fix: address review feedback - eliminate type assertion via ReviewSuperseder interface

- Introduce vcs.VCSProvider typed constant (replaces plain string provider)
- Introduce vcs.ReviewSuperseder optional interface for supersede logic
- Implement SupersedeReviews on gitea.Adapter (edit + resolve) and
  github.Client (dismiss)
- Remove concrete type assertion client.(*gitea.Adapter) from main
- Remove redundant baseURL fallback for github (NewClient defaults it)
- Condense --gitea-url alias comment block
- Fix fetchPatterns comment (empty paths are skipped, not fetched)
- Add default panic to VCS client init switch

Addresses: #19607, #19608, #19609, #19610, #19621, #19622, #19623

gitea/adapter.go

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package gitea
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
+	"strings"
 
 	"gitea.weiker.me/rodin/review-bot/vcs"
 )
@@ -237,3 +239,76 @@ func (a *Adapter) GetAuthenticatedUser(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
 func (a *Adapter) RequestReviewerSelf(ctx context.Context, owner, repo string, number int, user string) error {
 	return a.client.RequestReviewer(ctx, owner, repo, number, user)
 }
+
+// Compile-time interface conformance assertion for ReviewSuperseder.
+var _ vcs.ReviewSuperseder = (*Adapter)(nil)
+
+// SupersedeReviews marks prior reviews as superseded by editing their body with a
+// link to the new review and resolving their inline comments. This is Gitea-specific
+// behavior that has no GitHub equivalent (GitHub uses DismissReview instead).
+//
+// baseURL is the Gitea instance URL used to construct review permalink URLs.
+// sentinel is the HTML comment sentinel that identifies reviews belonging to this reviewer.
+func (a *Adapter) SupersedeReviews(ctx context.Context, owner, repo string, prNumber int, oldReviews []vcs.Review, newReviewID int64, baseURL, sentinel string) error {
+	// Validate baseURL scheme before embedding in Markdown link (defense-in-depth).
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(baseURL, "http://") && !strings.HasPrefix(baseURL, "https://") {
+		return fmt.Errorf("SupersedeReviews: baseURL must have http or https scheme, got %q", baseURL)
+	}
+
+	underlying := a.client
+
+	newReviewURL := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s/%s/pulls/%d#pullrequestreview-%d",
+		strings.TrimRight(baseURL, "/"), owner, repo, prNumber, newReviewID)
+
+	for _, oldReview := range oldReviews {
+		cid, err := underlying.GetTimelineReviewCommentIDForReview(ctx, owner, repo, prNumber, oldReview.ID)
+		if err != nil {
+			slog.Warn("could not find comment ID for old review", "review_id", oldReview.ID, "error", err)
+			continue
+		}
+		supersededBody := buildSupersededBody(oldReview.Body, oldReview.CommitID, newReviewURL, sentinel)
+		if err := underlying.EditComment(ctx, owner, repo, cid, supersededBody); err != nil {
+			slog.Warn("could not mark old review as superseded", "review_id", oldReview.ID, "error", err)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// Resolve old review's inline comments
+		oldComments, err := underlying.ListReviewComments(ctx, owner, repo, prNumber, oldReview.ID)
+		if err != nil {
+			slog.Warn("could not list old review comments for resolution", "review_id", oldReview.ID, "error", err)
+			continue
+		}
+		for _, c := range oldComments {
+			if c.ID == 0 {
+				continue
+			}
+			_ = underlying.ResolveComment(ctx, owner, repo, c.ID)
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// buildSupersededBody creates the body for a superseded review: struck-through banner
+// with collapsed original content and the commit it was evaluated against.
+func buildSupersededBody(originalBody, commitSHA, newReviewURL, sentinel string) string {
+	shortSHA := commitSHA
+	if len(shortSHA) > 8 {
+		shortSHA = shortSHA[:8]
+	}
+	var sb strings.Builder
+	sb.WriteString("~~Original review~~\n\n")
+	sb.WriteString("**Superseded** \u2014 [see current review](")
+	sb.WriteString(newReviewURL)
+	sb.WriteString(") for up-to-date findings.\n\n")
+	if shortSHA != "" {
+		sb.WriteString("<details><summary>Previous findings (commit ")
+		sb.WriteString(shortSHA)
+		sb.WriteString(")</summary>\n\n")
+	} else {
+		sb.WriteString("<details><summary>Previous findings</summary>\n\n")
+	}
+	sb.WriteString(originalBody)
+	sb.WriteString("\n\n</details>\n\n")
+	sb.WriteString(sentinel)
+	return sb.String()
+}