Say where a repository's own .gitignore and .editorconfig entries go (closes #103)

The canonical `.gitignore` and `.editorconfig` now each end with a comment saying a repository's own entries go below it and a re-vendor keeps them, as `.dockerignore`'s header already does; without it a re-vendor dropped a repository's binaries and test outputs from `.gitignore`. `.editorconfig` gains `[*.go]` with tabs, since `gofmt` decides Go indentation in every repository. `prompts/REPO_POLICIES.md`, both checklists and the Go styleguide say the same in plain sentences. Common outputs such as `*.test` stay out of the canonical `.gitignore`. This also covers #104.

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

.golangci.yml

@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ linters:
     # silenced by disabling that name, not by enabling the successor.
     - wsl              # Deprecated, replaced by wsl_v5
     - gomodguard       # Deprecated, replaced by gomodguard_v2
-    # Misses findings at random in v2.14.0; back once a pinned release fixes it
-    - canonicalheader
   settings:
     lll:
       line-length: 88

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

@@ -21,83 +21,6 @@ fmt-check, and commit.
 
 # Completed Steps
 
-- 2026-10-08: The canonical `script/bootstrap` now uses the installed node only
-  when its major version is the pinned one (issue 118). Otherwise, as when node
-  is missing, it installs the pinned node under nvm and installs yarn and the
-  packages under it. It prints the version of the node it uses either way. The
-  CI runner image ships node 24, under which the pinned yarn 1.22.22 printed the
-  deprecation warning DEP0169 on every bootstrap. Only the major is compared
-  because 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; the
-  version-comparison rule in `REPO_POLICIES.md` names node as its exception.
-  `script/fmt` and `script/fmt-check` pick their yarn with the same test: the
-  `yarn` on `PATH` when the installed node is the pinned major, and otherwise
-  yarn under the pinned node through nvm. `REPO_POLICIES.md` and both checklists
-  say so, and the checklists' final `script/cibuild` check names what the CI
-  runner image has: node 24 and no yarn. Not yet tried on the shared runner.
-  Repositories pick this up on their next re-vendor.
-- 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
-  111): that file points to a git directory outside the build context, so the
-  build cannot read the version and the version check in the canonical
-  `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
-  lint on one run and pass on the next. It comes back once a pinned
-  golangci-lint release fixes it.
 - 2026-10-06: The canonical `.gitignore` and `.editorconfig` now each end with a
   comment saying the repository's own entries go below it and a re-vendor keeps
   them (issue 103, which took in issue 104), as `.dockerignore`'s header already
@@ -107,13 +30,6 @@ fmt-check, and commit.
   repository's own entries, which a re-vendor keeps, and the Go styleguide puts
   `*.log`, `*.out`, `*.test` and binaries among those entries. Common outputs
   stay out of the canonical `.gitignore`; each repository lists its own.
-- 2026-10-05: `script/cibuild`, `script/docker`, `script/lint` and `script/test`
-  now assign the image tag from `script/projectname` on its own line before the
-  `docker build` (issue 101), so `set -e` stops the script where
-  `script/projectname` fails instead of running `docker build` with a broken
-  tag. The comment above it in each script says why, and the snippets in
-  `REPO_POLICIES.md` show the same form. Repositories pick this up on their next
-  re-vendor.
 - 2026-10-04: Went through the fleet findings recorded on 2026-08-09 (issue 62)
   and added the two rules `REPO_POLICIES.md` did not yet state: a new or changed
   check is proven by planting a defect it must catch; and a change to a separate

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: 2026-10-08
+last_modified: 2026-10-06
 ---
 
