GitNexus/CONTRIBUTING.md
Gergő Magyar 83fbd4be26
refactor(ci): unify release pipeline under publish.yml (#1610)
Collapse release-candidate.yml into publish.yml so there is exactly one workflow that publishes gitnexus to npm, creates GitHub Releases, and triggers Docker builds — for both release candidates and stable releases. Closes #1609 architecturally.

A first-stage `route` job classifies push-to-main / push-tag / workflow_dispatch into `rc` / `stable` modes and fails closed on malformed shapes. RC path runs rc-guard → ci.yml → publish (mint GitHub App token → checkout with persist-credentials:false → resolve next rc version → atomic v-tag + rc/<SHA> marker push → vtag integrity gate → npm publish via OIDC → GitHub prerelease → if: failure() cleanup) → docker.yml. Stable path verifies package.json matches the tag and publishes to `latest` via OIDC (no docker).

Hardening:

  • Self-trigger prevention via negative-glob `tags: ['v*', '!v*-rc.*']` — the bug class behind #1609 cannot recur.
  • Two distinct actions/checkout steps per mode (no conditional `token:` expression footgun).
  • Workflow-level `permissions: {}` deny-all + per-job grants; `id-token: write` only where OIDC is used.
  • npm Trusted Publishing replaces NPM_TOKEN (delete the secret after the first successful publish).
  • GitHub App installation token (actions/create-github-app-token@v3.2.0) replaces the long-lived RELEASE_PUSH_TOKEN PAT (delete after first successful RC).
  • vtag integrity gate fails closed on empty / mode-mismatched output (prevents Release named `main` from a github.ref fallback).
  • Annotation-injection sanitization on every logged ref.
  • Explicit `secrets:` passthrough on docker.yml (DOCKERHUB_USERNAME, DOCKERHUB_TOKEN); ci.yml no longer inherits anything.
  • `if: failure()` cleanup auto-deletes v-tag + rc-marker on partial failure (eliminates the external-consumer phantom-version ingestion window).
  • ACTIONS_STEP_DEBUG window closed via `set +x` wrap on the inline auth-header compute.
  • Curated retry-loud error handling on `gh api` bot-user-id lookup and `npx semver`.

Pre-merge validation:

  • 10-reviewer multi-agent code-review pass; 14 findings fixed inline (commit 820cefae), 6 deferred to follow-ups.
  • End-to-end dry-run rehearsal via workflow_dispatch (run 25919563064) validated route classification, rc-guard, App token mint, RC checkout, version resolver, vtag synthetic-regex check, and faithful tarball pack at the bumped version.
  • All zizmor findings on the unification commits closed.
  • Branch-protection required checks all green.

Post-merge actions:

