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Problem

The template has no scaffold for the common case of a derived repo that wraps an upstream release and must react when that upstream publishes a new version. Two downstreams have independently converged on the same pattern:

  • homeassistant-purpleaircheck-ha-version.yml - resolves the upstream Home Assistant version, writes it into a committed state file (.github/ha-test-versions.json), and opens a rolling, App-authored, signed PR that merge-bot auto-merges.
  • ptr727/NxWitness - does the equivalent via daily codegen that updates Make/Version.json/Make/Matrix.json.
  • ptr727/ESPHome-NonRoot now mirrors the purpleair pattern (check-esphome-version.yml + .github/esphome-version.json) for the upstream ESPHome PyPI release.

Each repo reinvents the same shape (resolve upstream -> write committed state file -> rolling bump PR -> merge-bot -> next publish ships it). Nothing in the template documents or scaffolds it, so the next wrapper repo starts from scratch and may regress to a less-good approach (e.g. a direct gh workflow run build trigger, which ESPHome used before this migration).

Suggestion

Document the pattern in AGENTS.md (probably near "Branching Model"/"Release Model") and/or ship a parameterized check-upstream-version-task.yml skeleton: inputs for the resolver command + state-file path + bump-branch prefix, dual-target matrix when the version is shipped content (vs develop-only when it only drives CI), and the peter-evans/create-pull-request rolling-PR + merge-bot wiring. Also worth a note on the two-phase latency tradeoff (a merged bump ships on the next weekly publish, not immediately).


Surfaced while adopting the template in ptr727/ESPHome-NonRoot (see ptr727/ESPHome-NonRoot#61).

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      Promote an upstream-dependency-version-tracker pattern into the template · Issue #157 · ptr727/ProjectTemplate · GitHub
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      Promote an upstream-dependency-version-tracker pattern into the template #157

      Description

      @ptr727

      Problem

      The template has no scaffold for the common case of a derived repo that wraps an upstream release and must react when that upstream publishes a new version. Two downstreams have independently converged on the same pattern:

      • homeassistant-purpleaircheck-ha-version.yml - resolves the upstream Home Assistant version, writes it into a committed state file (.github/ha-test-versions.json), and opens a rolling, App-authored, signed PR that merge-bot auto-merges.
      • ptr727/NxWitness - does the equivalent via daily codegen that updates Make/Version.json/Make/Matrix.json.
      • ptr727/ESPHome-NonRoot now mirrors the purpleair pattern (check-esphome-version.yml + .github/esphome-version.json) for the upstream ESPHome PyPI release.

      Each repo reinvents the same shape (resolve upstream -> write committed state file -> rolling bump PR -> merge-bot -> next publish ships it). Nothing in the template documents or scaffolds it, so the next wrapper repo starts from scratch and may regress to a less-good approach (e.g. a direct gh workflow run build trigger, which ESPHome used before this migration).

      Suggestion

      Document the pattern in AGENTS.md (probably near "Branching Model"/"Release Model") and/or ship a parameterized check-upstream-version-task.yml skeleton: inputs for the resolver command + state-file path + bump-branch prefix, dual-target matrix when the version is shipped content (vs develop-only when it only drives CI), and the peter-evans/create-pull-request rolling-PR + merge-bot wiring. Also worth a note on the two-phase latency tradeoff (a merged bump ships on the next weekly publish, not immediately).


      Surfaced while adopting the template in ptr727/ESPHome-NonRoot (see ptr727/ESPHome-NonRoot#61).

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          @ptr727

          Problem

          The template has no scaffold for the common case of a derived repo that wraps an upstream release and must react when that upstream publishes a new version. Two downstreams have independently converged on the same pattern:

          • homeassistant-purpleaircheck-ha-version.yml - resolves the upstream Home Assistant version, writes it into a committed state file (.github/ha-test-versions.json), and opens a rolling, App-authored, signed PR that merge-bot auto-merges.
          • ptr727/NxWitness - does the equivalent via daily codegen that updates Make/Version.json/Make/Matrix.json.
          • ptr727/ESPHome-NonRoot now mirrors the purpleair pattern (check-esphome-version.yml + .github/esphome-version.json) for the upstream ESPHome PyPI release.

          Each repo reinvents the same shape (resolve upstream -> write committed state file -> rolling bump PR -> merge-bot -> next publish ships it). Nothing in the template documents or scaffolds it, so the next wrapper repo starts from scratch and may regress to a less-good approach (e.g. a direct gh workflow run build trigger, which ESPHome used before this migration).

