refactor(core): Rename GiError to LoreError and add search infrastructure

Mechanical rename of GiError -> LoreError across the core module to
match the project's rebranding from gitlab-inbox to gitlore/lore.
Updates the error enum name, all From impls, and the Result type alias.

Additionally introduces:

- New error variants for embedding pipeline: OllamaUnavailable,
  OllamaModelNotFound, EmbeddingFailed, EmbeddingsNotBuilt. Each
  includes actionable suggestions (e.g., "ollama serve", "ollama pull
  nomic-embed-text") to guide users through recovery.

- New error codes 14-16 for programmatic handling of Ollama failures.

- Savepoint-based migration execution in db.rs: each migration now
  runs inside a SQLite SAVEPOINT so a failed migration rolls back
  cleanly without corrupting the schema_version tracking. Previously
  a partial migration could leave the database in an inconsistent
  state.

- core::backoff module: exponential backoff with jitter utility for
  retry loops in the embedding pipeline and discussion queues.

- core::project module: helper for resolving project IDs and paths
  from the local database, used by the document regenerator and
  search filters.

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

src/core/backoff.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+use rand::Rng;
+
+/// Compute next_attempt_at with exponential backoff and jitter.
+///
+/// Formula: now + min(3600000, 1000 * 2^attempt_count) * (0.9 to 1.1)
+/// - Capped at 1 hour to prevent runaway delays
+/// - ±10% jitter prevents synchronized retries after outages
+///
+/// Used by:
+/// - `dirty_sources` retry scheduling (document regeneration failures)
+/// - `pending_discussion_fetches` retry scheduling (API fetch failures)
+///
+/// Having one implementation prevents subtle divergence between queues
+/// (e.g., different caps or jitter ranges).
+pub fn compute_next_attempt_at(now: i64, attempt_count: i64) -> i64 {
+    // Cap attempt_count to prevent overflow (2^30 > 1 hour anyway)
+    let capped_attempts = attempt_count.min(30) as u32;
+    let base_delay_ms = 1000_i64.saturating_mul(1 << capped_attempts);
+    let capped_delay_ms = base_delay_ms.min(3_600_000); // 1 hour cap
+
+    // Add ±10% jitter
+    let jitter_factor = rand::thread_rng().gen_range(0.9..=1.1);
+    let delay_with_jitter = (capped_delay_ms as f64 * jitter_factor) as i64;
+
+    now + delay_with_jitter
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    const MAX_DELAY_MS: i64 = 3_600_000;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_exponential_curve() {
+        let now = 1_000_000_000_i64;
+        // Each attempt should roughly double the delay (within jitter)
+        for attempt in 1..=10 {
+            let result = compute_next_attempt_at(now, attempt);
+            let delay = result - now;
+            let expected_base = 1000_i64 * (1 << attempt);
+            let min_expected = (expected_base as f64 * 0.89) as i64;
+            let max_expected = (expected_base as f64 * 1.11) as i64;
+            assert!(
+                delay >= min_expected && delay <= max_expected,
+                "attempt {attempt}: delay {delay} not in [{min_expected}, {max_expected}]"
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_cap_at_one_hour() {
+        let now = 1_000_000_000_i64;
+        for attempt in [20, 25, 30, 50, 100] {
+            let result = compute_next_attempt_at(now, attempt);
+            let delay = result - now;
+            let max_with_jitter = (MAX_DELAY_MS as f64 * 1.11) as i64;
+            assert!(
+                delay <= max_with_jitter,
+                "attempt {attempt}: delay {delay} exceeds cap {max_with_jitter}"
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_jitter_range() {
+        let now = 1_000_000_000_i64;
+        let attempt = 5; // base = 32000
+        let base = 1000_i64 * (1 << attempt);
+        let min_delay = (base as f64 * 0.89) as i64;
+        let max_delay = (base as f64 * 1.11) as i64;
+
+        for _ in 0..100 {
+            let result = compute_next_attempt_at(now, attempt);
+            let delay = result - now;
+            assert!(
+                delay >= min_delay && delay <= max_delay,
+                "delay {delay} not in jitter range [{min_delay}, {max_delay}]"
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_first_retry_is_about_two_seconds() {
+        let now = 1_000_000_000_i64;
+        let result = compute_next_attempt_at(now, 1);
+        let delay = result - now;
+        // attempt 1: base = 2000ms, with jitter: 1800-2200ms
+        assert!(delay >= 1800 && delay <= 2200, "first retry delay: {delay}ms");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_overflow_safety() {
+        let now = i64::MAX / 2;
+        // Should not panic even with very large attempt_count
+        let result = compute_next_attempt_at(now, i64::MAX);
+        assert!(result > now);
+    }
+}

