Move the canonical golangci-lint to v2.15.0 and bring back canonicalheader

v2.15.0 (released 2026-10-16, built with go1.27.0 like v2.14.0) bundles
canonicalheader with its upstream fix for non-deterministic results, the
defect behind issue 105. Linted 20 times each on a scratch package with
two planted findings beside a ResponseWriter.Header() call, v2.14.0
reported them on 8 runs and nothing on 12; v2.15.0 reported them on all
20. REPO_POLICIES.md names the new digest; .golangci.yml no longer
disables canonicalheader and is otherwise unchanged, since it verifies
against v2.15.0 as it was and default: all switches on no new linter.

.golangci.yml

@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@ version: "2"
 # Config schema uses the golangci-lint v2 layout (settings live under
 # linters.settings, not top-level linters-settings) so that the
 # thresholds below are actually applied by golangci-lint >= v2.
-#
-# This file has no formatters section, so golangci-lint run does not run
-# gofmt. A repository's script/fmt-check runs it, on the host.
 
 run:
   timeout: 5m
@@ -19,13 +16,13 @@ linters:
     - gomodguard_v2
   disable:
     # Genuinely incompatible with project patterns
-    - exhaustruct_v5   # Requires all struct fields
+    - exhaustruct      # Requires all struct fields
+    - exhaustruct_v5   # Requires all struct fields (successor to exhaustruct)
     - godot            # Requires comments to end with periods
     - wrapcheck        # Too verbose for internal packages
     - varnamelen       # Short names like db, id are idiomatic Go
     # Deprecated: the warning is attached to the old name, so it is
     # silenced by disabling that name, not by enabling the successor.
-    - exhaustruct      # Deprecated, replaced by exhaustruct_v5
     - wsl              # Deprecated, replaced by wsl_v5
     - gomodguard       # Deprecated, replaced by gomodguard_v2
   settings:
@@ -43,10 +40,7 @@ linters:
       # test-support package exists to hand a test privileges the program
       # itself must never have, so a file that is not a test must not import
       # one. Test files, and the files inside a package whose directory name
-      # ends in `test`, are where that code belongs, and are exempt. A package
+      # ends in `test`, are where that code belongs, and are exempt.
-      # in a subdirectory of that directory is not exempt. `${base-path}` is
-      # the directory holding this file, so the name of the directory a
-      # repository is cloned into does not count.
       #
       # The deny list below is the one part of this file a repository is
       # expected to extend, and the only part it may. depguard matches an
@@ -61,25 +55,24 @@ linters:
           files:
             - "$all"
             - "!$test"
-            - "!${base-path}**/*test/*"
+            - "!**/*test/**"
           deny:
             - pkg: net/http/httptest
               desc: >-
                 Test-support code belongs in test files and in packages whose
                 directory name ends in test, not in the shipped binary.
-    # Each entry names a module not to use and what to use instead. Every
+    # Only decisions already recorded in the Go package defaults are
-    # entry matches the module path exactly.
+    # listed here. Every entry matches the module path exactly.
     gomodguard_v2:
       blocked:
         - module: github.com/rs/zerolog
           recommendations:
             - log/slog
           reason: "Structured logging is stdlib log/slog."
-        # These entries cover only the github.com/go-redis/redis module paths,
+        # One entry per pre-fork module path, because the later releases
-        # one entry per path, because the later releases are separate paths.
+        # are separate paths. A prefix match would be shorter but would
-        # A prefix match would be shorter but would also reach
+        # also reach github.com/go-redis/redismock, the test double for
-        # github.com/go-redis/redismock/v9, the test double for the successor
+        # the successor these entries recommend.
-        # these entries recommend.
         - module: github.com/go-redis/redis
           recommendations:
             - github.com/redis/go-redis/v9
@@ -92,10 +85,6 @@ linters:
           recommendations:
             - github.com/redis/go-redis/v9
           reason: "Pre-fork module; use the maintained go-redis v9."
-        - module: github.com/go-redis/redis/v9
-          recommendations:
-            - github.com/redis/go-redis/v9
-          reason: "Pre-fork module; use the maintained go-redis v9."
         - module: github.com/sergi/go-diff
           recommendations:
             - github.com/aymanbagabas/go-udiff
@@ -119,4 +108,3 @@ linters:
 issues:
   max-issues-per-linter: 0
   max-same-issues: 0
-  uniq-by-line: false

Dockerfile

@@ -2,15 +2,11 @@
 # lint` or `script/lint`, which are themselves a docker build and would
 # recurse into a daemon that does not exist in a build step.
 #
-# In every stage, ARG CACHEBUST comes right after the step that installs
+# Every stage declares ARG CACHEBUST first: script/ passes a new value on
-# system packages. script/ passes a new value on every build. That value
+# every build, which reruns every RUN step after it.
-# reruns every RUN step below the ARG line, and the install step keeps
-# its layer. node and yarn come from the distribution, which is trusted,
-# so they need no version and no hash.
 #
-# alpine 3.24.3, 2026-11-04
+# node 22-alpine, 2026-02-22
-FROM alpine@sha256:be2656061b536c1883c4034790e21d0a09c5aaaf51968b89368a3c0371ea2c9a AS lint
+FROM node@sha256:e4bf2a82ad0a4037d28035ae71529873c069b13eb0455466ae0bc13363826e34 AS lint
-RUN apk add --no-cache git make nodejs yarn
 ARG CACHEBUST
 
 WORKDIR /app
@@ -25,9 +21,8 @@ RUN yarn run prettier --check '**/*.md' --tab-width 4 --prose-wrap always
 
 # Test phase, same shape and for the same reason.
 #
-# alpine 3.24.3, 2026-11-04
+# node 22-alpine, 2026-02-22
-FROM alpine@sha256:be2656061b536c1883c4034790e21d0a09c5aaaf51968b89368a3c0371ea2c9a AS test
+FROM node@sha256:e4bf2a82ad0a4037d28035ae71529873c069b13eb0455466ae0bc13363826e34 AS test
-RUN apk add --no-cache git make nodejs yarn
 ARG CACHEBUST
 
