@catladder/cli 5.2.0 → 5.3.1

package/dist/packages/pipeline/src/types/config.d.ts

@@ -13,6 +13,24 @@ import type { ProjectImageConfig } from "../customImages/projectImages";
 import type { VerifyConfig } from "../verify/types";
 export declare const ALL_PIPELINE_TRIGGERS: readonly ["mainBranch", "mr", "taggedRelease"];
 export type PipelineTrigger = (typeof ALL_PIPELINE_TRIGGERS)[number];
+/**
+ * a pipeline that runs on pushes to one specific branch (in addition to
+ * the built-in triggers). Declared by an env via its `on` config.
+ */
+export type BranchPipelineTrigger = {
+    branch: string;
+};
+/**
+ * everything a pipeline (and therefore an env's jobs) can run on
+ */
+export type EnvPipelineTrigger = PipelineTrigger | BranchPipelineTrigger;
+/**
+ * the `on` config of an env: a trigger, or `false` for an env that is
+ * not part of any pipeline (like `local`)
+ */
+export type EnvOnConfig = EnvPipelineTrigger | false;
+export declare const isBranchTrigger: (trigger: EnvPipelineTrigger) => trigger is BranchPipelineTrigger;
+export declare const envTriggerEquals: (a: EnvOnConfig | undefined, b: EnvPipelineTrigger) => boolean;
 /**
  * all env types with their trigger.
  * Each env type has a default env with the same name which is always included
@@ -34,16 +52,10 @@ export declare const ENV_TYPES: {
         readonly triggers: readonly [];
     };
 };
-/**
- *
- * @param trigger a trigger
- * @returns array of env types for that trigger. this is also the list of default envs
- */
-export declare const getEnvTypesByTrigger: (trigger: PipelineTrigger) => ("stage" | "prod" | "local" | "dev" | "review")[];
 export declare const DEFAULT_ENVS: string[];
-export declare const DEFAULT_ENV_TYPES: ("stage" | "prod" | "local" | "dev" | "review")[];
+export declare const DEFAULT_ENV_TYPES: ("stage" | "prod" | "local" | "review" | "dev")[];
 export type EnvType = keyof typeof ENV_TYPES;
-export declare const isKnowEnvType: (env: string) => env is "stage" | "prod" | "local" | "dev" | "review";
+export declare const isKnowEnvType: (env: string) => env is "stage" | "prod" | "local" | "review" | "dev";
 export type EnvVars = {
     /**
      * public env vars (means: they are checked in the repo).
@@ -120,7 +132,100 @@ export type EnvConfig<E extends EnvType = EnvType> = {
      * host that is used. If not set, a "canonical" url is created
      */
     host?: string;
+    /**
+     * per-component override of the environment's autoStop (see
+     * {@link EnvironmentConfig.autoStop} — each component has its own
+     * gitlab environment, so the duration may differ per component)
+     */
+    autoStop?: string | false;
 } & PartialDeep<DefaultEnvConfig>;
+/**
+ * project-wide declaration and tuning of an environment (the top-level
+ * `environments` config). Environments are a project-wide concept —
+ * every component deploys to a declared env unless it opts out with
+ * `env.<name>: false`. Anything that must be consistent across
+ * components (which envs exist, when they deploy) lives here; the
+ * per-component `env.<name>` entries only override component-local
+ * things (vars, deploy settings, host, autoStop).
+ */
+export type EnvironmentConfig = {
+    /**
+     * the type of env this behaves like (dev, review, stage, prod) —
+     * think of it as a preset: it supplies all defaults (when the env
+     * deploys, autoStop, deploy policy like rollback history and manual
+     * prod deploys) and the env's identity for tooling (the `ENV_TYPE`
+     * env var / `env-type` label). Everything it implies can be
+     * overridden explicitly. Required for envs whose name is not itself
+     * an env type.
+     */
+    type?: EnvType;
+    /**
+     * when this env deploys. Defaults from the env type:
+     * - dev: "mainBranch" (pushes to the default branch)
+     * - review: "mr" (merge requests / pull requests; the env is created
+     *   per MR and torn down when it closes)
+     * - stage / prod: "taggedRelease" (release tags)
+     * - local: false (not part of any pipeline)
+     *
+     * `{ branch: "next" }` deploys the env on pushes to that branch —
