A merge rebuilds what it changed, and what packages it

Three faults in one path. A merge rebuilt every module built from the repository, so one change in
a repository holding twenty-six of them meant twenty-six builds. A merge into a repository a module
only *packages* source from rebuilt nothing — two modules are built from the control plane's own
repository and neither had ever been rebuilt when it moved — because the manifest the mesh keeps
carries no build section, so a build now says which repositories it read and the mesh keeps that
beside what it stood on. And a module handed over by hand could record a repository with no
directory inside it, which is a module nothing can ever rebuild (novox/hq 04-ISSUES/131, /132).

A change inside no module's own directory is a change to what they share, and everything built from
that repository is rebuilt: rebuilding too much is the safe direction, because the fault this whole
path exists for is a mesh that believes it is current and is not.
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2026-09-28 09:20:01 +02:00
parent 1513bbaac9
commit aa771616bb
13 changed files with 513 additions and 44 deletions
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@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@ type Result struct {
Commit string
// Built is each artifact, for reporting.
Built []catalogue.Built
// Read is every repository this build read source from besides the module's own — the second
// repository an artifact's recipe names (ArtifactContext). Reported because the manifest the
// mesh keeps carries no build section, so nothing else could say that a merge there is a
// change to this module (novox/hq 04-ISSUES/131).
Read []catalogue.ArtifactContext
}
// GitCredential is the forge credential a clone may present when the server asks for one.
@@ -220,7 +226,7 @@ func Build(ctx context.Context, run Runner, publish Publisher,
}
say("done", "%s at %s — %d artifact(s) pinned", manifest.Module, short(commit), len(built))
return Result{Manifest: resolved, Commit: commit, Built: built,
Against: against(within, manifest, stoodOn)}, nil
Against: against(within, manifest, stoodOn), Read: readBy(manifest)}, nil
}
// Log is where a build says what it is doing, step by step. Nil is silent — the tests pass none,
@@ -1016,3 +1022,31 @@ func instructions(recipe string) []string {
flush()
return out
}
// readBy is every repository other than the module's own that this build's recipes read source from,
// each once and in a fixed order, so two builds of one commit report the same thing the same way.
func readBy(manifest catalogue.Manifest) []catalogue.ArtifactContext {
if manifest.Build == nil {
return nil
}
seen := map[string]bool{}
var out []catalogue.ArtifactContext
for _, a := range manifest.Build.Artifacts {
if a.Context == nil || a.Context.Repository == "" {
continue
}
key := a.Context.Repository + "#" + a.Context.Ref
if seen[key] {
continue
}
seen[key] = true
out = append(out, *a.Context)
}
sort.Slice(out, func(i, j int) bool {
if out[i].Repository != out[j].Repository {
return out[i].Repository < out[j].Repository
}
return out[i].Ref < out[j].Ref
})
return out
}
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@@ -179,3 +179,24 @@ func TestTheBasesABuildWasHandedAreWhatItStoodOn(t *testing.T) {
t.Fatalf("the bases the build was handed were not what it stood on: %v", got)
}
}
// What a build read besides its module's own repository is the second repository its recipes name,
// each once: a module that packages source living elsewhere is affected when that source moves.
func TestWhatABuildReadIsTheRepositoriesItsRecipesName(t *testing.T) {
elsewhere := catalogue.ArtifactContext{Repository: "http://forge.internal:20000/novox/mesh-controller.git", Ref: "main"}
manifest := catalogue.Manifest{
Module: "builder",
Build: &catalogue.Build{Artifacts: []catalogue.Artifact{
{Name: "server", Kind: catalogue.ArtifactImage, From: "Dockerfile", Context: &elsewhere},
{Name: "tools", Kind: catalogue.ArtifactImage, From: "Dockerfile", Context: &elsewhere},
{Name: "config", Kind: catalogue.ArtifactArchive, From: "etc"},
}},
}
read := readBy(manifest)
if len(read) != 1 || read[0] != elsewhere {
t.Fatalf("the repositories this build read are %+v", read)
}
if readBy(catalogue.Manifest{Module: "gitea", Build: &catalogue.Build{}}) != nil {
t.Fatal("a module whose recipes name no other repository read one")
}
}
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@@ -36,12 +36,21 @@ type Build struct {
// Against is every artifact this build stood on, as references rather than module names —
// what makes a build edge derived rather than declared (ADR 0009).
Against []string
// Read is every repository this build read source from besides the module's own (novox/hq
// 04-ISSUES/131), at the ref it read.
Read []ReadRepository
// Failed is the builder's own words, empty when it worked.
Failed string
Made []Artifact
At time.Time
}
// ReadRepository is a repository a build read source from besides the module's own.
type ReadRepository struct {
Repository string `json:"repository"`
Ref string `json:"ref,omitempty"`
}
// Artifact is one thing a build published.
type Artifact struct {
Name string `json:"name"`
@@ -66,17 +75,21 @@ func (i *Inventory) RecordBuild(ctx context.Context, b Build) error {
if err != nil {
return err
}
read, err := json.Marshal(b.Read)
if err != nil {
return err
}
var module *string
if b.Module != "" {
module = &b.Module
}
_, err = i.store.Pool().Exec(ctx,
`insert into build (id, repository, ref, module, commit_hash, built_on, failed, made,
source_path, manifest, built_against)
values ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7, $8, $9, $10, $11)
source_path, manifest, built_against, built_contexts)
values ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7, $8, $9, $10, $11, $12)
on conflict (id) do nothing`,
b.ID, b.Repository, b.Ref, module, b.Commit, b.On, b.Failed, made,
b.Path, manifestOrNil(b.Manifest), against)
b.Path, manifestOrNil(b.Manifest), against, read)
return err
}
@@ -199,6 +212,44 @@ func (i *Inventory) BuiltAgainst(ctx context.Context) (map[string][]string, erro
return against, rows.Err()
}
// ReadRepositories is what each module's newest successful build read source from besides its own
// repository, by module name.