 WORKDIR /app
@@ -46,9 +41,8 @@ RUN echo "No tests defined."
 # this image cannot be produced unless lint and test passed. A stage
 # appended after this one would drop all three out of a plain build.
 #
-# alpine 3.24.3, 2026-11-04
+# node 22-alpine, 2026-02-22
-FROM alpine@sha256:be2656061b536c1883c4034790e21d0a09c5aaaf51968b89368a3c0371ea2c9a
+FROM node@sha256:e4bf2a82ad0a4037d28035ae71529873c069b13eb0455466ae0bc13363826e34
-RUN apk add --no-cache git make nodejs yarn
 ARG CACHEBUST
 
 WORKDIR /app
@@ -56,8 +50,8 @@ WORKDIR /app
 COPY --from=lint /app/package.json /dev/null
 COPY --from=test /app/package.json /dev/null
 
-# script/bootstrap finds the system packages above and installs the node
+# script/bootstrap installs all prerequisites. Manifests are copied
-# packages.
+# first so that layer stays cached until dependencies change.
 COPY script/ script/
 COPY package.json yarn.lock ./
 RUN script/bootstrap

README.md

@@ -156,9 +156,9 @@ A stage with none of these steps declares `ARG CACHEBUST` right after `FROM`.
 The `script/` builds pass a new `CACHEBUST` value on every build, which reruns
 every `RUN` step after that line and leaves the layers above it and the cache
 mounts in place; `--no-cache` would build those layers again and empty the
-mounts. This repo's own `Dockerfile` installs git, make, node and yarn right
+mounts. This repo's own `Dockerfile` declares `ARG CACHEBUST` right after `FROM`
-after `FROM` in every stage, above `ARG CACHEBUST`. `script/bootstrap` installs
+in every stage: each stage installs system packages and node packages together
-the node packages below that line, because check builds keep system packages but
+in one `script/bootstrap` step, and check builds may keep system packages but
 not node packages.
 
 ## Rationale

TODO.md

@@ -21,70 +21,15 @@ fmt-check, and commit.
 
 # Completed Steps
 
-- 2026-11-04: node, yarn, npm, python, pip and venv now come from the
+- 2026-11-01: Moved the canonical golangci-lint to v2.15.0 (released
-  distribution with no version and no hash
+  2026-10-16), still built with go1.27.0, so the `go` directive rule is
-  (https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/prompts/issues/146), on sneak's ruling at
+  unchanged. The canonical `.golangci.yml` passes `golangci-lint config verify`
-  https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/prompts/issues/146#issuecomment-166033. Third-party
+  on v2.15.0, and `default: all` switches on no new linter. `canonicalheader` is
-  packages stay pinned by hash. These changed:
+  enabled again (issue 105): v2.15.0 carries the upstream commit "fix:
-    - `script/bootstrap` no longer uses nvm or corepack, and stops when yarn's
+  non-deterministic results", and on a scratch package with two planted findings
-      major version is not 1.
+  beside a `ResponseWriter.Header()` call, linted 20 times with each pinned
-    - `script/bootstrap` installs node, yarn and the node packages only when
+  image, v2.14.0 reported them on 8 runs and nothing on 12, while v2.15.0
-      `yarn.lock` is in the tree.
+  reported them on all 20.
-    - `script/bootstrap`, `script/fmt` and `script/fmt-check` run `yarn` or
-      `yarnpkg`, whichever is present.
-    - This repository's `Dockerfile` starts from Alpine 3.24.
-    - The Python `test` phase example starts from `debian:trixie-slim`.
-    - A Python repository's `script/bootstrap` creates its virtual environment
-      at `$HOME/.pipenv`, so it works on a host and in a `Dockerfile`.
-    - `PIP_ONLY_BINARY=:all:` stops a package with no wheel, so pip downloads no
-      build tools without a hash check.
-- 2026-11-04: Rewrote `prompts/REPO_POLICIES.md` sentence by sentence
-  (https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/prompts/issues/136), on sneak's yes at
-  https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/prompts/issues/136#issuecomment-165193. Every rule
-  keeps its meaning and its place, and `must` and `should` stay as they were.
-  Long sentences are split, comma-chained lists are now bulleted lists, and
-  every reason stays. Code blocks, digests, URLs, file names, commands and
-  quoted strings are unchanged.
-- 2026-11-03: The canonical golangci-lint is now v2.15.0, still built with
-  go1.27.0, so the `go` directive rule is unchanged (issue 142). Repositories
-  pick this up on their next re-vendor. Each item in the canonical
-  `.golangci.yml` was tried on a scratch module. These changed:
-    - `canonicalheader` is enabled again, because v2.15.0 fixes the random
-      misses behind issue 105.
-    - The `depguard` exemption covers only the files directly inside a directory
-      whose name ends in `test`. It used to reach every directory below that one
-      too. The name of the directory a repository is cloned into no longer
-      counts.
-    - `gomodguard_v2` also blocks `github.com/go-redis/redis/v9`, whose
-      pre-releases can still be imported under that path.
-    - `uniq-by-line` is now `false`, so a line that trips two linters reports
-      both findings.
-    - Three comments are corrected:
-        - `exhaustruct` is listed as deprecated.
-        - The test double is named `github.com/go-redis/redismock/v9`.
-        - The claim that every blocked module is in the Go package defaults is
-          gone.
-    - A comment says the file has no `formatters` section, so
-      `golangci-lint run` does not run `gofmt`.
-- 2026-11-03: A package from the distribution's own package index now needs no
-  version and no hash, and pulling that index is allowed
-  (https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/prompts/issues/72), on sneak's answer at
-  https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/prompts/issues/72#issuecomment-165196. The
-  distribution is the pinned base image's in a `Dockerfile` and the host's on a
-  host. It is trusted, and everything else stays pinned by hash. A package
-  source that a `Dockerfile` adds itself does not get the exception. The pinning
-  rule of `REPO_POLICIES.md` and both checklists say so, and the canonical Go
-  `Dockerfile`'s `apk add` line has a comment saying why it is allowed.
-- 2026-11-03: A first test run that timed out now gets no verbose rerun
-  (https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/prompts/issues/61), on sneak's approval at
-  https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/prompts/issues/61#issuecomment-165195. The Go recipe
-  in `REPO_POLICIES.md` looks in the first run's output for
-  `panic: test timed out` or `*** Test killed`, and exits 1 when either is
-  there. The Python `make test` example takes the same `timeout 90 sh -c`
-  wrapper as its `Dockerfile` example. The 60 and 90 second rule and the
-  5-minute rule now say a hung package uses the backstop once. The Go item in
-  both repo checklists now asks for this, so a repository with the old recipe
-  fails it.
 - 2026-10-27: Added `prompts/API_POLICIES.md`
   (https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/prompts/issues/137). It holds sneak's rule from
   https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/routewatch/issues/199 that a value in an API

