fix(web): grouped projects renamed to the repo name keep the new label

[NK-Works]

Fixes #15049 (maintainer-triaged; the triage comment on the issue establishes the failure and intended behavior).

Problem

Renaming a grouped project (more than one checkout) to just the repository name — e.g. stripping group/subgroup/ down to repo — does not stick. The sidebar and settings silently snap back to the derived group/subgroup/repo label. Two causes:

1. deriveProjectGroupLabel only honored a shared member title when it differed from both repositoryIdentity.displayName and .name, so a rename to exactly the repo name lost to the derived display path.
2. projectGroupTitleNeedsUpdate skipped the settings write entirely when every member title already equaled the new title (the common case, since default folder-name titles already are repo).

Fix

• packages/client-runtime/src/state/projectGrouping.ts: honor a shared title that differs from the display path even when it equals the repository name. Display-path exclusion and all fallbacks (divergent titles → display name → repo name → representative) are unchanged. The shared-runtime fix covers web, desktop, and mobile.
• apps/web/src/components/settings/ProjectSettingsPanel.logic.ts: persist every explicit settings edit; untouched blurs still skip the fan-out (the fix(web): keep grouped project renames #7831 protection).

No contract, server, schema, or docs changes — nothing crossing the wire changed.

Verification

Tests:

• New regression tests failed on main before the fix (expected 'group/subgroup/repo' to be 'repo'; expected false to be true — 2 failed, 15 passed) and pass with it: 2 files, 17 tests.
• Neighbor suites consuming the same helper (environmentGrouping, settingsScope, mobile project-grouping): 3 files, 35 passed.
• Targeted typecheck clean for @t3tools/client-runtime and @t3tools/web; oxlint and format check clean on the 4 changed files. No repo-wide checks (CI owns those).

Manual, in a real client (web dev server, unfixed code vs. this branch):

Reproduction setup: two checkouts whose origin is https://gitlab.com/group/subgroup/repo.git, which is the reported GitLab shape — repositoryIdentity.name is repo, displayName is group/subgroup/repo, and the default folder-name title is already repo.

On main, Settings → the grouped project, delete the group/subgroup/ prefix so the field reads repo, then blur. The field reverts to group/subgroup/repo, and the composer keeps showing the full path.

With this change, the same edit persists: the settings header and the Name field both read repo, and a full page reload still reads repo — so the rename is stored, not just held in the DOM. The SQLite projection confirms the fan-out wrote both group members:

'repo' | /home/nk/Documents/t3evid/pp-a/repo
'repo' | /home/nk/Documents/t3evid/pp-b/repo

Not captured: no mobile runtime pass (mobile shares the same helper and is covered by unit tests only), and no post-fix sidebar/chat composer screenshot — the preview panel became unavailable again after the settings captures.

Screenshots

Captured in the T3 web dev server (full viewport, dark appearance) with two checkouts sharing origin = https://gitlab.com/group/subgroup/repo.git. Images to be attached below (not committed to the repo); filenames match the staged files. Nothing cropped or edited.

Before - unfixed code, the rename does not apply:

1. 1-BEFORE-typed-not-applied.png — Name field edited to repo while the header still reads group/subgroup/repo

2. 2-BEFORE-snapped-back.png — After revisiting, the field has snapped back to group/subgroup/repo

3. 3-BEFORE-picker-shows-path.png — Project picker lists the group as group/subgroup/repo (derived path, not the stored title)

After - with this change, the same edit sticks:

4. 4-AFTER-rename-sticks.png — Settings header ("Applying settings for repo") and the Name field both read repo

5. 5-AFTER-persists-reload.png — Same page after a full reload: still repo, so the rename persisted server-side

Compare 2 against 4: identical action, opposite outcome.

A short rename, blur and reload recording has not been captured yet and will follow separately.

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Verdict: Approved at 3a45848

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — This is a narrowly scoped bug fix that preserves explicit grouped-project renames while leaving grouping keys, untouched-blur behavior, and fallback labels intact. Regression coverage was added for the affected web and shared-runtime paths, with no product-default or static-analysis changes.

