Add to your shell config:  export PATH=\"$INSTALL_DIR:\$PATH\""
 fi
 
+# Smoke test — verify the binary actually runs
+if "$BINARY_PATH" --test --color=never >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  echo "[ok] Binary smoke test passed"
+else
+  echo "[warn] Binary smoke test failed (exit $?). It may still work inside Claude Code."
+  echo "  Debug: $BINARY_PATH --test --dump-state=json"
+fi
+
 # ── Configure Claude Code settings.json ──────────────────────────────
 echo ""
 mkdir -p "$CLAUDE_DIR"
 
-BINARY_PATH="$INSTALL_DIR/$BINARY_NAME"
-
 # The binary runs in a non-TTY context, so force color on.
 STATUSLINE_CMD="$BINARY_PATH --color=always"
 
 if [[ -f "$SETTINGS" ]]; then
-  # Update existing settings.json
+  # Update existing settings.json, preserving all other keys
   CURRENT_CMD=$(jq -r '.statusLine.command // empty' "$SETTINGS" 2>/dev/null || true)
   if [[ -n "$CURRENT_CMD" ]]; then
-    echo "[info] Current statusLine command: $CURRENT_CMD"
+    echo "[info] Previous statusLine command: $CURRENT_CMD"
   fi
 
-  # Write updated settings
   TMP="$SETTINGS.tmp.$$"
-  jq --arg cmd "$STATUSLINE_CMD" '.statusLine = {"type": "command", "command": $cmd, "padding": 0}' "$SETTINGS" > "$TMP"
+  if jq --arg cmd "$STATUSLINE_CMD" '.statusLine = {"type": "command", "command": $cmd, "padding": 0}' "$SETTINGS" > "$TMP" 2>/dev/null; then
-  mv "$TMP" "$SETTINGS"
+    mv "$TMP" "$SETTINGS"
-  echo "[ok] Updated statusLine in $SETTINGS"
+    echo "[ok] Updated statusLine in $SETTINGS"
+  else
+    rm -f "$TMP"
+    echo "[warn] Failed to update $SETTINGS (invalid JSON?). Creating backup and writing fresh."
+    cp "$SETTINGS" "$SETTINGS.bak"
+    jq -n --arg cmd "$STATUSLINE_CMD" '{"statusLine": {"type": "command", "command": $cmd, "padding": 0}}' > "$SETTINGS"
+    echo "[ok] Wrote fresh $SETTINGS (backup: $SETTINGS.bak)"
+  fi
 else
   # Create minimal settings.json
   jq -n --arg cmd "$STATUSLINE_CMD" '{"statusLine": {"type": "command", "command": $cmd, "padding": 0}}' > "$SETTINGS"
   echo "[ok] Created $SETTINGS"
 fi
 
+# Show what was written so the user can verify
+echo ""
+echo "  statusLine config:"
+jq '.statusLine' "$SETTINGS" 2>/dev/null || echo "  (could not read settings)"
+
 # ── Symlink config ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
 CONFIG_SRC="$SCRIPT_DIR/statusline.json"
 CONFIG_DST="$CLAUDE_DIR/statusline.json"
@@ -103,7 +146,8 @@ fi
 
 # ── Done ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 echo ""
-echo "Done. Restart Claude Code to see the status line."
+echo "Done. RESTART Claude Code (exit and reopen) to see the status line."
 echo ""
-echo "Quick test:  $BINARY_NAME --test --color=always"
+echo "Verify:      $BINARY_PATH --test --color=always"
-echo "Debug:       $BINARY_NAME --test --dump-state=json"
+echo "Debug:       $BINARY_PATH --test --dump-state=json"
+echo "Settings:    cat $SETTINGS | jq .statusLine"

schema.json

@@ -188,7 +188,6 @@
           "enum": [
             "auto",
             "git",
-            "jj",
             "none"
           ],
           "description": "VCS detection mode",
@@ -375,16 +374,6 @@
           "minimum": 0,
           "default": 8
         },
-        "prefer": {
-          "type": "string",
-          "enum": [
-            "auto",
-            "git",
-            "jj"
-          ],
-          "default": "auto",
-          "description": "VCS preference. auto detects .jj/ first, then .git/"
-        },
         "show_ahead_behind": {
           "type": "boolean",
           "default": true