+     * one stable environment tracking a long-lived branch.
+     *
+     * `false` removes the env from all pipelines.
+     */
+    on?: EnvOnConfig;
+    /**
+     * how long the environment stays up after its last deployment before
+     * gitlab stops it automatically (gitlab `auto_stop_in`, e.g. "3 days").
+     * `false` disables auto-stopping. Defaults from the env type, tunable
+     * project-wide via the top-level `autoStop` durations: review
+     * "1 week", dev "4 weeks", everything else never.
+     *
+     * Only applies to stoppable deployments, and only on gitlab (github
+     * review apps stop when their pull request closes). Components can
+     * override it per env (`env.<name>.autoStop`).
+     *
+     * NOTE: an explicit value here is a literal — setting it on a review
+     * env opts that env out of the pin-label mechanism (the top-level
+     * `autoStop.pinLabel`), which only steers the default review lifetime.
+     */
+    autoStop?: string | false;
+    /**
+     * inherit from another environment (see {@link EnvironmentInheritConfig}):
+     *
+     * `inherit: "dev"` makes this env use dev's per-component config
+     * overrides AND dev's secret values. The object form controls the two
+     * axes separately.
+     */
+    inherit?: EnvironmentInheritConfig;
+};
+/**
+ * what an environment inherits from another environment.
+ *
+ * The string shorthand `inherit: "dev"` means
+ * `{ config: "dev", secrets: "dev" }`.
+ *
+ * - `config`: the named env's per-component overrides (`env.<name>` in
+ *   each component — vars, deploy/build settings, autoStop) are merged
+ *   in below this env's own overrides: component base → inherited env's
+ *   overrides → own overrides. `host` and `type` are never inherited
+ *   (a host must stay unique per env). The env's `type` defaults to the
+ *   inherited env's type.
+ * - `secrets`: this env uses the named env's secret VALUES — all or
+ *   nothing: its jobs reference the other env's secret variables
+ *   (`CL_<OTHERENV>_...`) and it has no secret store of its own, so the
+ *   secrets CLI manages them via the other env and rotating them
+ *   affects both envs. Set to `false` (or omit in the object form) for
+ *   own secrets.
+ *
+ * Inheriting from `local` is not possible, chains are followed, cycles
+ * are an error.
+ */
+export type EnvironmentInheritConfig = string | {
+    /** env whose per-component config overrides are inherited */
+    config?: string;
+    /** env whose secret values are used (all-or-nothing); false = own secrets */
+    secrets?: string | false;
+};
 export type EnvConfigWithComponent = EnvConfig<EnvType> & ComponentConfig;
 export type CustomEnv = EnvConfigWithOverride & {
     type: EnvType;
@@ -134,7 +239,7 @@ export type Env<C extends ConfigProps = never> = {
     stage?: EnvConfigWithOverride<"stage"> | false;
     review?: EnvConfigWithOverride<"review"> | false;
     prod?: EnvConfigWithOverride<"prod"> | false;
-} & Record<C["CustomEnvs"], CustomEnv> & Record<string, any>;
+} & Partial<Record<C["CustomEnvs"], EnvConfigWithOverride | false>> & Record<string, any>;
 export type ComponentConfig<C extends ConfigProps = never> = {
     /**
      * specify environment configurations
@@ -315,6 +420,18 @@ export type Config<C extends ConfigProps = never> = {
      */
     images?: Record<string, ProjectImageConfig>;
     builds?: Record<string, WorkspaceBuildConfig>;
+    /**
+     * project-wide environment declarations and tuning. Environments are
+     * shared across all components, so everything that must be consistent
+     * between them (which envs exist, their type, when they deploy) is
+     * declared here — components only carry per-component overrides.
+     *
+     * - tune a default env: `environments: { review: { autoStop: "3 days" } }`
+     * - declare an extra env (every component deploys to it unless it
+     *   opts out with `env.<name>: false`):
+     *   `environments: { next: { type: "dev", on: { branch: "next" } } }`
+     */
+    environments?: Record<string, EnvironmentConfig>;
     /**
      * components (sub apps)
      */

package/dist/packages/pipeline/src/types/config.js

@@ -1,11 +1,21 @@
 "use strict";
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
-exports.isKnowEnvType = exports.DEFAULT_ENV_TYPES = exports.DEFAULT_ENVS = exports.getEnvTypesByTrigger = exports.ENV_TYPES = exports.ALL_PIPELINE_TRIGGERS = void 0;
+exports.isKnowEnvType = exports.DEFAULT_ENV_TYPES = exports.DEFAULT_ENVS = exports.ENV_TYPES = exports.envTriggerEquals = exports.isBranchTrigger = exports.ALL_PIPELINE_TRIGGERS = void 0;
 exports.ALL_PIPELINE_TRIGGERS = [
     "mainBranch",
     "mr",
     "taggedRelease",
 ];
+const isBranchTrigger = (trigger) => typeof trigger === "object" && trigger !== null && "branch" in trigger;
+exports.isBranchTrigger = isBranchTrigger;
+const envTriggerEquals = (a, b) => {
+    if (a === undefined || a === false)
+        return false;
+    if ((0, exports.isBranchTrigger)(b))
+        return (0, exports.isBranchTrigger)(a) && a.branch === b.branch;
+    return a === b;
+};
+exports.envTriggerEquals = envTriggerEquals;
 /**
  * all env types with their trigger.
  * Each env type has a default env with the same name which is always included
@@ -27,15 +37,6 @@ exports.ENV_TYPES = {
         triggers: [],
     },
 };
-/**
- *
- * @param trigger a trigger
- * @returns array of env types for that trigger. this is also the list of default envs
- */
-const getEnvTypesByTrigger = (trigger) => Object.entries(exports.ENV_TYPES)
-    .filter(([, e]) => e.triggers.includes(trigger))
-    .map(([e]) => e);
-exports.getEnvTypesByTrigger = getEnvTypesByTrigger;
 exports.DEFAULT_ENVS = Object.keys(exports.ENV_TYPES);
 exports.DEFAULT_ENV_TYPES = exports.DEFAULT_ENVS;
 const isKnowEnvType = (env) => {

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package/dist/packages/pipeline/src/types/context.d.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ import type { BuildConfigFromWorkspace, BuildConfigStandalone, WorkspaceBuildCon
 import type { PredefinedVariables, SecretEnvVar } from "../context";
 import type { DeployConfig } from "../deploy";
 import type { VariableValue } from "../../../bash/src/index.js";
-import type { ComponentConfig, Config, EnvType, PipelineTrigger } from "./config";
+import type { ComponentConfig, Config, EnvPipelineTrigger, EnvType } from "./config";
+import type { EnvironmentInstance } from "./environmentContext";
 import type { BaseStage, CatladderJob, CatladderJobSpec } from "./jobs";
 import type { PipelineType } from "./pipeline";
 export type UnspecifiedEnvVars = Record<string, VariableValue | undefined | null>;
@@ -29,8 +30,14 @@ export type Environment = {
      * the environment slug without component name.
      */
     slugPrefix: StringOrBashExpression;
+    /**
+     * how the env is instantiated — `instance.type === "review"` is the
+     * way to find out whether this is a review app
+     */
+    instance: EnvironmentInstance;
     /**
      * the review slug, if it is a review app, null otherwise
+     * @deprecated use `instance` — the review variant carries the slug
      */
     reviewSlug: StringOrBashExpression | null;
     /**
@@ -38,6 +45,18 @@ export type Environment = {
      */
     slug: StringOrBashExpression;
     envType: EnvType;
+    /**
+     * the resolved `autoStop` config (component override, then the
+     * project-wide environment config — see {@link EnvironmentConfig.autoStop});
+     * undefined means the env type's default applies
+     */
+    autoStop?: string | false;
+    /**
+     * the env whose secret values this env uses — the env itself unless
+     * it shares another env's secrets via `inherit`. All secret variable
+     * names are built with this env.
+     */
+    secretsEnv: string;
 } & EnvironmentEnvVarPart;
 export type YarnWorkspace = {
     name: string;
@@ -136,7 +155,7 @@ export type ComponentContext<BC extends BuildContextComponent = BuildContextComp
     deploy?: DeployContext | null;
     fullConfig: Config;
     environment: Environment;
-    trigger?: PipelineTrigger;
+    trigger?: EnvPipelineTrigger;
     pipelineType?: PipelineType;
     packageManagerInfo: Promise<PackageManagerInfoComponent>;
     customJobs?: CatladderJobSpec[];
@@ -159,7 +178,7 @@ export type WorkspaceContext = {
     packageManagerInfo: Promise<PackageManagerInfoBase>;
     components: Array<ComponentContext>;
     build: BuildContextWorkspace;
-    trigger: PipelineTrigger;
+    trigger: EnvPipelineTrigger;
     pipelineType: PipelineType;
     env: string;
 };