prompts/CODE_STYLEGUIDE_JS.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: Code Styleguide — JavaScript
-last_modified: 2026-11-04
+last_modified: 2026-02-22
 ---
 
 1. Use `const` for everything. If you need to reassign, use `let`. Never use
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ last_modified: 2026-11-04
 
 1. Use yarn for package management, avoid using npm.
 
-1. Install node from the distribution, in whatever version it packages.
+1. Use LTS node versions.
 
 1. Use `prettier` for code formatting, with four spaces for indentation.
 

prompts/EXISTING_REPO_CHECKLIST.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: Existing Repo Checklist
-last_modified: 2026-11-04
+last_modified: 2026-10-26
 ---
 
 Use this checklist when beginning work in a repo that may not yet conform to our
@@ -56,45 +56,34 @@ with your task.
     - the step that runs `script/bootstrap` to install a Python `test` phase's
       packages from `Pipfile.lock`
 - [ ] A stage with none of these steps declares `ARG CACHEBUST` right after
-      `FROM`. A step that also installs anything else comes after
+      `FROM`. A step that installs anything else as well, such as a
-      `ARG CACHEBUST` too. A `script/bootstrap` that also installs node packages
+      `script/bootstrap` that also installs node packages, comes after it too.
-      is one. The `script/` builds pass a new `CACHEBUST` value on every build,
+      The `script/` builds pass a new `CACHEBUST` value on every build, which
-      which reruns every `RUN` step after that line and leaves the layers above
+      reruns every `RUN` step after that line and leaves the layers above it and
-      it and the cache mounts in place; `--no-cache` would build those layers
+      the cache mounts in place; `--no-cache` would build those layers again and
-      again and empty the mounts. A stage without the `ARG` line is served from
+      empty the mounts. A stage without the `ARG` line is served from cache on
-      cache on an unchanged tree, so the scripts and the `ARG` lines are
+      an unchanged tree, so the scripts and the `ARG` lines are re-vendored in
-      re-vendored in one commit.
+      one commit.
 - [ ] Go: each Go stage downloads the modules (`COPY go.mod go.sum ./`,
       `RUN go mod download`) above `ARG CACHEBUST`; the steps that compile
       (`golangci-lint run`, `go test`, `go build`) mount Go's build cache
       (`--mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/go-build`), `golangci-lint run`
       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
+      mounts anything else; both `go test` runs carry `-count=1`, as in the
-      that timed out gets no rerun, as in the canonical Go `Dockerfile` in
+      canonical Go `Dockerfile` in `REPO_POLICIES.md`
-      `REPO_POLICIES.md`
 - [ ] 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
-      `script/bootstrap` runs in that step, it installs nothing beyond these:
+      `script/bootstrap` runs in that step, it installs nothing beyond system
-    - system packages
+      packages, pipenv and its dependencies, and the packages from
-    - pipenv and its dependencies
+      `Pipfile.lock`. It installs pipenv and its dependencies by hash, with
-    - the packages from `Pipfile.lock`
+      `pip install --require-hashes`. It installs the packages from
-
+      `Pipfile.lock` with `pipenv install --deploy`, plus `--dev` when the tests
-    It creates a virtual environment at `$HOME/.pipenv` with `python3 -m venv`
+      need the development packages. It installs no Python there, because the
-    when it is missing, then uses that environment's `pip` and `pipenv`. On a
+      tests use the base image's. The tests run after `ARG CACHEBUST`, and every
-    host, it first installs the distribution's python and venv packages when
+      other stage installs its Python packages after it, as in the Python `test`
-    they are missing. It installs pipenv and its dependencies by hash, with
+      phase example in `REPO_POLICIES.md`
-    `pip install --require-hashes`. It installs the packages from `Pipfile.lock`
-    with `pipenv install --deploy`, plus `--dev` when the tests need the
-    development packages. It sets `PIP_ONLY_BINARY=:all:` for both installs, so
-    a package with no wheel for the image stops the install. It installs no
-    Python there, because the tests use the distribution's, which a step above
-    it installs. `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 in `REPO_POLICIES.md`
-
 - [ ] The gate phases invoke their tools directly, never through `make lint` or
       `script/test` — those are themselves a `docker build` and would recurse
       inside a build step
@@ -115,43 +104,37 @@ with your task.
       `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 every git `config` at any depth
-      (`**/.git/config`, `**/.git/modules/**/config`):
+      (`**/.git/config`, `**/.git/modules/**/config`): the repository's own,
-    - the repository's own
+      each submodule's under `.git/modules/`, and that of a submodule keeping
-    - each submodule's under `.git/modules/`
+      its own `.git` directory. `git describe` does not need them, and each can
-    - that of a submodule keeping its own `.git` directory
+      hold a credential: a password in a remote URL, or the token the CI
-
+      checkout step stores there. A submodule whose name has a `config` segment
-    `git describe` does not need them, and each can hold a credential: a
+      (`config`, `deploy/config`, `config/lib`) loses its whole git directory to
-    password in a remote URL, or the token the CI checkout step stores there.
+      `**/.git/modules/**/config`, and Go's version stamping then fails the
-    Some submodule names have a `config` segment, as in `config`,
+      build: give it a name without that segment (`git submodule add --name`).
-    `deploy/config` or `config/lib`. Such a submodule loses its whole git
+      The stage that compiles has `git` (the Debian Go image has it; an alpine
-    directory to `**/.git/modules/**/config`, and Go's version stamping then
+      one needs `apk add --no-cache git`) and takes the version from the
-    fails the build. Give it a name without that segment
+      `VERSION` build argument when one is given, otherwise from
-    (`git submodule add --name`). The stage that compiles has `git`: the Debian
+      `git describe --tags --always`. That gives the tag on a tagged commit; on
-    Go image has it, and an alpine one needs `apk add --no-cache git`. That
+      a later commit, the tag, the number of commits since it and the short
-    stage takes the version from the `VERSION` build argument when one is given,
+      commit (`v1.2.3-4-gabc1234`); and the short commit when no tag is
-    otherwise from `git describe --tags --always`. That gives:
+      reachable. The stage that compiles also marks its working directory safe
-    - the tag, on a tagged commit
+      for git (`git config --system --add safe.directory /src`): a context sent
-    - the tag, the number of commits since it and the short commit
+      as a tar stream keeps the sender's file owners, and git refuses a checkout
-      (`v1.2.3-4-gabc1234`), on a later commit
+      owned by another user, so the version would come out empty. `ARG VERSION`
-    - the short commit, when no tag is reachable
+      has no default, and the build fails if the context carries `.git` and the
-
+      version still comes out empty, `dev` or `unknown`. A plain
-    The stage that compiles also marks its working directory safe for git
+      `docker build .` with no build arguments must succeed; a Dockerfile that
-    (`git config --system --add safe.directory /src`). A context sent as a tar
+      refuses an empty build argument drops that refusal and keeps the argument.
-    stream keeps the sender's file owners, and git refuses a checkout owned by
+      A checkout whose `.git` is a file (a linked worktree, or a repository
-    another user, so the version would come out empty. `ARG VERSION` has no
+      checked out as a submodule) is the exception: that file points to a git
-    default. The build fails if the context carries `.git` and the version still
+      directory outside the build context, so the build cannot read the version
-    comes out empty, `dev` or `unknown`. A plain `docker build .` with no build
+      and a plain `docker build .` fails; pass the version with
-    arguments must succeed; a Dockerfile that refuses an empty build argument
+      `--build-arg VERSION=...`. `script/docker` and `script/cibuild` already
-    drops that refusal and keeps the argument. A checkout whose `.git` is a file
+      pass the version they compute on the host; it takes precedence. The
-    is the exception: a linked worktree, or a repository checked out as a
+      canonical `.gitea/workflows/check.yml` sets `fetch-depth: 0` on its
-    submodule. That file points to a git directory outside the build context, so
+      checkout step, which otherwise clones shallow and fetches no tags, so a CI
-    the build cannot read the version and a plain `docker build .` fails. Pass
+      build finds the tag too.
-    the version with `--build-arg VERSION=...`. `script/docker` and
-    `script/cibuild` already pass the version they compute on the host; it takes
-    precedence. The canonical `.gitea/workflows/check.yml` sets `fetch-depth: 0`
-    on its checkout step, which otherwise clones shallow and fetches no tags, so
-    a CI build finds the tag too.
-
 - [ ] Gitea Actions workflow in `.gitea/workflows/` runs `script/cibuild` on
       push, checks out with `persist-credentials: false` and with
       `fetch-depth: 0` (which fetches the tags `git describe` needs), carries
@@ -202,17 +185,13 @@ with your task.
       `docker build` in `script/`. Without the bootstrap the CI run dies in
       `script/fmt-check`, which runs the formatter on the host and finds nothing
       installed.
-- [ ] `script/bootstrap` installs node, yarn and the node packages only when
+- [ ] `script/fmt` and `script/fmt-check` pick their `yarn` with the same test
-      `yarn.lock` is in the tree. node and yarn come from the distribution when
+      as `script/bootstrap`: the `yarn` on `PATH` when the node on `PATH` has
-      they are missing. With `yarn.lock` in the tree, `script/bootstrap` stops
+      the pinned major version, and otherwise yarn under the pinned node, with
-      with a one-line message when yarn's major version is not 1.
+      nvm loaded through `$HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh`. `script/bootstrap` leaves the node
-- [ ] A `Dockerfile` stage copies `yarn.lock` before it runs `script/bootstrap`
+      and yarn it installs under nvm off the `PATH` of the shell that called it,
-      only if that stage needs yarn. A stage that needs yarn starts from an
+      so a bare `yarn` exits 127 on a runner carrying nothing but docker and
-      image whose distribution packages yarn 1, which today means Alpine.
+      git, or runs under another node.
-- [ ] `script/bootstrap`, `script/fmt` and `script/fmt-check` run yarn by
-      whichever name is present: `yarn`, or `yarnpkg` on Debian and Ubuntu. With
-      neither name on `PATH`, they print one line saying to run
-      `script/bootstrap`, and exit 1.
 - [ ] `script/bootstrap` installs no linter of its own — delete the block, its
       version variables and its call site. A JS repo's `yarn install` stays; it
       brings a linter along with every other dependency, and no verdict is taken
@@ -236,16 +215,7 @@ with your task.
 - [ ] Pre-commit hook is installed (`make hooks`)
 - [ ] No secrets in the repo (`.env`, keys, credentials)
 - [ ] No mutable references in Dockerfiles or scripts (tags, `@latest`) — all
-      pinned by cryptographic hash with version/date comment. The one exception
+      pinned by cryptographic hash with version/date comment
-      is a package from the distribution's own package index, which needs no
-      version and no hash. Pulling that index is also allowed. In a
-      `Dockerfile`, the distribution is the pinned base image's. On a host, it
-      is the host's, and the host's package manager stands for it, nix and brew
-      included. A package source that a `Dockerfile` adds itself does not get
-      this exception
-- [ ] node, yarn, npm, python, pip and venv come from the distribution wherever
-      possible, never from nvm, pyenv, corepack or `npm install -g yarn`. If the
-      distribution's version is too old, use a newer distribution
 - [ ] Using `yarn`, not `npm` (JS projects)
 
