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Standardize bots on GitHub App token, align merge methods, version PyPI via NBGV - #70
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Mirrors the pattern from homeassistant-purpleair where we discovered `gh pr merge --squash` against `main` would fail enablePullRequestAutoMerge once a stricter ruleset is in place: the develop ruleset allows only squash, the main ruleset allows only merge commits. Workflow changes - merge-bot-pull-request.yml `merge-dependabot`: switch to App token (`actions/create-github-app-token`) so the resulting merge push fires `publish-release.yml` on develop (GITHUB_TOKEN-driven pushes are blocked by GitHub's recursion guard). Replace the unconditional `--squash` with a `case` on `pull_request.base.ref` that picks `--squash` for develop and `--merge` for main, with an explicit failure for unknown bases. - merge-bot-pull-request.yml `merge-codegen` and `merge-codegen-app`: both target `main` exclusively, so switch `--squash` → `--merge` to match the main ruleset. Stay on GITHUB_TOKEN — these merge routine generated-content updates and deliberately should not fire a release on every codegen tick. - merge-bot-pull-request.yml header comment: rewritten to describe the current token strategy (App token vs GITHUB_TOKEN per job) and the merge-method dispatch rule. Dependabot routing - dependabot.yml: switch `target-branch: "main"` → `"develop"` on all three ecosystem entries (nuget, github-actions, uv). Scheduled bumps now land on develop first, then bundle into the next develop → main merge-commit alongside feature work — so develop cannot fall behind main. Security update PRs from Dependabot still open against `main` directly (Dependabot doesn't honor `target-branch` for those); the new `case` statement in the merge-bot handles either base. Documentation - AGENTS.md "Branching Model": new bullet describing Dependabot target routing and the merge-bot's base-aware method dispatch. - .github/copilot-instructions.md "Commit Messages and Pull Request Titles": short paragraph about picking `--squash` vs `--merge` when running `gh pr merge` so AI agents asked to merge a PR pick the form that matches the base branch's ruleset. - PyPiLibrary/README.md "Publishing": expanded the first-time PyPI Trusted Publishing setup with the lessons from today's release session — 2FA prerequisite, the pending-publisher vs add-new-publisher distinction, the mandatory `pypi` environment deployment branch rule for `main`, optional required reviewer, troubleshooting for both `invalid-publisher` and the `manifest unknown` Docker pull failure we hit before today's release, and an API-token fallback recipe. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Pull request overview
Updates the repo’s automation and documentation to respect branch-specific merge rules (squash-only on develop, merge-commit-only on main) and to route scheduled Dependabot updates to develop so dependency bumps flow through the integration branch before being merged to main.
Changes:
- Make the merge-bot choose
gh pr merge --squashvs--mergebased on the PR base branch; switch codegen merges to--mergeformain. - Retarget scheduled Dependabot updates (
nuget,github-actions,uv) frommaintodevelop. - Document the updated branching/merge-bot behavior and expand PyPI Trusted Publishing setup guidance.
Reviewed changes
Copilot reviewed 5 out of 5 changed files in this pull request and generated 2 comments.
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| File | Description |
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PyPiLibrary/README.md |
Expands PyPI Trusted Publishing setup/troubleshooting guidance. |
AGENTS.md |
Adds a branching-model bullet documenting Dependabot targeting develop and merge-bot base-aware merge method dispatch. |
.github/workflows/merge-bot-pull-request.yml |
Updates merge-bot token strategy and selects merge method based on PR base branch. |
.github/dependabot.yml |
Routes scheduled Dependabot PRs to develop via target-branch. |
.github/copilot-instructions.md |
Documents the required gh pr merge flag selection by base branch and points to merge-bot as the reference pattern. |
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… App token Two follow-ups on this branch: NBGV-driven PyPI version - build-pypilibrary-task.yml: add an inner `get-version` job (mirrors `build-nugetlibrary-task.yml`) and a new "Write version into _version.py step" that overwrites `_version.py` with NBGV's `AssemblyFileVersion` (Major.Minor.Patch.BuildNumber — always numeric, PEP 440 valid) just before `uv build`. Wheel and sdist carry the rewritten version, so the PyPI upload matches the NuGet/Docker/executable artifacts for the same release commit. - PyPiLibrary/src/.../_version.py: docstring expanded to explain the `0.0.0` placeholder is a local-development convenience and that CI rewrites the file from NBGV. - PyPiLibrary/README.md: stack table now lists Version alongside the other tooling; "Template Adoption" section now treats NBGV as the default and frames hatch-vcs / manual as alternatives. Consolidate codegen and merge-bot on the GitHub App token - Delete `run-codegen-app-pull-request-task.yml` and `run-periodic-codegen-app-pull-request.yml`. The App-based variant is now the only codegen path. - Rewrite `run-codegen-pull-request-task.yml` with App-token logic (formerly only in the deleted *app* variant). No PAT, no close / reopen dance — App tokens trigger `pull_request` workflow events directly when opening a PR. - `run-periodic-codegen-pull-request.yml`: drop the Monday/Thursday alternation note; weekly Monday cron + `workflow_dispatch` remain. - `merge-bot-pull-request.yml`: delete the `merge-codegen-app` job and rewrite `merge-codegen` to use the App token, match `ptr727-codegen[bot]`, and skip the legacy `(reopened & owner) || (not reopened & github-actions[bot])` actor dance. Both jobs in the file now use App tokens; header comment rewritten to reflect the new single-strategy model. - README.md "Template - GitHub Setup": drop the WORKFLOW_PAT section, make the App setup required (was framed as an alternative), and collapse the dual-codegen-schedule section into a single weekly entry. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
…f-gate Two fixes for unresolved Copilot threads on the latest head (604fd27): 1. Dependabot can't see Actions secrets (`merge-bot-pull-request.yml:28`). Dependabot-triggered `pull_request` workflows run with a restricted secret context — `secrets.CODEGEN_APP_ID` and `CODEGEN_APP_PRIVATE_KEY` stored only in the Actions store aren't visible. README updated to instruct saving the App credentials in **both** the Actions and the Dependabot secret stores. No workflow change needed. 2. `publish-pypi` would stall on develop pushes (`PyPiLibrary/README.md:61` thread). `publish-release.yml` triggers on push to both `main` and `develop`. The `pypi` environment now restricts deployments to `main` only, so on a develop push the `publish-pypi` job would queue against an env it can't enter — visible as a stalled / blocked deployment on every develop release. Add `if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'` so the job is cleanly skipped on develop and the env rule remains as the security boundary. PyPiLibrary/README.md updated to explain the two-layer restriction. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Copilot review on 6e5b400 caught that the docstring in _version.py and the "Template Adoption" paragraph in PyPiLibrary/README.md both claimed PyPI artifacts share the version of "matching NuGet, Docker, and executable artifacts" — that overstates the parity. PyPI now uses NBGV's `AssemblyFileVersion` (PEP 440 valid, Major.Minor.Patch.Build), which matches the .NET assemblies' `FileVersion` / `AssemblyVersion` stamp, but NuGet packages and Docker tags use NBGV's `SemVer2` (with prerelease and build-metadata suffixes that PEP 440 doesn't accept). Reword in three places (_version.py docstring, the Stack table entry, and the Template Adoption paragraph) to spell out: - PyPI string == .NET FileVersion/AssemblyVersion string (byte-equal). - PyPI string != NuGet PackageVersion or Docker tag (different format). - All four are derived from the same NBGV computation against version.json + git history, so they correspond to the same release commit even when the strings differ. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Third Copilot pass on PR #70 caught one more occurrence of the overstated parity claim — this time in the inline comment above the "Write version into _version.py step" in `build-pypilibrary-task.yml`. Same fix as 55c9d86 applied here: PyPI equals .NET `FileVersion` / `AssemblyVersion` (both = NBGV `AssemblyFileVersion`); NuGet `PackageVersion` and Docker tags use NBGV `SemVer2` (different format, not byte-identical); all four still derive from the same NBGV computation per release commit. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Per AGENTS.md workflow conventions, third-party actions used in workflows being modified should be pinned to a commit SHA with a trailing `# vX.Y.Z` comment. Two pins applied here: - merge-bot-pull-request.yml: dependabot/fetch-metadata@v2 → 21025c705c08248db411dc16f3619e6b5f9ea21a # v2.5.0 (same commit as the `v2` floating tag currently resolves to). - run-codegen-pull-request-task.yml: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v8 → 5f6978faf089d4d20b00c7766989d076bb2fc7f1 # v8.1.1 (same commit as the `v8` floating tag currently resolves to). The other third-party action flagged by Copilot — dotnet/nbgv@master in get-version-task.yml — is declined here because AGENTS.md scopes opportunistic pinning to workflows "being touched for other reasons" and get-version-task.yml is unmodified in this PR. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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…place Copilot review on c8a38ef caught two issues: (1) AssemblyVersion != AssemblyFileVersion. NBGV produces both as separate outputs and the build workflows wire them to distinct .NET properties (Version / AssemblyVersion = NBGV AssemblyVersion; FileVersion = NBGV AssemblyFileVersion). My earlier wording claimed PyPI matches both FileVersion *and* AssemblyVersion — that's only half-true. Rewording in four places (_version.py docstring, README "Version" stack entry, README "Template Adoption" section, workflow comment) to limit the parity claim to FileVersion only. (2) `printf > _version.py` was truncating the file, so the published wheel would have lost the module docstring and any future metadata stored in `_version.py`. Switched the "Write version into _version.py step" to `sed -i` so only the `__version__` line is rewritten; the rest of the module is preserved into the build artifact. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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## Summary One-character US-English typo fix in [.github/workflows/merge-bot-pull-request.yml](.github/workflows/merge-bot-pull-request.yml) (the new dependabot-merge step comment landed in PR #70): ```diff - # runtime behaviour, so they should land via human review. Other + # runtime behavior, so they should land via human review. Other ``` Flagged by Copilot review on [PR #71](#71) (the develop → main release). AGENTS.md "Documentation Style Conventions" requires US English. ## Test plan - [ ] CI passes on this PR. - [ ] After merge to develop, PR #71's diff absorbs the fix and the Copilot thread on #71 can be resolved. Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
…#73) ## Summary Two additional Copilot findings on [PR #71](#71) (develop → main release) that PR #72 was supposed to carry alongside the `behaviour → behavior` fix. Auto-merge on PR #72 fired before the second commit on its branch landed, so PR #72's squash captured only the spelling fix — these two land here separately. ### 1. `secrets: inherit` removed from `get-version` job in `build-pypilibrary-task.yml` The job calls [`get-version-task.yml`](.github/workflows/get-version-task.yml) which declares no required secrets. `secrets: inherit` was widening the secret blast radius for no benefit. (Same pattern exists in `build-nugetlibrary-task.yml`, untouched here per AGENTS.md "Workflow YAML Conventions" — *"existing workflows are migrated opportunistically when they're being touched for other reasons"*. Easy follow-up PR later.) ### 2. `merge-codegen` `if:` gate now requires App-actor too The current gate checks PR author/branch/base but not the event actor. A maintainer pushing extra commits to the App's `codegen` branch fires a `synchronize` event the job would happily auto-merge — folding human changes into a release through the App PR. Restored `github.actor == 'ptr727-codegen[bot]'` (which the pre-consolidation `merge-codegen-app` job carried in PR #70-era code) alongside the existing PR author check. Comment expanded to explain why both checks matter. ```diff + # Both the PR author AND the event actor must be the App: the author + # check stops human-opened PRs that happen to target the `codegen` + # branch from auto-merging; the actor check stops a maintainer + # pushing extra commits to the App's `codegen` branch (a + # `synchronize` event the human triggered) from auto-merging + # unintended changes through the App PR. if: >- github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'ptr727-codegen[bot]' && + github.actor == 'ptr727-codegen[bot]' && github.event.pull_request.head.ref == 'codegen' && github.event.pull_request.base.ref == 'main' && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository ``` ## Test plan - [ ] CI passes on this PR. - [ ] After merge to develop, PR #71's two remaining Copilot threads (lines 25 and 93) can be resolved. Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
