Reviewer found the MCP merge surface is gated but two local CLI scripts remain
ungated merge paths that LLM automations in this project have been using.
Close them (Option B — minimal safe fix; full gated CLI merge left to a
follow-up):
- review_pr.py: `--merge` now fails closed BEFORE any API call with a clear
message directing callers to the gated `gitea_merge_pr` MCP workflow. The
review-only path is unchanged. The merge execution block was removed.
- merge_pr.py: main() is now a fail-closed no-op — reads no credentials and
makes no merge API call; prints that merge is only available via the gated
workflow.
- README: the `review_pr.py` row and Quick Examples no longer advertise a CLI
`--merge` path; added an audit-logging clarification that #16 returns
structured gate/merge results but does not add durable audit logging, which
is tracked by #18.
Tests updated/added:
- test_review_pr.py: `--merge` fails closed with no API call; message points to
the gated workflow.
- test_merge_pr.py: merge fails closed with no API call, even with
--force/--do/--title/--message; message points to the gated workflow.
- test_mcp_server.py: README no longer advertises the ungated CLI merge example.
The gated MCP `gitea_merge_pr` is unchanged and still gated; `gitea_review_pr`
still fails closed on merge=True; `gitea_submit_pr_review` still cannot merge.
No secrets, auth headers, raw env, or credential paths are exposed. No
Jenkins/Ops/GlitchTip/Release/deploy/CI behavior added. #17/#18 not started.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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