//
// The mirror of BuiltAgainst, and derived the same way and for the same reason: a merge into a
// repository a module only packages is a change to that module, and the manifest the mesh keeps
// carries nothing that would say so (novox/hq 04-ISSUES/131).
func (i *Inventory) ReadRepositories(ctx context.Context) (map[string][]ReadRepository, error) {
rows, err := i.store.Pool().Query(ctx,
`select distinct on (module) module, built_contexts
from build
where module is not null and module <> '' and failed = ''
order by module, at desc`)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
defer rows.Close()
read := map[string][]ReadRepository{}
for rows.Next() {
var module string
var raw []byte
if err := rows.Scan(&module, &raw); err != nil {
return nil, err
}
if len(raw) == 0 {
continue
}
var of []ReadRepository
if err := json.Unmarshal(raw, &of); err != nil {
continue
}
if len(of) > 0 {
read[module] = of
}
}
return read, rows.Err()
}
// manifestOrNil keeps the difference between "declared nothing" and "predates this being kept".
//
// A build recorded before the mesh kept manifests has no manifest, and that is not the same as one
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@@ -136,3 +136,36 @@ func ids(builds []Build) []string {
}
return out
}
// What a build read besides its module's own repository comes back for the newest build of each
// module, and only for builds that worked. Nothing recorded is absent rather than empty, which is how
// a build made before the mesh kept this is told from one that read nothing (novox/hq 04-ISSUES/131).
func TestWhatABuildReadComesBackForTheNewestBuildOfEachModule(t *testing.T) {
inv := fresh(t)
ctx := context.Background()
older := aBuild("older", "builder", "")
older.Read = []ReadRepository{{Repository: "novox/mesh-controller", Ref: "release"}}
newer := aBuild("newer", "builder", "")
newer.Read = []ReadRepository{{Repository: "novox/mesh-controller", Ref: "main"}}
plain := aBuild("plain", "gitea", "")
failed := aBuild("failed", "route-proxy", "cannot clone")
failed.Read = []ReadRepository{{Repository: "novox/mesh-controller", Ref: "main"}}
for _, b := range []Build{older, newer, plain, failed} {
if err := inv.RecordBuild(ctx, b); err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
}
read, err := inv.ReadRepositories(ctx)
if err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
if len(read["builder"]) != 1 || read["builder"][0].Ref != "main" {
t.Fatalf("the newest build's reading is %+v", read["builder"])
}
if _, has := read["gitea"]; has {
t.Fatalf("a build that read nothing but its own repository reads as %+v", read["gitea"])
}
if _, has := read["route-proxy"]; has {
t.Fatal("a failed build's reading was kept as what that module reads")
}
}
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
-- A build says which repositories it read, so a merge can find everything it affects.
--
-- A module is built from the one repository the mesh records — where its module.json lives — and some
-- modules' recipes reach into a second for the source they package: the packaging and the source are
-- allowed to live apart (catalogue's ArtifactContext). That second repository is named in the manifest
-- the build read, and the manifest the mesh *keeps* carries no build section, so nothing on the mesh
-- could say that a merge into the other repository is a change to this module at all. Two modules are
-- built from the control plane's own repository, and neither had ever been rebuilt when it moved
-- (novox/hq 04-ISSUES/131).
--
-- Nullable, like the two derived columns beside it: null is a build recorded before the mesh kept
-- this, which is not the same as a build that read nothing but its module's own repository.
alter table build add column built_contexts jsonb;
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@@ -88,10 +88,23 @@ type BuildResult struct {
// (novox/hq ADR 0009). The catalogue turns these into edges; nothing else need care.
Against []string `json:"against,omitempty"`
// Read is every repository this build read source from besides the module's own. A module whose
// recipe packages source that lives elsewhere is affected when that repository moves, and the
// manifest the mesh keeps says nothing about it (novox/hq 04-ISSUES/131).
Read []ReadRepository `json:"read,omitempty"`
// Failed is why, when it did.
Failed string `json:"failed,omitempty"`
}
// ReadRepository is a repository a build read source from besides the module's own, at the branch,
// tag or commit it read. Spelled here as well as in the catalogue and the inventory, for the reason
// MadeArtifact is: one direction of dependency.
type ReadRepository struct {
Repository string `json:"repository"`
Ref string `json:"ref,omitempty"`
}
// MadeArtifact is one thing a build produced, as a person would want it reported.
type MadeArtifact struct {
Name string `json:"name"`
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@@ -130,6 +130,16 @@ type SourceMoved struct {
HTMLURL string `json:"html_url"`
// MergedAt is when the forge merged it, RFC 3339. What decides whether this is news.
MergedAt string `json:"merged_at"`
// Paths are the files the merge changed, from the repository's root. Empty means the forge said
// nothing about them, and every module built from the repository is treated as affected.
Paths []string `json:"paths,omitempty"`
// PathsTruncated says the merge changed more files than the forge was asked to list, so Paths is
// a beginning rather than the whole change — and again, everything is treated as affected. Said
// rather than inferred from a round number, because "this is all of it" and "this is as much as
// I asked for" are the difference between rebuilding a module and leaving it stale.
PathsTruncated bool `json:"paths_truncated,omitempty"`
}
type Upgraded struct {