 # Directory Structure
@@ -274,12 +244,11 @@ with your task.
 # Final
 
 - [ ] `make check` passes
-- [ ] `script/cibuild` succeeds in a fresh clone on a host carrying what CI has.
+- [ ] `script/cibuild` succeeds in a fresh clone on a host carrying what CI has
-      That host is the runner image
+      (the runner image `docker.gitea.com/runner-images:ubuntu-latest`: docker,
-      `docker.gitea.com/runner-images:ubuntu-latest`, which has docker, git and
+      git and node 24, with no yarn on `PATH`), and demonstrably executed the
-      node 24. Take any yarn off `PATH` first. The run must show that the checks
+      checks — a sub-second build, or `CACHED` on a step that lints or tests,
-      executed. A sub-second build means nothing ran. So does `CACHED` on a step
+      one of the `RUN` steps below `ARG CACHEBUST`, means nothing ran. Above
-      that lints or tests, one of the `RUN` steps below `ARG CACHEBUST`. Above
       that line, these steps are expected to show `CACHED`:
     - the steps that install system packages
     - the steps that download Go's modules

prompts/NEW_REPO_CHECKLIST.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: New Repo Checklist
-last_modified: 2026-11-04
+last_modified: 2026-10-26
 ---
 
 Use this checklist when creating a new repository from scratch. Follow the steps
@@ -75,42 +75,34 @@ Template files can be fetched from:
       anchored entry.
     - If the image embeds a version in a binary: `.dockerignore` lets `.git`
       into the build context. It keeps out every git `config` at any depth
-      (`**/.git/config`, `**/.git/modules/**/config`):
+      (`**/.git/config`, `**/.git/modules/**/config`): the repository's own,
-        - the repository's own
+      each submodule's under `.git/modules/`, and that of a submodule keeping
-        - each submodule's under `.git/modules/`
+      its own `.git` directory. `git describe` does not need them, and each can
-        - that of a submodule keeping its own `.git` directory
+      hold a credential: a password in a remote URL, or the token the CI
-
+      checkout step stores there. A submodule whose name has a `config` segment
-        `git describe` does not need them, and each can hold a credential: a
+      (`config`, `deploy/config`, `config/lib`) loses its whole git directory to
-        password in a remote URL, or the token the CI checkout step stores
+      `**/.git/modules/**/config`, and Go's version stamping then fails the
-        there. Some submodule names have a `config` segment, as in `config`,
+      build: give it a name without that segment (`git submodule add --name`).
-        `deploy/config` or `config/lib`. Such a submodule loses its whole git
+      The stage that compiles has `git` (the Debian Go image has it; an alpine
-        directory to `**/.git/modules/**/config`, and Go's version stamping then
+      one needs `apk add --no-cache git`) and takes the version from the
-        fails the build. Give it a name without that segment
-        (`git submodule add --name`). The stage that compiles has `git`: the
-        Debian Go image has it, and an alpine one needs
-        `apk add --no-cache git`. That stage takes the version from the
       `VERSION` build argument when one is given, otherwise from
-        `git describe --tags --always`. That gives:
+      `git describe --tags --always`. That gives the tag on a tagged commit; on
-        - the tag, on a tagged commit
+      a later commit, the tag, the number of commits since it and the short
-        - the tag, the number of commits since it and the short commit
+      commit (`v1.2.3-4-gabc1234`); and the short commit when no tag is
-          (`v1.2.3-4-gabc1234`), on a later commit
+      reachable. The stage that compiles also marks its working directory safe
-        - the short commit, when no tag is reachable
+      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
-        The stage that compiles also marks its working directory safe for git
+      owned by another user, so the version would come out empty. `ARG VERSION`
-        (`git config --system --add safe.directory /src`). A context sent as a
+      has no default, and the build fails if the context carries `.git` and the
-        tar stream keeps the sender's file owners, and git refuses a checkout
+      version still comes out empty, `dev` or `unknown`. A plain
-        owned by another user, so the version would come out empty.
+      `docker build .` with no build arguments must succeed; a Dockerfile that
-        `ARG VERSION` has no default. The build fails if the context carries
+      refuses an empty build argument drops that refusal and keeps the argument.
-        `.git` and the version still comes out empty, `dev` or `unknown`. A
+      A checkout whose `.git` is a file (a linked worktree, or a repository
-        plain `docker build .` with no build arguments must succeed; a
+      checked out as a submodule) is the exception: that file points to a git
-        Dockerfile that refuses an empty build argument drops that refusal and
+      directory outside the build context, so the build cannot read the version
-        keeps the argument. A checkout whose `.git` is a file is the exception:
+      and a plain `docker build .` fails; pass the version with
-        a linked worktree, or a repository checked out as a submodule. That file
+      `--build-arg VERSION=...`, as `script/docker` and `script/cibuild` already
-        points to a git directory outside the build context, so the build cannot
+      do.
-        read the version and a plain `docker build .` fails. Pass the version
-        with `--build-arg VERSION=...`, as `script/docker` and `script/cibuild`
-        already do.
-
     - The Dockerfile carries a `lint` phase and a `test` phase, each invoking
       its tool directly rather than through `make` or `script/`, and the final
       stage carries a `COPY --from=` of a harmless file from each so the image
@@ -123,50 +115,37 @@ Template files can be fetched from:
         - the step that runs `script/bootstrap` to install a Python `test`
           phase's packages from `Pipfile.lock`
     - A stage with none of these steps declares `ARG CACHEBUST` right after
-      `FROM`. A step that also installs anything else comes after
+      `FROM`. A step that installs anything else as well, such as a
-      `ARG CACHEBUST` too. A `script/bootstrap` that also installs node packages
+      `script/bootstrap` that also installs node packages, comes after it too.
-      is one. The `script/` builds pass a new `CACHEBUST` value on every build,
+      The `script/` builds pass a new `CACHEBUST` value on every build, which
-      which reruns every `RUN` step after that line and leaves the layers above
+      reruns every `RUN` step after that line and leaves the layers above it and
-      it and the cache mounts in place; `--no-cache` would build those layers
+      the cache mounts in place; `--no-cache` would build those layers again and
-      again and empty the mounts. A stage without the `ARG` line is served from
+      empty the mounts. A stage without the `ARG` line is served from cache on
-      cache on an unchanged tree, so the scripts and every stage's
+      an unchanged tree, so the scripts and every stage's `ARG CACHEBUST` line
-      `ARG CACHEBUST` line are added in the same commit.
+      are added in the same commit.
     - Go: each Go stage downloads the modules (`COPY go.mod go.sum ./`,
       `RUN go mod download`) above `ARG CACHEBUST`; the steps that compile
       (`golangci-lint run`, `go test`, `go build`) mount Go's build cache
       (`--mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/go-build`), `golangci-lint run`
       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
+      mounts anything else; both `go test` runs carry `-count=1`, as in the
-      that timed out gets no rerun, as in the canonical Go `Dockerfile` in
+      canonical Go `Dockerfile` in `REPO_POLICIES.md`
-      `REPO_POLICIES.md`
     - 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
-      `script/bootstrap` runs in that step, it installs nothing beyond these:
+      `script/bootstrap` runs in that step, it installs nothing beyond system
-        - system packages
+      packages, pipenv and its dependencies, and the packages from
-        - pipenv and its dependencies
+      `Pipfile.lock`. It installs pipenv and its dependencies by hash, with
-        - the packages from `Pipfile.lock`
+      `pip install --require-hashes`. It installs the packages from
-
+      `Pipfile.lock` with `pipenv install --deploy`, plus `--dev` when the tests
-        It creates a virtual environment at `$HOME/.pipenv` with
+      need the development packages. It installs no Python there, because the
-        `python3 -m venv` when it is missing, then uses that environment's `pip`
+      tests use the base image's. The tests run after `ARG CACHEBUST`, and every
-        and `pipenv`. On a host, it first installs the distribution's python and
+      other stage installs its Python packages after it, as in the Python `test`
-        venv packages when they are missing. It installs pipenv and its
+      phase example in `REPO_POLICIES.md`
-        dependencies by hash, with `pip install --require-hashes`. It installs
-        the packages from `Pipfile.lock` with `pipenv install --deploy`, plus
-        `--dev` when the tests need the development packages. It sets
-        `PIP_ONLY_BINARY=:all:` for both installs, so a package with no wheel
-        for the image stops the install. It installs no Python there, because
-        the tests use the distribution's, which a step above it installs.
-        `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 in `REPO_POLICIES.md`
-
     - Server: the final stage builds and runs the application
     - Non-server: the final stage brings up the dev environment
     - Image pinned by sha256 hash with version/date comment
-
 - [ ] Gitea Actions workflow at `.gitea/workflows/check.yml` that runs
       `script/cibuild` on push, checks out with `persist-credentials: false` and
       with `fetch-depth: 0` (which fetches the tags `git describe` needs),
@@ -190,21 +169,14 @@ are thin shims calling them. Model scripts:
 
