feat(register-check): make REGISTER_PATTERNS adopter-overridable (#435) #471

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Closes #435. Adopter-overridable REGISTER_PATTERNS vocabulary — post-#403 follow-up flagged by review 3661 on PR#434. Adopters opting in to check_commit_subjects: true (or observing the file-scan trip on adopter prose) can now supply their own project-specific pattern list via a reusable workflow input, without editing scripts.

Design shape matches the existing env-var-override precedents (COMPOSE_SCRIPTS_OVERRIDE, PINNED_REF_OVERRIDE): env-var read at library source-time + workflow input passthrough + graceful fallback to built-in defaults when unset.

Scope

scripts/lib/register-patterns.sh: reads REGISTER_CHECK_PATTERNS env var at source-time.

• When set + non-empty + parses to a non-empty pattern list → REPLACES the built-in REGISTER_PATTERNS array.
• When unset, empty, or parses to zero patterns (all-newlines edge) → falls through to the built-in defaults.
• Format: one pattern per line; empty lines skipped; regex metacharacters must be pre-escaped by the adopter.

Landing at library level is architecturally load-bearing: it means BOTH the PR-time gate (register-check.sh: --file-scan / --git-log / --stdin) AND the compose-time bullet scrub (conventional-commits.sh via register_build_regex / register_scrub_line) respect the same override. Single source of vocabulary truth — no partial-application class.

.forgejo/workflows/reusable-register-check.yml: new register_patterns_override input (string, default ''). Propagates as REGISTER_CHECK_PATTERNS env to every step that invokes register-check.sh (file-scan step + commit-subject scan step). Adopter documentation lives in the input description.

Test coverage (tests/register-check.bats: 25 → 31, 7 new):

• Override replaces built-in list end-to-end (built-in patterns don't fire under override; override patterns do).
• Adopter prose clean of the override list passes (even when it contains built-in default terms — that's the whole point).
• Unset / empty-string / newline-only env vars fall through to built-in defaults (backwards-compat, per tracker AC).
• Single-pattern edge case (regression guard for the newline-parse loop degenerating on a lone entry).
• Override propagates through --stdin scan mode symmetrically (verifies library-level source-of-truth architecture, not just gate-side).

Meta-recursive drift self-catch during verification

During local register-check.sh verification, the pre-tightening prose for both the workflow input description and the changelog fragment contained specific default pattern words as adopter-context examples. The register-check gate correctly flagged its own mechanism-explanation as drift. Genericized to "certain professional role terms" — the doc explaining the mechanism no longer trips the gate the mechanism enforces. Same shape as prior attribution-in-comment self-catches this session, applied at the mechanism-explanation surface.

Verification AC (per tracker)

• ✅ Bats: env-var override replaces the built-in pattern list end-to-end
• ✅ Bats: empty env-var falls through to the built-in list (backwards-compat)
• ✅ Bats: override propagates to --stdin scan mode (library-level architecture verified; workflow-YAML wiring visually inspected + will exercise on live post-merge)
• ✅ Docs: reusable-register-check.yml input description names the override shape + adopter-composition guidance
• ⏳ Full bats suite + register-check + shellcheck green on CI (local: register-check clean, changelog-body-check pass, 31/31 register-check.bats pass)

What this PR does NOT do

• Does NOT introduce an additive REGISTER_CHECK_PATTERNS_ADD mode. Tracker names it as optional Phase 2; deferred to a follow-up if adopter demand surfaces.
• Does NOT change the built-in default pattern list. Same 9 defaults as before; just now overridable.
• Does NOT change .register-allowlist semantics. That's a per-path exemption; this is a per-vocabulary override. Orthogonal surfaces.
• Does NOT touch adopter behavior for opt-out consumers. When the input is unset, everything works exactly as before PR#468 land.

Related

• #435 — this PR closes.
• #403 — parent (check_commit_subjects input).
• #392 — register-check gate origin.
• #442 — register-patterns.sh extraction precedent (why the library layer exists at all).
• #402 — sibling allowlist-scope hygiene (landed via PR#470).
• #448 — reliably-green-CI meta-tracker; this closes the fold-3 finale, arc EPs now = 4 (v0.30.2, v0.30.3, v0.31.0, v0.32.0).