…PI via NBGV (#71) Release merge: brings one squashed PR from develop into main. ## Squashed PR included - **#70 — Standardize bots on GitHub App token, align merge methods, version PyPI via NBGV.** A consolidation PR rolling up three threads that overlap (all touch merge-bot / codegen / PyPI release): 1. **All bot workflows on a single GitHub App token.** Deleted `run-codegen-app-pull-request-task.yml` and `run-periodic-codegen-app-pull-request.yml`. Rewrote `run-codegen-pull-request-task.yml` with App-token logic — no PAT, no close/reopen dance. Consolidated `merge-codegen-app` into `merge-codegen` in the merge-bot; both jobs in `merge-bot-pull-request.yml` now use the App token so the resulting push fires downstream workflows directly. 2. **Merge method per base branch.** `case` on `pull_request.base.ref` picks `--squash` for develop and `--merge` for main, with an explicit failure for unknown bases. Bot PRs now match each ruleset. 3. **Dependabot routes to develop.** All three ecosystems (nuget, github-actions, uv) set `target-branch: "develop"` so develop is the leading edge for dep bumps. Security update PRs still open against `main`; the merge-bot's `case` handles either base. 4. **PyPI versioning via NBGV.** Inner `get-version` job added to `build-pypilibrary-task.yml`; a new "Write version into _version.py step" uses `sed -i` to replace the `__version__` line with NBGV's `AssemblyFileVersion` (PEP 440 valid, `Major.Minor.Patch.BuildNumber`) before `uv build`. PyPI's version string therefore equals the .NET assemblies' `FileVersion` stamp (a separate NBGV output from `AssemblyVersion` and `SemVer2`). 5. **`publish-pypi` gated to `main` only.** Added `if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'` so develop pushes don't stall at the env gate (defense in depth alongside the `pypi` environment's deployment branch rule). 6. **Third-party action SHA pins** in workflows touched by this PR: `dependabot/fetch-metadata@v2` → `21025c70…# v2.5.0` and `peter-evans/create-pull-request@v8` → `5f6978fa…# v8.1.1`. `dotnet/nbgv@master` in `get-version-task.yml` was declined (out of scope per AGENTS.md opportunistic-pin rule). 7. **Docs** — AGENTS.md branching model now notes Dependabot routing + merge-bot base-aware dispatch; copilot-instructions.md adds a paragraph about picking `--squash` vs `--merge` based on base; PyPiLibrary/README.md "Publishing" section expanded with the lessons from the prior release (2FA prereq, pending-publisher vs add-new-publisher distinction, the mandatory `pypi` env deployment branch rule on `main`, troubleshooting for `invalid-publisher` and `manifest unknown`, API-token fallback recipe); README.md "Template - GitHub Setup" drops the WORKFLOW_PAT block and makes the App setup the single required path. ## Operator action items already completed (out-of-band) - `CODEGEN_APP_ID` and `CODEGEN_APP_PRIVATE_KEY` added to the **Dependabot** secret store (was already in Actions). Required because Dependabot-triggered runs don't see Actions secrets. - `WORKFLOW_PAT` secret revoked from the repo and the underlying PAT revoked on github.com. - The `pypi` GitHub environment has a Deployment branch rule restricting to `main` (added during the prior release session). ## Notes - Merge method: **merge-commit** (per [AGENTS.md branching model](https://github.com/ptr727/ProjectTemplate/blob/develop/AGENTS.md#branching-model)). Squash and rebase are blocked by the main ruleset. ## Test plan - [ ] CI passes on the merge commit. - [ ] Next codegen PR auto-merges to `main` as a merge-commit (not a squash) under the App identity. - [ ] Next Dependabot scheduled run opens its PRs against `develop`; the auto-merge succeeds and the resulting develop push fires `publish-release.yml`. - [ ] Next release on `main` ships PyPI at the same `Major.Minor.Patch.BuildNumber` as the .NET `FileVersion` (not `0.0.0`), and `publish-pypi` is cleanly skipped on develop pushes.
…erit (#76) Two small workflow follow-ups that have been outstanding through PR #70 and PR #74 reviews. ## 1. `get-version-task.yml` — carve out the `dotnet/nbgv@master` exception in comments `dotnet/nbgv` is the only third-party action in this repo that's not SHA-pinned. Copilot has flagged this twice now ([PR #70](#70) and again in passing). Adding an inline comment that explicitly documents it as the AGENTS.md exception so future reviewers / agents don't keep flagging it. Reasoning recorded in the comment: - Upstream tag stream is dormant — latest tag `v0.5.1` (`3cf2d96c…`) lags `master` (`b944774b…` as of today). Real fixes accumulate on `master` between tag bumps. - Dependabot's GitHub Actions ecosystem tracks tagged releases. If we pin to a post-`v0.5.1` `master` SHA, Dependabot will either silently stall (no new tags to bump to) or attempt a **downgrade** PR to `v0.5.1`. Neither beats just floating on `master`. - Upstream owner is Microsoft (`dotnet/`), so the tag-/branch-retargeting risk the rule guards against is materially lower than for a random-author action. ## 2. `build-nugetlibrary-task.yml` — drop redundant `secrets: inherit` `get-version-task.yml` declares no required secrets in its `on: workflow_call` block, so `secrets: inherit` on the `get-version` job call was passing the caller's secret context to a job that consumes none. Same fix [PR #74](#74) applied to `build-pypilibrary-task.yml`; flagged by Copilot there but declined here for opportunistic-pin scope. This PR closes the gap. ## Test plan - [ ] CI passes on this PR. - [ ] No behavior change on either workflow (NBGV invocation unchanged, version outputs identical, no secrets actually consumed by `get-version`). --------- Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Summary