  • After the first successful RC, delete the `NPM_TOKEN` and `RELEASE_PUSH_TOKEN` secrets — they are no longer used.
  • The first real RC after merge is the live-fire test for steps dry-run could not exercise (atomic tag push, real npm OIDC handshake, GitHub Release creation, docker.yml under explicit secrets passthrough). The if: failure() cleanup step handles the partial-failure recovery automatically; the Rollback Runbook in CONTRIBUTING.md covers the rare cases auto-cleanup can't reach.
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# Contributing to GitNexus
How to propose changes, run checks locally, and open pull requests.
## License
This project uses the [PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.0](https://polyformproject.org/licenses/noncommercial/1.0.0/). By contributing, you agree your contributions are licensed under the same terms unless stated otherwise.
## Where to discuss
- **Issues & feature ideas:** use [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/abhigyanpatwari/GitNexus/issues) for the upstream repo, or your forks tracker if you work from a fork.
- **Community:** see the Discord link in the root [README.md](README.md).
## Development setup
1. Clone the repository.
2. **CLI / MCP package:** `cd gitnexus && npm install && npm run build`
3. **Web UI (if needed):** `cd gitnexus-web && npm install`
4. Run tests as described in [TESTING.md](TESTING.md).
## Branch and pull requests
- Use short-lived branches off the default branch of the repo you are targeting.
- **PR titles MUST follow the conventional-commit format** — `pr-labeler.yml` enforces this on every PR and auto-applies the matching label so release notes group the change correctly.
- **PR description:** what changed, why, how to verify (commands), and any risk or rollback notes.
### Pull request titles
Format: `<type>[(scope)][!]: <subject>`
Allowed types and the release-notes section each one lands in (defined in `.github/release.yml`):
| Type | Label applied | Release-notes section |
| ------------------ | --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `feat` | `enhancement` | 🚀 Features |
| `fix` | `bug` | 🐛 Bug Fixes |
| `perf` | `performance` | 🏎️ Performance |
| `refactor` | `refactor` | 🔄 Refactoring |
| `test` | `test` | 🧪 Tests |
| `ci` | `ci` | 👷 CI/CD |
| `build` / `deps` | `dependencies` | 📦 Dependencies |
| `docs` | `documentation` | (grouped under Other Changes unless a Docs section is added) |
| `chore` / `revert` | `chore` | (excluded from release notes) |
Append `!` to the type (e.g. `feat(api)!: drop /v1 endpoint`) or include `BREAKING CHANGE:` in the PR body to flag a breaking change — the labeler then adds the `breaking` label and the 💥 Breaking Changes section is rendered first.
Examples:
```text
feat(web): add smart chat scroll
fix(extractors): resolve silent contract mis-resolution
perf: avoid O(n²) traversal in heritage walker
chore(deps): bump vitest to 3.0.0
ci: standardize workflow concurrency
```
Commits within a PR may use any style — only the **merged PR title** shows up in release notes, so that's the one the convention applies to.
## Before you open a PR
- [ ] Tests pass for the packages you touched (`gitnexus` and/or `gitnexus-web`).
- [ ] Typecheck passes: `npx tsc --noEmit` in `gitnexus/` and `npx tsc -b --noEmit` in `gitnexus-web/`.
- [ ] No secrets, tokens, or machine-specific paths committed.
- [ ] Documentation updated if behavior or public CLI/MCP contract changes.
- [ ] Pre-commit hook runs clean (`.husky/pre-commit` — formatting via lint-staged + typecheck for staged packages; tests run in CI only).
## Code review
Maintainers may request changes for correctness, tests, performance, or consistency with existing patterns. Keeping diffs focused makes review faster.
## GitHub Actions — Concurrency Convention
Every workflow under `.github/workflows/` MUST declare a top-level `concurrency:` block using this convention:
- **Group key** starts with `${{ github.workflow }}` so no two workflows can collide on the same group name. The discriminator that follows is chosen per event shape:
- Branch/tag scope: `${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}`
- Per-PR scope (for `issue_comment`, `pull_request_review*`, `pull_request` meta events): `${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.event.issue.number }}`
- `workflow_run` scope (e.g. `ci-report.yml`): `${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.workflow_run.pull_requests[0].number || format('{0}/{1}', github.event.workflow_run.head_repository.full_name, github.event.workflow_run.head_branch) }}` — the fork fallback must be stable across reruns (never `workflow_run.id`, which is per-run-unique and defeats serialization).
- Global single-slot (manual dispatch utilities): `${{ github.workflow }}`
