From 836e1ab528379ac5e0e9151cf369628dcf1034a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marcos Magueta <maguetamarcos@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2026 23:42:52 -0300
Subject: fix initialization persistence

---
 lib/kernel/Branch.ml        | 7 +++++--
 lib/kernel/BranchManager.ml | 7 +++++--
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

(limited to 'lib/kernel')

diff --git a/lib/kernel/Branch.ml b/lib/kernel/Branch.ml
index 31442f6..f44ab6e 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/Branch.ml
+++ b/lib/kernel/Branch.ml
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ module Make (S : Abstract.Storage.STORAGE) = struct
 
   let make conn =
     let open Utilities.Result in
-    let* empty = SI.with_transaction conn MultigroupM.empty_under in
-    Ok (new branch conn { multigroups = empty; previous = None } |> Protocols.Handle.make)
+    SI.with_transaction conn (fun tx ->
+        let* empty = MultigroupM.empty_under tx in
+        let branch = { multigroups = empty; previous = None } in
+        let* _ = SI.store_blob tx (Representation.to_blob branch) in
+        Ok (new branch conn branch |> Protocols.Handle.make))
 end
diff --git a/lib/kernel/BranchManager.ml b/lib/kernel/BranchManager.ml
index c1e4aef..016f75a 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/BranchManager.ml
+++ b/lib/kernel/BranchManager.ml
@@ -14,8 +14,11 @@ module Make (S : Abstract.Storage.STORAGE) = struct
   let root_for tx label =
     let open Utilities.Result in
     let* label = S.get tx (S.Label label) in
-    let label = Option.map Concepts.Hash.hash_of_blob label in
-    Ok label
+    let data = Option.map (fun blob -> Concepts.Blob.bytes_of_blob blob
+                                       |> Bytes.to_string
+                                       |> Concepts.Hash.of_raw_string)
+                 label in
+    Ok data
 
   let persist_root tx label addr =
     let data = Concepts.Hash.blob_of_hash addr in
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