[ZSH] Config update robusteness fix

.gitignore_global

@@ -1 +1,26 @@
 .DS_Store
+.localized
+__MACOSX/
+.AppleDouble
+.LSOverride
+
+# Resource forks
+._*
+
+# Files and directories that might appear in the root of a volume
+.DocumentRevisions-V100
+.fseventsd
+.Spotlight-V100
+.TemporaryItems
+.Trashes
+.VolumeIcon.icns
+.com.apple.timemachine.donotpresent
+.com.apple.timemachine.supported
+.PKInstallSandboxManager
+.PKInstallSandboxManager-SystemSoftware
+.hotfiles.btree
+.vol
+.file
+.disk_label*
+lost+found
+.nobackup

zsh/.zshrc

@@ -6,14 +6,20 @@
 [[ -f ~/.zsh/.virtual_env_config.zsh ]] && source ~/.zsh/.virtual_env_config.zsh
 [[ -f ~/.zsh/.local_config ]] && source ~/.zsh/.local_config
 
+# On shell start, bring ~/dotfiles up to date by fast-forwarding the CURRENT
+# branch to its upstream only. Never rebase or stash in the background: if the
+# branch diverged or local edits block it, warn and leave it for a manual pull.
+# Per-branch, so `server` on each device fast-forwards to origin/server.
 update_dotfiles() {
-    cd ~/dotfiles || return
+    local repo="$HOME/dotfiles"
-    if git fetch --dry-run 2>&1 | grep -q .; then
+    git -C "$repo" fetch --quiet 2>/dev/null || return
-        git pull > /dev/null 2>&1
+    git -C "$repo" rev-parse --abbrev-ref '@{u}' >/dev/null 2>&1 || return    # no upstream
-    fi
+    git -C "$repo" merge-base --is-ancestor '@{u}' HEAD 2>/dev/null && return # already current
+    git -C "$repo" merge --ff-only --quiet '@{u}' 2>/dev/null \
+        || print -u2 "⚠ dotfiles: $(git -C "$repo" symbolic-ref --short HEAD) can't fast-forward to @{u} — run: git -C ~/dotfiles pull"
 }
 
-update_dotfiles 2>&1 &!
+update_dotfiles &!
 export LC_OSC52=1
 
 # Load Antidote