- **Reusable workflows invoked via `workflow_call`:** do NOT use `${{ github.workflow }}` in the group key — in called-workflow context its evaluation is ambiguous and can resolve to the caller's name, which would deadlock against the caller's own group. Use a hardcoded literal prefix and a `github.event_name`-aware expression that falls through to `github.run_id` for reusable invocations (see `ci.yml` for the canonical form). Approved literal prefixes: `CI-` (`ci.yml`) and `docker-build-push-` (`docker.yml`). The `check-workflow-concurrency.py` validation script must be updated whenever a new approved literal prefix is added.
- **Merge queue (`merge_group`)**: when this event is added, use `${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.merge_group.head_ref }}` with `cancel-in-progress: false` (every queue entry is a distinct ref; never cancel).
- **`cancel-in-progress` policy:**
| Event | `cancel-in-progress` | Why |
| ---------------------------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------------------- |
| `pull_request` CI run | `true` | New push supersedes old run |
| `push` to `main` | `false` | Every main commit gets validated |
| Tag push (`v*` publish) | `false` | Never cancel mid-publish |
| `push` to `main` for release-candidate | `false` | Never cancel mid-RC publish |
| `workflow_dispatch` (release/publish) | `false` | Manual runs are intentional |
| `workflow_run` (sticky-comment reports) | `false` | Serialize, don't race |
| Per-PR bot workflows (`@claude`, review) | `false` | Serialize comments per PR |
| PR-meta re-checks (pr-description-check) | `true` | Cheap, latest wins |
| Single-slot utilities (triage sweep) | `true` | Latest dispatch supersedes |
- For workflows that serve multiple events at once (e.g. `ci.yml` handles `pull_request`, `push`, and `workflow_call`), make `cancel-in-progress` event-aware:
```yaml
concurrency:
group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
cancel-in-progress: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
```
- When adding a new workflow, copy the concurrency block from an existing workflow of the same event shape.
## CI automation contracts
Two workflows produce machine-readable signals on every PR. Coding agents and humans alike can rely on the names and shapes below — change them with intent.
### `gitnexus/autofix`
`pr-autofix.yml` (untrusted) + `pr-autofix-publish.yml` (trusted) run `prettier --write` and `eslint --fix` against the PR head and surface a single ChatOps button on the PR. Three signals are emitted:
| Surface | Where | Notes |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Sticky PR comment | Top-level comment with the HTML marker `<!-- gitnexus:pr-autofix-summary -->` and heading `## :sparkles: PR Autofix`. Only posted when there is something to fix; clean PRs stay silent. | Edit-in-place via marker; one comment per PR. |
| Fenced JSON block | Inside the sticky, fenced as `gitnexus-autofix`. Schema `gitnexus.pr-autofix/v2` with fields `state` (`fixes-available`), `pr_number`, `head_sha`, `changed_lines`, `run_id`, and `apply_command` (literal `/autofix`). | Parseable signal — preferred over regexing prose. v1 fields preserved as a superset. |
| Check Run | Stable name `gitnexus/autofix` on the PR head SHA. Conclusion: `success` (clean) or `neutral` (`fixes-available`). The neutral title is `Autofix available — comment /autofix to apply`. | Surfaced under PR Checks; readable via `gh pr checks <pr>`. |
To detect outcome from an agent: `gh pr checks <pr> --json name,conclusion,output | jq '.[] | select(.name == "gitnexus/autofix")'`.
Forks are supported. The untrusted half runs fork code with `permissions: {}` and ships the diff as an artifact; the trusted publish job consumes only the diff (data, not code) and posts the comment + check run.
#### Applying autofix
Comment `/autofix` on the PR (whole-line, no arguments). The `pr-autofix-apply.yml` workflow:
1. Validates the comment body matches `^/autofix\s*$` exactly. Quoted or inline mentions are silently ignored.
2. Validates the commenter has `admin`, `write`, or `maintain` permission on the repo, OR is the PR author. Other commenters get a 👎 reaction and a refusal reply.
3. Locates the most recent successful `pr-autofix.yml` run for the PR's current head SHA, downloads its `autofix` artifact, applies the patch, and pushes a `chore(autofix): ...` commit back to the PR head branch.
4. Reacts ✅ on success, 👎 on stale-patch / push-failure, and posts a short reply with the apply-run URL in either case.
The apply workflow runs from the default branch's copy of the file regardless of where the comment originates — that's the trust anchor. There is no diff-size cap (the apply workflow uses `git apply` + push, not the GitHub review-comment API).
For fork PRs, the push succeeds only when the contributor has **Allow edits by maintainers** enabled on the PR (the default). When they have disabled it, the workflow fails loud with a 👎 reaction and an explanation comment.
Re-invoking `/autofix` after a successful apply is a safe no-op — the workflow detects the already-applied state via `git apply --check --reverse` and reacts ✅ without pushing.
