REPO_POLICIES: apply the wordings from the latest compaction review

Applies the "Acceptable" wording of each of the seven findings at
#159 (comment), as
#159 (comment) says.

`TODO.md` carries the new size: 982 lines and 7,281 words.

Model: opus-5-5

README.md

@@ -172,7 +172,8 @@ share, and evolve prompts across projects.
 The repository is a collection of Markdown files organized in the `prompts/`
 subdirectory. Each file contains one or more related prompts or policy
 documents. There is no build step or runtime component; the prompts are consumed
-by copying them into other projects or referencing them directly.
+by copying them into other projects or referencing them directly. `examples/`
+holds the example `Dockerfile` files that `prompts/REPO_POLICIES.md` links to.
 
 ## Template Repos
 

TODO.md

@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@ fmt-check, and commit.
 
 # Completed Steps
 
+- 2026-11-09: Compacted `prompts/REPO_POLICIES.md` from 1,165 lines and 8,556
+  words to 982 lines and 7,281 words
+  (https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/prompts/issues/158). Every rule keeps its meaning.
+  The rules now sit under headings, the pinning rule first. Each rule that was
+  stated in several places is stated once. The Makefile copies of the Go and
+  Python test commands are gone, because the `Dockerfile` examples carry the
+  same commands. Both checklists name the `.golangci.yml` section.
 - 2026-11-07: Go code is now formatted with `gofmt` and then `golines -m 77`
   (https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/prompts/issues/160). `prompts/REPO_POLICIES.md`
   says how `script/fmt`, `script/fmt-check` and `script/bootstrap` do it and

examples/go-lint-system-libraries.Dockerfile

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+FROM golangci/golangci-lint@sha256:... AS lint
+RUN apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends libvips-dev \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+WORKDIR /src
+COPY go.mod go.sum ./
+RUN go mod download
+ARG CACHEBUST

examples/go.Dockerfile

@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+# In every stage ARG CACHEBUST comes right after the steps that install
+# system packages and download Go's modules, or right after FROM in a
+# stage with neither, and every step that lints, tests or compiles
+# comes after it. script/ passes a new value on every build, which
+# reruns every RUN step after it. Docker keeps the layers above it
+# until the base image, their own lines or go.mod and go.sum change.
+# The steps that compile mount Go's build cache, and golangci-lint run
+# also mounts golangci-lint's; both survive from build to build.
+
+# Lint phase
+# golangci/golangci-lint:v2.x.x, YYYY-MM-DD
+FROM golangci/golangci-lint@sha256:... AS lint
+WORKDIR /src
+COPY go.mod go.sum ./
+RUN go mod download
+ARG CACHEBUST
+COPY . .
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/go-build \
+    --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/golangci-lint \
+    golangci-lint run --config .golangci.yml ./...
+
+# Test phase. -race needs cgo and so a C compiler, which the Debian Go
+# image ships and the alpine one does not. -count=1 because the mounted
+# cache also holds test results, which go test would otherwise replay.
+# A first run that timed out gets no rerun, because a rerun would only
+# wait for the same hang.
+# golang:1.x, YYYY-MM-DD
+FROM golang@sha256:... AS test
+WORKDIR /src
+COPY go.mod go.sum ./
+RUN go mod download
+ARG CACHEBUST
+COPY . .
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/go-build \
+    status=0; \
+    output=$(go test -count=1 -timeout 90s -race -cover ./... 2>&1) || status=$?; \
+    printf '%s\n' "$output"; \
+    test "$status" -eq 0 && exit 0; \
+    case "$output" in \
+        *"panic: test timed out"*|*"*** Test killed"*) exit 1 ;; \
+    esac; \
+    echo "--- Rerunning with -v for details ---"; \
+    go test -count=1 -timeout 90s -race -v ./...; \
+    exit 1
+
+# Build stage. Nothing is wanted from either phase above; the copies
+# are what make BuildKit build them first, so nothing after them can
+# run unless lint and test passed.
+# golang:1.x-alpine, YYYY-MM-DD
+FROM golang@sha256:... AS builder
+# git comes from the base image's own distribution package index, which
+# is trusted, so it needs no version and no hash.
+RUN apk add --no-cache git
+WORKDIR /src
+COPY go.mod go.sum ./
+RUN go mod download
+ARG CACHEBUST
+COPY --from=lint /src/go.sum /dev/null
+COPY --from=test /src/go.sum /dev/null
+# A tar-stream context keeps the sender's file owners, which git refuses.
+RUN git config --system --add safe.directory /src
+COPY . .
+
+# The VERSION build arg when one is given, otherwise
+# `git describe --tags --always` on the .git in the build context. With
+# .git present, a version that is still empty, dev or unknown fails the
+# build: git is missing or could not read the checkout.
+ARG VERSION
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/go-build \
+    VERSION="${VERSION:-$(git describe --tags --always)}"; \
+    if [ -e .git ]; then \
+        case "$VERSION" in ""|dev|unknown) \
+            echo "version is '$VERSION' although .git is present" >&2; \
+            exit 1 ;; \
+        esac; \
+    fi; \
+    CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -trimpath \
+        -ldflags="-s -w -X main.Version=${VERSION}" \
+        -o /app ./cmd/app/
+
+# Runtime stage, and the last one
+FROM alpine@sha256:...
+ARG CACHEBUST
+COPY --from=builder /app /usr/local/bin/app
+ENTRYPOINT ["app"]

