CI checked out one repo, but libfreemkv path-deps ../freemkv-unlock on
the branch tip — release.sh swaps that to a git tag only inside the
TAGGED commit, then restores the path dep on the branch. So the branch
tip has never been buildable in CI by construction, and every green run
we have ever had was a tag build. Windows and Linux were first compiled
at release time, which is the worst moment to discover a build error.
Both repos now check out into subdirectories (actions/checkout refuses a
`path:` outside $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, and ../freemkv-unlock is outside), so
the path dep resolves exactly as it does on a developer's machine. Every
cargo step runs with working-directory: libfreemkv, and rust-cache is
pointed at the same workspace.
The sibling is taken from `dev`. On main/tag builds the Cargo.toml in
that commit carries the git-tag dep instead, so the extra checkout is
simply unused there.
This is what makes the new branch policy's "dev must be green"
achievable rather than aspirational.
Matthew Jackson
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