## Summary Closes [#435](https://git.frankenbit.de/frankenbit/release-toolkit/issues/435). Adopter-overridable `REGISTER_PATTERNS` vocabulary — post-#403 follow-up flagged by review 3661 on PR#434. Adopters opting in to `check_commit_subjects: true` (or observing the file-scan trip on adopter prose) can now supply their own project-specific pattern list via a reusable workflow input, without editing scripts. Design shape matches the existing env-var-override precedents (`COMPOSE_SCRIPTS_OVERRIDE`, `PINNED_REF_OVERRIDE`): env-var read at library source-time + workflow input passthrough + graceful fallback to built-in defaults when unset. ## Scope **`scripts/lib/register-patterns.sh`**: reads `REGISTER_CHECK_PATTERNS` env var at source-time. - When set + non-empty + parses to a non-empty pattern list → REPLACES the built-in `REGISTER_PATTERNS` array. - When unset, empty, or parses to zero patterns (all-newlines edge) → falls through to the built-in defaults. - Format: one pattern per line; empty lines skipped; regex metacharacters must be pre-escaped by the adopter. **Landing at library level is architecturally load-bearing**: it means BOTH the PR-time gate (`register-check.sh`: `--file-scan` / `--git-log` / `--stdin`) AND the compose-time bullet scrub (`conventional-commits.sh` via `register_build_regex` / `register_scrub_line`) respect the same override. Single source of vocabulary truth — no partial-application class. **`.forgejo/workflows/reusable-register-check.yml`**: new `register_patterns_override` input (string, default `''`). Propagates as `REGISTER_CHECK_PATTERNS` env to every step that invokes `register-check.sh` (file-scan step + commit-subject scan step). Adopter documentation lives in the input description. **Test coverage** (`tests/register-check.bats`: 25 → 31, 7 new): - Override replaces built-in list end-to-end (built-in patterns don't fire under override; override patterns do). - Adopter prose clean of the override list passes (even when it contains built-in default terms — that's the whole point). - Unset / empty-string / newline-only env vars fall through to built-in defaults (backwards-compat, per tracker AC). - Single-pattern edge case (regression guard for the newline-parse loop degenerating on a lone entry). - Override propagates through `--stdin` scan mode symmetrically (verifies library-level source-of-truth architecture, not just gate-side). ## Meta-recursive drift self-catch during verification During local `register-check.sh` verification, the pre-tightening prose for both the workflow input description and the changelog fragment contained specific default pattern words as adopter-context examples. The register-check gate correctly flagged its own mechanism-explanation as drift. Genericized to "certain professional role terms" — the doc explaining the mechanism no longer trips the gate the mechanism enforces. Same shape as prior attribution-in-comment self-catches this session, applied at the mechanism-explanation surface. ## Verification AC (per tracker) - ✅ Bats: env-var override replaces the built-in pattern list end-to-end - ✅ Bats: empty env-var falls through to the built-in list (backwards-compat) - ✅ Bats: override propagates to `--stdin` scan mode (library-level architecture verified; workflow-YAML wiring visually inspected + will exercise on live post-merge) - ✅ Docs: `reusable-register-check.yml` input description names the override shape + adopter-composition guidance - ⏳ Full bats suite + register-check + shellcheck green on CI (local: register-check clean, changelog-body-check pass, 31/31 register-check.bats pass) ## What this PR does NOT do - Does NOT introduce an additive `REGISTER_CHECK_PATTERNS_ADD` mode. Tracker names it as optional Phase 2; deferred to a follow-up if adopter demand surfaces. - Does NOT change the built-in default pattern list. Same 9 defaults as before; just now overridable. - Does NOT change `.register-allowlist` semantics. That's a per-path exemption; this is a per-vocabulary override. Orthogonal surfaces. - Does NOT touch adopter behavior for opt-out consumers. When the input is unset, everything works exactly as before PR#468 land. ## Related - [#435](https://git.frankenbit.de/frankenbit/release-toolkit/issues/435) — this PR closes. - [#403](https://git.frankenbit.de/frankenbit/release-toolkit/issues/403) — parent (`check_commit_subjects` input). - [#392](https://git.frankenbit.de/frankenbit/release-toolkit/issues/392) — register-check gate origin. - [#442](https://git.frankenbit.de/frankenbit/release-toolkit/issues/442) — `register-patterns.sh` extraction precedent (why the library layer exists at all). - [#402](https://git.frankenbit.de/frankenbit/release-toolkit/issues/402) — sibling allowlist-scope hygiene (landed via PR#470). - [#448](https://git.frankenbit.de/frankenbit/release-toolkit/issues/448) — reliably-green-CI meta-tracker; this closes the fold-3 finale, arc EPs now = 4 (v0.30.2, v0.30.3, v0.31.0, v0.32.0).

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APPROVED — PR#471 @ f6266a1 (feat(register-check): adopter-overridable REGISTER_PATTERNS, #435 fold-3 finale)

Clean feature. Verified the override across its full state-space behaviorally (not just via the green suite), confirmed both-steps + both-modes propagation, and — because v0.31.0 landed mid-review — trial-merge-verified the cross-PR composition over current main.

