workdsh/patches/dsh-settings@0.1.2-alpha.4.patch

diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -83,6 +83,13 @@ function parseSettingsNamespace(value) {
 	if (!NAMESPACE_PATTERN.test(value)) throw new TypeError(`settings namespace "${value}" must match ${String(NAMESPACE_PATTERN)}`);
 	return value;
 }
+/**
+* Legacy namespace constructor retained for plugins built before alpha.2.
+* Validation remains owned by the alpha.2 parser.
+*/
+function settingsNamespace(value) {
+	return parseSettingsNamespace(value);
+}
 /**
 * A write refused because the namespace moved since the caller read it. The
 * Service Definition's serialized write queue orders writes; it cannot tell a fresh writer
@@ -605,5 +612,14 @@ function isUnloading(ctx) {
 	const state = ctx.fiber.state;
 	return state === FIBER_UNLOADING || state === FIBER_DISPOSED;
 }
+/**
+* Legacy optional-settings adapter retained for plugins built before alpha.2.
+* The alpha.2 service method remains the single implementation of the wiring.
+*/
+function installSettingsSection(ctx, ns, schema, entry, hooks) {
+	ctx.inject(["settings"], (settingsCtx) => {
+		settingsCtx.settings.installSection(ctx, ns, schema, entry, hooks);
+	});
+}
 //#endregion
-export { SettingsConflictError, SettingsProvider, SettingsProvider as default, redactSecrets };
+export { SettingsConflictError, SettingsProvider, SettingsProvider as default, deepEqualJson, installSettingsSection, redactSecrets, settingsNamespace };
diff --git a/lib/types/index.d.ts b/lib/types/index.d.ts
--- a/lib/types/index.d.ts
+++ b/lib/types/index.d.ts
@@ -13,5 +13,12 @@ export { redactSecrets } from './redact.ts';
 export type { RedactedSecret, RedactedValue } from './redact.ts';
 export type { SettingsNamespace, SettingsUpdateSource } from './types.ts';
+/** @deprecated Import `deepEqualJson` from `@deepseek-ai/dsh-util-values`. */
+export { deepEqualJson } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-util-values';
+/**
+ * Legacy namespace constructor retained for plugins built before alpha.2.
+ * @deprecated Pass a string namespace directly to the settings service methods.
+ */
+export declare function settingsNamespace(value: string): SettingsNamespace;
 type LowercaseLetter = 'a' | 'b' | 'c' | 'd' | 'e' | 'f' | 'g' | 'h' | 'i' | 'j' | 'k' | 'l' | 'm' | 'n' | 'o' | 'p' | 'q' | 'r' | 's' | 't' | 'u' | 'v' | 'w' | 'x' | 'y' | 'z';
 type DecimalDigit = '0' | '1' | '2' | '3' | '4' | '5' | '6' | '7' | '8' | '9';
 type NamespaceCharacter = LowercaseLetter | DecimalDigit | '-';
@@ -331,5 +338,16 @@ export interface SettingsSectionHooks<T> {
      * @param value - the resolved section, schema-valid by construction.
      */
     validate?: (value: T) => void;
 }
+/**
+ * Legacy optional-settings adapter retained for plugins built before alpha.2.
+ * @deprecated Use `ctx.settings.installSection(owner, ns, schema, entry, hooks)`.
+ */
+export declare function installSettingsSection<T>(
+    ctx: Context,
+    ns: SettingsNamespace,
+    schema: z<T>,
+    entry: T,
+    hooks: SettingsSectionHooks<T>,
+): void;
 export default SettingsProvider;