 Use this checklist when beginning work in a repo that may not yet conform to our
@@ -91,21 +91,12 @@ with your task.
       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.
-      A checkout whose `.git` is a file (a linked worktree, or a repository
+      `script/docker` and `script/cibuild` pass the version they compute on the
-      checked out as a submodule) is the exception: that file points to a git
+      host; it takes precedence. A tag-derived version additionally needs
-      directory outside the build context, so the build cannot read the version
+      `fetch-depth: 0` on the CI checkout step, which clones shallow and fetches
-      and a plain `docker build .` fails; pass the version with
+      no tags by default.
-      `--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
+      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
@@ -132,30 +123,25 @@ 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
       installed.
-- [ ] `script/fmt` and `script/fmt-check` pick their `yarn` with the same test
+- [ ] `script/fmt` and `script/fmt-check` source nvm for the pinned node version
-      as `script/bootstrap`: the `yarn` on `PATH` when the node on `PATH` has
+      before invoking `yarn`, as `script/bootstrap`'s own install step does.
-      the pinned major version, and otherwise yarn under the pinned node, with
+      `script/bootstrap` leaves the node and yarn it installs off the `PATH` of
-      nvm loaded through `$HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh`. `script/bootstrap` leaves the node
+      the shell that called it, so a bare `yarn` exits 127 on a runner carrying
-      and yarn it installs under nvm off the `PATH` of the shell that called it,
+      nothing but docker and git.
-      so a bare `yarn` exits 127 on a runner carrying nothing but docker and
-      git, or runs under another node.
 - [ ] `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
@@ -208,11 +194,10 @@ 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 nothing but
-      (the runner image `docker.gitea.com/runner-images:ubuntu-latest`: docker,
+      docker and git, with no node or yarn on `PATH`, which is what CI has, and
-      git and node 24, with no yarn on `PATH`), and demonstrably executed the
+      demonstrably executed the checks — a sub-second build, or `CACHED` on a
-      checks — a sub-second build, or `CACHED` on a gate layer, means nothing
+      gate layer, means nothing ran
-      ran
 - [ ] A planted lint violation fails both `make lint` and a plain
       `docker build .`; revert it afterwards
 - [ ] Commit and merge fixes before starting your actual task

prompts/NEW_REPO_CHECKLIST.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: New Repo Checklist
-last_modified: 2026-10-08
+last_modified: 2026-10-06
 ---
 
 Use this checklist when creating a new repository from scratch. Follow the steps
@@ -97,12 +97,6 @@ Template files can be fetched from:
       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.
-      A checkout whose `.git` is a file (a linked worktree, or a repository
-      checked out as a submodule) is the exception: that file points to a git
-      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=...`, 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
@@ -112,11 +106,7 @@ 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
@@ -136,22 +126,18 @@ are thin shims calling them. Model scripts:
       alpine images without bash
 - [ ] `script/bootstrap` / `make bootstrap` — installs all dependencies,
       idempotently, assuming nothing (pkg manager detection nix/apt/brew/apk;
-      node used if its major version is the pinned one, else pinned version via
+      node used if present, else pinned version via nvm from a hash-verified
-      nvm from a hash-verified archive, with yarn and the packages installed
+      archive; pinned yarn via corepack); a non-server repo's development
-      under it; pinned yarn via corepack); a non-server repo's development
       environment stage runs it instead of inline installs; a gate phase or the
       build stage installs what its base image lacks either inline or by running
       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;
@@ -165,22 +151,16 @@ 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 `$tag` from `script/projectname`, each assigned
+      `script/fmt-check` runs the formatter on the host.
-      on its own line before the build. The bootstrap is required: CI checks out
+- [ ] `script/fmt` and `script/fmt-check` source nvm for the pinned node version
-      and runs this alone, and `script/fmt-check` runs the formatter on the
+      before invoking `yarn`, as `script/bootstrap`'s own install step does.
-      host.
+      `script/bootstrap` leaves the node and yarn it installs off the `PATH` of
-- [ ] `script/fmt` and `script/fmt-check` pick their `yarn` with the same test
+      the shell that called it, so a bare `yarn` exits 127 on a runner carrying
-      as `script/bootstrap`: the `yarn` on `PATH` when the node on `PATH` has
+      nothing but docker and git.
-      the pinned major version, and otherwise yarn under the pinned node, with
+- [ ] Every `docker build` in `script/` is tagged, so no invocation leaves a
-      nvm loaded through `$HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh`. `script/bootstrap` leaves the node
+      dangling image behind
-      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
 - [ ] `script/precommit` — called by the pre-commit hook; runs `script/check`
 - [ ] `script/install-precommit` — installs the pre-commit hook that runs
       `script/precommit`
@@ -192,11 +172,10 @@ 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 nothing but
-      (the runner image `docker.gitea.com/runner-images:ubuntu-latest`: docker,
+      docker and git, with no node or yarn on `PATH`, which is what CI has, and
-      git and node 24, with no yarn on `PATH`), and demonstrably executed the
+      demonstrably executed the checks — a sub-second build, or `CACHED` on a
-      checks — a sub-second build, or `CACHED` on a gate layer, means nothing
+      gate layer, means nothing ran
-      ran
 - [ ] Plant a lint violation and confirm both `make lint` and a plain
       `docker build .` fail on it; revert. A plain build that passes proves the
       final stage is missing its `COPY --from=` edge to the gate phases.

