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Move the canonical forge to Codeberg, and add Renovate + Weblate (#2)
Makes Codeberg canonical for git, issues, PRs, tags and releases. The self-hosted Gitea instance stays build infrastructure: signing key, F-Droid publishing, release pipeline. Ports the setup Calendula already runs on, adapted where Agendula genuinely differs.

**This PR is its own test.** It is the first PR opened on Codeberg, so a green `CI` check proves the new runner works *and* that the submodule resolves from its new home.

### 1 · Workflows split by directory

Forgejo's lookup is first-match-wins across `.forgejo/` → `.gitea/` → `.github/`, and Gitea cannot see `.forgejo/` at all. So each forge sees exactly one set, with no duplicated files and no expression to keep in sync:

| Directory | Runs on | Contains | Secrets |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `.forgejo/workflows/` | Codeberg | `ci.yaml`, `translations.yaml` | **none** |
| `.gitea/workflows/` | Gitea | `release.yaml`, `renovate.yml` | all of them |

The line is drawn at **secrets, not CI-vs-release** — that is what makes fork PRs safe. Renovate deliberately does *not* move despite opening PRs here; it keeps running where its token already lives and merely talks to Codeberg's API.

CI also gains three fixes: an explicit `SKIP_RE` skip-list that names the build-relevant files in the log, base-ref normalisation, and a fully-qualified `android-actions/setup-android` — Codeberg resolves bare `uses:` refs against `data.forgejo.org`, which does not carry that action.

### 2 · Three release-pipeline safety changes

- `detect` and the Renovate job get an explicit `repository_owner` guard. The directory split only holds while `.forgejo/` is non-empty; empty it and Codeberg would fall back to `.gitea/` and start running these on the contributor-facing runner, without secrets.
- `detect` now reads tags from **Codeberg**, not from the Gitea instance it runs on. Push mirroring is `git push --mirror`, so a tag minted on Gitea is deleted by the next sync until the Codeberg tag push propagates back — asking Gitea inside that window reports "no tag" for an already-shipped release and would cut it twice. It also now fails on any status other than 200/404 rather than reading a transient error as "no tag": a failed job is recoverable, a duplicate release is not.
- **The Codeberg publish step pushes the tag itself** instead of waiting for it to arrive by mirror. That wait was correct while Gitea mirrored *to* Codeberg; under Codeberg-canonical the mirror runs the other way and it would never resolve. Attaching the release to an already-pushed ref (no `target_commitish`) is what avoids the empty-bodied 500s, and the create call retries with backoff because Codeberg 500s on a tag it has only just received. The step stays **fail-loud**, not `continue-on-error` — it reported green through 0.2.1–0.3.2 while never once publishing, and that must not be possible again.

### 3 · Renovate

`renovate.json5` plus a Gitea-side job targeting Codeberg's API. `managerFilePatterns` covers **both** workflow directories, so the pinned Renovate image tag and the action versions in either file keep getting bumped.

Needs two new Gitea secrets: `RENOVATE_TOKEN` (Codeberg bot, repo read/write + PR scope) and `GITHUB_COM_TOKEN` (read-only github.com PAT, for changelog lookups).

### 4 · Weblate

A parity check (`scripts/check_translations.py`) runs on every PR without a path filter, so the required `Translations` status is always reported. Partial translations are expected, so `MissingTranslation` and `MissingQuantity` become informational — `ExtraTranslation` stays fatal. Agendula had no `lint` block at all, so the first locale to land would otherwise have failed the build.

**Settings → App language** now opens a picker carrying a "Help translate" header. That is why it drops floret-kit's `LanguagePickerRow` for a local row: the shared recipe has no `header` slot, and the framing is app-specific rather than a family primitive.

### 5 · Links repointed

In-app Source / License / report-issue URLs, F-Droid metadata, README (now with a Codeberg CI badge), and the docs.

`floret-kit` follows suit — `.gitmodules` points at `codeberg.org/jlmakiola/floret-kit`, so a clone no longer needs to reach the personal Gitea instance to resolve it. The Gitea copy is **kept**: every existing tag records the old submodule URL, so rebuilds of past releases still resolve.

