From 23d09fc61203c21690fc9d4ded34373cf5d08629 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Hense <peter.hense@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2026 14:49:07 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] chore(core): sync method-core 087476c (tests pass below
 symlinked temp roots)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.2 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 method-core.lock.json         | 6 +++---
 tests/test_core_sync.py       | 3 ++-
 tests/test_method_identity.py | 3 ++-
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/method-core.lock.json b/method-core.lock.json
index 801e3b7..72b5225 100644
--- a/method-core.lock.json
+++ b/method-core.lock.json
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@
     {
       "mode": "100644",
       "path": "tests/test_core_sync.py",
-      "sha256": "aec5541e99ad09524a533a2e81a5a70f6c1582c1881c4a6a812ac764b31405ea"
+      "sha256": "702d494dff8e8379476e7e470dfa4b16fd3f8edb4e167ede7f575bcecd66cff2"
     },
     {
       "mode": "100644",
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@
     {
       "mode": "100644",
       "path": "tests/test_method_identity.py",
-      "sha256": "a0d8e1558577d283c9d7828275bc8040e3b5ad8ba7c26d6446e247096927d0c1"
+      "sha256": "1e7d8565b014dd5b34b32a432f2a31542fa3180f8b4f22f59ebd8d98d1fc64cb"
     },
     {
       "mode": "100644",
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@
     }
   ],
   "repository": "https://github.com/phense/method-core.git",
-  "revision": "ca9f5d16aeb54bc0081f6b33b809c3aab64c8861",
+  "revision": "087476ccedf03342604e110768d9b528b5ae00ba",
   "schema_version": 1,
   "version": "0.1.0"
 }
diff --git a/tests/test_core_sync.py b/tests/test_core_sync.py
index 1b09ba1..bca0d46 100644
--- a/tests/test_core_sync.py
+++ b/tests/test_core_sync.py
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
 class CoreSyncTests(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         self.tmp = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix='method-sync-');self.addCleanup(self.tmp.cleanup)
-        self.base = Path(self.tmp.name);self.source = self.base/'source';self.source.mkdir()
+        # macOS temp roots sit below the /var symlink; the lock check refuses symlinked ancestors.
+        self.base = Path(self.tmp.name).resolve();self.source = self.base/'source';self.source.mkdir()
         self.target = self.base/'target';self.target.mkdir()
         subprocess.run(['git','init','-q','-b','main',str(self.source)],check=True)
         for key,value in [('user.name','Sync Test'),('user.email','sync@example.invalid')]: self.git('config',key,value)
diff --git a/tests/test_method_identity.py b/tests/test_method_identity.py
index 9be5446..80d4fc1 100644
--- a/tests/test_method_identity.py
+++ b/tests/test_method_identity.py
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ def test_writing_archive_uses_committed_manifest_identity(self):
     def test_both_opencode_loaders_coexist_and_uninstall_is_scoped(self):
         # A fixed loader filename must not overwrite or block the second method.
         with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as directory:
-            base=Path(directory);config=base/'config'
+            # Resolve first: the installer refuses symlinked parents such as macOS /var.
+            base=Path(directory).resolve();config=base/'config'
             for name in ['engineering-method','writing-method']:
                 source=base/name
                 for folder in ['integrations/opencode','shared/platform','skills','.codex-plugin']: