reproducibility-package-review

Reproducibility validation checks that committed result sets can be regenerated from producer scripts, seeds, and parameters. It confirms that regeneration commands are correctly committed to the branch and verifies that results can be fully rebuilt from source.

Git integration validation confirms that producer scripts and regeneration commands are correctly committed to the active branch. This ensures the version control system maintains the necessary source code to rebuild results from committed scripts.

Seed and parameter recording verification ensures that seeds and run parameters for stochastic steps are properly recorded in both the script and the vault. This guarantees stochastic processes can be identically regenerated during reproducibility checks.

Intermediates presence verification checks for the existence of gitignored files needed for downstream processing. This validates that all necessary intermediate data files are present before attempting to regenerate the final result set.

Reproducibility validation applies primarily to research workflows that require robust reproducibility guarantees for academic publications. While it can verify any result set, its core design targets ensuring results can be rebuilt from source before paper submission.

Final reproducibility verification fails when results cannot be rebuilt following the recorded commands, indicating missing producer scripts, incorrect seeds, or absent intermediate files. This confirms the result set lacks the necessary components for full reproducibility.