src/core/config.rs

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use serde::Deserialize;
 use std::fs;
 use std::path::Path;
 
-use super::error::{GiError, Result};
+use super::error::{LoreError, Result};
 use super::paths::get_config_path;
 
 /// GitLab connection settings.
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ impl Config {
         let config_path = get_config_path(cli_override);
 
         if !config_path.exists() {
-            return Err(GiError::ConfigNotFound {
+            return Err(LoreError::ConfigNotFound {
                 path: config_path.display().to_string(),
             });
         }
@@ -140,25 +140,25 @@ impl Config {
 
     /// Load configuration from a specific path.
     pub fn load_from_path(path: &Path) -> Result<Self> {
-        let content = fs::read_to_string(path).map_err(|e| GiError::ConfigInvalid {
+        let content = fs::read_to_string(path).map_err(|e| LoreError::ConfigInvalid {
             details: format!("Failed to read config file: {e}"),
         })?;
 
         let config: Config =
-            serde_json::from_str(&content).map_err(|e| GiError::ConfigInvalid {
+            serde_json::from_str(&content).map_err(|e| LoreError::ConfigInvalid {
                 details: format!("Invalid JSON: {e}"),
             })?;
 
         // Validate required fields
         if config.projects.is_empty() {
-            return Err(GiError::ConfigInvalid {
+            return Err(LoreError::ConfigInvalid {
                 details: "At least one project is required".to_string(),
             });
         }
 
         for project in &config.projects {
             if project.path.is_empty() {
-                return Err(GiError::ConfigInvalid {
+                return Err(LoreError::ConfigInvalid {
                     details: "Project path cannot be empty".to_string(),
                 });
             }
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ impl Config {
 
         // Validate URL format
         if url::Url::parse(&config.gitlab.base_url).is_err() {
-            return Err(GiError::ConfigInvalid {
+            return Err(LoreError::ConfigInvalid {
                 details: format!("Invalid GitLab URL: {}", config.gitlab.base_url),
             });
         }

src/core/db.rs

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use std::fs;
 use std::path::Path;
 use tracing::{debug, info};
 
-use super::error::{GiError, Result};
+use super::error::{LoreError, Result};
 
 /// Embedded migrations - compiled into the binary.
 const MIGRATIONS: &[(&str, &str)] = &[
@@ -27,6 +27,18 @@ const MIGRATIONS: &[(&str, &str)] = &[
         "006",
         include_str!("../../migrations/006_merge_requests.sql"),
     ),
+    (
+        "007",
+        include_str!("../../migrations/007_documents.sql"),
+    ),
+    (
+        "008",
+        include_str!("../../migrations/008_fts5.sql"),
+    ),
+    (
+        "009",
+        include_str!("../../migrations/009_embeddings.sql"),
+    ),
 ];
 
 /// Create a database connection with production-grade pragmas.
@@ -88,12 +100,35 @@ pub fn run_migrations(conn: &Connection) -> Result<()> {
             continue;
         }
 
-        conn.execute_batch(sql)
+        // Wrap each migration in a transaction to prevent partial application.
-            .map_err(|e| GiError::MigrationFailed {
+        // If the migration SQL already contains BEGIN/COMMIT, execute_batch handles
+        // it, but wrapping in a savepoint ensures atomicity for those that don't.
+        let savepoint_name = format!("migration_{}", version);
+        conn.execute_batch(&format!("SAVEPOINT {}", savepoint_name))
+            .map_err(|e| LoreError::MigrationFailed {
+                version,
+                message: format!("Failed to create savepoint: {}", e),
+                source: Some(e),
+            })?;
+
+        match conn.execute_batch(sql) {
+            Ok(()) => {
+                conn.execute_batch(&format!("RELEASE {}", savepoint_name))
+                    .map_err(|e| LoreError::MigrationFailed {
+                        version,
+                        message: format!("Failed to release savepoint: {}", e),
+                        source: Some(e),
+                    })?;
+            }
+            Err(e) => {
+                let _ = conn.execute_batch(&format!("ROLLBACK TO {}", savepoint_name));
+                return Err(LoreError::MigrationFailed {
                     version,
                     message: e.to_string(),
                     source: Some(e),
-            })?;
+                });
+            }
+        }
 