prompts/REPO_POLICIES.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: Repository Policies
-last_modified: 2026-10-08
+last_modified: 2026-10-06
 ---
 
 This document covers repository structure, tooling, and workflow standards. Code
@@ -54,39 +54,34 @@ style conventions are in separate documents:
   `cibuild`. `script/bootstrap` installs all dependencies idempotently and
   assumes nothing is present: base tools come from nix, apt, brew, or apk
   (detected in that order; apt runs noninteractive). For node it uses the
-  installed node only when its major version is the pinned one; otherwise (node
+  installed node if present; otherwise it installs a PINNED node version via
-  missing, or another major, such as the node 24 the CI runner image ships) it
+  nvm, first installing nvm itself if missing — from a hash-verified GitHub
-  installs the PINNED node version via nvm and installs yarn and the packages
+  release archive (never `curl | sh`), with bash installed as an explicit
-  under it. nvm itself is installed first if missing, from a hash-verified
+  prerequisite since nvm requires bash. yarn is then pinned via
-  GitHub release archive (never `curl | sh`), with bash installed as an explicit
+  `corepack prepare yarn@<version> --activate`. Never install "latest" or "lts";
-  prerequisite since nvm requires bash. Only the major version is compared
+  always exact versions. `script/cibuild` runs the CI build: it changes to the
-  because the `Dockerfile` stages start from a node image whose exact version is
+  repo root, runs `script/bootstrap`, runs `script/check`, and builds the image
-  not the pin, and nvm cannot install a prebuilt node on alpine. yarn is pinned
+  with the version; the Gitea workflow calls it. **`script/cibuild` runs
-  via `corepack prepare yarn@<version> --activate`. Never install "latest" or
-  "lts"; always exact versions. `script/cibuild` runs the CI build: it changes
-  to the repo root, runs `script/bootstrap`, runs `script/check`, and builds the
-  image with the version; the Gitea workflow calls it. **`script/cibuild` runs
   `script/bootstrap` first**, because the workflow checks out the repo and runs
   nothing else, while `script/fmt-check` runs the formatter on the host: on a
   pristine checkout with nothing installed the run dies there, after the
-  containerised gates have passed. **The bootstrap alone is not enough**: when
+  containerised gates have passed. **The bootstrap alone is not enough**:
-  `script/bootstrap` installs node and yarn under nvm it leaves neither on the
+  `script/bootstrap` installs node and yarn under nvm and leaves neither on the
-  `PATH` of the shell that called it, so a bare `yarn` either exits 127 or runs
+  `PATH` of the shell that called it, so a bare `yarn` still exits 127. The host
-  under another node. The host entrypoints that need yarn — `script/fmt` and
+  entrypoints that need yarn — `script/fmt` and `script/fmt-check` — therefore
-  `script/fmt-check` — therefore use the same test as `script/bootstrap`: when
+  source nvm for the pinned node version before invoking it, exactly as
-  the node on `PATH` has the pinned major version they run the `yarn` on `PATH`,
+  `script/bootstrap`'s own install step does. A runner carrying nothing but
-  and otherwise they load nvm through `$HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh` and run yarn under the
+  docker and git then gets through `script/check`. Four further scripts are our
-  pinned node. A runner carrying nothing but docker and git then gets through
+  own extensions to the standard: `script/check` runs `script/test`,
-  `script/check`. Four further scripts are our own extensions to the standard:
+  `script/lint` and `script/fmt-check`; `script/precommit` is what the git
-  `script/check` runs `script/test`, `script/lint` and `script/fmt-check`;
+  pre-commit hook runs, and it calls `script/check`; `script/install-precommit`
-  `script/precommit` is what the git pre-commit hook runs, and it calls
+  installs the git pre-commit hook (the `make hooks` target shims to it); and
-  `script/check`; `script/install-precommit` installs the git pre-commit hook
+  `script/projectname` (literally that filename) simply outputs the project's
-  (the `make hooks` target shims to it); and `script/projectname` (literally
+  name. Scripts that need the name call `script/projectname` — e.g.
-  that filename) simply outputs the project's name. Scripts that need the name
+  `script/docker` assembles its image tag from it — so those scripts stay
-  call `script/projectname` — e.g. `script/docker` assembles its image tag from
+  byte-identical across all repos. Repo-type-specific pre-commit extras (e.g.
-  it — so those scripts stay byte-identical across all repos. Repo-type-specific
+  `go mod tidy` verification in Go repos) belong in `script/precommit`, not in
-  pre-commit extras (e.g. `go mod tidy` verification in Go repos) belong in
+  the hook itself. Model scripts are at
-  `script/precommit`, not in the hook itself. Model scripts are at
   `https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/prompts/raw/branch/main/script/<name>`. The README
   must document the provided scripts in an **Entrypoints** section (see the
   README requirements below).
@@ -123,8 +118,8 @@ style conventions are in separate documents:
   and nothing else:
 
