feat: smart vendor directory handling in purge

- Only clean PHP Composer vendor (regeneratable)
  - Protect Rails, Go, and unknown vendor directories
  - Enhanced test coverage for all scenarios

  Builds on PR #229 with improved multi-language support

lib/clean/project.sh

@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ is_safe_project_artifact() {
     return 0
 }
 
+# Detect if directory is a Rails project root
 is_rails_project_root() {
     local dir="$1"
     [[ -f "$dir/config/application.rb" ]] || return 1
@@ -228,25 +229,58 @@ is_rails_project_root() {
     [[ -f "$dir/bin/rails" || -f "$dir/config/environment.rb" ]]
 }
 
-is_rails_vendor_dir() {
+# Detect if directory is a Go project root
-    local path="$1"
+is_go_project_root() {
-    local base
+    local dir="$1"
-    base=$(basename "$path")
+    [[ -f "$dir/go.mod" ]]
-    [[ "$base" == "vendor" ]] || return 1
-    is_rails_project_root "$(dirname "$path")"
 }
 
+# Detect if directory is a PHP Composer project root
+is_php_project_root() {
+    local dir="$1"
+    [[ -f "$dir/composer.json" ]]
+}
+
+# Check if a vendor directory should be protected from purge
+# Strategy: Only clean PHP Composer vendor, protect all others
+is_protected_vendor_dir() {
+    local path="$1"
+    local parent_dir
+    parent_dir=$(dirname "$path")
+
+    # PHP Composer vendor can be safely regenerated with 'composer install'
+    # Do NOT protect it (return 1 = not protected = can be cleaned)
+    if is_php_project_root "$parent_dir"; then
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    # Rails vendor (importmap dependencies) - should be protected
+    if is_rails_project_root "$parent_dir"; then
+        return 0
+    fi
+
+    # Go vendor (optional vendoring) - protect to avoid accidental deletion
+    if is_go_project_root "$parent_dir"; then
+        return 0
+    fi
+
+    # Unknown vendor type - protect by default (conservative approach)
+    return 0
+}
+
+# Check if an artifact should be protected from purge
 is_protected_purge_artifact() {
     local path="$1"
     local base
     base=$(basename "$path")
+
     case "$base" in
         vendor)
-            if is_rails_vendor_dir "$path"; then
+            is_protected_vendor_dir "$path"
-                return 0
+            return $?
-            fi
             ;;
     esac
+
     return 1
 }
 

tests/purge.bats

@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ setup() {
     [[ "$result" == "SKIPPED" ]]
 }
 
-@test "scan_purge_targets: keeps non-Rails vendor directory" {
+@test "scan_purge_targets: cleans PHP Composer vendor directory" {
     mkdir -p "$HOME/www/php-app/vendor"
     touch "$HOME/www/php-app/composer.json"
 
@@ -149,6 +149,52 @@ setup() {
     [[ "$result" == "FOUND" ]]
 }
 
+@test "scan_purge_targets: skips Go vendor directory" {
+    mkdir -p "$HOME/www/go-app/vendor"
+    touch "$HOME/www/go-app/go.mod"
+    touch "$HOME/www/go-app/go.sum"
+
+    local scan_output
+    scan_output="$(mktemp)"
+
+    result=$(bash -c "
+        source '$PROJECT_ROOT/lib/clean/project.sh'
+        scan_purge_targets '$HOME/www' '$scan_output'
+        if grep -q '$HOME/www/go-app/vendor' '$scan_output'; then
+            echo 'FOUND'
+        else
+            echo 'SKIPPED'
+        fi
+    ")
+
+    rm -f "$scan_output"
+
+    [[ "$result" == "SKIPPED" ]]
+}
+
+@test "scan_purge_targets: skips unknown vendor directory" {
+    # Create a vendor directory without any project file
+    mkdir -p "$HOME/www/unknown-app/vendor"
+
+    local scan_output
+    scan_output="$(mktemp)"
+
+    result=$(bash -c "
+        source '$PROJECT_ROOT/lib/clean/project.sh'
+        scan_purge_targets '$HOME/www' '$scan_output'
+        if grep -q '$HOME/www/unknown-app/vendor' '$scan_output'; then
+            echo 'FOUND'
+        else
+            echo 'SKIPPED'
+        fi
+    ")
+
+    rm -f "$scan_output"
+
+    # Unknown vendor should be protected (conservative approach)
+    [[ "$result" == "SKIPPED" ]]
+}
+
 @test "is_recently_modified: detects recent projects" {
     mkdir -p "$HOME/www/project/node_modules"
     touch "$HOME/www/project/package.json"