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package/dist/packages/pipeline/src/types/environmentContext.d.ts

@@ -3,20 +3,49 @@ import type { BuildConfig } from "../build";
 import type { DeployConfig } from "../deploy";
 import type { Config, EnvConfigWithComponent, EnvType } from "./config";
 import type { PipelineType } from "./pipeline";
+/**
+ * how an environment is instantiated:
+ * - "stable": one long-lived instance (dev, stage, prod, branch envs)
+ * - "review": one instance per merge/pull request (`on: "mr"`),
+ *   addressed by the runtime review slug (mr<iid> / pr<number>)
+ */
+export type EnvironmentInstance = {
+    type: "stable";
+} | {
+    type: "review";
+    reviewSlug: StringOrBashExpression;
+};
 export type EnvironmentContext<B extends BuildConfig = BuildConfig, D extends DeployConfig = DeployConfig> = {
     envConfigRaw: EnvConfigWithComponent;
     buildConfigRaw: false | B;
     deployConfigRaw: false | D;
     env: string;
     envType: EnvType;
+    /**
+     * the resolved autoStop config (component override, then project-wide
+     * environment config); undefined means the env type's default applies
+     */
+    autoStop?: string | false;
+    /**
+     * the env whose secret values this env uses — the env itself unless
+     * it shares another env's secrets via `inherit`. All secret variable
+     * names are built with this env.
+     */
+    secretsEnv: string;
     componentName: string;
     fullName: StringOrBashExpression;
     /**
      * the environment slug without component name.
      */
     environmentSlugPrefix: StringOrBashExpression;
+    /**
+     * how the env is instantiated — `instance.type === "review"` is the
+     * way to find out whether this is a review app
+     */
+    instance: EnvironmentInstance;
     /**
      * the review slug, if it is a review app, null otherwise
+     * @deprecated use `instance` — the review variant carries the slug
      */
     reviewSlug: StringOrBashExpression | null;
     /**