     ```sh
-    docker build --no-cache --target lint --output type=cacheonly .
+    docker build --no-cache --target lint -t "$(script/projectname)-lint" .
-    docker build --no-cache --target test --output type=cacheonly .
+    docker build --no-cache --target test -t "$(script/projectname)-test" .
     ```
 
     **A stage that is not the last one in the file is built only when the final
@@ -134,15 +129,10 @@ 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.
-    `--output` nor `-t` writes an untagged image and leaves it dangling, on
-    every developer host and every CI runner. `script/cibuild` and
-    `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
@@ -288,39 +278,20 @@ style conventions are in separate documents:
       `.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.
-      A checkout whose `.git` is a file (a linked worktree, or a repository
-      checked out as a submodule) is the exception: that file points to a git
-      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=...`, as `script/docker` and `script/cibuild` already
-      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
@@ -466,15 +437,13 @@ style conventions are in separate documents:
   byte-identically across repos:
 
     ```sh
-    # The version and the tag each get their own line: a failing command
+    # Own line: a failing command substitution inside an argument does not
-    # substitution inside an argument does not trip `set -e`, so the inline
+    # trip `set -e`, so the inline form degrades to an empty constant.
-    # form degrades to an empty constant.
     version="$(git describe --tags --always --dirty 2>/dev/null || true)"
     [ -n "$version" ] || version="unknown"
-    tag="$(script/projectname)"
     docker build --no-cache \
         --build-arg VERSION="$version" \
-        -t "$tag" .
+        -t "$(script/projectname)" .
     ```
 
     `--always` makes an untagged repo yield an abbreviated commit hash rather
@@ -486,8 +455,8 @@ 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
@@ -554,11 +523,6 @@ style conventions are in separate documents:
       function defined and never invoked has the same exit status and the same
       empty output as one that worked.
 
-    Node is the exception to the whole-token comparison: the canonical
-    `script/bootstrap` compares only its major version, because the node 22
-    alpine image the `Dockerfile` stages start from is not the exact pin, and
-    nvm cannot install a prebuilt node on alpine.
-
     Keep it POSIX sh: no arrays, no `[[`, no `grep -P`.
 
     A Go tool a repo needs on the host is installed with `go install` pinned to

script/bootstrap

@@ -2,12 +2,10 @@
 # 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 tooling comes from nix, apt, brew,
-# or apk (detected in that order); assumes nothing is present. The
+# or apk (detected in that order); assumes nothing is present. Node is
-# installed node is used only when its major version is the pinned one;
+# used directly if installed; otherwise it is installed at a pinned
-# otherwise (node missing, or another major) the pinned version is
+# version via nvm (installing nvm itself first, from a hash-verified
-# installed via nvm (installing nvm itself first, from a hash-verified
+# release archive, never curl | sh).
-# release archive, never curl | sh), and yarn and the packages are
-# installed under it.
 set -eu
 
 ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd -P)"
@@ -21,7 +19,6 @@ YARN_VERSION="1.22.22"
 
 PKGMGR=""
 SUDO=""
-APT_UPDATED=""
 
 detect_pkgmgr() {
     [ -n "$PKGMGR" ] && return 0
@@ -50,14 +47,7 @@ pkg_install() {
     detect_pkgmgr
     case "$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 "$4" ;;
     esac
@@ -102,52 +92,31 @@ ensure_nvm() {
     rm -rf "$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
+    if ! missing node; then return 0; fi
-        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@$YARN_VERSION" --activate
+    elif [ -s "$HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh" ]; then
+        nvm_sh "nvm use $NODE_VERSION >/dev/null && corepack enable && \
+            corepack prepare yarn@$YARN_VERSION --activate"
     else
         npm install -g "yarn@$YARN_VERSION"
     fi
 }
 
