Say that a build from a linked worktree needs the version passed in (closes #111)

A plain `docker build .` from a checkout whose `.git` is a file (a linked worktree, or a repository checked out as a submodule) stops at the version check of the canonical `Dockerfile`: that file points to a git directory outside the build context, so `git describe` prints nothing. The policy said a plain build must succeed and did not name this case.

`prompts/REPO_POLICIES.md` and both checklists now say, right after that rule, that such a checkout is the exception and is given its version with `--build-arg VERSION=...`, as `script/docker` and `script/cibuild` already do. The check is unchanged.

Model: opus-5-5

.gitea/workflows/check.yml

@@ -1,20 +1,9 @@
 name: check
 on: [push]
-# Free the shared runner: a new push cancels only the same branch's older run.
-concurrency:
-    group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
-    cancel-in-progress: true
 jobs:
     check:
         runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-        # Free the shared runner from a hung build.
-        timeout-minutes: 20
         steps:
             # actions/checkout v4.2.2, 2026-02-22
             - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
-              # script/cibuild needs no token, so none is left in .git/config.
-              with:
-                  persist-credentials: false
-                  # All history and tags, so git describe finds the version tag.
-                  fetch-depth: 0
             - run: script/cibuild

README.md

@@ -116,14 +116,10 @@ alpine. We provide:
   `script/bootstrap`, then `script/install-precommit`
 - `script/projectname` — output the project name (our own extension); used by
   `script/docker` for the image tag
-- `script/test` —
+- `script/test` — `docker build --no-cache --target test -t prompts-test .`,
-  `docker build --no-cache --target test --output type=cacheonly .`, building
+  building the `test` phase of the `Dockerfile` (no tests defined here)
-  the `test` phase of the `Dockerfile` without writing an image (no tests
+- `script/lint` — `docker build --no-cache --target lint -t prompts-lint .`,
-  defined here)
+  building the `lint` phase, which runs prettier over the markdown files
-- `script/lint` —
-  `docker build --no-cache --target lint --output type=cacheonly .`, building
-  the `lint` phase, which runs prettier over the markdown files, without writing
-  an image
 - `script/fmt` — format all markdown files with prettier (writes; native, not in
   a container)
 - `script/fmt-check` — check formatting (read-only; native)

TODO.md

@@ -21,49 +21,6 @@ fmt-check, and commit.
 