src/bin/claude-statusline.rs

@@ -303,41 +303,14 @@ fn prefetch_shell_outs(
 
     std::thread::scope(|s| {
         let vcs_handle = if needs_vcs {
-            let args: Vec<String> = match vcs_type {
+            Some(s.spawn(move || {
-                section::VcsType::Git => vec![
+                shell::exec_gated(
-                    "git".into(),
+                    shell_config,
-                    "-C".into(),
+                    "git",
-                    project_dir.into(),
+                    &["-C", project_dir, "status", "--porcelain=v2", "--branch"],
-                    "status".into(),
+                    None,
-                    "--porcelain=v2".into(),
+                )
-                    "--branch".into(),
+            }))
-                ],
-                section::VcsType::Jj => vec![
-                    "jj".into(),
-                    "log".into(),
-                    "-r".into(),
-                    "@".into(),
-                    "--no-graph".into(),
-                    "-T".into(),
-                    "if(bookmarks, bookmarks.join(\",\"), change_id.shortest(8))".into(),
-                    "--color=never".into(),
-                ],
-                section::VcsType::None => vec![],
-            };
-            if args.is_empty() {
-                None
-            } else {
-                let dir = if vcs_type == section::VcsType::Jj {
-                    Some(project_dir.to_string())
-                } else {
-                    None
-                };
-                Some(s.spawn(move || {
-                    let prog = &args[0];
-                    let str_args: Vec<&str> = args[1..].iter().map(|s| s.as_str()).collect();
-                    shell::exec_gated(shell_config, prog, &str_args, dir.as_deref())
-                }))
-            }
         } else {
             None
         };
@@ -483,34 +456,12 @@ fn resolve_terminal_palette(cache: &cache::Cache) -> Option<Vec<(u8, u8, u8)>> {
     Some(palette)
 }
 
-fn detect_vcs(dir: &str, config: &config::Config) -> section::VcsType {
+fn detect_vcs(dir: &str, _config: &config::Config) -> section::VcsType {
-    let prefer = config.sections.vcs.prefer.as_str();
     let path = std::path::Path::new(dir);
-
+    if path.join(".git").is_dir() {
-    match prefer {
+        section::VcsType::Git
-        "jj" => {
+    } else {
-            if path.join(".jj").is_dir() {
+        section::VcsType::None
-                section::VcsType::Jj
-            } else {
-                section::VcsType::None
-            }
-        }
-        "git" => {
-            if path.join(".git").is_dir() {
-                section::VcsType::Git
-            } else {
-                section::VcsType::None
-            }
-        }
-        _ => {
-            if path.join(".jj").is_dir() {
-                section::VcsType::Jj
-            } else if path.join(".git").is_dir() {
-                section::VcsType::Git
-            } else {
-                section::VcsType::None
-            }
-        }
     }
 }
 

src/config.rs

@@ -296,7 +296,6 @@ impl Default for TruncateConfig {
 pub struct VcsSection {
     #[serde(flatten)]
     pub base: SectionBase,
-    pub prefer: String,
     pub show_ahead_behind: bool,
     pub show_dirty: bool,
     pub untracked: String,
@@ -314,7 +313,6 @@ impl Default for VcsSection {
                 min_width: Some(8),
                 ..Default::default()
             },
-            prefer: "auto".into(),
             show_ahead_behind: true,
             show_dirty: true,
             untracked: "normal".into(),

src/layout/flex.rs

@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ use crate::format;
 use crate::layout::ActiveSection;
 use crate::section::{self, RenderContext};
 
-/// Expand the winning flex section to fill remaining terminal width.
+/// Expand flex sections to fill remaining terminal width.
 ///
 /// Rules:
-/// - Spacers take priority over non-spacer flex sections
+/// - If multiple spacers exist, distribute extra space proportionally among them
-/// - Only one flex section wins per line
+/// - If only non-spacer flex sections exist, pick one winner (spacer > non-spacer)
 /// - Spacer: fill with spaces
 /// - context_bar: rebuild bar with wider width
 /// - Other: pad with trailing spaces
@@ -18,7 +18,34 @@ pub fn flex_expand(active: &mut [ActiveSection], ctx: &RenderContext, separator:
         return;
     }
 
-    // Find winning flex section: spacer wins over non-spacer
+    let extra = term_width - current_width;
+
+    // Collect all spacer indices
+    let spacer_indices: Vec<usize> = active
+        .iter()
+        .enumerate()
+        .filter(|(_, s)| s.is_spacer)
+        .map(|(i, _)| i)
+        .collect();
+
+    // If multiple spacers, distribute extra space among them
+    if spacer_indices.len() > 1 {
+        let per_spacer = extra / spacer_indices.len();
+        let remainder = extra % spacer_indices.len();
+
+        for (i, &idx) in spacer_indices.iter().enumerate() {
+            // First spacers get +1 char from remainder
+            let this_width = per_spacer + if i < remainder { 1 } else { 0 } + 1;
+            let padding = " ".repeat(this_width);
+            active[idx].output = section::SectionOutput {
+                raw: padding.clone(),
+                ansi: padding,
+            };
+        }
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // Single spacer or non-spacer flex: find winning flex section
     let mut flex_idx: Option<usize> = None;
     for (i, sec) in active.iter().enumerate() {
         if !sec.is_flex {
@@ -35,7 +62,6 @@ pub fn flex_expand(active: &mut [ActiveSection], ctx: &RenderContext, separator:
     }
 
     let Some(idx) = flex_idx else { return };
-    let extra = term_width - current_width;
 
     if active[idx].is_spacer {
         let padding = " ".repeat(extra + 1);

src/section/mod.rs

@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ pub type RenderFn = fn(&RenderContext) -> Option<SectionOutput>;
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum VcsType {
     Git,
-    Jj,
     None,
 }
 

src/section/vcs.rs

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ pub fn render(ctx: &RenderContext) -> Option<SectionOutput> {
         return None;
     }
 