          Suggestion

          Document the pattern in AGENTS.md (probably near "Branching Model"/"Release Model") and/or ship a parameterized check-upstream-version-task.yml skeleton: inputs for the resolver command + state-file path + bump-branch prefix, dual-target matrix when the version is shipped content (vs develop-only when it only drives CI), and the peter-evans/create-pull-request rolling-PR + merge-bot wiring. Also worth a note on the two-phase latency tradeoff (a merged bump ships on the next weekly publish, not immediately).


          Surfaced while adopting the template in ptr727/ESPHome-NonRoot (see ptr727/ESPHome-NonRoot#61).

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              @ptr727

              Problem

              The template has no scaffold for the common case of a derived repo that wraps an upstream release and must react when that upstream publishes a new version. Two downstreams have independently converged on the same pattern:

              • homeassistant-purpleaircheck-ha-version.yml - resolves the upstream Home Assistant version, writes it into a committed state file (.github/ha-test-versions.json), and opens a rolling, App-authored, signed PR that merge-bot auto-merges.
              • ptr727/NxWitness - does the equivalent via daily codegen that updates Make/Version.json/Make/Matrix.json.
              • ptr727/ESPHome-NonRoot now mirrors the purpleair pattern (check-esphome-version.yml + .github/esphome-version.json) for the upstream ESPHome PyPI release.

              Each repo reinvents the same shape (resolve upstream -> write committed state file -> rolling bump PR -> merge-bot -> next publish ships it). Nothing in the template documents or scaffolds it, so the next wrapper repo starts from scratch and may regress to a less-good approach (e.g. a direct gh workflow run build trigger, which ESPHome used before this migration).

              Suggestion

              Document the pattern in AGENTS.md (probably near "Branching Model"/"Release Model") and/or ship a parameterized check-upstream-version-task.yml skeleton: inputs for the resolver command + state-file path + bump-branch prefix, dual-target matrix when the version is shipped content (vs develop-only when it only drives CI), and the peter-evans/create-pull-request rolling-PR + merge-bot wiring. Also worth a note on the two-phase latency tradeoff (a merged bump ships on the next weekly publish, not immediately).


              Surfaced while adopting the template in ptr727/ESPHome-NonRoot (see ptr727/ESPHome-NonRoot#61).

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                  @ptr727

                  Problem

                  The template has no scaffold for the common case of a derived repo that wraps an upstream release and must react when that upstream publishes a new version. Two downstreams have independently converged on the same pattern:

                  • homeassistant-purpleaircheck-ha-version.yml - resolves the upstream Home Assistant version, writes it into a committed state file (.github/ha-test-versions.json), and opens a rolling, App-authored, signed PR that merge-bot auto-merges.
                  • ptr727/NxWitness - does the equivalent via daily codegen that updates Make/Version.json/Make/Matrix.json.
                  • ptr727/ESPHome-NonRoot now mirrors the purpleair pattern (check-esphome-version.yml + .github/esphome-version.json) for the upstream ESPHome PyPI release.

                  Each repo reinvents the same shape (resolve upstream -> write committed state file -> rolling bump PR -> merge-bot -> next publish ships it). Nothing in the template documents or scaffolds it, so the next wrapper repo starts from scratch and may regress to a less-good approach (e.g. a direct gh workflow run build trigger, which ESPHome used before this migration).

                  Suggestion

                  Document the pattern in AGENTS.md (probably near "Branching Model"/"Release Model") and/or ship a parameterized check-upstream-version-task.yml skeleton: inputs for the resolver command + state-file path + bump-branch prefix, dual-target matrix when the version is shipped content (vs develop-only when it only drives CI), and the peter-evans/create-pull-request rolling-PR + merge-bot wiring. Also worth a note on the two-phase latency tradeoff (a merged bump ships on the next weekly publish, not immediately).


                  Surfaced while adopting the template in ptr727/ESPHome-NonRoot (see ptr727/ESPHome-NonRoot#61).

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                      @ptr727

                      Problem

                      The template has no scaffold for the common case of a derived repo that wraps an upstream release and must react when that upstream publishes a new version. Two downstreams have independently converged on the same pattern:

                      • homeassistant-purpleaircheck-ha-version.yml - resolves the upstream Home Assistant version, writes it into a committed state file (.github/ha-test-versions.json), and opens a rolling, App-authored, signed PR that merge-bot auto-merges.
                      • ptr727/NxWitness - does the equivalent via daily codegen that updates Make/Version.json/Make/Matrix.json.
                      • ptr727/ESPHome-NonRoot now mirrors the purpleair pattern (check-esphome-version.yml + .github/esphome-version.json) for the upstream ESPHome PyPI release.

