fix: keep an unreadable journal instead of overwriting it

[bubleg]

If journal.json can't be decoded, loadJournal returns an empty journal and the next save overwrites the file, losing the record undo depends on. Now the unreadable file is moved aside as journal-unreadable-<date>.json with a warning on stderr.

Review follow-up: the moved-aside file gets a random suffix, and if the journal can't be moved aside at all, RemoveMacAI changes nothing that needs the journal and never saves over it.

Validation on macOS 27.0.1 (26A434), Apple silicon: swift build -c release, git diff --check and all 55 removemacai selftest checks pass (2 added, run in a temporary folder). I also wrote a corrupt journal and ran removemacai revert: the file was kept aside and the warning printed.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Unreadable journal files are preserved under a timestamped name instead of being discarded. A warning is shown when the file is successfully preserved, noting that undo cannot restore its recorded changes.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

When journal decoding fails, loadJournal() attempts to move the file to a timestamped name. If the move succeeds, it writes a warning to standard error, then returns an empty journal.

Changes

Journal recovery

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Preserve undecodable journal files Sources/removemacai/Engine.swift	When decoding fails, loadJournal() attempts to move the journal file to a timestamped filename. It warns on standard error if the move succeeds, then returns an empty journal.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~5 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: omlahore

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 64ad8

The change preserves unreadable journals in the normal case. In the uncommon case where moving the file aside fails, the old journal can still be overwritten without a warning. This is a reasonable follow-up item rather than a merge blocker.

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly describes the main change: preserving an unreadable journal instead of overwriting it.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @Sources/removemacai/Engine.swift:
- Around line 132-134: Update loadJournal’s unreadable-journal preservation flow
to use a collision-resistant backup name rather than a timestamp alone. If
moving journalURL to the backup still fails, report the error and propagate
failure so callers such as runLocal() and revertAll() cannot treat it as an
empty journal and overwrite the original.

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