From d742469b42dff0bf4b9f40e11f592275ae35ab62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Param Harrison <paramanantham@live.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2026 14:30:45 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] factory: claim #61 by runner-69042-1790249445279


From 95a9744607f3da351558040d88b4866c75309331 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Param Harrison <paramanantham@live.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2026 14:38:58 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] factory: build #61

---
 src/money/cents.ts  | 17 ++++++++---------
 tests/money.test.ts | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/money/cents.ts b/src/money/cents.ts
index f6321d8..0049c72 100644
--- a/src/money/cents.ts
+++ b/src/money/cents.ts
@@ -29,22 +29,21 @@ export function parseCents(input: string): number {
 /**
  * Split an integer amount of cents evenly across member ids.
  *
- * SEEDED DEFECT (issue #2): this floors every share and drops the
- * remainder instead of handing the leftover cents to the first N members,
- * so the shares can sum to less than totalCents. `bun test` does not catch
- * this because the baseline tests only split amounts that divide evenly.
- * The correct remainder rule is documented in
+ * Applies the remainder rule: every member gets floor(totalCents / n), and
+ * the first `remainder` members (in the order passed) get one extra cent, so
+ * the shares always sum to exactly totalCents. See
  * .claude/skills/handling-money/references/rules.md.
  */
 export function splitCents(totalCents: number, memberIds: string[]): Record<string, number> {
   if (memberIds.length === 0) {
     throw new Error("cannot split among zero members");
   }
-  const share = Math.floor(totalCents / memberIds.length);
+  const base = Math.floor(totalCents / memberIds.length);
+  const remainder = totalCents - base * memberIds.length;
   const shares: Record<string, number> = {};
-  for (const id of memberIds) {
-    shares[id] = share;
-  }
+  memberIds.forEach((id, i) => {
+    shares[id] = i < remainder ? base + 1 : base;
+  });
   return shares;
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/money.test.ts b/tests/money.test.ts
index ed1ee3f..2c5bbae 100644
--- a/tests/money.test.ts
+++ b/tests/money.test.ts
@@ -36,4 +36,36 @@ describe("splitCents", () => {
     const shares = splitCents(2000, ["a", "b"]);
     expect(sumCents(Object.values(shares))).toBe(2000);
   });
+
+  test("gives leftover cents to the first members", () => {
+    const shares = splitCents(1000, ["a", "b", "c"]);
+    expect(shares).toEqual({ a: 334, b: 333, c: 333 });
+    expect(sumCents(Object.values(shares))).toBe(1000);
+  });
+
+  test("shares always sum to the total for uneven splits", () => {
+    const cases: Array<[number, number]> = [
+      [1001, 3],
+      [1, 3],
+      [2, 3],
+      [1000, 7],
+      [999, 4],
+      [5, 1],
+    ];
+    for (const [total, n] of cases) {
+      const ids = Array.from({ length: n }, (_, i) => `m${i}`);
+      const shares = splitCents(total, ids);
+      const values = ids.map((id) => shares[id]!);
+      expect(sumCents(values)).toBe(total);
+      expect(Math.max(...values) - Math.min(...values)).toBeLessThanOrEqual(1);
+      // Extra cents go to the leading members, in input order.
+      const extra = total % n;
+      const base = Math.floor(total / n);
+      values.forEach((v, i) => expect(v).toBe(i < extra ? base + 1 : base));
+    }
+  });
+
+  test("throws when splitting among zero members", () => {
+    expect(() => splitCents(1000, [])).toThrow("cannot split among zero members");
+  });
 });