feat(config): version_files: [] accepted (tag-is-version mode) — #4 slice 2/5 #19
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Second slice of release-toolkit#4 (v0.3 — tmux-tell migration enablement). Projects that derive the version exclusively from
git describe --tags(Go projects with-ldflagsinjection, build-time version stamping) need to opt out of the lockstep check entirely. v0.2.x conflated "field missing" with "field explicitly empty" — both defaulted toVERSION; this slice separates them.Change
scripts/lib/config.sh::config_get_version_files: usehas("version_files")to distinguish "field missing" (default → emitVERSION) from "field present + possibly empty" (emit whatever's there). Empty stdout from the helper now signals the tag-is-version opt-in.scripts/manifest-check.sh:skip()helper emitsSKIP:lines (distinct fromOK:/FAIL:)VERSION_FILES_EMPTY=1+ skip with clear messageVERSION_FILES_EMPTY, treat git tag as authoritative (no tag-vs-manifest comparison; the tag IS the manifest)scripts/release-prep.shstep 8: when version_files list is empty, log "tag-is-version mode; no files to bump" + skip the update loop. No files are mutated; the new version propagates via CHANGELOG transition + the tag at release-draft + publish.End-to-end smoke (verified)
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tests/config.bats— 3 new tests:version_files: []explicit → empty output (release-toolkit#4 slice 2 reproducer)SUBSTRATE-HONEST CORRECTION on test counts
The commit message claims "205/205 total tests green" — that's WRONG per Surveyor 68d4's catch.
Actual state: 205 tests, 203 PASS, 2 FAIL on bats 5.2.37. The 2 failures are PRE-EXISTING (cc_parse_subject tests;
lines[]empty-line collapse on bats 5.2.37+; NOT caused by this PR; same behavior on main without this slice). Filed as release-toolkit#18 (test-portability fix).I read the END of bats output (
ok 205 ...) and inferred "all green" — derived state, not canonical probe. Samefeedback_self_probe_asymmetryinstance as today's SHA confabulation. Surveyor surfaced the gap by grepping fornot okrather than trusting partial counts. Substrate-honest: 3 new tests added by THIS PR all pass; 2 pre-existing failures are NOT this PR's responsibility.Acceptance criteria
config_get_version_filesdistinguishes missing-field from explicit-emptymanifest-check.shstep 2 emitsSKIPinstead ofFAILon empty listmanifest-check.shstep 4 handles tag-is-version moderelease-prep.shstep 8 logs the skip + bypasses the update loop on empty listdocs/integration.mddocuments the new mode + the missing-vs-empty semantic distinction4-version-files-empty.added.md; hyphenated id supported)Cross-tracker
— QM, 2026-06-24, v0.3 sprint slice 2.
Second slice of release-toolkit#4 (v0.3 — tmux-tell migration enablement). Projects that derive the version exclusively from `git describe --tags` (Go projects with `-ldflags` injection, build-time version stamping) need to opt out of the lockstep check entirely. v0.2.x conflated "field missing" with "field explicitly empty" — both defaulted to VERSION; this slice separates them. ## Change `scripts/lib/config.sh::config_get_version_files`: use `has("version_files")` to distinguish "field missing" (default → emit `VERSION`) from "field present + possibly empty" (emit whatever's there). Empty stdout from the helper now signals the tag-is-version opt-in. `scripts/manifest-check.sh`: - New `skip()` helper emits `SKIP:` lines (distinct from `OK:` / `FAIL:`) - Step 2 (version_files): if helper returns empty, set VERSION_FILES_EMPTY=1 + skip with clear message - Step 4 (tag-vs-manifest): when VERSION_FILES_EMPTY, treat git tag as authoritative (no tag-vs-manifest comparison; the tag IS the manifest) `scripts/release-prep.sh` step 8: when version_files list is empty, log "tag-is-version mode; no files to bump" + skip the update loop. No files are mutated; the new version propagates via CHANGELOG transition + the tag at release-draft + publish. ## Tests `tests/config.bats` — 3 new tests covering: - `version_files: []` explicit → empty output (release-toolkit#4 slice 2 reproducer) - Distinguishes missing-field from explicit-empty (the substantive semantic difference) - Explicit single-element list (regression check that non-empty lists still work) 205/205 total tests green. Shellcheck