 install_js_deps() {
-    if node_is_pinned_major; then
+    if missing yarn && [ -s "$HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh" ]; then
-        yarn install --frozen-lockfile
-    else
         nvm_sh "nvm use $NODE_VERSION >/dev/null && cd \"$ROOT\" && \
             yarn install --frozen-lockfile"
+    else
+        yarn install --frozen-lockfile
     fi
 }
 

script/cibuild

@@ -14,17 +14,15 @@ main() {
     cd "$ROOT"
     "$SCRIPT_DIR/bootstrap"
     "$SCRIPT_DIR/check"
-    # The version and the tag each get their own line: a failing
+    # Own line: a failing command substitution inside an argument does
-    # command substitution inside an argument does not trip `set -e`,
+    # not trip `set -e`, so the inline form degrades silently to an
-    # so the inline form degrades silently to an empty constant. The
+    # empty constant. The VERSION build argument takes precedence over
-    # VERSION build argument takes precedence over the version a build
+    # the version a build stage derives from the .git in the context.
-    # stage derives from the .git in the context.
     version="$(git describe --tags --always --dirty 2>/dev/null || true)"
     [ -n "$version" ] || version="unknown"
-    tag="$("$SCRIPT_DIR/projectname")"
     docker build --no-cache \
         --build-arg VERSION="$version" \
-        -t "$tag" .
+        -t "$("$SCRIPT_DIR/projectname")" .
 }
 
 main "$@"

script/docker

@@ -10,17 +10,15 @@ ROOT="$(cd "$SCRIPT_DIR/.." && pwd -P)"
 
 main() {
     cd "$ROOT"
-    # The version and the tag each get their own line: a failing
+    # Own line: a failing command substitution inside an argument does
-    # command substitution inside an argument does not trip `set -e`,
+    # not trip `set -e`, so the inline form degrades silently to an
-    # so the inline form degrades silently to an empty constant. The
+    # empty constant. The VERSION build argument takes precedence over
-    # VERSION build argument takes precedence over the version a build
+    # the version a build stage derives from the .git in the context.
-    # stage derives from the .git in the context.
     version="$(git describe --tags --always --dirty 2>/dev/null || true)"
     [ -n "$version" ] || version="unknown"
-    tag="$("$SCRIPT_DIR/projectname")"
     docker build --no-cache \
         --build-arg VERSION="$version" \
-        -t "$tag" .
+        -t "$("$SCRIPT_DIR/projectname")" .
 }
 
 main "$@"

script/fmt

@@ -7,25 +7,15 @@ ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd -P)"
 # 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
+# script/bootstrap installs node and yarn under nvm and leaves neither
-# function as in script/bootstrap, which uses it to decide where it
+# on the PATH of the shell that called it, so resolve the pinned
-# installs yarn.
+# toolchain here the way bootstrap's own install step does. nvm is a
-node_is_pinned_major() {
+# bash script, hence the subshell.
-    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 node_is_pinned_major && command -v yarn >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    if command -v yarn >/dev/null 2>&1; then
         exec yarn "$@"
     fi
-    if node_is_pinned_major || [ ! -s "$HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh" ]; then
+    if [ ! -s "$HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh" ]; then
         echo "fmt: no yarn; run script/bootstrap first" >&2
         exit 1
     fi

script/fmt-check

@@ -7,25 +7,15 @@ ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd -P)"
 # 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
+# script/bootstrap installs node and yarn under nvm and leaves neither
-# function as in script/bootstrap, which uses it to decide where it
+# on the PATH of the shell that called it, so resolve the pinned
-# installs yarn.
+# toolchain here the way bootstrap's own install step does. nvm is a
-node_is_pinned_major() {
+# bash script, hence the subshell.
-    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 node_is_pinned_major && command -v yarn >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    if command -v yarn >/dev/null 2>&1; then
         exec yarn "$@"
     fi
-    if node_is_pinned_major || [ ! -s "$HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh" ]; then
+    if [ ! -s "$HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh" ]; then
         echo "fmt-check: no yarn; run script/bootstrap first" >&2
         exit 1
     fi

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 "$0")" && pwd -P)"
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ main() {
     cd "$ROOT"
     docker build --no-cache \
         --target lint \
-        --output type=cacheonly .
+        -t "$("$SCRIPT_DIR/projectname")-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 "$0")" && pwd -P)"
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ main() {
     cd "$ROOT"
     docker build --no-cache \
         --target test \
-        --output type=cacheonly .
+        -t "$("$SCRIPT_DIR/projectname")-test" .
 }
 
 main "$@"