 - [ ] scripts are POSIX sh (`#!/bin/sh`, `set -eu`, no bashisms) so they run on
       alpine images without bash
-- [ ] `script/bootstrap` / `make bootstrap` installs all dependencies,
+- [ ] `script/bootstrap` / `make bootstrap` — installs all dependencies,
-      idempotently, and assumes nothing is present:
+      idempotently, assuming nothing (pkg manager detection nix/apt/brew/apk;
-    - It detects the package manager: nix, apt, brew or apk.
+      node used if its major version is the pinned one, else pinned version via
-    - It installs node, yarn and the node packages only when `yarn.lock` is in
+      nvm from a hash-verified archive, with yarn and the packages installed
-      the tree. node and yarn come from that package manager when they are
+      under it; pinned yarn via corepack); a non-server repo's development
-      missing.
+      environment stage runs it instead of inline installs; a gate phase or the
-    - With `yarn.lock` in the tree, it stops with a one-line message when yarn's
+      build stage installs what its base image lacks either inline or by running
-      major version is not 1.
+      it
-    - A non-server repo's development environment stage runs it, with only
-      system packages installed inline above it.
-    - A gate phase or the build stage installs what its base image lacks, either
-      inline or by running it.
-- [ ] A `Dockerfile` stage copies `yarn.lock` before it runs `script/bootstrap`
-      only if that stage needs yarn. A stage that needs yarn starts from an
-      image whose distribution packages yarn 1, which today means Alpine.
 - [ ] `script/setup` / `make setup` — readies a fresh clone: runs `bootstrap`,
       then `install-precommit`, plus repo-specific init
 - [ ] `script/test` / `make test` —
@@ -234,10 +206,13 @@ are thin shims calling them. Model scripts:
       from `script/projectname`, each assigned on its own line before the build.
       The bootstrap is required: CI checks out and runs this alone, and
       `script/fmt-check` runs the formatter on the host.
-- [ ] `script/bootstrap`, `script/fmt` and `script/fmt-check` run yarn by
+- [ ] `script/fmt` and `script/fmt-check` pick their `yarn` with the same test
-      whichever name is present: `yarn`, or `yarnpkg` on Debian and Ubuntu. With
+      as `script/bootstrap`: the `yarn` on `PATH` when the node on `PATH` has
-      neither name on `PATH`, they print one line saying to run
+      the pinned major version, and otherwise yarn under the pinned node, with
-      `script/bootstrap`, and exit 1.
+      nvm loaded through `$HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh`. `script/bootstrap` leaves the node
+      and yarn it installs under nvm off the `PATH` of the shell that called it,
+      so a bare `yarn` exits 127 on a runner carrying nothing but docker and
+      git, or runs under another node.
 - [ ] No `docker build` in `script/` leaves a dangling image behind:
       `script/lint` and `script/test` write no image, and `script/docker` and
       `script/cibuild` tag theirs
@@ -252,12 +227,11 @@ are thin shims calling them. Model scripts:
 
