fix: name every pin a bump changes

scripts/profile_sync.py

@@ -2885,6 +2885,14 @@ def bump_commit(
     return True
 
 
+def pins_changed(before: dict, after: dict) -> list[str]:
+    """The pin fields whose value a write changed."""
+    return [
+        pin for pin in ("source_commit", "upstream_commit")
+        if after.get(pin) and after.get(pin) != before.get(pin)
+    ]
+
+
 def cites_primary(report: ProfileReport) -> bool:
     """Whether a ref resolved in the repository source_commit pins.
 
@@ -3480,10 +3488,7 @@ def _apply_writes(
         # refs at the old pin and saw them shifted again.
         target = Path(scratch) / path.name
         target.write_bytes(path.read_bytes())
-        recale, bumped = (
-            ("would recale ", "would set source_commit ->") if args.dry_run
-            else ("", "source_commit ->")
-        )
+        recale, bumped = ("would recale ", "would set ") if args.dry_run else ("", "")
         applied = []
         if args.rebase_refs and not report.skipped:
             applied = rebase_refs(target, report, args.accept_changed)
@@ -3498,7 +3503,12 @@ def _apply_writes(
         for line in applied:
             print(f"{name}: {recale}{line}")
         if moved:
-            print(f"{name}: {bumped} {report.head[:7]}")
+            # Each pin the write changes, as written: a bump that only moved
+            # upstream_commit announced the source_commit it already held.
+            after = yaml.safe_load(target.read_text(encoding="utf-8")) or {}
+            before = yaml.safe_load(path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")) or {}
+            for pin in pins_changed(before, after):
+                print(f"{name}: {bumped}{pin} -> {str(after[pin])[:7]}")
         if not args.dry_run and (applied or moved):
             path.write_bytes(target.read_bytes())
 

tests/test_profile_sync.py

@@ -2494,6 +2494,28 @@ class TestWriteDryRun(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertIn("would set source_commit -> newhead", output)
         self.assertEqual(self.path.read_text(), before)
 
+    def test_a_bump_that_moves_only_upstream_says_so(self):
+        """rustation: source_commit already at HEAD, the write added
+        upstream_commit, and the dry run announced the source_commit it
+        already held."""
+        self.path.write_text(
+            self.path.read_text().replace(
+                'profiled_date: "2026-03-29"',
+                'profiled_date: "2026-03-29"\nsource_commit: "newhead"',
+            )
+        )
+        part = PartResult(
+            RefPart("a.c", 10, 12, "a.c:10-12"), "ANCHORED", None, 10, 12, []
+        )
+        report = ProfileReport(
+            name="p", repo="o/n", pin="newhead", head="newhead",
+            entries=[EntryReport("a.bin", "a.c:10-12", "ANCHORED", [part])],
+            counts={"ANCHORED": 1}, upstream_pin="oldup", upstream_head="uphead",
+        )
+        output = self._run(self._args(bump_commit=True), report)
+        self.assertIn("would set upstream_commit -> uphead", output)
+        self.assertNotIn("source_commit ->", output)
+
     def test_writes_still_happen_without_the_flag(self):
         output = self._run(
             self._args(rebase_refs=True, dry_run=False), self._shifted()

wiki/tools.md

@@ -411,7 +411,8 @@ pass cannot rewrite without guessing: those are repaired first, by hand or
 with `--realign-prose`.
 
 The first prints the plan and changes nothing: `would recale` per ref and
-`would set source_commit` per profile. It reaches that plan by running the
+`would set source_commit` (and `upstream_commit`, when that one moves too)
+per pin the write changes. It reaches that plan by running the
 real write path over a throwaway copy, so the planned bump reads the text
 the recale would have left rather than the one on disk; a pin held back by
 prose that the same pass would have moved is not reported as blocked. Drop