### 6 · Housekeeping

Drops `release-notes.md` — a release-pipeline scratch file that got committed — and gitignores the five others the release job writes into the workspace.

### Not in this PR

The Codeberg → Gitea push mirror, the Weblate component, and the Codeberg bot account (all browser-side). Until the mirror is flipped, merging this does **not** reach the Gitea runner.

Co-authored-by: Jean-Luc Makiola <business@jeanlucmakiola.de>
Reviewed-on: https://codeberg.org/jlmakiola/agendula/pulls/2
2026-08-01 16:34:20 +02:00

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# Agendula — releasing
Agendula is distributed through a **self-hosted F-Droid repo** (on Hetzner) and a
**Codeberg release** per version carrying the signed APK as a direct download.
Both are produced automatically by `.gitea/workflows/release.yaml` when a
**bumped `versionName` reaches `main`** — the pipeline builds and publishes that
version, then creates the matching `vX.Y.Z` tag and the releases itself. The
parallel **Gitea release** is the changelog of record on the build instance and
carries no APK assets.
Codeberg is the canonical forge; Gitea is build infrastructure. See
[Two forges, one repo](#two-forges-one-repo) for how the two are wired.
While Agendula is pre-1.0 (`versionName` starts with `0.`), every release is
flagged as a **pre-release**. This happens automatically and graduates to a
stable release at `1.0.0` — no manual toggling.
---
## The source of truth: the committed version
A release is defined by the `versionName`/`versionCode` committed in
`app/build.gradle.kts`**not** by a hand-pushed tag:
- `versionName` = `MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH` (e.g. `0.2.0`)
- `versionCode` = `MAJOR*10000 + MINOR*100 + PATCH` (`0.2.0``200`,
`1.3.4``10304`)
So `MINOR` and `PATCH` each have room for 099. The release pipeline reads
`versionName`, pins `versionCode` to the derived value, builds, publishes, and —
once the APK is live — creates the tag `v<versionName>` at that commit. The tag
is an **output** of a successful release, not its trigger, so a tag always marks
a fully-shipped version (and a failure before publish leaves no tag, so
re-running the workflow safely retries).
---
## Cutting a release
1. **Assemble the release branch.** Create `release/vX.Y.Z` and merge the
feature/fix branches for this release into it. Everything below happens on
that branch, before it reaches `main`.
2. **Update `CHANGELOG.md`.** Move the `## [Unreleased]` items under a new
`## [X.Y.Z]` heading (Keep a Changelog format). The text between that heading
and the next `## [` becomes both the Gitea release notes and the F-Droid
per-version "What's New". The heading **must** match the version exactly.
3. **Bump the committed `versionName`** (and `versionCode`) in
`app/build.gradle.kts`. **This bump is what triggers the release** when the
branch merges to `main`. Then run
```sh
scripts/sync_changelog_to_fastlane.sh
```
and commit the generated
`fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs/<versionCode>.txt` — this is what
makes the **official** F-Droid listing (which harvests the changelog from the
tagged source tree) show this version. The self-hosted pipeline regenerates it
regardless, so forgetting only affects the official listing.
4. **Verify the release build on a real device** — the mandatory gate:
```sh
scripts/verify-release.sh
```
It builds the `releaseTest` variant (same R8 config as `release`, debug-signed
with a `.releasetest` suffix so it installs alongside the real app) and resets
it to a first-run state. Then, on the device:
- launch from a **clean / permission-not-granted** state — the permission
screen must appear, no crash;
- grant tasks access — the task list must load;
- create a task with a due reminder and confirm the notification fires;
- exercise this release's headline changes.
Only proceed once all of that passes on-device.
5. **Merge `release/vX.Y.Z` into `main`.** That's it — no manual tagging. The
merge triggers `release.yaml`, which detects the new version, builds, signs,
publishes to F-Droid, and creates the `vX.Y.Z` tag + Gitea release.
