fix(cli): report authentication accurately and preserve file text

[icecrasher321]

Summary

• Verify whoami credentials through the existing metadata endpoint even without a workspace. Report authentication separately from workspace access: true when accepted, false when missing or rejected, and null when unchecked or unavailable. Preserve existing verification statuses, exit codes, and the workspace fallback for older servers or malformed metadata.
• Render current and versioned file text through the existing document output so table/text modes retain the complete response. Keep server extraction warnings and JSON/YAML metadata intact.
• Keep the credential-lock test independent of acquisition order while still enforcing serialization and release.
• Document the existing-folder prerequisite and sim workflows mkdir command in workflow creation help; regenerate CLI docs.

Type of Change

• Bug fix

Testing

• Full CLI suite: 464 tests across 52 files passed.
• Regression tests failed before the fixes; seven individual negative controls also failed as expected, then passed after restoration.
• Built Node CLI: 25 subprocess checks over loopback HTTP passed, covering authentication verdicts, workspace access, older servers, file content, truncation warnings, and folder help. Local JSON reports capture outputs, requests, statuses, and durations; these checks use controlled API responses rather than a deployed backend.
• CLI type check and build passed.
• Repository lint, all 55 audits, staging-based block registry check, and docs manifest check passed. Lint retained one pre-existing warning in scripts/generate-docs.test.ts.

Checklist

• Code follows project style guidelines
• Self-reviewed my changes
• Tests added/updated and passing (new tests pass the test-audit authoring gate)
• No new warnings introduced
• I confirm that I have read and agree to the terms outlined in the Contributor License Agreement (CLA)

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[greptile-apps]

Confidence Score: 5/5

[Medium risk] CLI authentication reporting and file text output behavior.

The PR appears safe to merge; no outstanding finding or new actionable issue was identified.

Summary

The PR separates credential authentication from workspace verification, preserves complete file text in displayed output, clarifies workflow folder help, and updates tests and generated documentation.

• The previously reported no-workspace diagnostic is restored and its thread is resolved.

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Confidence score: 5/5

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