Auto sync workspace manifest on first use

rvctl.py

@@ -3325,6 +3325,38 @@ def workspace_info_status(config: WorkspaceConfig) -> str:
     return "missing"
 
 
+def sync_workspace_info(config: WorkspaceConfig, pull_existing: bool = True) -> str:
+    info_root = workspace_info_root(config)
+    info_root.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    if (info_root / ".git").is_dir():
+        if pull_existing:
+            subprocess.run(["git", "-C", str(info_root), "pull", "--ff-only"], check=True)
+            config.workspace_info = json.loads(config.workspace_info_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+            return "pulled"
+        if config.workspace_info_path.is_file():
+            config.workspace_info = json.loads(config.workspace_info_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+            return "existing"
+        raise SystemExit(f"Workspace info repo exists but manifest is missing: {config.workspace_info_path}")
+    if info_root.exists():
+        raise SystemExit(f"Workspace info path exists but is not a git repo: {info_root}")
+
+    print(f"workspace-info missing; cloning {config.workspace_info_url}", file=sys.stderr)
+    subprocess.run(["git", "clone", config.workspace_info_url, str(info_root)], check=True)
+    if not config.workspace_info_path.is_file():
+        raise SystemExit(f"Workspace info clone does not contain manifest: {config.workspace_info_path}")
+    config.workspace_info = json.loads(config.workspace_info_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+    return "cloned"
+
+
+def ensure_workspace_info(config: WorkspaceConfig) -> None:
+    if config.workspace_info:
+        return
+    if config.workspace_info_path.is_file():
+        config.workspace_info = json.loads(config.workspace_info_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+        return
+    sync_workspace_info(config, pull_existing=False)
+
+
 def run_workspace(config: WorkspaceConfig, args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
     if args.workspace_command == "show":
         print(f"workspace_info_path\t{config.workspace_info_path}")
@@ -3343,13 +3375,7 @@ def run_workspace(config: WorkspaceConfig, args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
             print(f"status\t{workspace_info_status(config)}")
             print(f"command\t{'pull' if (info_root / '.git').is_dir() else 'clone'}")
             return
-        info_root.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-        if (info_root / ".git").is_dir():
-            subprocess.run(["git", "-C", str(info_root), "pull", "--ff-only"], check=True)
-        elif info_root.exists():
-            raise SystemExit(f"Workspace info path exists but is not a git repo: {info_root}")
-        else:
-            subprocess.run(["git", "clone", config.workspace_info_url, str(info_root)], check=True)
+        sync_workspace_info(config, pull_existing=True)
         print(f"workspace_info_path\t{config.workspace_info_path}")
         print(f"status\tready")
         return
@@ -3810,6 +3836,8 @@ def main() -> int:
     parser = build_parser()
     args = parser.parse_args()
     config = load_config(args.config)
+    if args.command in {"list-series", "list-cards", "series", "tasks", "tmux-container", "submission"}:
+        ensure_workspace_info(config)
 
     if args.command == "show-config":
         print_config(config)