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+"""Cross-process read-your-writes over the git log + fold parity (SHARD-WP-0009 T3).
+
+The git backend's value over the in-memory double is that the totally ordered log is durable and
+shared: a write by one process/handle is immediately visible to another opening the same ref, and
+the derived fold is identical to the in-memory fold of the same event sequence (derived = f(log)).
+"""
+
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import textwrap
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from shard_wiki.coordination import (
+    DecisionLog,
+    EventType,
+    GitEventStore,
+    InMemoryEventStore,
+)
+
+_SRC = str(Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1] / "src")
+
+
+def test_new_handle_sees_prior_writes(tmp_path):
+    repo = tmp_path / "coord"
+    writer = DecisionLog(GitEventStore(repo))
+    writer.append("s", EventType.ALIAS_SET, {"alias": "Home", "target": "shardA:Index"})
+    writer.append("s", EventType.BINDING_MADE, {"members": ["a", "b"]})
+    # A second, independent handle on the same repo — read-your-writes across handles.
+    reader = DecisionLog(GitEventStore(repo))
+    assert [e.seq for e in reader.events("s")] == [0, 1]
+    assert reader.fold("s").resolve_alias("Home") == "shardA:Index"
+
+
+def test_append_in_separate_process_is_visible(tmp_path):
+    repo = tmp_path / "coord"
+    # Seed from this process so the repo exists.
+    DecisionLog(GitEventStore(repo)).append(
+        "s", EventType.ALIAS_SET, {"alias": "A", "target": "x:1"}
+    )
+    child = textwrap.dedent(
+        f"""
+        from shard_wiki.coordination import DecisionLog, EventType, GitEventStore
+        log = DecisionLog(GitEventStore({str(repo)!r}))
+        log.append("s", EventType.ALIAS_SET, {{"alias": "B", "target": "x:2"}})
+        """
+    )
+    result = subprocess.run(
+        [sys.executable, "-c", child],
+        capture_output=True,
+        text=True,
+        env={"PYTHONPATH": _SRC, "PATH": os.environ.get("PATH", "")},
+    )
+    assert result.returncode == 0, result.stderr
+    # This process, with a fresh handle, sees the child's append in order.
+    reader = DecisionLog(GitEventStore(repo))
+    assert [e.payload["alias"] for e in reader.events("s")] == ["A", "B"]
+    assert [e.seq for e in reader.events("s")] == [0, 1]
+
+
+def test_cross_process_fold_equals_in_memory_fold(tmp_path):
+    sequence = [
+        (EventType.ALIAS_SET, {"alias": "Home", "target": "shardA:Index"}),
+        (EventType.BINDING_MADE, {"members": ["a", "b"]}),
+        (EventType.BINDING_MADE, {"members": ["b", "c"]}),
+        (EventType.PAGE_FORKED, {"source": "p", "fork": "q"}),
+        (EventType.ALIAS_SET, {"alias": "Home", "target": "shardB:Main"}),
+    ]
+    mem = DecisionLog(InMemoryEventStore())
+    for typ, payload in sequence:
+        mem.append("s", typ, payload)
+
+    repo = tmp_path / "coord"
+    DecisionLog(GitEventStore(repo))  # init repo
+    for typ, payload in sequence:
+        # Each append from a fresh handle to simulate distinct writers over time.
+        DecisionLog(GitEventStore(repo)).append("s", typ, payload)
+
+    git_state = DecisionLog(GitEventStore(repo)).fold("s")
+    mem_state = mem.fold("s")
+    assert git_state.aliases == mem_state.aliases
+    assert git_state.equivalence_groups == mem_state.equivalence_groups
+    assert git_state.equivalent_to("a") == frozenset({"a", "b", "c"})