> The `releaseTest` build type exists only for step 4 — it is never published.
> The pipeline always builds and signs the real `release` variant.
---
## What the pipeline does
CI and release are split so a change is built once on its PR and only does
release work when a merge actually cuts a release:
- **`ci.yaml`** (`.forgejo/workflows/`, on `pull_request`, **Codeberg**) — the
reproducible-release invariant guard
(`scripts/check_reproducible_release.sh`), then lint + unit tests + a debug
assemble and a Trivy scan, once per PR. Docs/metadata-only PRs skip the Android
build but still report a green `CI` check.
- **`translations.yaml`** (`.forgejo/workflows/`, on `pull_request`, **Codeberg**)
— an SDK-free parity check (`scripts/check_translations.py`) over
`values-*/strings.xml`, so Weblate PRs get fast feedback. Runs on every PR
without a path filter, so the required `Translations / check` status is always
reported.
- **`renovate.yml`** (`.gitea/workflows/`, Mondays 05:00 UTC plus
`workflow_dispatch`, **Gitea**) — the dependency sweep. Runs the pinned
Renovate image as its job container and targets Codeberg's API; the cadence
lives here, not in `renovate.json5`, so the two don't double-gate.
- **`release.yaml`** (`.gitea/workflows/`, on push to `main` plus
`workflow_dispatch`, **Gitea**) — a cheap `detect` job reads `versionName` and
checks **Codeberg** for a tag for it. Only when there isn't one does the
`release` job run: unit tests on the merged commit, pin `versionCode`, build &
sign the release APK with the **app key**, copy it into the F-Droid repo,
generate the per-version changelog from the fastlane tree, re-sign the index
with the **repo key**, upload `repo/` + `metadata/`, then create the `vX.Y.Z`
tag + Gitea release (CHANGELOG section as notes, flagged pre-release while
`MAJOR` is 0), attach the R8 `mapping.txt`, and publish the release on
**Codeberg** with the signed APK + a SHA-256 checksum. Ordinary merges with no
version bump fall through `detect` and do nothing.
### Codeberg direct-download channel
Alongside F-Droid, each release is published on the Codeberg repo
(`jlmakiola/agendula`) as a plain download for users who don't want F-Droid.
Releases aren't git objects and don't sync with the push mirror in either
direction, so the pipeline pushes the `vX.Y.Z` tag straight to Codeberg, creates
the release over the Codeberg API, and attaches `agendula_v<version>.apk` + its
`.sha256`. It's the same APK the F-Droid repo serves (same **app key**), so it
adds no trust surface. It skips cleanly if `CODEBERG_RELEASE_TOKEN` is unset,
but it is **not** `continue-on-error`: through 0.2.10.3.2 this step reported
green while never once publishing, which is how a crash-fix release reached
F-Droid but not the Codeberg/Obtainium users who needed it. A broken mirror
fails the release loudly.
One-time setup: the Codeberg repo's **Releases** unit must be enabled and a
`CODEBERG_RELEASE_TOKEN` secret (Codeberg access token, `write:repository` scope
— it pushes the tag as well as creating the release) added to Gitea Actions.
### Manual re-sign / recovery
A manual `workflow_dispatch` of the release workflow runs a **re-sign-only**
path: `detect` reports it's not a release, so the `release` job skips the APK
build, the version pin, and tag/release creation, and just re-signs the existing
F-Droid index with the configured repo key and re-uploads. Use this for key
rotation or repo recovery without publishing a new app version.
---
## Two forges, one repo
**Codeberg (`jlmakiola/agendula`) is canonical** — git, issues, PRs, tags and
releases. The self-hosted Gitea instance is build infrastructure: it holds the
signing key, publishes the F-Droid repo, and runs the release pipeline. Codeberg
push-mirrors `main` and tags to Gitea, and a bumped `versionName` arriving there
triggers `release.yaml` exactly as before.
Workflows are separated by **directory**, not by conditionals. Forgejo looks in
`.forgejo/workflows` → `.gitea/workflows` → `.github/workflows` and stops at the
first that exists; Gitea doesn't know `.forgejo/` at all:
| Directory | Runs on | Contains | Secrets |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `.forgejo/workflows/` | Codeberg | `ci.yaml`, `translations.yaml` | **none** |
| `.gitea/workflows/` | Gitea | `release.yaml`, `renovate.yml` | signing key, F-Droid, Hetzner, bot tokens |
The line is drawn at **secrets, not at CI-vs-release**. That's what makes fork
PRs safe: everything a contributor can trigger lives in `.forgejo/` and can
reference no secret. Renovate stays on the Gitea runner *even though it opens
PRs on Codeberg* — it talks to Codeberg's API rather than moving its token onto
the contributor-facing runner. `detect` (and the Renovate job) additionally
carries a
`github.repository_owner == 'makiolaj'` guard, because the directory split only
holds while `.forgejo/` is non-empty — empty it and Codeberg would fall back to
`.gitea/` and run the release pipeline on the contributor-facing runner.
Two consequences worth remembering:
- **`detect` reads tags from Codeberg**, not from the Gitea instance it runs on.
Push mirroring is `git push --mirror`, so a tag minted on Gitea is deleted by
the next sync until the Codeberg tag push propagates back. Asking Gitea inside
that window would re-cut a shipped release.
- **Any ref that exists only on Gitea gets deleted** by the mirror. That's
correct under Codeberg-canonical, but don't debug a "vanished" branch without
remembering it.
`floret-kit` is a submodule of this repo and follows the same move: `.gitmodules`
points at `https://codeberg.org/jlmakiola/floret-kit.git`, so a clone resolves
without reaching the personal Gitea instance. The Gitea copy is **kept** — every
existing tag records the old submodule URL, so rebuilds of past releases still
resolve.
---
## Secrets (Gitea → repo Settings → Actions → Secrets)
The workflow fails loudly if the F-Droid ones are missing — it will **never**
auto-generate a repo key (that would rotate the repo fingerprint and break every
user's pinned repo).
| Secret | Purpose |
| --- | --- |
| `KEYSTORE_BASE64`, `KEY_PASSWORD`, `KEY_ALIAS` | **App** signing key — signs the APK. Losing it means existing installs can't be updated. |
| `FDROID_KEYSTORE_BASE64` | **F-Droid repo** signing key (`keystore.p12`, base64). Signs the repo index. |
| `FDROID_CONFIG_BASE64` | F-Droid `config.yml` (base64) — repo metadata + keystore passwords. |
| `HETZNER_HOST`, `HETZNER_USER`, `HETZNER_PASS` | Upload target for the F-Droid repo. |
| `GITHUB_TOKEN` | Provided by Gitea Actions; used to create the release + attach assets. |
| `CODEBERG_RELEASE_TOKEN` | Codeberg access token (`write:repository` scope) — pushes the tag to Codeberg, creates the release there and uploads the APK/checksum. If unset the step skips; if set and failing, the release fails. |
| `RENOVATE_TOKEN` | Codeberg bot-account token — repo read/write + PR scope on `jlmakiola/agendula`. Used only by `renovate.yml`. |
| `GITHUB_COM_TOKEN` | Read-only github.com PAT (no scopes). Without it Renovate's changelog lookups hit the 60/h anonymous rate limit and PRs arrive with empty release notes. |
The app key signs APKs; the repo key signs the index (its fingerprint is what
users pin). Neither key nor `config.yml` is ever uploaded to the server — they
live only in CI secrets and are reconstructed in-runner (nginx serves only
`repo/`).
---
## F-Droid metadata (single source of truth)
Store-listing text lives in **`fastlane/metadata/android/<locale>/`** — the same
tree the official F-Droid repo harvests from source. At release time
`scripts/fastlane_to_fdroid_localized.sh` transforms it into the F-Droid repo's
"localized" layout, so there is no second copy to maintain. The app-level control
file (`Categories`/`License`/links) stays in
`fdroid-metadata/de.jeanlucmakiola.agendula.yml`. Per-version changelogs are
seeded into `fastlane/.../en-US/changelogs/<versionCode>.txt` by
`scripts/sync_changelog_to_fastlane.sh` (step 3 above) and carried across by the
transform.
---
## Crash deobfuscation
Each release attaches `mapping-<version>.txt.gz` (the R8 mapping) to its Gitea
release. To deobfuscate a user stacktrace, download the mapping for that version
and run it through `retrace`.