 - [ ] `make check` passes
 - [ ] `make docker` succeeds
-- [ ] `script/cibuild` succeeds in a fresh clone on a host carrying what CI has.
+- [ ] `script/cibuild` succeeds in a fresh clone on a host carrying what CI has
-      That host is the runner image
+      (the runner image `docker.gitea.com/runner-images:ubuntu-latest`: docker,
-      `docker.gitea.com/runner-images:ubuntu-latest`, which has docker, git and
+      git and node 24, with no yarn on `PATH`), and demonstrably executed the
-      node 24. Take any yarn off `PATH` first. The run must show that the checks
+      checks — a sub-second build, or `CACHED` on a step that lints or tests,
-      executed. A sub-second build means nothing ran. So does `CACHED` on a step
+      one of the `RUN` steps below `ARG CACHEBUST`, means nothing ran. Above
-      that lints or tests, one of the `RUN` steps below `ARG CACHEBUST`. Above
       that line, these steps are expected to show `CACHED`:
     - the steps that install system packages
     - the steps that download Go's modules
@@ -268,15 +242,7 @@ are thin shims calling them. Model scripts:
       final stage is missing its `COPY --from=` edge to the gate phases.
 - [ ] No secrets in repo, and none in the build context: enumerate a probe image
       rather than reading `.dockerignore`
-- [ ] No mutable image/package references. The one exception is a package from
+- [ ] No mutable image/package references
-      the distribution's own package index, which needs no version and no hash.
-      Pulling that index is also allowed. In a `Dockerfile`, the distribution is
-      the pinned base image's. On a host, it is the host's, and the host's
-      package manager stands for it, nix and brew included. A package source
-      that a `Dockerfile` adds itself does not get this exception
-- [ ] node, yarn, npm, python, pip and venv come from the distribution wherever
-      possible, never from nvm, pyenv, corepack or `npm install -g yarn`. If the
-      distribution's version is too old, use a newer distribution
 - [ ] No unnecessary files in repo root
 - [ ] All dates written as YYYY-MM-DD
 

script/bootstrap

@@ -1,15 +1,24 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # script/bootstrap: install all dependencies needed to build and develop
 # this repo. Idempotent: every install is guarded by a check so already
-# installed tools are skipped. Base tools, node and yarn come from nix,
+# installed tools are skipped. Base tooling comes from nix, apt, brew,
-# apt, brew, or apk (detected in that order), with no version and no
+# or apk (detected in that order); assumes nothing is present. The
-# hash, because the distribution is trusted. It installs node, yarn and
+# installed node is used only when its major version is the pinned one;
-# the node packages only when yarn.lock is in the tree. Assumes nothing
+# otherwise (node missing, or another major) the pinned version is
-# is present.
+# installed via nvm (installing nvm itself first, from a hash-verified
+# release archive, never curl | sh), and yarn and the packages are
+# installed under it.
 set -eu
 
 ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd -P)"
 
+# Pinned versions, 2026-07-06
+NODE_VERSION="22.17.0"
+NVM_VERSION="0.40.3"
+# sha256 of https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm/archive/refs/tags/v0.40.3.tar.gz
+NVM_SHA256="5f4d6aaa04a177dc93c985e31dbc411ab6b8c6e1e21d8015dbc1372625fcd1d0"
+YARN_VERSION="1.22.22"
+
 PKGMGR=""
 SUDO=""
 APT_UPDATED=""
@@ -58,42 +67,99 @@ missing() {
     ! command -v "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1
 }
 
-# Debian and Ubuntu name the yarn command yarnpkg.
+# verify_sha256 <file> <expected-hash>
-run_yarn() {
+verify_sha256() {
-    if command -v yarn >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    if command -v sha256sum >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-        yarn "$@"
+        actual="$(sha256sum "$1" | cut -d' ' -f1)"
-    elif command -v yarnpkg >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-        yarnpkg "$@"
     else
-        echo "no yarn; run script/bootstrap first" >&2
+        actual="$(shasum -a 256 "$1" | cut -d' ' -f1)"
+    fi
+    if [ "$actual" != "$2" ]; then
+        echo "bootstrap: sha256 mismatch for $1" >&2
+        echo "  expected: $2" >&2
+        echo "  actual:   $actual" >&2
         exit 1
     fi
 }
 
