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Read global.json as the dotnet Host Does When Selecting the SDK Line - #4129
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The dotnet-sdk action falls back to 10.x only where jq reads global.json and finds no sdk.version. A file jq cannot parse, such as one holding a comment, is valid JSON5 to setup-dotnet and the dotnet host, so it now goes to setup-dotnet, which installs the line it selects, with a notice naming why. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The dotnet-sdk action drops comments and trailing commas outside strings, as the dotnet host accepts them, then parses the rest as strict JSON. A commented file selects its line, one with no sdk.version still gets the fallback, and one nothing can read falls back with a warning. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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The action still has two active correctness issues: it strips trailing commas that the dotnet host rejects and allows read or decoding failures to abort before the documented fallback is written.
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What changed in this PR
This PR updates the shared .NET SDK composite action to select SDK versions from commented global.json files while retaining fallback behavior.
Changes:
- Replaces
jq-based selection with a Python-basedglobal.jsonreader. - Adds coverage for comments, URLs in strings, missing SDK versions, malformed content, and unreadable files.
- Preserves workflow ordering checks for SDK setup after checkout.
| File | Description |
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| tests/test_release_guards.py | Expands release-guard coverage for SDK selection, parsing, fallback behavior, and shared-action workflow ordering. |
| .github/actions/dotnet-sdk/action.yml | Implements Python-based global.json parsing and emits either the selected SDK configuration or the fallback version. |
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The dotnet host parses global.json with comments allowed and nothing else (kParseCommentsFlag in corehost json_parser.cpp), so the selection step no longer drops trailing commas, and a root that is not an object fails the step rather than falling back silently. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Git Bash collapses the step's doubled backslashes in a -c argument, so the test writes the script to a file as its siblings do. The skip asks bash whether python3 runs, since a found WindowsApps alias does not. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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The selection step reads global.json with errors="replace", matching setup-dotnet's UTF-8 read, so a file whose comment holds a Latin-1 byte selects its line rather than failing the step. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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## Summary Promotes the .NET SDK line work and two changes from other hub sessions from `develop` to `main`. - #4110: - The Linux host installer's default dotnet set is the fleet's SDK line plus the newest line the feed carries, so a host whose feed has moved past 10.0 still builds fleet .NET repositories. - Each installer names the line itself (`DOTNET_FLEET_LINE` on Linux, `$DOTNET_MAJOR` on Windows) so it still runs fetched on its own, and a test holds both to the `global.json` baseline. - The hub's setup-dotnet steps go through a new `.github/actions/dotnet-sdk`, which installs the line the caller's `global.json` selects. It falls back to `10.x` for a caller carrying no `sdk.version` yet. - #4127: the shared SDK step's ordering comment states the required order plainly, answering a Copilot finding on this promotion. - #4129: the `dotnet-sdk` action reads `global.json` as the dotnet host and setup-dotnet do, so a commented file selects its line, answering a Copilot finding on this promotion. - #4130: a `global.json` whose `sdk` is null gets the fallback line, as the dotnet host treats it, answering a Copilot thread on this promotion. - #4116: the agent setup runs past a failed tool upgrade, and a held `cswap` is skipped. - #4125: `carry.py` carries a registry entry not yet promoted to `main` when run from a `develop` checkout. Closes #4106 Closes #4107 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code)


Summary
Answers a Copilot finding on the
develop -> mainpromotion #4126. Thedotnet-sdkaction decided between the caller'sglobal.jsonand the10.xfallback withjq -e '.sdk.version'. Aglobal.jsonholding a comment is valid to the dotnet host and to setup-dotnet, but jq cannot parse it, so such a file selecting 11.0 got 10.x.The selection step now reads
global.jsonas both the dotnet host and setup-dotnet do. Comments are the one extension both accept (the host'sjson_parser.cppparses withkParseCommentsFlagonly), so it drops comments outside strings, parses the rest as strict JSON, and passesglobal-json-filewhere ansdk.versionis present. A file with nosdk.versionstill gets the fallback, and a file nothing can read falls back with a warning.Verification
test_release_guards.DotnetSdkLineCaseruns the step's script, from a file under bash, against a selecting file, a test-runner-only file, a commented file of each kind, a BOM, a URL inside a string, a trailing comma, and an unreadable file whose warning names the caller's line. Each new case was watched failing against the code it guards.repo_gate.pycomposite-actionspass.Open Findings From the Local Pass
None. Every finding listed for earlier pushes is fixed, the last in
8b058f91(a case with a UTF-8 BOM), and the pass over that head raised none.🤖 Generated with Claude Code