From d9d65f1ff1efd702935dc09a3b2aa04147889451 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vedant Madane <6527493+VedantMadane@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 02:09:55 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix: re-running `init` fails to remove tab-separated
 `install` lines - dese

- crates\cli\src\commands\init.rs: treat tab-separated install lines like space-separated

Fixes #200

Signed-off-by: Vedant Madane <6527493+VedantMadane@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 COMMITMSG                       |  7 +++++++
 crates/cli/src/commands/init.rs | 11 ++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 COMMITMSG

diff --git a/COMMITMSG b/COMMITMSG
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dac93c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/COMMITMSG
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+fix: re-running `init` fails to remove tab-separated `install` lines - dese
+
+- crates\cli\src\commands\init.rs: treat tab-separated install lines like space-separated
+
+Fixes #200
+
+Signed-off-by: Vedant Madane <6527493+VedantMadane@users.noreply.github.com>
diff --git a/crates/cli/src/commands/init.rs b/crates/cli/src/commands/init.rs
index f612f56..00d653a 100644
--- a/crates/cli/src/commands/init.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/src/commands/init.rs
@@ -15,12 +15,21 @@ const GITIGNORE_ENTRIES: &[&str] = &[".skillfile/cache/", ".skillfile/conflict"]
 
 /// Build a new manifest string with install lines replaced.
 /// Pure transformation: takes existing content and new targets, returns new content.
+
+fn is_install_line(stripped: &str) -> bool {
+    let rest = match stripped.strip_prefix("install") {
+        Some(r) => r,
+        None => return false,
+    };
+    rest.is_empty() || rest.starts_with(char::is_whitespace)
+}
+
 fn build_manifest_with_targets(existing: &str, new_targets: &[(String, String)]) -> String {
     let mut non_install: Vec<&str> = existing
         .lines()
         .filter(|line| {
             let stripped = line.trim();
-            !stripped.starts_with("install ") && stripped != "install"
+            !is_install_line(stripped) && stripped != "install"
         })
         .collect();