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• apps/web/src/components/settings/ProjectSettingsPanel.logic.test.ts
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• packages/client-runtime/src/state/projectGrouping.test.ts
• packages/client-runtime/src/state/projectGrouping.ts

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The change updates when project-title edits trigger an update and how repository-group labels are selected. Tests cover explicit edits, untouched fields, and GitLab repository groups with matching or divergent member titles.

Changes

Project title behavior

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Explicit title edits apps/web/src/components/settings/ProjectSettingsPanel.logic.ts, apps/web/src/components/settings/ProjectSettingsPanel.logic.test.ts	The update check now returns whether the field was edited. Tests cover explicit edits when member titles match and untouched fields when titles diverge.
Repository-group labels packages/client-runtime/src/state/projectGrouping.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/state/projectGrouping.test.ts	A shared title that matches the repository name can remain the group label. Tests cover matching and divergent member titles for GitLab identities.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Low

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Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 3a458

Explicit project-title edits and repository-group labels follow the intended behavior; no actionable merge-blocking issue remains in the reviewed change.

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Architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 3a458

The change affects 2 systems.

Changed systems: apps/web, packages/client-runtime

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No architecture-level concerns identified.

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Systems and components

• observed — apps/web (ui) was modified; 2 changed files map to changed impact.
• observed — packages/client-runtime (library) was modified; 2 changed files map to changed impact.

Before / after behavior

• observed — Modified behavior in apps/web/src/components/settings/ProjectSettingsPanel.logic.test.ts: The tests add expectations that an explicit edit updates when all member titles already match, and that an untouched blur skips updating when titles diverge. The replaced test expected an update to be skipped when all titles matched.
• observed — Modified behavior in apps/web/src/components/settings/ProjectSettingsPanel.logic.ts: The function renames the member-title and next-title parameters as unused and removes the check for any member title differing from the next title. It now returns wasEdited alone, so every explicit edit triggers an update and an untouched field does not.
• observed — Modified behavior in packages/client-runtime/src/state/projectGrouping.test.ts: Added a GitLab repository-group test asserting that when both members’ shared title is repo, the group label stays repo rather than using the display path group/subgroup/repo.
• observed — Modified behavior in packages/client-runtime/src/state/projectGrouping.test.ts: Added a GitLab repository-group test asserting that divergent member titles use group/subgroup/repo as the group label. Replaced the prior test, which expected T3 Code when both titles matched t3code.

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
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✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Linked Issues check		Issue #15049 is linked and described as maintainer-triaged. The implementation directly addresses the issue's requested rename behavior.
Out of Scope Changes check		The changes are limited to shared project-label derivation, explicit settings persistence, and related tests. The description states that no server, schema, contract, or documentation changes are incl…
Description check		The description covers the problem, fix, scope approval through issue #15049, focused verification, manual reproduction, and before/after screenshots. It also states limitations and identifies the age…
Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the primary fix: grouped projects renamed to the repository name retain the new label.

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Two points need clarification before triage can finish:

• The description lists five captures, but I can't find their attachment links in the PR or comments. Please attach the before/after images and a short rename, blur and reload recording required by the verification guide.
• Removing the repository-name exclusion also changes labels for groups nobody has renamed. Julius's issue triage distinguishes that default from an explicit rename. Please show how the default is preserved, or ask maintainers to approve changing it under the scope rule.

[NK-Works]

Thanks for the detailed triage. On the two points:

Screenshots. The five captures described in the body are being attached to the PR separately (three before, two after); I can add a short rename → blur → reload recording on request.

Defaults vs explicit rename. You're right that the two states converge: a never-renamed group whose folder titles already equal the repo name, and a group explicitly renamed to exactly the repo name, reach deriveProjectGroupLabel with identical inputs (shared title repo, same identity) — and the settings write in that case is definitionally a no-op, so the label is the only lever a client-only fix has. The change is deliberately narrow (only the repo-name exclusion was dropped; the display-path exclusion and all divergent/missing-identity fallbacks are untouched), so the only newly-honored titles are ones equal to the current enriched repo name — never a stale folder title. Defaults whose titles differ from the repo name still resolve to the derived display path exactly as before. If you'd rather keep owner/repo even when folder titles equal the repo name, that needs a persisted explicit-rename signal (contract + server change), which is wider scope than this fix. Happy to go that route, or to keep the current behavior with your sign-off under the scope rule — your call.

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