                      Each repo reinvents the same shape (resolve upstream -> write committed state file -> rolling bump PR -> merge-bot -> next publish ships it). Nothing in the template documents or scaffolds it, so the next wrapper repo starts from scratch and may regress to a less-good approach (e.g. a direct gh workflow run build trigger, which ESPHome used before this migration).

                      Suggestion

                      Document the pattern in AGENTS.md (probably near "Branching Model"/"Release Model") and/or ship a parameterized check-upstream-version-task.yml skeleton: inputs for the resolver command + state-file path + bump-branch prefix, dual-target matrix when the version is shipped content (vs develop-only when it only drives CI), and the peter-evans/create-pull-request rolling-PR + merge-bot wiring. Also worth a note on the two-phase latency tradeoff (a merged bump ships on the next weekly publish, not immediately).


                      Surfaced while adopting the template in ptr727/ESPHome-NonRoot (see ptr727/ESPHome-NonRoot#61).

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                          @ptr727

                          Problem

                          The template has no scaffold for the common case of a derived repo that wraps an upstream release and must react when that upstream publishes a new version. Two downstreams have independently converged on the same pattern:

                          • homeassistant-purpleaircheck-ha-version.yml - resolves the upstream Home Assistant version, writes it into a committed state file (.github/ha-test-versions.json), and opens a rolling, App-authored, signed PR that merge-bot auto-merges.
                          • ptr727/NxWitness - does the equivalent via daily codegen that updates Make/Version.json/Make/Matrix.json.
                          • ptr727/ESPHome-NonRoot now mirrors the purpleair pattern (check-esphome-version.yml + .github/esphome-version.json) for the upstream ESPHome PyPI release.

                          Each repo reinvents the same shape (resolve upstream -> write committed state file -> rolling bump PR -> merge-bot -> next publish ships it). Nothing in the template documents or scaffolds it, so the next wrapper repo starts from scratch and may regress to a less-good approach (e.g. a direct gh workflow run build trigger, which ESPHome used before this migration).

                          Suggestion

                          Document the pattern in AGENTS.md (probably near "Branching Model"/"Release Model") and/or ship a parameterized check-upstream-version-task.yml skeleton: inputs for the resolver command + state-file path + bump-branch prefix, dual-target matrix when the version is shipped content (vs develop-only when it only drives CI), and the peter-evans/create-pull-request rolling-PR + merge-bot wiring. Also worth a note on the two-phase latency tradeoff (a merged bump ships on the next weekly publish, not immediately).


                          Surfaced while adopting the template in ptr727/ESPHome-NonRoot (see ptr727/ESPHome-NonRoot#61).

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                              @ptr727

                              Problem

                              The template has no scaffold for the common case of a derived repo that wraps an upstream release and must react when that upstream publishes a new version. Two downstreams have independently converged on the same pattern:

                              • homeassistant-purpleaircheck-ha-version.yml - resolves the upstream Home Assistant version, writes it into a committed state file (.github/ha-test-versions.json), and opens a rolling, App-authored, signed PR that merge-bot auto-merges.
                              • ptr727/NxWitness - does the equivalent via daily codegen that updates Make/Version.json/Make/Matrix.json.
                              • ptr727/ESPHome-NonRoot now mirrors the purpleair pattern (check-esphome-version.yml + .github/esphome-version.json) for the upstream ESPHome PyPI release.

                              Each repo reinvents the same shape (resolve upstream -> write committed state file -> rolling bump PR -> merge-bot -> next publish ships it). Nothing in the template documents or scaffolds it, so the next wrapper repo starts from scratch and may regress to a less-good approach (e.g. a direct gh workflow run build trigger, which ESPHome used before this migration).

                              Suggestion

                              Document the pattern in AGENTS.md (probably near "Branching Model"/"Release Model") and/or ship a parameterized check-upstream-version-task.yml skeleton: inputs for the resolver command + state-file path + bump-branch prefix, dual-target matrix when the version is shipped content (vs develop-only when it only drives CI), and the peter-evans/create-pull-request rolling-PR + merge-bot wiring. Also worth a note on the two-phase latency tradeoff (a merged bump ships on the next weekly publish, not immediately).


                              Surfaced while adopting the template in ptr727/ESPHome-NonRoot (see ptr727/ESPHome-NonRoot#61).

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