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Per-repo GitHub mirror push: keep Vercel/GitHub-bound deploy pipelines working while Gluecron is canonical#207

Openccantynz opened this issue 24d ago
ccantynzAuthorcommented 24d ago

Owner question 2026-08-08: "how do the other platforms know we are using gluecron now" — they don't. Vercel (and anything else wired to github.com/ccantynz-alt/*) still deploys from GitHub, which no longer receives merges. Concrete live case: the XSS fix for verom (PR #5450) is merged on Gluecron but a GitHub-connected Vercel project would still serve the unfixed code.

Vercel cannot pull from gluecron.com, so the bridge is a mirror push: after a merge to a repo's default branch, Gluecron pushes that branch to a configured GitHub remote. Gluecron stays the source of truth; GitHub becomes a delivery pipe for deploy integrations.

Design sketch:

  • Repo settings: mirror_url (e.g. https://github.com/ccantynz-alt/<repo>.git) + mirror_token (encrypted — org-secrets AES-256-GCM infra exists) + enabled flag.
  • Hook: at the end of the shared merge chain in pr-merge-gated.ts (single chokepoint, never inline a copy), fire-and-forget git push <mirror> <defaultBranch> from the bare repo. Failures recorded (platform_errors + a repo-settings status line "last mirror push: failed — "), never blocking the merge.
  • Also mirror on direct pushes to the default branch (post-receive), best-effort.
  • Settings UI: one card in repo settings, with a "push now" button for backfill and a visible last-sync status (honest-degradation rule — a silent broken mirror would be the worst outcome).
  • Loop safety: mirror pushes are outbound-only; Gluecron never pulls from the mirror, so no echo risk.

Interim, until built: manual git push github main per repo after merges that need deploying — say which repos deploy from GitHub (Vercel) and the owner/agent can run the sync.

Related: docs/CUTOVER_RUNBOOK.md Phase 4 (retiring GitHub for the platform repo is separate — product repos need GitHub as long as Vercel does).

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