 # Completed Steps
 
-- 2026-10-07: The `script/cibuild` item in `NEW_REPO_CHECKLIST.md` now matches
-  the canonical `script/cibuild` (issue 125). Its image build carries the tag,
-  `-t "$tag"`, and the item says that `$version` comes from
-  `git describe --tags --always --dirty` (`unknown` if empty) and `$tag` from
-  `script/projectname`, each assigned on its own line before the build. A
-  repository written from the checklist got an untagged build, which leaves a
-  dangling image behind on every run, and was never told where `$version` comes
-  from. The other `docker build` commands the checklists and `REPO_POLICIES.md`
-  give for `script/` already matched their scripts.
-- 2026-10-07: `script/lint` and `script/test` now build with
-  `--output type=cacheonly` in place of a tag (issue 123), so they still run
-  their phase uncached and fail on a failing step but write no image. Nothing
-  used those images, and writing one out cost about 16 seconds of a Go
-  repository's test build. `script/cibuild` and `script/docker` keep their tags.
-  `REPO_POLICIES.md`, both checklists and the README no longer say the gate
-  builds are tagged. Not yet tried on the shared runner. Repositories pick this
-  up on their next re-vendor.
-- 2026-10-07: The canonical `.gitea/workflows/check.yml` now sets
-  `timeout-minutes: 20` on its `check` job (issue 120), so a hung build frees
-  the shared runner instead of holding it until the runner's own limit.
-  `script/cibuild` runs three Docker builds, each held to the 5-minute Docker
-  build limit, plus the bootstrap; if that limit changes (issue 113), the value
-  follows it. `REPO_POLICIES.md` and both checklists name the limit among what
-  the workflow sets. Not yet tried on the shared runner. Repositories pick this
-  up on their next re-vendor.
-- 2026-10-07: The canonical `package.json` now has `"private": true` in place of
-  `"license": "MIT"` (issue 119), so a repository that copies it no longer
-  declares MIT whatever its own licence is. yarn does not print "No license
-  field" for a private package. This repository's own licence is unchanged.
-- 2026-10-06: The canonical `.gitea/workflows/check.yml` now sets
-  `fetch-depth: 0` on its checkout step (issue 110), so CI fetches the history
-  and tags that `git describe --tags --always` needs, and a tagged repository
-  stamps the same version in CI as in a local build. `REPO_POLICIES.md` and both
-  checklists name `fetch-depth: 0` among what the workflow does, next to
-  `persist-credentials: false` and the `concurrency` block, instead of asking
-  each tagged repository to add it. Not yet tried on the shared runner, which is
-  out of disk space. Repositories pick this up on their next re-vendor.
-- 2026-10-06: The canonical `script/bootstrap` now runs `apt-get update` once,
-  before the first `apt-get install` of a run (issue 115). The Gitea runner
-  image starts with empty package lists, so installing anything it lacks, such
-  as Go, failed with `Unable to locate package`. A repository's own section no
-  longer needs a refresh of its own; `sneak/bsfirehose` and `sneak/dnswatcher`
-  drop theirs at their next re-vendor.
 - 2026-10-06: `REPO_POLICIES.md` and both checklists now say that a checkout
   whose `.git` is a file, a linked worktree or a repository checked out as a
   submodule, is the exception to a plain `docker build .` succeeding (issue
@@ -72,12 +29,6 @@ fmt-check, and commit.
   `Dockerfile` stops it. Such a build is given its version with
   `--build-arg VERSION=...`, as `script/docker` and `script/cibuild` already do.
   The check itself is unchanged.
-- 2026-10-06: The canonical `.gitea/workflows/check.yml` now has a `concurrency`
-  block, so a new push cancels the older run on the same branch and no other,
-  and its checkout step sets `persist-credentials: false`, so the job's token is
-  not left in `.git/config` (issue 107). `REPO_POLICIES.md` and both checklists
-  describe the workflow as it now is. Not yet tried on the shared runner, which
-  is out of disk space. Repositories pick this up on their next re-vendor.
 - 2026-10-06: The canonical `.golangci.yml` now disables `canonicalheader`
   (issue 105). In golangci-lint v2.14.0 it misses findings at random in a
   package that also calls `ResponseWriter.Header()`, so the same tree can fail

package.json

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "private": true,
+  "license": "MIT",
   "devDependencies": {
     "prettier": "3.8.1"
   }

prompts/EXISTING_REPO_CHECKLIST.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: Existing Repo Checklist
-last_modified: 2026-10-07
+last_modified: 2026-10-06
 ---
 
 Use this checklist when beginning work in a repo that may not yet conform to our
@@ -96,16 +96,11 @@ with your task.
       directory outside the build context, so the build cannot read the version
       and a plain `docker build .` fails; pass the version with
       `--build-arg VERSION=...`. `script/docker` and `script/cibuild` already
-      pass the version they compute on the host; it takes precedence. The
+      pass the version they compute on the host; it takes precedence. A
-      canonical `.gitea/workflows/check.yml` sets `fetch-depth: 0` on its
+      tag-derived version additionally needs `fetch-depth: 0` on the CI checkout
-      checkout step, which otherwise clones shallow and fetches no tags, so a CI
+      step, which clones shallow and fetches no tags by default.
-      build finds the tag too.
 - [ ] Gitea Actions workflow in `.gitea/workflows/` runs `script/cibuild` on
-      push, checks out with `persist-credentials: false` and with
+      push — reference
-      `fetch-depth: 0` (which fetches the tags `git describe` needs), carries
-      the `concurrency` block that lets a new push cancel only the same branch's
-      older run, and sets `timeout-minutes: 20` on the `check` job so a hung
-      build frees the shared runner — reference
       `https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/prompts/raw/branch/main/.gitea/workflows/check.yml`
 - [ ] Language-specific config:
     - [ ] Go: `go.mod`, `go.sum`, `.golangci.yml` (fetch from
@@ -132,19 +127,16 @@ with your task.
       `script/install-precommit`, shimmed by `make hooks`) runs it
 - [ ] README has an **Entrypoints** section documenting the `script/`
       entrypoints and linking the standard
-- [ ] `script/lint` and `script/test` each run
+- [ ] `script/lint` and `script/test` build their phase by name
-      `docker build --no-cache --target <phase> --output type=cacheonly .`,
+      (`docker build --no-cache --target <phase> -t <name>-<phase> .`), and no
-      which builds their phase by name and writes no image, and no host
+      host invocation anywhere in the repo can produce a lint verdict — grep for
-      invocation anywhere in the repo can produce a lint verdict — grep for the
+      the linter's own name across `script/`, the `Makefile` and CI config, not
-      linter's own name across `script/`, the `Makefile` and CI config, not just
+      just `script/lint`. A second path is likeliest here: a `make lint-fast`,
-      `script/lint`. A second path is likeliest here: a `make lint-fast`, an
+      an older host-versus-container branch, or a CI step calling the binary
-      older host-versus-container branch, or a CI step calling the binary
       directly. `script/fmt` and `script/fmt-check` are expected hits and stay
       on the host.
-- [ ] No `docker build` in `script/` leaves a dangling image behind:
+- [ ] Every `docker build` in `script/` is tagged — an untagged one leaves a
-      `script/lint` and `script/test` write no image, and `script/docker` and
+      dangling image behind on every run, on every host and CI runner
-      `script/cibuild` tag theirs. A build that writes an untagged image leaves
-      one behind on every run, on every host and CI runner.
 - [ ] `script/cibuild` runs `script/bootstrap` before `script/check`, and builds
       the image with `--no-cache`. Without the bootstrap the CI run dies in
       `script/fmt-check`, which runs the formatter on the host and finds nothing