+# nvm is a bash script; run a command in a bash with nvm loaded
+nvm_sh() {
+    bash -c ". \"\$HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh\" && $*"
+}
+
+ensure_nvm() {
+    [ -s "$HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh" ] && return 0
+    # nvm prerequisites; nvm itself requires bash
+    if missing bash; then pkg_install bash bash bash bash; fi
+    if missing curl; then pkg_install curl curl curl curl; fi
+    if missing git; then pkg_install git git git git; fi
+    tmp="$(mktemp -d)"
+    curl -fsSL -o "$tmp/nvm.tar.gz" \
+        "https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm/archive/refs/tags/v${NVM_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+    verify_sha256 "$tmp/nvm.tar.gz" "$NVM_SHA256"
+    mkdir -p "$HOME/.nvm"
+    tar -xzf "$tmp/nvm.tar.gz" -C "$HOME/.nvm" --strip-components=1
+    rm -rf "$tmp"
+}
+
+# True when the node on PATH has the pinned major version. Only the
+# major is compared: the Dockerfile stages start from a node 22 alpine
+# image whose exact version is not the pin, and nvm cannot install a
+# prebuilt node on alpine. Another major is not used: the pinned yarn 1
+# prints a deprecation warning under node 24. script/fmt and
+# script/fmt-check carry this function unchanged, to run the yarn
+# installed here.
+node_is_pinned_major() {
+    if ! command -v node >/dev/null 2>&1; then return 1; fi
+    installed="$(node --version)"
+    installed="${installed#v}"
+    [ "${installed%%.*}" = "${NODE_VERSION%%.*}" ]
+}
+
+ensure_node() {
+    if node_is_pinned_major; then
+        echo "bootstrap: using node $(node --version)"
+        return 0
+    fi
+    ensure_nvm
+    nvm_sh "nvm install $NODE_VERSION"
+    nvm_sh "nvm use $NODE_VERSION >/dev/null && \
+        echo \"bootstrap: using node \$(node --version)\""
+}
+
+ensure_yarn() {
+    if ! node_is_pinned_major; then
+        nvm_sh "nvm use $NODE_VERSION >/dev/null && corepack enable && \
+            corepack prepare yarn@$YARN_VERSION --activate"
+        return 0
+    fi
+    if ! missing yarn; then return 0; fi
+    if ! missing corepack; then
+        corepack enable
+        corepack prepare "yarn@$YARN_VERSION" --activate
+    else
+        npm install -g "yarn@$YARN_VERSION"
+    fi
+}
+
+install_js_deps() {
+    if node_is_pinned_major; then
+        yarn install --frozen-lockfile
+    else
+        nvm_sh "nvm use $NODE_VERSION >/dev/null && cd \"$ROOT\" && \
+            yarn install --frozen-lockfile"
+    fi
+}
+
 main() {
     cd "$ROOT"
 
     if missing make; then pkg_install gnumake make make make; fi
     if missing git; then pkg_install git git git git; fi
 
-    # A Dockerfile stage that needs no yarn copies no yarn.lock.
+    ensure_node
-    if [ -f yarn.lock ]; then
+    ensure_yarn
-        if missing node; then pkg_install nodejs nodejs node nodejs; fi
+    install_js_deps
-        if missing yarn && missing yarnpkg; then
-            pkg_install yarn yarnpkg yarn yarn
-        fi
-
-        # Debian 13 and Ubuntu 26.04 package yarn 4, which refuses a yarn 1
-        # yarn.lock, or rewrites it in its own format.
-        yarn_version="$(run_yarn --version)"
-        if [ "${yarn_version%%.*}" != "1" ]; then
-            echo "bootstrap: yarn $yarn_version refuses this yarn 1 yarn.lock;" \
-                "use a distribution that packages yarn 1" >&2
-            exit 1
-        fi
-
-        run_yarn install --frozen-lockfile
-    fi
 
     echo "bootstrap complete"
 }

script/fmt

@@ -4,16 +4,33 @@ set -eu
 
 ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd -P)"
 
-# Debian and Ubuntu name the yarn command yarnpkg.
+# Must match the pin in script/bootstrap.
+NODE_VERSION="22.17.0"
+
+# True when the node on PATH has the pinned major version: the same
+# function as in script/bootstrap, which uses it to decide where it
+# installs yarn.
+node_is_pinned_major() {
+    if ! command -v node >/dev/null 2>&1; then return 1; fi
+    installed="$(node --version)"
+    installed="${installed#v}"
+    [ "${installed%%.*}" = "${NODE_VERSION%%.*}" ]
+}
+
+# Run the yarn script/bootstrap installed: the yarn on PATH when the
+# node on PATH has the pinned major version, and otherwise yarn under
+# the pinned node in nvm, which bootstrap leaves off the PATH of the
+# shell that called it. nvm is a bash script, hence the subshell.
 run_yarn() {
-    if command -v yarn >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    if node_is_pinned_major && command -v yarn >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-        yarn "$@"
+        exec yarn "$@"
-    elif command -v yarnpkg >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    fi
-        yarnpkg "$@"
+    if node_is_pinned_major || [ ! -s "$HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh" ]; then
-    else
+        echo "fmt: no yarn; run script/bootstrap first" >&2
-        echo "no yarn; run script/bootstrap first" >&2
         exit 1
     fi
+    exec bash -c '. "$HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh" && nvm use "$1" >/dev/null &&
+        shift && exec yarn "$@"' bash "$NODE_VERSION" "$@"
 }
 
 main() {

script/fmt-check

@@ -4,16 +4,33 @@ set -eu
 
 ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd -P)"
 
-# Debian and Ubuntu name the yarn command yarnpkg.
+# Must match the pin in script/bootstrap.
+NODE_VERSION="22.17.0"
+
+# True when the node on PATH has the pinned major version: the same
+# function as in script/bootstrap, which uses it to decide where it
+# installs yarn.
+node_is_pinned_major() {
+    if ! command -v node >/dev/null 2>&1; then return 1; fi
+    installed="$(node --version)"
+    installed="${installed#v}"
+    [ "${installed%%.*}" = "${NODE_VERSION%%.*}" ]
+}
+
+# Run the yarn script/bootstrap installed: the yarn on PATH when the
+# node on PATH has the pinned major version, and otherwise yarn under
+# the pinned node in nvm, which bootstrap leaves off the PATH of the
+# shell that called it. nvm is a bash script, hence the subshell.
 run_yarn() {
-    if command -v yarn >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    if node_is_pinned_major && command -v yarn >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-        yarn "$@"
+        exec yarn "$@"
-    elif command -v yarnpkg >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    fi
-        yarnpkg "$@"
+    if node_is_pinned_major || [ ! -s "$HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh" ]; then
-    else
+        echo "fmt-check: no yarn; run script/bootstrap first" >&2
-        echo "no yarn; run script/bootstrap first" >&2
         exit 1
     fi
+    exec bash -c '. "$HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh" && nvm use "$1" >/dev/null &&
+        shift && exec yarn "$@"' bash "$NODE_VERSION" "$@"
 }
 
 main() {