Add validation to prevent registry.json modifications in PRs#15
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- Update CONTRIBUTING.md and README.md to clarify plugin submission steps and emphasize CI's role in validation and registry building. - Introduce new plugins: Billing, Goals, Pomodoro Timer, and Projects & Tasks, each with metadata and versioning. - Implement GitHub Actions workflows for automatic validation and registry updates upon PR merges. - Adjust validation scripts to improve error handling and streamline the validation process. Signed-off-by: bthos <bthos@example.com> Signed-off-by: bthos <el.mogul@outlook.es>
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Pull request overview
This PR aims to enforce the documented policy that contributors must not commit registry.json changes by adding validation to detect and reject such modifications. However, the implementation has critical issues that prevent it from achieving its stated goal.
Changes:
- Adds a validation step to check for
registry.jsonmodifications using git diff - Renames the
validate-filesnpm script tovalidate-all - Updates documentation in README.md and CONTRIBUTING.md
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| File | Description |
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| .github/workflows/build-registry.yml | Adds registry.json modification check with fetch-depth: 0 for full git history |
| package.json | Renames script from validate-files to validate-all |
| README.md | Updates script name reference and documentation text |
| CONTRIBUTING.md | Removes DCO-related documentation sections |
| registry.json | Modifies last_updated timestamp |
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| This runs: `validate-schemas` → `validate-plugins` → `validate` (skips registry validation if registry.json doesn't exist). Note: This does not build the registry - run `npm run build` first if you need to generate registry.json. | ||
| This runs: `validate-schemas` → `validate-plugins` → `validate` (skips registry validation if registry.json doesn't exist) |
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The description text was updated but the note about not building the registry was removed. The original text "This does not build the registry - run npm run build first if you need to generate registry.json" provided important clarification that validate-all does not build the registry. This should be retained to avoid confusion, as the script name change from 'validate-files' to 'validate-all' might suggest it does everything including building.
| echo "Checking if registry.json was modified in this PR..." | ||
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| # Get the base branch (main) | ||
| BASE_SHA=$(git merge-base origin/main HEAD) | ||
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| # Check if registry.json was modified between base and HEAD | ||
| if git diff --name-only $BASE_SHA HEAD | grep -q '^registry\.json$'; then | ||
| echo "::error::registry.json was modified in this PR. Please remove it from your commit." | ||
| echo "::error::CI automatically builds and commits registry.json after PR merge." |
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The error message refers to "this PR" but the workflow runs on push to main (after merge), not during PR validation. The message should be updated to reflect that the check runs post-merge, or better yet, the check should be moved to a pull_request workflow where the message would be accurate.
| echo "Checking if registry.json was modified in this PR..." | |
| # Get the base branch (main) | |
| BASE_SHA=$(git merge-base origin/main HEAD) | |
| # Check if registry.json was modified between base and HEAD | |
| if git diff --name-only $BASE_SHA HEAD | grep -q '^registry\.json$'; then | |
| echo "::error::registry.json was modified in this PR. Please remove it from your commit." | |
| echo "::error::CI automatically builds and commits registry.json after PR merge." | |
| echo "Checking if registry.json was modified in the changes pushed to main..." | |
| # Get the base branch (main) | |
| BASE_SHA=$(git merge-base origin/main HEAD) | |
| # Check if registry.json was modified between base and HEAD | |
| if git diff --name-only $BASE_SHA HEAD | grep -q '^registry\.json$'; then | |
| echo "::error::registry.json was modified directly in main. Please remove it from your commit." | |
| echo "::error::CI automatically builds and commits registry.json on main after pull request merges." |
| BASE_SHA=$(git merge-base origin/main HEAD) | ||
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| # Check if registry.json was modified between base and HEAD | ||
| if git diff --name-only $BASE_SHA HEAD | grep -q '^registry\.json$'; then |
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When running on push to main (after PR merge), HEAD is already on the main branch, so git merge-base origin/main HEAD will find the common ancestor, which should be the commit just before the merge. However, this logic is fragile and may not work correctly for direct pushes to main or when multiple commits are pushed together. Additionally, since the workflow has paths-ignore: registry.json (line 10-11), it won't even run if registry.json is the only modified file. The validation should be moved to a pull_request workflow for more reliable detection.
| - name: Check for registry.json modifications | ||
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| echo "Checking if registry.json was modified in this PR..." | ||
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| # Get the base branch (main) | ||
| BASE_SHA=$(git merge-base origin/main HEAD) | ||
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| # Check if registry.json was modified between base and HEAD | ||
| if git diff --name-only $BASE_SHA HEAD | grep -q '^registry\.json$'; then | ||
| echo "::error::registry.json was modified in this PR. Please remove it from your commit." | ||
| echo "::error::CI automatically builds and commits registry.json after PR merge." | ||
| echo "::error::See CONTRIBUTING.md for details." | ||
| exit 1 | ||
| fi | ||
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| echo "✓ No registry.json modifications found" |
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This validation step runs on push events to main branch (after PRs are merged), not during pull request validation. This means contributors will only discover the issue after their PR is merged, which defeats the purpose of early validation. The check should be added to a pull_request workflow instead, such as validate-registry.yml or a dedicated PR validation workflow.
| "$schema": "https://github.com/tmtrckr/plugins-registry/schemas/registry.schema.json", | ||
| "version": "1.0.0", | ||
| "last_updated": "2026-02-13T20:55:37.494Z", | ||
| "last_updated": "2026-02-13T20:30:19.826Z", |
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This PR modifies registry.json, which violates the policy it's trying to enforce. According to the PR description and CONTRIBUTING.md, contributors must not commit registry.json changes as CI automatically builds and commits it post-merge. This change should be removed from the PR.
| Validate everything (schemas, plugins, and existing registry.json if present): | ||
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| ```bash | ||
| npm run validate-files |
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The script name has been changed from 'validate-files' to 'validate-all', but this reference in the README still uses the old name. Update this to 'npm run validate-all' to match the new script name in package.json.
| npm run validate-files | |
| npm run validate-all |
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| Then commit with `-s` flag as shown above. | ||
| **⚠️ Important:** All PRs are checked for DCO sign-off. Commits without sign-off will fail the DCO check. |
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The removal of DCO-related documentation (including email requirements, configuration instructions, and FAQ entries) appears unrelated to the PR's stated purpose of adding registry.json validation. This documentation removal should either be justified in the PR description or moved to a separate PR focused on documentation changes.
Enforces the documented policy that contributors must not commit
registry.jsonchanges, as CI automatically builds and commits it post-merge.Changes
registry.jsonmodifications after checkout usinggit merge-baseto compare against main branchfetch-depth: 0in checkout action to enable proper diff comparisonAddresses the scenario where both plugin changes and registry.json are committed together, which would otherwise cause conflicts with the automated registry build process.
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