hooks: pre-commit trusts a PATH tri only if it has hooks pre-commit (#6009)

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Closes #6009. Refs #5933.

What was wrong

.githooks/pre-commit looks for target/{debug,release}/tri and, failing that, ran whatever command -v tri named. tri is a common name. On the owner's machine PATH held two other programs:

PATH entry	what it is	answer to tri hooks pre-commit
~/.local/bin/tri	an ops script	unknown command: hooks, exit 1
~/.cargo/bin/tri	an April tri build without hooks	clap error, exit 2

Only 5 of 38 checkouts on that machine have a local build. Once core.hooksPath pointed at .githooks, every commit in the other 33 was refused by a message that named no defect in the commit.

The change

• A PATH tri is used only if tri hooks pre-commit --help answers 0. That is the help of the exact subcommand the hook runs, and asking for help runs no gate. Otherwise the hook prints note: <path> is not this repository's tri ...; not used.
• With no usable tri, the conflict-marker gate still runs: python3 tools/check_conflict_markers.py --staged, the same script and operand tri calls. Exit 1 refuses; any other non-zero prints "could NOT RUN" and refuses, as through tri. The note now says that the census and fix( gates did not run, instead of "nothing was checked". If python3 or the script is missing, it says markers were not checked either and lets the commit through, as before.
• scripts/ci/test_pre_commit_hook_ignores_a_foreign_tri.py checks this in a fixture repository with its own PATH, so the machine's own tri copies cannot change the answer. It runs in loop-tools-gate.yml's no-compiler job, and that workflow's paths: now include .githooks/pre-commit and tools/check_conflict_markers.py.

Evidence

• New hook: 17 of 17 checks ok.
• Negative control: --hook pointed at master's hook. 14 of 17 checks fail by name, for example calls: ['hooks pre-commit'] and exit 1: unknown command: hooks (tri help). The 3 that pass are the controls: this repository's tri on PATH is still used, and still blocks when it says no.
• Live run on the real PATH, which still has ~/.local/bin/tri. A clean index gives exit 0 and the notes above. A staged conflict marker gives carrying a conflict marker 1, exit 1.
• tri census pin --gate: one census moved. In shell, run: steps went 264 -> 265 and the runner does 243 -> 244; that is the one new step. Re-blessed in the same commit.
• check_pr_branch_filters.py CLEAN, loop-tools-tracked.sh PASS, ASCII only.

Seen, not fixed here

fix_carries_source() in cli/tri/src/hooks.rs reads git log -1 HEAD, which is the previous commit, not the one being made. That is a separate change to tri's Rust (see #6009).

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• Port gHashTag/BrowserOS:trios/agent-server/apps/server/src/api/services/queen-lane-credits.ts (TypeScript, 4 functions)  #5778 Port gHashTag/BrowserOS:trios/agent-server/apps/server/src/api/services/queen-lane-credits.ts (TypeScript, 4 functions) | Created: 2026-10-03 | Updated: 2026-10-03 | 3 failing / 32 total
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• spec(automation): kanban-card-chat v7 -- the bee's own log on a running card, live #5680 spec(automation): kanban-card-chat v7 -- the bee's own log on a running card, live | Created: 2026-10-03 | Updated: 2026-10-03 | 5 failing / 32 total
• docs(constitution): entrench Article CREDIT and seal it (v1.3) #5667 docs(constitution): entrench Article CREDIT and seal it (v1.3) | Created: 2026-10-03 | Updated: 2026-10-03 | 4 failing / 40 total
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Summary

Status	Count
Total Open PRs	50
PRs with Failing Checks	42
PRs with All Checks Green	8
READY	3
FAILING	42
PENDING	0
NO CHECKS YET	0

These columns do not partition: 3 + 42 + 0 + 0 = 45, and there are 50 open PRs. A PR is being counted twice or not at all.

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