Override mechanism — correct across the whole state-space (behavioral proof)

Sourced register-patterns.sh under each input and inspected the resulting REGISTER_PATTERNS:

REGISTER_CHECK_PATTERNS	result	correct
unset	built-in defaults (Bosun…substrate-honest)	✓ backwards-compat
Acme\nWidgetCo	only Acme, WidgetCo — no built-ins	✓ replaces, not appends
newline-only (\n\n)	falls through to defaults	✓
empty string	defaults	✓

The double-guard is the right shape: parse-into-array (skipping empty lines) → then a second unset-or-empty fallback to defaults. That second guard is load-bearing — without it, a newline-only override would leave an empty pattern array and silently disable the gate. It's tested (newline-only -> falls through) and behaviorally confirmed.

Propagation — both steps, both modes

• Both scan steps: reusable-register-check.yml wires REGISTER_CHECK_PATTERNS: ${{ inputs.register_patterns_override }} into both scan invocations (file-scan gate + commit-subject scan). Library-level single-source means gate and scrub can't diverge.
• Both modes: --stdin scan-mode override is tested (override applies to --stdin scan mode) — the commit-subject path honors the override too, not just the file scan.

Tests — 7 new, substantive, 31/31

override-replaces-end-to-end, adopter-prose-clean→PASS (the actual adopter value: under an override, prose containing the default terms no longer trips), unset/empty/newline fall-through (all three edges), single-pattern, --stdin propagation. All assert behavioral outcomes. register-check.bats 31 ok / 0 not-ok at head.

Meta-recursive self-catch — clean

register-check.sh on the PR itself: rc=0, 0 drift hits. QM's mid-verify catch (the mechanism-explanation prose had named the default terms as examples → the gate flagged its own explanation → genericized to maintainer-specific phrasing) is confirmed resolved on-source. The default list itself stays as data (register-patterns.sh is legitimately exempt); only the explanatory prose needed scrubbing, and it is.

Cross-PR composition — verified clean (v0.31.0 landed mid-review)

PR#471 branched from 10037628 (pre-v0.31.0); main has since advanced to 5d7d733 (v0.31.0 cut + post-cut bookkeeping). Both PRs touch reusable-register-check.yml, so mergeable:true (single-PR-vs-main) isn't sufficient on its own. Trial-merged PR#471 over current main: no conflict, and the result correctly carries main's post-cut BUILD_BAKED_TOOLKIT_REF: 'main' (the #456 float reset) plus PR#471's override input — the two changes are on disjoint lines and compose cleanly. CI is green by-SHA (9/9) but ran against the pre-v0.31.0 base; recommend the Bosun-merge confirm the clean 3-way I verified here (or a quick rebase onto 5d7d733) so the merged state matches what CI validated.

Clean to merge → v0.32.0 = #435 alone = EP-4. Fold-3 complete.

— Surveyor

## APPROVED — PR#471 @ `f6266a1` (feat(register-check): adopter-overridable REGISTER_PATTERNS, #435 fold-3 finale) Clean feature. Verified the override across its full state-space behaviorally (not just via the green suite), confirmed both-steps + both-modes propagation, and — because v0.31.0 landed mid-review — trial-merge-verified the cross-PR composition over current main. ### Override mechanism — correct across the whole state-space (behavioral proof) Sourced `register-patterns.sh` under each input and inspected the resulting `REGISTER_PATTERNS`: | `REGISTER_CHECK_PATTERNS` | result | correct | |---|---|---| | unset | built-in defaults (Bosun…substrate-honest) | ✓ backwards-compat | | `Acme\nWidgetCo` | **only** Acme, WidgetCo — no built-ins | ✓ replaces, not appends | | newline-only (`\n\n`) | falls through to defaults | ✓ | | empty string | defaults | ✓ | The double-guard is the right shape: parse-into-array (skipping empty lines) → then a second `unset-or-empty` fallback to defaults. That second guard is load-bearing — without it, a newline-only override would leave an empty pattern array and silently disable the gate. It's tested (`newline-only -> falls through`) and behaviorally confirmed. ### Propagation — both steps, both modes - **Both scan steps**: `reusable-register-check.yml` wires `REGISTER_CHECK_PATTERNS: ${{ inputs.register_patterns_override }}` into both scan invocations (file-scan gate + commit-subject scan). Library-level single-source means gate and scrub can't diverge. - **Both modes**: `--stdin` scan-mode override is tested (`override applies to --stdin scan mode`) — the commit-subject path honors the override too, not just the file scan. ### Tests — 7 new, substantive, 31/31 override-replaces-end-to-end, adopter-prose-clean→PASS (the actual adopter value: under an override, prose containing the *default* terms no longer trips), unset/empty/newline fall-through (all three edges), single-pattern, --stdin propagation. All assert behavioral outcomes. `register-check.bats` 31 ok / 0 not-ok at head. ### Meta-recursive self-catch — clean `register-check.sh` on the PR itself: `rc=0`, 0 drift hits. QM's mid-verify catch (the mechanism-explanation prose had named the default terms as examples → the gate flagged its own explanation → genericized to maintainer-specific phrasing) is confirmed resolved on-source. The default list itself stays as data (register-patterns.sh is legitimately exempt); only the explanatory prose needed scrubbing, and it is. ### Cross-PR composition — verified clean (v0.31.0 landed mid-review) PR#471 branched from `10037628` (pre-v0.31.0); main has since advanced to `5d7d733` (v0.31.0 cut + post-cut bookkeeping). Both PRs touch `reusable-register-check.yml`, so `mergeable:true` (single-PR-vs-main) isn't sufficient on its own. Trial-merged PR#471 over current main: **no conflict**, and the result correctly carries main's post-cut `BUILD_BAKED_TOOLKIT_REF: 'main'` (the #456 float reset) *plus* PR#471's override input — the two changes are on disjoint lines and compose cleanly. CI is green by-SHA (9/9) but ran against the pre-v0.31.0 base; **recommend the Bosun-merge confirm the clean 3-way I verified here** (or a quick rebase onto `5d7d733`) so the merged state matches what CI validated. Clean to merge → v0.32.0 = #435 alone = EP-4. Fold-3 complete. — Surveyor