prompts/NEW_REPO_CHECKLIST.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: New Repo Checklist
-last_modified: 2026-10-07
+last_modified: 2026-10-06
 ---
 
 Use this checklist when creating a new repository from scratch. Follow the steps
@@ -112,11 +112,7 @@ Template files can be fetched from:
     - 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
+      `script/cibuild` on push — reference
-      with `fetch-depth: 0` (which fetches the tags `git describe` needs),
-      carries the `concurrency` block that lets a new push cancel only the same
-      branch's older run, and sets `timeout-minutes: 20` on the `check` job so a
-      hung build frees the shared runner — reference
       `https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/prompts/raw/branch/main/.gitea/workflows/check.yml`
 - [ ] Language-specific:
     - [ ] Go: `go mod init sneak.berlin/go/<name>`, `.golangci.yml` (fetch from
@@ -143,14 +139,11 @@ are thin shims calling them. Model scripts:
       it
 - [ ] `script/setup` / `make setup` — readies a fresh clone: runs `bootstrap`,
       then `install-precommit`, plus repo-specific init
-- [ ] `script/test` / `make test` —
+- [ ] `script/test` / `make test` — `docker build --no-cache --target test .`,
-      `docker build --no-cache --target test --output type=cacheonly .`, which
+      tagged; the phase runs real tests, not a no-op (90-second timeout,
-      writes no image; the phase runs real tests, not a no-op (90-second
+      60-second hard cap on wall time)
-      timeout, 60-second hard cap on wall time)
+- [ ] `script/lint` / `make lint` — `docker build --no-cache --target lint .`,
-- [ ] `script/lint` / `make lint` —
+      tagged. No lint verdict may come from a host invocation of the linter.
-      `docker build --no-cache --target lint --output type=cacheonly .`, which
-      writes no image. No lint verdict may come from a host invocation of the
-      linter.
 - [ ] `script/fmt` / `make fmt` — formats code (writes; native, never in a
       container)
 - [ ] `script/fmt-check` / `make fmt-check` — checks formatting (read-only;
@@ -164,20 +157,16 @@ are thin shims calling them. Model scripts:
       version as a build arg
 - [ ] `script/cibuild` — cd to repo root, run `script/bootstrap`, run
       `script/check`, then
-      `docker build --no-cache --build-arg VERSION="$version" -t "$tag" .` (what
+      `docker build --no-cache --build-arg VERSION="$version" .` (what CI runs).
-      CI runs), with `$version` from `git describe --tags --always --dirty`
+      The bootstrap is required: CI checks out and runs this alone, and
-      (`unknown` if empty) and `$tag` from `script/projectname`, each assigned
+      `script/fmt-check` runs the formatter on the host.
-      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/fmt` and `script/fmt-check` source nvm for the pinned node version
       before invoking `yarn`, as `script/bootstrap`'s own install step does.
       `script/bootstrap` leaves the node and yarn it installs off the `PATH` of
       the shell that called it, so a bare `yarn` exits 127 on a runner carrying
       nothing but docker and git.
-- [ ] No `docker build` in `script/` leaves a dangling image behind:
+- [ ] Every `docker build` in `script/` is tagged, so no invocation leaves a
-      `script/lint` and `script/test` write no image, and `script/docker` and
+      dangling image behind
-      `script/cibuild` tag theirs
 - [ ] `script/precommit` — called by the pre-commit hook; runs `script/check`
 - [ ] `script/install-precommit` — installs the pre-commit hook that runs
       `script/precommit`

