Keep each submodule's git config out of the build context (closes #75)
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The canonical `.dockerignore` kept out `.git/config`, which can hold a credential, but not the `config` in each submodule's git directory under `.git/modules/`, nested again for a submodule's own submodules. It now also lists `.git/modules/**/config`, with one sentence in the comment above; `prompts/REPO_POLICIES.md` and both checklists say so in the same words.

The pattern stays under `.git/modules/` because `.git/**/config` would also drop a branch or tag named `config`, which `git describe` may need.

Known gap: a submodule whose name has a `config` path segment loses its whole git directory, so Go's version stamping fails the build loudly; tracked separately.

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title: Existing Repo Checklist
last_modified: 2026-10-03
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Use this checklist when beginning work in a repo that may not yet conform to our
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here run anywhere other than the repo root, the anchored entry misses
`services/api/.claude/`: add anchored entries for those directories.
- [ ] If the repo embeds a version in a binary: `.dockerignore` lets `.git` into
the build context. It keeps out `.git/config`, which `git describe` does
not need and which can hold a credential: a password in a remote URL, or
the token the CI checkout step stores there. The stage that compiles has
`git` (the Debian Go image has it; an alpine one needs
`apk add --no-cache git`) and takes the version from the `VERSION` build
argument when one is given, otherwise from `git describe --tags --always`.
That gives the tag on a tagged commit; on a later commit, the tag, the
number of commits since it and the short commit (`v1.2.3-4-gabc1234`); and
the short commit when no tag is reachable. The stage that compiles also
marks its working directory safe for git
(`git config --system --add safe.directory /src`): a context sent as a tar
stream keeps the sender's file owners, and git refuses a checkout owned by
another user, so the version would come out empty. `ARG VERSION` has no
default, and the build fails if the context carries `.git` and the version
still comes out empty, `dev` or `unknown`. A plain `docker build .` with
no build arguments must succeed; a Dockerfile that refuses an empty build
argument drops that refusal and keeps the argument. `script/docker` and
`script/cibuild` pass the version they compute on the host; it takes
precedence. A tag-derived version additionally needs `fetch-depth: 0` on
the CI checkout step, which clones shallow and fetches no tags by default.
the build context. It keeps out `.git/config` and each submodule's
`config` under `.git/modules/` at any depth (`.git/modules/**/config`),
which `git describe` does not need and which can hold a credential: a
password in a remote URL, or the token the CI checkout step stores there.
The stage that compiles has `git` (the Debian Go image has it; an alpine
one needs `apk add --no-cache git`) and takes the version from the
`VERSION` build argument when one is given, otherwise from
`git describe --tags --always`. That gives the tag on a tagged commit; on
a later commit, the tag, the number of commits since it and the short
commit (`v1.2.3-4-gabc1234`); and the short commit when no tag is
reachable. The stage that compiles also marks its working directory safe
for git (`git config --system --add safe.directory /src`): a context sent
as a tar stream keeps the sender's file owners, and git refuses a checkout
owned by another user, so the version would come out empty. `ARG VERSION`
has no default, and the build fails if the context carries `.git` and the
version still comes out empty, `dev` or `unknown`. A plain
`docker build .` with no build arguments must succeed; a Dockerfile that
refuses an empty build argument drops that refusal and keeps the argument.
`script/docker` and `script/cibuild` pass the version they compute on the
host; it takes precedence. A tag-derived version additionally needs
`fetch-depth: 0` on the CI checkout step, which clones shallow and fetches
no tags by default.
- [ ] Gitea Actions workflow in `.gitea/workflows/` runs `script/cibuild` on
push — reference
`https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/prompts/raw/branch/main/.gitea/workflows/check.yml`