         info!(version, "Migration applied");
     }
@@ -146,7 +181,7 @@ pub fn run_migrations_from_dir(conn: &Connection, migrations_dir: &Path) -> Resu
         let sql = fs::read_to_string(entry.path())?;
 
         conn.execute_batch(&sql)
-            .map_err(|e| GiError::MigrationFailed {
+            .map_err(|e| LoreError::MigrationFailed {
                 version,
                 message: e.to_string(),
                 source: Some(e),

src/core/error.rs

@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ pub enum ErrorCode {
     TransformError,
     IoError,
     InternalError,
+    OllamaUnavailable,
+    OllamaModelNotFound,
+    EmbeddingFailed,
 }
 
 impl std::fmt::Display for ErrorCode {
@@ -39,6 +42,9 @@ impl std::fmt::Display for ErrorCode {
             Self::TransformError => "TRANSFORM_ERROR",
             Self::IoError => "IO_ERROR",
             Self::InternalError => "INTERNAL_ERROR",
+            Self::OllamaUnavailable => "OLLAMA_UNAVAILABLE",
+            Self::OllamaModelNotFound => "OLLAMA_MODEL_NOT_FOUND",
+            Self::EmbeddingFailed => "EMBEDDING_FAILED",
         };
         write!(f, "{code}")
     }
@@ -61,13 +67,16 @@ impl ErrorCode {
             Self::MigrationFailed => 11,
             Self::IoError => 12,
             Self::TransformError => 13,
+            Self::OllamaUnavailable => 14,
+            Self::OllamaModelNotFound => 15,
+            Self::EmbeddingFailed => 16,
         }
     }
 }
 
 /// Main error type for gitlore.
 #[derive(Error, Debug)]
-pub enum GiError {
+pub enum LoreError {
     #[error("Config file not found at {path}. Run \"lore init\" first.")]
     ConfigNotFound { path: String },
 
@@ -129,9 +138,25 @@ pub enum GiError {
 
     #[error("{0}")]
     Other(String),
+
+    #[error("Cannot connect to Ollama at {base_url}. Is it running?")]
+    OllamaUnavailable {
+        base_url: String,
+        #[source]
+        source: Option<reqwest::Error>,
+    },
+
+    #[error("Ollama model '{model}' not found. Run: ollama pull {model}")]
+    OllamaModelNotFound { model: String },
+
+    #[error("Embedding failed for document {document_id}: {reason}")]
+    EmbeddingFailed { document_id: i64, reason: String },
+
+    #[error("No embeddings found. Run: lore embed")]
+    EmbeddingsNotBuilt,
 }
 
-impl GiError {
+impl LoreError {
     /// Get the error code for programmatic handling.
     pub fn code(&self) -> ErrorCode {
         match self {
@@ -152,6 +177,10 @@ impl GiError {
             Self::NotFound(_) => ErrorCode::GitLabNotFound,
             Self::Ambiguous(_) => ErrorCode::GitLabNotFound,
             Self::Other(_) => ErrorCode::InternalError,
+            Self::OllamaUnavailable { .. } => ErrorCode::OllamaUnavailable,
+            Self::OllamaModelNotFound { .. } => ErrorCode::OllamaModelNotFound,
+            Self::EmbeddingFailed { .. } => ErrorCode::EmbeddingFailed,
+            Self::EmbeddingsNotBuilt => ErrorCode::EmbeddingFailed,
         }
     }
 