prompts/REPO_POLICIES.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: Repository Policies
-last_modified: 2026-10-07
+last_modified: 2026-10-06
 ---
 
 This document covers repository structure, tooling, and workflow standards. Code
@@ -118,8 +118,9 @@ style conventions are in separate documents:
   and nothing else:
 
     ```sh
-    docker build --no-cache --target lint --output type=cacheonly .
+    tag="$(script/projectname)"
-    docker build --no-cache --target test --output type=cacheonly .
+    docker build --no-cache --target lint -t "$tag-lint" .
+    docker build --no-cache --target test -t "$tag-test" .
     ```
 
     **A stage that is not the last one in the file is built only when the final
@@ -129,15 +130,12 @@ style conventions are in separate documents:
     plain `docker build .` builds the last stage alone and exits 0 having linted
     and tested nothing.
 
-    **The gate builds write no image.** With `--output type=cacheonly` the phase
+    **Every `docker build` in `script/` is tagged**, here and in
-    runs and a failing step fails the build, but the result is not exported.
+    `script/cibuild` and `script/docker`. An untagged build leaves a dangling
-    Nothing uses those images, and writing one out is slow: a Go test phase's
+    image behind on every invocation, on every developer host and every CI
-    image holds the toolchain and every compiled package. A build given neither
+    runner; a tagged one replaces the previous image. Each script assigns the
-    `--output` nor `-t` writes an untagged image and leaves it dangling, on
+    tag on its own line before the build, so `set -e` stops it where
-    every developer host and every CI runner. `script/cibuild` and
+    `script/projectname` fails.
-    `script/docker` build the image that ships and tag it, so each build
-    replaces the previous image; each assigns the tag on its own line before the
-    build, so `set -e` stops it where `script/projectname` fails.
 
     Inside a phase the tool is invoked directly — `golangci-lint`, `go test`,
     `eslint`, `prettier` — never through `make lint` or `script/test`, which are
@@ -291,31 +289,18 @@ style conventions are in separate documents:
       do.
 
 - Every repo should have a Gitea Actions workflow (`.gitea/workflows/`) that
-  runs `script/cibuild` on push, and checks out the repo as its only other step,
+  runs `script/cibuild` on push, and checks out the repo as its only other step.
-  with `persist-credentials: false`: `script/cibuild` needs no token, and
+  That script bootstraps, runs the gate phases, and then builds the image, so a
-  without it the checkout leaves the job's token in `.git/config` for every
+  successful run means every check passed; a bare `docker build .` does not
-  later step. The checkout step also sets `fetch-depth: 0`, which fetches the
-  tags `git describe` needs: by default it clones shallow with no tags, and a
-  tagged repository's CI build would stamp a bare short commit id. The
-  workflow's `concurrency` block groups runs by workflow and branch
-  (`${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}`) with `cancel-in-progress: true`,
-  so a new push cancels the older run on the same branch, queued or running, and
-  no other: runs for replaced commits do not hold up the shared runner.
-  `script/cibuild` bootstraps, runs the gate phases, and then builds the image,
-  so a successful run means every check passed; a bare `docker build .` does not
   carry the same guarantee, because its gate phases may come from the cache. The
   image build is uncached and so runs the gate phases a second time. That is the
   price of the rule above, and it is worth paying: the image that ships is built
-  from a run of its own gates rather than from a cache entry. The `check` job
+  from a run of its own gates rather than from a cache entry. A separate
-  sets `timeout-minutes: 20`, so a hung build frees the shared runner after 20
+  workflow limited to `main` by a `branches` list under `on: push` cannot be
-  minutes. That allows for the three Docker builds described above (the test
+  checked by review: to try a change to it, add the feature branch to that list
-  phase, the lint phase, then the image), each held to the 5-minute Docker build
+  and push, then remove the branch from the list again before merging. Keep any
-  limit below, plus the bootstrap. A separate workflow limited to `main` by a
+  job in it that publishes behind `if: github.ref_name == 'main'`, so the run
-  `branches` list under `on: push` cannot be checked by review: to try a change
+  from the feature branch publishes nothing.
-  to it, add the feature branch to that list and push, then remove the branch
-  from the list again before merging. Keep any job in it that publishes behind
-  `if: github.ref_name == 'main'`, so the run from the feature branch publishes
-  nothing.
 
