From b10340cb00a00da07d0ae735796d83801454779e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: DanConwayDev <DanConwayDev@protonmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 21:14:45 +0000
Subject: use trusted maintainer's grasp servers as fallback for co-maintainers

when a co-maintainer has no grasp servers of their own, fall back to
the trusted maintainer's grasp servers rather than jumping straight to
system defaults. if the trusted maintainer only uses a single grasp
server, the first system default is appended for redundancy. system
defaults are only used when neither the user nor the trusted maintainer
has any grasp servers configured.
---
 src/bin/ngit/sub_commands/init.rs | 15 +++++++++--
 src/lib/accept_maintainership.rs  | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 2 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/bin/ngit/sub_commands/init.rs b/src/bin/ngit/sub_commands/init.rs
index 5c43e6e..5ff57d5 100644
--- a/src/bin/ngit/sub_commands/init.rs
+++ b/src/bin/ngit/sub_commands/init.rs
@@ -282,12 +282,23 @@ fn resolve_grasp_servers(
 
     if !interactive || cli.defaults || state.has_coordinate() || cli.force {
         // Prefer grasp servers from my existing announcement, then user's grasp
-        // list, then system fallbacks
+        // list (or trusted maintainer's servers as fallback), then system defaults
         let existing = detect_existing_grasp_servers(my_ref.as_ref(), &args.relay, &[], identifier);
         if !existing.is_empty() {
             return Ok(existing);
         }
-        return Ok(grasp_servers_from_user_or_fallback(user_ref, client));
+        // For co-maintainer state, pass the repo_ref so the trusted
+        // maintainer's grasp servers can be used as a fallback.
+        let trusted_maintainer_repo_ref = if matches!(state, InitState::CoMaintainer { .. }) {
+            state.repo_ref()
+        } else {
+            None
+        };
+        return Ok(grasp_servers_from_user_or_fallback(
+            user_ref,
+            trusted_maintainer_repo_ref,
+            client,
+        ));
     }
 
     // Interactive prompt
diff --git a/src/lib/accept_maintainership.rs b/src/lib/accept_maintainership.rs
index 39f10cf..086b858 100644
--- a/src/lib/accept_maintainership.rs
+++ b/src/lib/accept_maintainership.rs
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ pub async fn accept_maintainership_with_defaults(
 
     // --- Step 1: resolve infrastructure ---
 
-    let selected_grasp_servers = grasp_servers_from_user_or_fallback(user_ref, client);
+    let selected_grasp_servers =
+        grasp_servers_from_user_or_fallback(user_ref, Some(repo_ref), client);
 
     let mut git_servers: Vec<String> = vec![];
     let mut relay_strings: Vec<String> = vec![];
@@ -208,26 +209,56 @@ pub async fn accept_maintainership_with_defaults(
 // Grasp server helpers
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/// Return the user's saved grasp servers, falling back to client defaults.
+/// Return grasp servers for a co-maintainer using the following priority:
+///
+/// 1. User's own saved grasp server list (if non-empty).
+/// 2. Trusted maintainer's grasp servers derived from
+///    `trusted_maintainer_repo_ref` (if provided and non-empty). If the trusted
+///    maintainer only uses a single grasp server, the first system-default
+///    grasp server is appended so the co-maintainer has at least two servers
+///    for redundancy.
+/// 3. System / client default grasp servers.
 pub fn grasp_servers_from_user_or_fallback(
     user_ref: &UserRef,
+    trusted_maintainer_repo_ref: Option<&RepoRef>,
     #[cfg(test)] client: &MockConnect,
     #[cfg(not(test))] client: &Client,
 ) -> Vec<String> {
-    if user_ref.grasp_list.urls.is_empty() {
-        client
-            .get_grasp_default_set()
-            .iter()
-            .map(std::string::ToString::to_string)
-            .collect()
-    } else {
-        user_ref
+    // Priority 1: user's own grasp list.
+    if !user_ref.grasp_list.urls.is_empty() {
+        return user_ref
             .grasp_list
             .urls
             .iter()
             .map(std::string::ToString::to_string)
-            .collect()
+            .collect();
     }
+
+    // Priority 2: trusted maintainer's grasp servers.
+    if let Some(rr) = trusted_maintainer_repo_ref {
+        let maintainer_servers = rr.grasp_servers();
+        if !maintainer_servers.is_empty() {
+            if maintainer_servers.len() == 1 {
+                // Supplement a single server with the first system default for
+                // redundancy, avoiding duplicates.
+                let mut servers = maintainer_servers;
+                if let Some(first_default) = client.get_grasp_default_set().first() {
+                    if !servers.contains(first_default) {
+                        servers.push(first_default.clone());
+                    }
+                }
+                return servers;
+            }
+            return maintainer_servers;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Priority 3: system defaults.
+    client
+        .get_grasp_default_set()
+        .iter()
+        .map(std::string::ToString::to_string)
+        .collect()
 }
 
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