Move the working version on after a release

package.json has sat at 0.1.0 since the first commit, through three releases,
because nothing read it. That is fine right up until something does — an image
label, a health endpoint, a bug report quoting a version — at which point the
tree claims to be a version that shipped long ago.

A new `bump` job takes the tag that was just published, works out the next
patch from it, and commits that to main. After 1.2.0 the tree says 1.2.1: not
a version that exists, which is the point. A build from main is then legible
as "after 1.2.0" rather than as 1.2.0 itself.

It sits in publish.yml rather than a workflow of its own so that it can say
`needs: build`. A version that failed to publish has not been released, and
moving past it would say that it had. Prereleases are skipped for the same
reason -- 1.2.3-rc1 is a candidate for a version that has not shipped, so
there is nothing yet to move past.

The bump goes through `npm version` rather than editing the file. The version
is in the lockfile too, in two places, and a tree where those disagree is worse
than one that is merely out of date.

Three smaller things. The patch arithmetic forces base ten, because a patch
number written 08 is otherwise read as octal and kills the job. The commit
carries `[skip ci]`, or pushing it starts another build of the image that was
just published. And the committer is a name that is not a person at a reserved
address that can never become one, so nothing here names the instance it runs
on.

Pushing to main needs a token that may write to the repository. The Actions
task token can where the instance allows it; where it does not, setting a
VERSION_BUMP_TOKEN secret overrides it. A push that is refused fails the job
with both of those as the suggestion rather than a bare 403.

package.json goes to 1.2.1 here, which is where the job would have left it had
it existed when 1.2.0 went out.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <[email protected]>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_017nMQ2eDKnqALYhAibpTKTu

.gitea/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -141,3 +141,100 @@ jobs:
       - name: Log out
         if: always() && github.event_name != 'pull_request'
         run: docker logout "${{ vars.REGISTRY }}" || true
+
+  # Once a release is out, the version in package.json has already shipped.
+  # Moving it on to the next patch means the working tree is never sitting on
+  # a number that is published and immutable, and that a build from main is
+  # always identifiable as "after 1.2.0" rather than "1.2.0, but not really".
+  #
+  # `needs: build` is the point of putting this here rather than in a workflow
+  # of its own: a version that failed to publish has not been released, and
+  # bumping past it would say it had.
+  bump:
+    name: Move the working version on
+    needs: build
+    # Tags only, and only final ones. A prerelease has not shipped the version
+    # it is a candidate for, so there is nothing yet to move past.
+    if: github.ref_type == 'tag' && !contains(github.ref_name, '-')
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container:
+      image: node:22
+    steps:
+      # The tag names a commit in main's history, but the bump belongs on the
+      # branch, so this checks out main rather than the tag.
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: main
+          # The task token can push only if the instance allows Actions to
+          # write to the repository. Where it does not, set VERSION_BUMP_TOKEN
+          # to a personal access token with write access and it is used
+          # instead.
+          token: ${{ secrets.VERSION_BUMP_TOKEN || secrets.GITEA_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Work out the next patch version
+        id: next
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+
+          version="${{ github.ref_name }}"
+          version="${version#v}"
+
+          major="${version%%.*}"
+          rest="${version#*.}"
+          minor="${rest%%.*}"
+          patch="${rest##*.}"
+
+          # `10#` forces base ten: a patch number written 08 would otherwise be
+          # read as octal and fail to parse.
+          next="${major}.${minor}.$((10#${patch} + 1))"
+
+          echo "next=${next}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "Released ${version}; the working version becomes ${next}"
+
+      - name: Bump package.json
+        id: bump
+        env:
+          NEXT: ${{ steps.next.outputs.next }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+
+          current="$(node -p "require('./package.json').version")"
+          if [ "${current}" = "${NEXT}" ]; then
+            echo "package.json is already ${NEXT}; nothing to do."
+            echo "changed=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+
+          # npm rather than editing the file: the version is in the lockfile
+          # too, in more than one place, and they have to agree.
+          npm version "${NEXT}" --no-git-tag-version --allow-same-version >/dev/null
+          echo "changed=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "package.json ${current} -> ${NEXT}"
+
+      - name: Commit it to main
+        if: steps.bump.outputs.changed == 'true'
+        env:
+          NEXT: ${{ steps.next.outputs.next }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+
+          # A name that is not a person, and a reserved address that can never
+          # resolve to one. Nothing here names the instance it runs on.
+          git config user.name 'Release bot'
+          git config user.email '[email protected]'
+
+          git add package.json package-lock.json
+          # `[skip ci]` because this commit is a number and nothing else:
+          # without it the push to main starts another build of the very image
+          # that was just published.
+          git commit -m "Set the working version to ${NEXT} [skip ci]"
+
+          if ! git push origin HEAD:main; then
+            echo >&2
+            echo "Could not push the version bump to main. Either the Actions" >&2
+            echo "token has no write access to this repository, or main is" >&2
+            echo "protected against direct pushes. Set VERSION_BUMP_TOKEN to a" >&2
+            echo "token that may push to main, or allow that token past the" >&2
+            echo "branch protection." >&2
+            exit 1
+          fi

CLAUDE.md

@@ -201,6 +201,17 @@ The registry comes from the `REGISTRY` repository variable, the image name from
 `IMAGE_NAME` or the repository name, and credentials from `REGISTRY_USER` and the
 `REGISTRY_TOKEN` secret. Nothing about any particular deployment is committed here.
 
+A release also moves `package.json` on to the next patch version, committed to main by
+the `bump` job — so the number in the tree is never one that has already shipped and
+been made immutable. It lives in `publish.yml` rather than a workflow of its own so it
+can say `needs: build`: a version that failed to publish has not been released, and
+bumping past it would claim otherwise. Prereleases are skipped, being candidates for a
+version that has not shipped. The bump goes through `npm version` rather than an edit in
+place, because the version is in the lockfile too, in more than one place, and the two
+have to agree. The commit carries `[skip ci]`, or pushing it would rebuild the image
+that was just published. Pushing to main needs a token with write access —
+`VERSION_BUMP_TOKEN` overrides the task token where that one cannot.
+
 Two things any deployment has to get right, both learned the hard way:
 
 - **Chromium needs more than the default 64Mi `/dev/shm`** or it crashes. Mount a

package-lock.json

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "antisocial",
-  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "version": "1.2.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "antisocial",
-      "version": "0.1.0",
+      "version": "1.2.1",
       "license": "UNLICENSED",
       "dependencies": {
         "@fastify/static": "10.1.3",

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "antisocial",
-  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "version": "1.2.1",
   "private": true,
   "description": "Reads social posts back to you without the app.",
   "license": "UNLICENSED",