-    // --no-shell: serve stale cache only, skip all git/jj commands
+    // --no-shell: serve stale cache only, skip all git commands
     if ctx.no_shell {
         return render_stale_cache(ctx);
     }
@@ -21,11 +21,7 @@ pub fn render(ctx: &RenderContext) -> Option<SectionOutput> {
     let ttl = &ctx.config.sections.vcs.ttl;
     let glyphs = &ctx.config.glyphs;
 
-    match ctx.vcs_type {
+    render_git(ctx, dir, ttl, glyphs)
-        VcsType::Git => render_git(ctx, dir, ttl, glyphs),
-        VcsType::Jj => render_jj(ctx, dir, ttl, glyphs),
-        VcsType::None => None,
-    }
 }
 
 /// Serve stale cached VCS data without running any commands.
@@ -158,53 +154,3 @@ fn render_git(
 
     Some(SectionOutput { raw, ansi })
 }
-
-fn render_jj(
-    ctx: &RenderContext,
-    dir: &str,
-    ttl: &crate::config::VcsTtl,
-    glyphs: &crate::config::GlyphConfig,
-) -> Option<SectionOutput> {
-    use std::time::Duration;
-
-    let branch_ttl = Duration::from_secs(ttl.branch);
-
-    let branch = ctx.cache.get("vcs_branch", branch_ttl).or_else(|| {
-        // Use prefetched result if available, otherwise exec
-        let out = ctx.shell_results.get("vcs").cloned().unwrap_or_else(|| {
-            shell::exec_gated(
-                ctx.shell_config,
-                "jj",
-                &[
-                    "log",
-                    "-r",
-                    "@",
-                    "--no-graph",
-                    "-T",
-                    "if(bookmarks, bookmarks.join(\",\"), change_id.shortest(8))",
-                    "--color=never",
-                ],
-                Some(dir),
-            )
-        })?;
-        ctx.cache.set("vcs_branch", &out);
-        Some(out)
-    })?;
-
-    let trunc = &ctx.config.sections.vcs.truncate;
-    let branch = if trunc.enabled && trunc.max > 0 {
-        crate::format::truncate(&branch, trunc.max, &trunc.style)
-    } else {
-        branch
-    };
-
-    let branch_glyph = glyph::glyph("branch", glyphs);
-    let raw = format!("{branch_glyph}{branch}");
-    let ansi = if ctx.color_enabled {
-        format!("{}{branch_glyph}{branch}{}", color::GREEN, color::RESET)
-    } else {
-        raw.clone()
-    };
-
-    Some(SectionOutput { raw, ansi })
-}

src/transcript.rs

@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ pub fn parse_transcript(path: &Path, skip_lines: usize) -> Option<TranscriptStat
 
     // Sort by count descending
     let mut sorted: Vec<(String, u64)> = counts.into_iter().collect();
-    sorted.sort_by(|a, b| b.1.cmp(&a.1));
+    sorted.sort_by_key(|item| std::cmp::Reverse(item.1));
     stats.tool_counts = sorted;
 
     Some(stats)

statusline.json

@@ -1,28 +1,34 @@
 {
-  "$schema": "./schema.json",
   "global": {
     "justify": "spread",
     "theme": "dark",
     "responsive": true,
     "width": 500,
-    "width_margin": 20
+    "width_margin": 45
   },
   "glyphs": {
     "enabled": true
   },
-  "layout": "verbose",
+  "layout": [
+    ["model", "provider", "project", "spacer", "context_bar", "context_usage", "spacer", "cost", "cost_velocity"],
+    ["vcs", "lines_changed", "spacer", "tokens_raw", "cache_efficiency", "spacer", "beads"]
+  ],
   "sections": {
     "context_usage": {
       "enabled": true
     },
-    "context_trend": {
+    "context_bar": {
+      "flex": true,
+      "min_width": 12
+    },
+    "tokens_raw": {
       "enabled": true
     },
-    "cost_trend": {
+    "cache_efficiency": {
       "enabled": true
     },
-    "load": {
+    "cost_velocity": {
-      "enabled": false
+      "enabled": true
     }
   }
 }