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CI: replace from-source libadwaita build with pinned Arch container
The dev/rc/release workflows rebuilt libadwaita from source inside an
uncached Fedora container on every single run, because Ubuntu 24.04's
packaged libadwaita was too old for gtk4 0.11's v4_12 feature. That
from-source build broke repeatedly on drift (rust dep versions,
libadwaita ABI, and finally a removed meson option), producing eight
straight failed CI runs.

Arch's repos already carry current gtk4/libadwaita/gtk4-layer-shell as
prebuilt packages, and breadpad only targets BOS/Arch, so there's no
reason to build anything from source. Swap the container base to a
digest-pinned archlinux image (ci/Containerfile) with those packages
installed via pacman, and extract the shared "build the image, run
cargo inside it" logic into ci/build.sh so it isn't duplicated three
times across the workflows. Cargo's registry/git/target caches persist
in named docker volumes across runs.

Also:
- Add check.yml: clippy + test on feature/**/fix/** pushes, so lint/
  build breakage surfaces before it reaches main and triggers a
  dev-track release.
- Fix release.yml's tag trigger (tags-ignore) so an rc tag push no
  longer also spawns a skipped release.yml run alongside rc-release.yml.

Verified locally: the container builds cleanly via pacman (no source
compilation), and `cargo build --release --locked --workspace` inside
it produces working breadpad/breadman binaries linked against
libgtk4-layer-shell.so.0 and libadwaita-1.so.0 respectively.
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# Contributing
`breadpad` — Quick-capture scratchpad and note viewer (breadman) with AI classification.
Part of the bread ecosystem; this repo follows the same branch/release
workflow as every other ecosystem product.
## Branches
There is one long-lived branch: **`main`**. All day-to-day work lands here.
Every push to `main` automatically builds and publishes a **dev-track**
build (see Tracks below) — a real install you can test before cutting
anything more formal.
New work — features and bug fixes alike — goes on a short-lived branch:
```
feature/<short-name>
fix/<issue-number-or-short-name>
```
Branch off `main`, open a PR/push back into `main` when ready. Short-lived
branches get deleted on merge — they never accumulate the kind of drift a
second long-lived branch does.
## The release cycle
There's no separate `beta` or release branch — "stable" and "beta" are both
just **tags** on `main`, not branches that need to be kept in sync:
1. Work accumulates on `main` via `feature/x` / `fix/x` branches. Each push
auto-publishes a dev build — install it with `bakery track set dev` and
`bakery update --all`, then fix anything broken with another push.
2. When you want to stabilize before a real release, tag a release
candidate: `git tag vX.Y.Z-rc.1 && git push origin vX.Y.Z-rc.1` (push to
both remotes). That tag alone triggers a beta-track build —
"freezing" is just pausing pushes to `main` while you test it, not a
branch operation. Cut `-rc.2`, `-rc.3`, etc. for further fixes.
3. Once an RC has gone without issues, tag the real release:
`git tag vX.Y.Z && git push origin vX.Y.Z` — that's what triggers the
signed stable release build.
## Tracks, from a user's perspective
```
bakery track show # what you're currently on (defaults to stable)
bakery track set dev # or beta, or stable
bakery update --all # pull the latest build on your current track
```
| Track | What it is | Published from |
|--------|-----------|-----------------|
| `stable` | The last tagged release | a `vX.Y.Z` tag |
| `beta` | Latest release candidate | a `vX.Y.Z-rc.N` tag |
| `dev` | Bleeding edge | `main`, on every push |
Dev versions are auto-computed (`X.Y.Z-dev.<timestamp>+<sha>`) from the
latest published stable tag, so they always sort as newer than what you
have installed — no manual version bumping needed. Beta versions are just
the RC tag itself (already valid semver, already sorts below the real
release it's a candidate for).
## Local development
```sh
cargo build --release --workspace
cargo test --release --workspace
```
## CI
- `check.yml` — clippy + test, triggered on push to `feature/**`/`fix/**`.
Fast-fail before anything reaches `main`.
- `dev-release.yml` — triggered on push to `main`.
- `rc-release.yml` — triggered on any `vX.Y.Z-rc.N` tag push.
- `release.yml` — triggered on any other `v*` tag push, cuts the actual
stable release.
All of these build inside a pinned Arch Linux container (`ci/Containerfile`,
run via `ci/build.sh`) on a self-hosted runner — not the runner host's
native environment. Arch's repos carry current `gtk4`/`libadwaita`/
`gtk4-layer-shell` as prebuilt packages, so there's no from-source library
build to go stale. The image is rebuilt (and re-cached by Docker) only when
`ci/Containerfile` changes, so a plain push doesn't refetch or recompile
the toolchain. Nothing runs automatically on plain commits or PRs beyond
the jobs listed above. See
[bread-ecosystem's docs/release-channels.md](https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bread-ecosystem/src/branch/main/docs/release-channels.md)
for the full policy, including how a new product gets wired onto these tracks.
## Questions
Open an issue on this repo's Forgejo tracker.