installing again via install script is dark pattern: "rebuild index" message followed by delete index action

[dskvr]

Version

codebase-memory-mcp 0.8.1

Platform

Linux (x64)

Install channel

GitHub release archive / install.sh / install.ps1

Binary variant

standard

What happened, and what did you expect?

the install suggested rebuilding indexes, then gives y/n prompt to nuke them.
Upon starting the web ui again, I am unable to create new indexes, either.
I expected the binary to update
cooked.

"Configuring coding agents...
codebase-memory-mcp install 0.8.1

Found 1 existing index(es) that must be rebuilt:
  /home/***/.cache/codebase-memory-mcp/_config.db

Delete these indexes and continue with install? (y/n): y (auto)
Removed 1 index(es)."

Says indexes need to be rebuilt and next prompt gives y/n to delete them.

No instructions to rebuild.

No rebuild index command:
codebase-memory-mcp --help | grep rebuild

No rebuild index in the now empty ui:

Adding index now has no effect, only solution is to fully uninstall and start over.

at minimum it should remember which directories were indexed before unceremoniously nuking them and forcing the user through the terrible ergonomics of adding many new indexes. #608

Reproduction

1. Install older version
2. Run install script
3. Experience dead end.

Logs

None.

Project scale (if relevant)

30 projects, 1/4 million nodes or so.

Confirmations

• I searched existing issues and this is not a duplicate.
• My reproduction uses shareable code (a dummy snippet or a public OSS repository), not proprietary code.

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