package/dist/skills/catladder-config/SKILL.md

@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ const config = {
   appName: "my-app",
   customerName: "pan",
   pipelines: { gitlab: true, github: true }, // which CI systems to generate
+  environments: {              // optional: project-wide env declarations/tuning
+    review: { autoStop: "3 days" },
+    next: { type: "dev", on: { branch: "next" } }, // extra branch-tracking env
+  },
   components: {
     www: {
       dir: "frontend",          // working directory of this component
@@ -59,8 +63,36 @@ Key concepts:
 - **Environments**: `dev` (deployed on push to the main branch),
   `review` (per merge/pull request), `stage` and `prod` (deployed on
   tagged releases), `local` (only for local development via catenv).
-  Per-env overrides live under `env.<name>` and can override vars,
-  deploy settings, and more.
+  Environments are project-wide: the top-level `environments` config
+  declares and tunes them consistently for all components, while
+  per-component `env.<name>` entries only carry component-local
+  overrides (vars, deploy settings, host, autoStop) or `false` to opt
+  the component out. In `environments`:
+  - `on` — when the env deploys: `"mainBranch"`, `"mr"`,
+    `"taggedRelease"`, `{ branch: "next" }` (a stable env deploying on
+    pushes to that branch), or `false` (in no pipeline). `on: "mr"`
+    makes an env a review app (one instance per MR/PR, torn down on
+    close). Defaults from the env type.
+  - `autoStop` — how long a stoppable environment stays up after its
+    last deploy before gitlab stops it (e.g. `"3 days"`; `false`
+    disables). Defaults: review `"1 week"`, dev `"4 weeks"`, others
+    never. GitLab only — github review apps stop when their PR closes.
+    Components can override it per env (`env.<name>.autoStop`).
+  - Extra envs are declared with any name plus a `type` — the env type
+    acts as a preset: it supplies all defaults (trigger, autoStop,
+    deploy policy) and the env's identity for tooling (`ENV_TYPE`),
+    everything overridable. Every component deploys to a declared env
+    unless it opts out:
+    `environments: { next: { type: "dev", on: { branch: "next" } } }`.
+  - `inherit` — make an env inherit from another env:
+    `inherit: "dev"` gives it dev's per-component config overrides
+    (merged below its own; `host` and `type` never inherit, the env
+    type is implied from the inherited env) AND dev's secret values —
+    all-or-nothing: its jobs reference dev's `CL_DEV_*` variables and
+    it has no secret store of its own (manage secrets via dev; rotating
+    affects both). The object form separates the axes:
+    `inherit: { config: "dev" }` inherits config only,
+    `inherit: { config: "dev", secrets: "dev" }` both.
 - **Pipelines**: `pipelines: { gitlab: true, github: true }` selects
   which CI systems get generated files. Options objects instead of
   `true` allow per-pipeline settings (e.g. `runnerVariables`,