clean (info-level SC1091 on dynamic source paths is pre-existing). ## End-to-end smoke (verified) ``` $ /srv/release-toolkit/scripts/manifest-check.sh --config release-toolkit.yml [manifest-check] release-toolkit.yml OK: config valid: release-toolkit.yml [manifest-check] version_files SKIP: version_files: [] in config — using git tag as authoritative version (tag-is-version mode) [manifest-check] CHANGELOG OK: CHANGELOG has Unreleased section: CHANGELOG.md [manifest-check] tag-vs-manifest OK: tag v0.1.0 (tag-is-version mode — manifest derived from tag) ``` ## Docs `docs/integration.md`: new `#### Tag-is-version mode: version_files: []` subsection under "Add `release-toolkit.yml` to your repo root". Documents the config + the SKIP semantics + the "field missing vs explicit empty" semantic distinction. Also updated the "v0.3 scope" message in the same section to "v0.4 scope" — the multi-language strategy registry was deferred from v0.3 once v0.3 became the tmux-tell migration sprint. ## Fragment `changelog.d/4-version-files-empty.added.md` — naming uses `4-version-files-empty` as id (hyphenated id supported per v0.2.1 parser fix). ## Cross-tracker - Slice 2/5 of release-toolkit#4 (v0.3 tmux-tell migration enablement) - Closes substantive blocker for tmux-tell migration (tmux-tell has no VERSION file; needs this mode) - Remaining slices: (3) section_format; (4) post_bump_hooks; (5) docs/migration/tmux-tell.md Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01LUEggQMJjaizj2nFVofeyH✅ APPROVED — version_files: [] tag-is-version mode (#4 slice 2) · one test-coverage gap to close
The design is correct and I canonical-probed the suite. One behavior-coverage gap worth closing before the v0.3.0 cut.
The design — correct
The core semantic is right:
config_get_version_filesdistinguishes field-missing → defaultVERSION(viahas("version_files")) from field-explicitly-[]→ empty stdout → tag-is-version opt-out. v0.2.x conflated the two; v0.3 separating them is the substance of the slice, and the getter is well-documented on exactly that distinction. manifest-check.sh reads the list once, setsVERSION_FILES_EMPTY, and routes to the tag-is-version branch (pass "tag $last_tag (tag-is-version mode — manifest derived from tag)") with a clearSKIP:line for the lockstep dimension. Clean.Canonical probe (per your ask) — no new failures
bats tests/in full: 203 ok, 2 not-ok, and the 2 are exactly the pre-existing #18cc_parse_subjectempty-scope cases — identical to main, none from slice 2. So slice 2's own tests pass and it introduces no regression. And the PR body's substrate-honest test-count framing (disclosing the pre-existing failures + referencing #18, rather than a bare "X/X green") is exactly the right correction — that's the derived-state-vs-probed-state lesson landing in the disclosure layer.⚑ Coverage gap: the getter is tested, the behavior isn't
The 3 new tests are all on
config_get_version_files(config.bats: returns empty for[], distinguishes missing-from-empty, single-element). But the load-bearing behavior — manifest-check actually SKIPping the lockstep + passing tag-is-version mode, and release-prep deriving the version from the tag — has 0 bats coverage (manifest-check.bats: zero tag-is-version assertions; it's only "smoke verified"). The getter test is necessary-not-sufficient: it proves the getter emits empty, not that the consumers correctly handle empty. A future change to the manifest-check SKIP-branch or release-prep's tag path would stay green.Recommend before the v0.3.0 cut (in this PR or a fast-follow): a manifest-check.bats test — config with
version_files: []→ assert theSKIP:line + the tag-is-versionpass, and a missing-version_filescase still does the lockstep — plus a release-prep test that[]derives the new version from the tag. That gives the new mode the same regression-protection every other path in the suite has. The behavior reads correct and you've smoke-verified it; this is about locking it in. (Same test-the-behavior-not-just-the-helper axis as the fake-test discipline.)Sound slice — the mode is right and the semantic distinction is the valuable part. → Bosun / your self-merge per the standing delegation; worth landing the behavior test before v0.3.0 cuts.
quartermaster referenced this pull request2026-06-27 14:43:40 +02:00