examples/python-test-phase.Dockerfile

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Test phase. Both pytest runs share one 90-second timeout, so a hang
+# uses it once and gets no rerun.
+# debian:trixie-slim, YYYY-MM-DD
+FROM debian@sha256:... AS test
+# Python, pip and venv come from the distribution, which is trusted, so
+# they need no version and no hash. make and git are base tools that
+# script/bootstrap installs when they are missing. Installed here, they
+# stay in their own layer when script/ changes.
+RUN apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ca-certificates make git \
+        python3 python3-venv \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+# script/bootstrap installs pipenv in a virtual environment at
+# $HOME/.pipenv, and the tests below run that pipenv.
+ENV PATH=/root/.pipenv/bin:$PATH
+WORKDIR /app
+COPY script/ script/
+COPY Pipfile Pipfile.lock ./
+RUN script/bootstrap
+ARG CACHEBUST
+COPY . .
+RUN timeout 90 sh -c 'pipenv run pytest || { \
+        echo "--- Rerunning with -v for details ---"; \
+        pipenv run pytest -v; exit 1; }'

prompts/EXISTING_REPO_CHECKLIST.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: Existing Repo Checklist
-last_modified: 2026-11-07
+last_modified: 2026-11-09
 ---
 
 Use this checklist when beginning work in a repo that may not yet conform to our
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ with your task.
       also mounts golangci-lint's
       (`--mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/golangci-lint`), and no step
       mounts anything else; both `go test` runs carry `-count=1`; a first run
-      that timed out gets no rerun, as in the canonical Go `Dockerfile` in
+      that timed out gets no rerun, as in `examples/go.Dockerfile` in the
-      `REPO_POLICIES.md`
+      `prompts` repo
 - [ ] Python: a `test` phase that installs its packages from `Pipfile.lock` does
       it above `ARG CACHEBUST`, with `COPY script/ script/`,
       `COPY Pipfile Pipfile.lock ./` and `RUN script/bootstrap`. When
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ with your task.
     installs no Python, because a step above it already did. `Pipfile` names no
     `python_version`, because `--deploy` stops when the distribution's Python
     differs from it. The tests run after `ARG CACHEBUST`, and every other stage
-    installs its Python packages after it, as in the Python `test` phase example
+    installs its Python packages after it, as in
-    in `REPO_POLICIES.md`
+    `examples/python-test-phase.Dockerfile` in the `prompts` repo
 
 - [ ] The gate phases invoke their tools directly, never through `make lint` or
       `script/test` — those are themselves a `docker build` and would recurse
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ with your task.
     - [ ] Go: `go.mod`, `go.sum`, `.golangci.yml` (fetch from
           `https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/prompts/raw/branch/main/.golangci.yml` and,
           in the same commit, set the lint phase digest to the one named in the
-          `.golangci.yml` paragraph of `REPO_POLICIES.md`)
+          `.golangci.yml` section of `REPO_POLICIES.md`)
     - [ ] JS: `package.json`, `yarn.lock`, `.yarnrc.yml`, `.yarn/releases/`,
           `.gitattributes`, `.prettierrc`, `.prettierignore` (fetch the last two
           from `https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/prompts/raw/branch/main/.prettierrc`

prompts/NEW_REPO_CHECKLIST.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: New Repo Checklist
-last_modified: 2026-11-07
+last_modified: 2026-11-09
 ---
 
 Use this checklist when creating a new repository from scratch. Follow the steps
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ Template files can be fetched from:
       also mounts golangci-lint's
       (`--mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/golangci-lint`), and no step
       mounts anything else; both `go test` runs carry `-count=1`; a first run
-      that timed out gets no rerun, as in the canonical Go `Dockerfile` in
+      that timed out gets no rerun, as in `examples/go.Dockerfile` in the
-      `REPO_POLICIES.md`
+      `prompts` repo
     - Python: a `test` phase that installs its packages from `Pipfile.lock` does
       it above `ARG CACHEBUST`, with `COPY script/ script/`,
       `COPY Pipfile Pipfile.lock ./` and `RUN script/bootstrap`. When
@@ -160,8 +160,8 @@ Template files can be fetched from:
         because a step above it already did. `Pipfile` names no
         `python_version`, because `--deploy` stops when the distribution's
         Python differs from it. The tests run after `ARG CACHEBUST`, and every
-        other stage installs its Python packages after it, as in the Python
+        other stage installs its Python packages after it, as in
-        `test` phase example in `REPO_POLICIES.md`
+        `examples/python-test-phase.Dockerfile` in the `prompts` repo
 
     - Server: the final stage builds and runs the application
     - Non-server: the final stage brings up the dev environment
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ Template files can be fetched from:
     - [ ] Go: `go mod init sneak.berlin/go/<name>`, `.golangci.yml` (fetch from
           `https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/prompts/raw/branch/main/.golangci.yml` and,
           in the same commit, set the lint phase digest to the one named in the
-          `.golangci.yml` paragraph of `REPO_POLICIES.md`)
+          `.golangci.yml` section of `REPO_POLICIES.md`)
     - [ ] JS, or any repository that runs prettier through yarn: make the first
           `yarn.lock` with the steps below. `script/bootstrap` installs no yarn
           until `yarn.lock` exists, so run them with any distribution's node and