@@ -193,7 +222,15 @@ impl GiError {
             Self::Ambiguous(_) => Some(
                 "Use -p to choose a specific project.\n\n  Example:\n    lore issues 42 -p group/project-a\n    lore mrs 99 -p group/project-b",
             ),
-            _ => None,
+            Self::OllamaUnavailable { .. } => Some("Start Ollama: ollama serve"),
+            Self::OllamaModelNotFound { .. } => {
+                Some("Pull the model: ollama pull nomic-embed-text")
+            }
+            Self::EmbeddingFailed { .. } => {
+                Some("Check Ollama logs or retry with 'lore embed --retry-failed'")
+            }
+            Self::EmbeddingsNotBuilt => Some("Generate embeddings first: lore embed"),
+            Self::Json(_) | Self::Io(_) | Self::Transform(_) | Self::Other(_) => None,
         }
     }
 
@@ -227,12 +264,12 @@ pub struct RobotErrorOutput {
     pub error: RobotError,
 }
 
-impl From<&GiError> for RobotErrorOutput {
+impl From<&LoreError> for RobotErrorOutput {
-    fn from(e: &GiError) -> Self {
+    fn from(e: &LoreError) -> Self {
         Self {
             error: e.to_robot_error(),
         }
     }
 }
 
-pub type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, GiError>;
+pub type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, LoreError>;

src/core/lock.rs

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use tracing::{debug, error, info, warn};
 use uuid::Uuid;
 
 use super::db::create_connection;
-use super::error::{GiError, Result};
+use super::error::{LoreError, Result};
 use super::time::{ms_to_iso, now_ms};
 
 /// Maximum consecutive heartbeat failures before signaling error.
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ impl AppLock {
                 } else {
                     // Lock held by another active process - rollback and return error
                     drop(tx);
-                    return Err(GiError::DatabaseLocked {
+                    return Err(LoreError::DatabaseLocked {
                         owner: existing_owner,
                         started_at: ms_to_iso(acquired_at),
                     });

src/core/mod.rs

@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 //! Core infrastructure modules.
 
+pub mod backoff;
 pub mod config;
 pub mod db;
 pub mod error;
 pub mod lock;
 pub mod paths;
 pub mod payloads;
+pub mod project;
 pub mod time;
 
 pub use config::Config;
-pub use error::{GiError, Result};
+pub use error::{LoreError, Result};