**Sensitive paths.** The apply workflow refuses any patch that touches `.github/` (workflow files, CODEOWNERS, dependabot config). A malicious PR could ship a custom prettier or ESLint config that reformats workflow YAML; if accepted, those edits would be pushed under `contents: write` without human review. Apply formatter changes to files under `.github/` manually in a normal commit so they get the same review every other workflow change gets.
## AI-assisted contributions
If you use coding agents, follow project context files (e.g. `AGENTS.md`, `CLAUDE.md`) and avoid drive-by refactors unrelated to the issue. Prefer incremental, test-backed changes.
## Releases
One workflow ships `gitnexus` to npm — `.github/workflows/publish.yml`. It
routes between two modes based on the triggering event:
- **Stable mode** — triggered by pushing any `v<X.Y.Z>` tag (no `-rc.*`
suffix; RC tags are excluded at trigger via a negative glob). Publishes to
the `latest` dist-tag with a changelog-backed GitHub release. Maintainers
are expected to tag from `main` as a convention; the workflow itself does
not enforce branch reachability. No Docker build (RC-only).
- **Release-candidate mode** — runs on every push to `main` (typically a
merged PR) plus manual `workflow_dispatch`. Docs-only changes are skipped
via `paths-ignore`. Publishes to the `rc` dist-tag with version
`X.Y.Z-rc.N` and a GitHub prerelease, where:
- `X.Y.Z` is selected automatically. On push (and on dispatch with
`bump: auto`, the default) the workflow **continues the active rc cycle**:
if the registry already has `X.Y.Z-rc.*` versions with `X.Y.Z` > current
`latest`, it reuses the highest such base; otherwise it patch-bumps
from `latest`. Dispatching with `bump: patch|minor|major` **resets**
the cycle from `latest`.
- `N` is auto-incremented against existing `X.Y.Z-rc.*` entries on the
registry. First rc for a given base is `rc.1`.
- After the npm publish succeeds, the workflow calls `docker.yml` as a
reusable workflow to build and push the corresponding RC Docker images
(e.g. `ghcr.io/abhigyanpatwari/gitnexus:1.7.0-rc.1`, mirrored to
`docker.io/akonlabs/gitnexus:1.7.0-rc.1`). The images are signed
with Cosign; the OIDC identity is `docker.yml@refs/heads/main` (the
caller's ref — see README.md § Docker for the verify command).
Idempotency: the workflow pushes an `rc/<HEAD_SHA>` marker tag and a
`v<RC>` release tag **atomically, before** calling `npm publish`. The
RC guard refuses to re-run once the marker exists, so a post-publish
failure will not mint a duplicate rc for the same commit. The `v<RC>`
tag points at a detached release commit whose `package.json` matches
the npm tarball exactly (traceable releases). The RC tag is excluded
from this workflow's `push: tags:` filter, so it does **not** re-trigger
publishing — preventing the double-publish failure mode tracked in #1609.
Recovery after a partial failure: the workflow's `if: failure()` cleanup
step in the `publish` job auto-deletes the v-tag and marker on most
post-publish failures, so the typical retry is just:
```bash
gh workflow run publish.yml --ref main -f force=true
# or push a new commit to main, which will cut a fresh RC
```
If auto-cleanup didn't run (e.g. the cleanup step itself failed, or the
failure happened in the route/rc-guard phase before the marker was
pushed), manual cleanup is:
```bash
git push --delete origin rc/<HEAD_SHA> v<RC>
# then redispatch with force: true
```
**Release-PR-skip subject pattern.** The rc-guard job recognizes a
squash-merged release commit by matching the commit subject against
`^chore: release vX.Y.Z` (optionally followed by ` (#NNNN)` for the
squash-merge PR-number suffix). Match is case-insensitive — `Chore: Release v1.2.3`
works too. PRs that should suppress the RC build must either use this
subject shape, or carry the `release` label so the label-based fallback
fires. Other release-style subjects (`chore(release): v1.2.3`,
`release: v1.2.3`) will NOT trigger the skip — please name the release
PR exactly `chore: release vX.Y.Z` to keep the dedup deterministic.
**Docker-only partial failure:** if `publish` succeeds (npm tarball + tags
are live) but the `docker` job subsequently fails (e.g. GHCR flakiness),
the npm RC is already published and the `rc/<HEAD_SHA>` marker is in place.
Recovery without cutting a new RC:
```bash
# Re-run only the failed docker job from the original workflow run:
gh run rerun <run-id> --failed
```
Find the run ID via `gh run list --workflow=publish.yml --branch main`.
`docker.yml` intentionally has no `workflow_dispatch` trigger (images are
tag-driven by design), so the gh-run-rerun path is the supported recovery.
**GitHub Release transient failure** (npm publish succeeded, Release step
failed): the npm artifact is live but no GitHub Release page exists.
Recover by either re-running the failed job (`gh run rerun <run-id> --failed`),
or creating the Release manually:
```bash
gh release create v<RC> --prerelease --generate-notes # RC
gh release create v<X.Y.Z> --notes-file gitnexus/CHANGELOG.md # stable
```
The rc workflow never moves `latest`. To verify after a change, inspect dist-tags:
```bash
npm view gitnexus dist-tags
```