A consolidation PR. Three threads land together because they overlap (all touch the merge-bot + codegen + PyPI release flow):
pull_request/pushevents directly (no recursion-guard skips), sopublish-release.ymlfires on bot-driven merges to develop and main exactly the same way it does on human merges.caseonpull_request.base.refso the form matches either base.AssemblyFileVersionand overwriting_version.pyin CI beforeuv build, so PyPI and NuGet ship at matching versions per release.Standardize on GitHub App token
Codegen
.github/workflows/run-codegen-app-pull-request-task.ymland.github/workflows/run-periodic-codegen-app-pull-request.yml..github/workflows/run-codegen-pull-request-task.ymlwith the App-token-based logic (formerly in the deleted app variant). No PAT, no close/reopen dance — App tokens triggerpull_requestworkflow events directly when opening a PR..github/workflows/run-periodic-codegen-pull-request.yml: drop the Monday/Thursday alternation note; the weekly Monday cron +workflow_dispatchremain.Merge bot
merge-codegen-appjob (the App-token-based duplicate ofmerge-codegen).merge-codegento use the App token, matchptr727-codegen[bot], and skip the legacy(reopened & owner) || (!reopened & github-actions[bot])actor dance that existed only becauseGITHUB_TOKEN-created PRs needed a close/reopen nudge.merge-dependabot— switched to App token (was already on the chopping block for the publish-release trigger problem). Replaces unconditional--squashwith acaseonpull_request.base.refthat picks--squashfor develop and--mergefor main; explicit failure for unknown bases.Align merge method per base branch
Bot PRs targeting
mainpreviously usedgh pr merge --auto --squash— fine while the main ruleset allowed squash, but fragile once main locks to merge-only (the purpleair experience). The dispatcher inmerge-bot-pull-request.ymlnow lifts the form frombase.ref:Route Dependabot to develop
.github/dependabot.yml:target-branch: "main"→"develop"on all three ecosystem entries (nuget,github-actions,uv). Scheduled bumps now land on develop first, then bundle into the next develop → main merge-commit alongside feature work. Security update PRs still open againstmaindirectly — Dependabot doesn't honortarget-branchfor those — but the newcasestatement in the merge-bot handles either base. Long comment in the file explains the trade-off and links the merge-bot.NBGV-driven PyPI version
.github/workflows/build-pypilibrary-task.yml— add an innerget-versionjob (mirroringbuild-nugetlibrary-task.yml) and a new "Write version into _version.py step" that overwrites_version.pywith NBGV'sAssemblyFileVersion(Major.Minor.Patch.BuildNumber— always numeric, PEP 440 valid) just beforeuv build. The wheel + sdist therefore carry the rewritten version, so the PyPI upload matches the NuGet, Docker, and executable artifacts for the same release commit.PyPiLibrary/src/ptr727_projecttemplate_library/_version.py— docstring expanded to explain that0.0.0is a local-development convenience and CI overwrites the file beforeuv build.PyPiLibrary/README.md— stack table lists Version alongside the rest of the tooling; "Template Adoption" section now frames NBGV as the default with hatch-vcs / manual as the documented forks.Documentation
AGENTS.md→ Branching Model — new bullet noting Dependabot'starget-branch: developrouting and the merge-bot's base-aware method dispatch..github/copilot-instructions.md→ Commit Messages and Pull Request Titles — short paragraph telling AI agents to pick--squashfor develop and--mergefor main when invokinggh pr merge.PyPiLibrary/README.md→ Publishing — expanded the first-time PyPI Trusted Publishing setup with everything we learned during today's release session (the 2FA prereq, pending-publisher vs add-new-publisher distinction, the mandatorypypienvironment deployment branch rule onmain, optional required reviewer, troubleshooting forinvalid-publisherandmanifest unknown, and an API-token fallback recipe).README.md→ Template - GitHub Setup — drop the WORKFLOW_PAT block, make App setup required (was an alternative), collapse the dual codegen schedule into one entry.Test plan
develop(currently opens againstmain).publish-release.yml.mainas a merge-commit (not a squash).mainpublishes the PyPI library at the sameM.N.P.Bversion as the NuGet package (no more0.0.0placeholder).