package/dist/skills/catladder-deploys/SKILL.md

@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ Everything app-level lives under `values`:
   completion jobs, and always-on background worker pools.
 - `cloudSql` — attach an (unmanaged) CloudSQL instance; choose the
   connection-string format (`prisma` default, `rails`, `jdbc`).
+  `deleteDatabaseOnStop` controls whether the database is dropped when
+  the environment stops (default: true for review envs, false else).
+- `revisionsToKeep` — how many inactive revisions (the rollback
+  history) the post-deploy cleanup keeps; older revisions and their
+  images are deleted. Default: 5 on prod envs, 0 everywhere else.
 - `execute` — run a script/job/HTTP call at a deploy lifecycle point
   (`preDeploy`/`postDeploy`/`preStop`/`postStop`) or on a `schedule`.
   Prefer this over the deprecated `when`/`schedule` fields on `jobs`.
@@ -119,7 +124,14 @@ publishes `publishDir` (default `"public"`). Review environments
 automatically publish under an `mr-<iid>` path prefix — every merge
 request gets its own site preview (the prefix is exposed to the build
 as `$PAGES_PREFIX`). The gitlab environment url points at the
-published site. GitLab-only for now.
+published site.
+
+**MR previews need GitLab Premium/Ultimate** (parallel deployments /
+`pages.path_prefix`). On GitLab CE/Free the prefix is ignored and the
+review job publishes to the site root, silently overwriting the main
+site — on such instances set `env: { review: false }` on the pages
+component. Ask which tier the instance runs when unsure (a self-hosted
+`git.<company>` instance is often CE).
 
 ```ts
 docs: {

package/dist/skills/catladder-deploys/references/deploy-types.md

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ resources with `yarn catladder project setup`; detect drift with
 - `publishDir?: string` — output directory relative to the repo root, default `"public"`.
 - `requiresInstall?: boolean` — run the package-manager install (yarn/pnpm) first (`requiresYarnInstall` is a deprecated alias).
 - `jobImage?: GitlabJobImage`; also accepts `cache`.
-- Review envs publish under an `mr-<iid>` path prefix (parallel deployments → MR previews; exposed as `$PAGES_PREFIX`); other envs publish at the root. The environment url is the published pages url.
+- Review envs publish under an `mr-<iid>` path prefix (parallel deployments → MR previews; exposed as `$PAGES_PREFIX`); other envs publish at the root. Parallel deployments are GitLab Premium/Ultimate — on CE/Free the prefix is ignored and a review deploy overwrites the main site, so set `env: { review: false }` there. The environment url is the published pages url.
 - Defaults to `allowFailure: true`.
 
 ## `dockerTag`

package/dist/skills/catladder-migrate-release-method/SKILL.md

@@ -184,9 +184,10 @@ changesets — see the `catladder-config` skill.
   pending bump = next release `vA.B.C`*. If that is not what the user
   expects, the bump levels are wrong.
 - The merge request now runs the **`🦋 changeset check`** job. It should
-  report the pending changesets and that same version. A yellow check
-  only means "this MR adds no changeset" — for the migration MR itself
-  that is not the case, so expect it green.
+  report the pending changesets and that same version. A "⚠️ adds no
+  changeset" warning in the report only means "this MR adds no
+  changeset" — for the migration MR itself that is not the case, so
+  expect it to list the backfilled changesets.
 - Do **not** hand-write `CHANGELOG.md`. The release job prepends the new
   section; anything you write by hand there gets duplicated.
 - Leave any `.releaserc` / `release.config.js` alone if the project has

package/dist/skills/catladder-pipelines/SKILL.md

@@ -11,11 +11,20 @@ generated YAML.
 
 ## Triggers and environments
 
-| Trigger | Runs on | Deploys to |
+| Trigger | Runs on | Deploys to (default) |
 |---|---|---|
 | `mainBranch` | push to the main branch | `dev` |
 | `mr` | merge/pull requests | `review` (one app per MR/PR) |
 | `taggedRelease` | git tags | `stage`, `prod` |
+| `{ branch: "<name>" }` | push to that branch | envs declaring it via `on` |
+
+The trigger of each env is its `on` in the top-level `environments`
+config (project-wide — components cannot diverge), defaulting from the
+env type as in the table. An env with `on: { branch: "next" }` gets its
+own pipeline (gitlab: rules on `$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH`; github: a
+`catladder-branch-<name>.yml` workflow) and deploys as one stable,
+branch-tracking environment — unlike review apps, it is not
+per-instance and is stopped via the manual stop job/workflow.
 
 Generated layout:
 

package/dist/skills/catladder-releases/SKILL.md

@@ -96,18 +96,23 @@ Changesets projects get a **`🦋 changeset check`** job in every
 merge-request pipeline. It reports what merging would do — the
 changesets this MR adds, everything pending, and the version the next
 release would get (with a changelog preview) — and **warns without
-blocking** (`allow_failure`) when the MR adds no changeset:
+blocking** when the MR adds no changeset. The job itself stays green on
+both platforms: the warning lives in the report, the job log and the
+sticky comment.
 
 - **GitLab**: report in the job log and as an exposed artifact
   (`changeset-report.md`) in the MR widget. If the project makes
   `GL_TOKEN` available to MR pipelines it also maintains a sticky MR
   comment (opt-in — an api-scope token in MR pipelines is a security
-  trade-off).
-- **GitHub**: maintains a sticky PR comment via the workflow token; the
-  job stays green and reports a warning annotation (github has no
-  yellow job state, and a red job would read like a real failure).
-
-A yellow changeset-check job on an MR is a prompt to ask: is this
+  trade-off). The job deliberately does not turn yellow: gitlab only
+  resolves exposed artifacts of successful jobs, so a failed
+  `allow_failure` job leaves the MR widget spinning on "Loading
+  artifacts".
+- **GitHub**: maintains a sticky PR comment via the workflow token and
+  reports a warning annotation (github has no yellow job state, and a
+  red job would read like a real failure).
+
+A "⚠️ adds no changeset" report on an MR is a prompt to ask: is this
 change user-facing? If yes, add a changeset; if not, ignore it.
 
 ## The security-audit gate

package/dist/skills/catladder-secrets/SKILL.md

@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ files in the repo. All secrets commands accept a **scope**:
 `dev:web` (one env of one component), `dev:` (one env, all
 components), `:web` (all envs of one component), or nothing (everything).
 
+An env that shares another env's secrets (top-level
+`environments.<name>.inherit`, e.g. a `next` branch env inheriting from
+dev) has **no secret store of its own** — its jobs reference the source
+env's variables directly, so it never appears in secrets scopes: manage
+(and rotate) the values via the source env, which affects both.
+
 Check what is declared and what is still unset (never prints values
 unless `--reveal` is passed):