 - Use platform-standard formatters: `black` for Python, `prettier` for
   JS/CSS/Markdown/HTML, `go fmt` for Go. Always use default configuration with
@@ -481,8 +466,8 @@ style conventions are in separate documents:
     there because `ARG` is stage-scoped; passing `VERSION` to a repo whose
     Dockerfile declares no such `ARG` is ignored and costs nothing, which is why
     the scripts stay byte-identical. One consequence for CI: the standard
-    checkout action clones shallow and fetches no tags, so the canonical
+    checkout action clones shallow and fetches no tags, so a repo that embeds a
-    `.gitea/workflows/check.yml` sets `fetch-depth: 0` on its checkout step.
+    tag-derived version must set `fetch-depth: 0` on its checkout step.
 
 - **Verify `.dockerignore` by enumerating the image, not by reading the
   patterns.** Plant files at the root _and_ at least two directories deep, build

script/bootstrap

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ YARN_VERSION="1.22.22"
 
 PKGMGR=""
 SUDO=""
-APT_UPDATED=""
 
 detect_pkgmgr() {
     [ -n "$PKGMGR" ] && return 0
@@ -48,14 +47,7 @@ pkg_install() {
     detect_pkgmgr
     case "$PKGMGR" in
         nix) nix-env -iA "nixpkgs.$1" ;;
-        apt)
+        apt) $SUDO env DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y "$2" ;;
-            # Package lists may be empty (fresh images); refresh once per run.
-            if [ -z "$APT_UPDATED" ]; then
-                $SUDO env DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get update
-                APT_UPDATED=1
-            fi
-            $SUDO env DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y "$2"
-            ;;
         brew) brew install "$3" ;;
         apk) apk add --no-cache "$4" ;;
     esac

script/lint

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 #
 # The phase is not the last stage in the file, so it is built only when
 # --target names it. --no-cache because a cached lint layer is a lint
-# that did not run. --output type=cacheonly writes no image, since
+# that did not run. The tag makes each build replace the previous image
-# nothing uses one.
+# instead of leaving a dangling one behind.
 set -eu
 
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd -P)"
@@ -15,9 +15,13 @@ ROOT="$(cd "$SCRIPT_DIR/.." && pwd -P)"
 
 main() {
     cd "$ROOT"
+    # The tag gets its own line: a failing command substitution inside
+    # an argument does not trip `set -e`, so the inline form degrades
+    # silently to an empty constant.
+    tag="$("$SCRIPT_DIR/projectname")"
     docker build --no-cache \
         --target lint \
-        --output type=cacheonly .
+        -t "$tag-lint" .
 }
 
 main "$@"

script/test

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # script/test: run the test suite. Testing is a phase of the Dockerfile
 # and this builds that phase alone, on the same terms as script/lint:
 # --target because a phase that is not the last stage is built only when
-# named, and --no-cache because a cached test layer is a test that did
+# named, --no-cache because a cached test layer is a test that did not
-# not run. --output type=cacheonly writes no image, since nothing uses one.
+# run, and a tag so each build replaces the previous image.
 set -eu
 
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd -P)"
@@ -11,9 +11,13 @@ ROOT="$(cd "$SCRIPT_DIR/.." && pwd -P)"
 
 main() {
     cd "$ROOT"
+    # The tag gets its own line: a failing command substitution inside
+    # an argument does not trip `set -e`, so the inline form degrades
+    # silently to an empty constant.
+    tag="$("$SCRIPT_DIR/projectname")"
     docker build --no-cache \
         --target test \
-        --output type=cacheonly .
+        -t "$tag-test" .
 }
 
 main "$@"