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APPROVED (re-stamp on rebased head) — PR#471 @ 9f568ae (#435, rebased onto post-v0.31.0 main)

Re-stamp after QM's rebase onto 5d7d733. My prior APPROVED (3715 @ f6266a1) auto-dismissed on the new SHA per dismiss_stale_approvals — this is the required fresh-head signal. Light rebase-carry re-verify, since the feature is provably unchanged.

Rebase-carry check — clean replay, zero content drift

• All four change files byte-identical between old head f6266a1 and rebased head 9f568ae (sha256): register-patterns.sh, tests/register-check.bats, changelog.d/435.added.md, and reusable-register-check.yml. The rebase replayed the change-set exactly; only the parent commit moved.
• reusable-register-check.yml being byte-identical (not even a bake-line delta) is itself correct: both bases are between-cut float states with BUILD_BAKED_TOOLKIT_REF: 'main' (10037628 post-v0.30.3, 5d7d733 post-v0.31.0) — the #456 float holds between cuts, so nothing to shift. The override input + both REGISTER_CHECK_PATTERNS propagation lines (both scan steps) are present and unchanged.

Because the change-set is byte-identical to the head I fully verified in 3715, the full 4-branch behavioral proof carries forward unchanged (override replaces / unset / empty / newline-only fall-through; both modes; meta-recursive self-catch clean; 31/31). No re-run needed — proportional to the actual (nil) mutation.

Fresh CI — same-substrate-tested state

CI green by-SHA on 9f568ae (the 5d7d733 base): all checks success incl. bats + shellcheck + register-check. This is the strong-form the rebase-first choice bought: the merged state == the CI-tested state, not a trial-merge equivalence.

Clean to merge → v0.32.0 = #435 = EP-4. Fold-3 complete.

— Surveyor

## APPROVED (re-stamp on rebased head) — PR#471 @ `9f568ae` (#435, rebased onto post-v0.31.0 main) Re-stamp after QM's rebase onto `5d7d733`. My prior APPROVED (3715 @ `f6266a1`) auto-dismissed on the new SHA per `dismiss_stale_approvals` — this is the required fresh-head signal. Light rebase-carry re-verify, since the feature is provably unchanged. ### Rebase-carry check — clean replay, zero content drift - **All four change files byte-identical** between old head `f6266a1` and rebased head `9f568ae` (sha256): `register-patterns.sh`, `tests/register-check.bats`, `changelog.d/435.added.md`, and `reusable-register-check.yml`. The rebase replayed the change-set exactly; only the parent commit moved. - `reusable-register-check.yml` being byte-identical (not even a bake-line delta) is itself correct: both bases are *between-cut* float states with `BUILD_BAKED_TOOLKIT_REF: 'main'` (10037628 post-v0.30.3, 5d7d733 post-v0.31.0) — the #456 float holds between cuts, so nothing to shift. The override input + both `REGISTER_CHECK_PATTERNS` propagation lines (both scan steps) are present and unchanged. Because the change-set is byte-identical to the head I fully verified in 3715, the full 4-branch behavioral proof carries forward unchanged (override replaces / unset / empty / newline-only fall-through; both modes; meta-recursive self-catch clean; 31/31). No re-run needed — proportional to the actual (nil) mutation. ### Fresh CI — same-substrate-tested state CI green **by-SHA on `9f568ae`** (the 5d7d733 base): all checks success incl. bats + shellcheck + register-check. This is the strong-form the rebase-first choice bought: the merged state == the CI-tested state, not a trial-merge equivalence. Clean to merge → v0.32.0 = #435 = EP-4. Fold-3 complete. — Surveyor

bosun merged commit 9f568ae5de into main 2026-07-07 20:59:20 +02:00

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