src/core/project.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+use rusqlite::Connection;
+
+use super::error::{LoreError, Result};
+
+/// Resolve a project string to a project_id using cascading match:
+/// 1. Exact match on path_with_namespace
+/// 2. Case-insensitive exact match
+/// 3. Suffix match (only if unambiguous)
+/// 4. Error with available projects list
+pub fn resolve_project(conn: &Connection, project_str: &str) -> Result<i64> {
+    // Step 1: Exact match
+    let exact = conn.query_row(
+        "SELECT id FROM projects WHERE path_with_namespace = ?1",
+        rusqlite::params![project_str],
+        |row| row.get::<_, i64>(0),
+    );
+    if let Ok(id) = exact {
+        return Ok(id);
+    }
+
+    // Step 2: Case-insensitive exact match
+    let ci = conn.query_row(
+        "SELECT id FROM projects WHERE LOWER(path_with_namespace) = LOWER(?1)",
+        rusqlite::params![project_str],
+        |row| row.get::<_, i64>(0),
+    );
+    if let Ok(id) = ci {
+        return Ok(id);
+    }
+
+    // Step 3: Suffix match (unambiguous)
+    let mut suffix_stmt = conn.prepare(
+        "SELECT id, path_with_namespace FROM projects
+         WHERE path_with_namespace LIKE '%/' || ?1
+            OR path_with_namespace = ?1"
+    )?;
+    let suffix_matches: Vec<(i64, String)> = suffix_stmt
+        .query_map(rusqlite::params![project_str], |row| {
+            Ok((row.get(0)?, row.get(1)?))
+        })?
+        .collect::<std::result::Result<Vec<_>, _>>()?;
+
+    match suffix_matches.len() {
+        1 => return Ok(suffix_matches[0].0),
+        n if n > 1 => {
+            let matching: Vec<String> = suffix_matches.iter().map(|(_, p)| p.clone()).collect();
+            return Err(LoreError::Other(format!(
+                "Project '{}' is ambiguous. Matching projects:\n{}\n\nHint: Use the full path, e.g., --project={}",
+                project_str,
+                matching.iter().map(|p| format!("  {}", p)).collect::<Vec<_>>().join("\n"),
+                matching[0]
+            )));
+        }
+        _ => {}
+    }
+
+    // Step 4: No match — list available projects
+    let mut all_stmt = conn.prepare(
+        "SELECT path_with_namespace FROM projects ORDER BY path_with_namespace"
+    )?;
+    let all_projects: Vec<String> = all_stmt
+        .query_map([], |row| row.get(0))?
+        .collect::<std::result::Result<Vec<_>, _>>()?;
+
+    if all_projects.is_empty() {
+        return Err(LoreError::Other(format!(
+            "Project '{}' not found. No projects have been synced yet.\n\nHint: Run 'lore ingest' first.",
+            project_str
+        )));
+    }
+
+    Err(LoreError::Other(format!(
+        "Project '{}' not found.\n\nAvailable projects:\n{}\n\nHint: Use the full path, e.g., --project={}",
+        project_str,
+        all_projects.iter().map(|p| format!("  {}", p)).collect::<Vec<_>>().join("\n"),
+        all_projects[0]
+    )))
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    fn setup_db() -> Connection {
+        let conn = Connection::open_in_memory().unwrap();
+        conn.execute_batch("
+            CREATE TABLE projects (
+                id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
+                gitlab_project_id INTEGER UNIQUE NOT NULL,
+                path_with_namespace TEXT NOT NULL,
+                default_branch TEXT,
+                web_url TEXT,
+                created_at INTEGER,
+                updated_at INTEGER,
+                raw_payload_id INTEGER
+            );
+            CREATE INDEX idx_projects_path ON projects(path_with_namespace);
+        ").unwrap();
+        conn
+    }
+
+    fn insert_project(conn: &Connection, id: i64, path: &str) {
+        conn.execute(
+            "INSERT INTO projects (id, gitlab_project_id, path_with_namespace) VALUES (?1, ?2, ?3)",
+            rusqlite::params![id, id * 100, path],
+        ).unwrap();
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_exact_match() {
+        let conn = setup_db();
+        insert_project(&conn, 1, "backend/auth-service");
+        let id = resolve_project(&conn, "backend/auth-service").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(id, 1);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_case_insensitive() {
+        let conn = setup_db();
+        insert_project(&conn, 1, "backend/auth-service");
+        let id = resolve_project(&conn, "Backend/Auth-Service").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(id, 1);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_suffix_unambiguous() {
+        let conn = setup_db();
+        insert_project(&conn, 1, "backend/auth-service");
+        insert_project(&conn, 2, "frontend/web-ui");
+        let id = resolve_project(&conn, "auth-service").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(id, 1);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_suffix_ambiguous() {
+        let conn = setup_db();
+        insert_project(&conn, 1, "backend/auth-service");
+        insert_project(&conn, 2, "frontend/auth-service");
+        let err = resolve_project(&conn, "auth-service").unwrap_err();
+        let msg = err.to_string();
+        assert!(msg.contains("ambiguous"), "Expected ambiguous error, got: {}", msg);
+        assert!(msg.contains("backend/auth-service"));
+        assert!(msg.contains("frontend/auth-service"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_no_match() {
+        let conn = setup_db();
+        insert_project(&conn, 1, "backend/auth-service");
+        let err = resolve_project(&conn, "nonexistent").unwrap_err();
+        let msg = err.to_string();
+        assert!(msg.contains("not found"), "Expected not found error, got: {}", msg);
+        assert!(msg.contains("backend/auth-service"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_empty_projects() {
+        let conn = setup_db();
+        let err = resolve_project(&conn, "anything").unwrap_err();
+        let msg = err.to_string();
+        assert!(msg.contains("No projects have been synced"));
+    }
+}

src/lib.rs

@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@
 
 pub mod cli;
 pub mod core;
+pub mod documents;
+pub mod embedding;
 pub mod gitlab;
 pub mod ingestion;
+pub mod search;
 
-pub use core::{Config, GiError, Result};
+pub use core::{Config, LoreError, Result};