github-actions · Sep 28, 2026 · Sep 28, 2026
diff --git a/.claude/settings.json b/.claude/settings.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       "source": {
         "source": "github",
         "repo": "LasVegasForTransit/repository-tooling",
-        "ref": "v0.5.0"
+        "ref": "v0.5.1"
       }
     }
   },

diff --git a/.lvbt/web-platform.json b/.lvbt/web-platform.json
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 {
   "formatVersion": 1,
   "preset": "lvbt-web",
-  "release": "v0.5.0",
-  "commit": "cc7458f97c1699ea48633810298e4982d308f0ad",
-  "contentHash": "13d5ae98e03b50cb5419af95a197efc540d4af3daa0eefed0856806068273895",
+  "release": "v0.5.1",
+  "commit": "aeefde198fb9d0833e7355ae1328ded2c7ec0e05",
+  "contentHash": "9dbbb935bf2a7a8ae7db7af9bf9ea10bad1e66bc4dfc6e85e479e9e0ef16eb6b",
   "executables": [
     "examples/with-astro/.githooks/commit-msg",
     "examples/with-astro/.githooks/pre-commit",

diff --git a/.lvbt/web-platform/examples/with-astro/.claude/settings.json b/.lvbt/web-platform/examples/with-astro/.claude/settings.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       "source": {
         "source": "github",
         "repo": "LasVegasForTransit/repository-tooling",
-        "ref": "v0.5.0"
+        "ref": "v0.5.1"
       }
     }
   },

diff --git a/.lvbt/web-platform/examples/with-astro/apps/site/package.json b/.lvbt/web-platform/examples/with-astro/apps/site/package.json
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@astrojs/check": "catalog:",
-    "@lasvegasfortransit/eslint-config": "0.5.0",
-    "@lasvegasfortransit/playwright-config": "0.5.0",
-    "@lasvegasfortransit/typescript-config": "0.5.0",
-    "@lasvegasfortransit/vitest-config": "0.5.0",
+    "@lasvegasfortransit/eslint-config": "0.5.1",
+    "@lasvegasfortransit/playwright-config": "0.5.1",
+    "@lasvegasfortransit/typescript-config": "0.5.1",
+    "@lasvegasfortransit/vitest-config": "0.5.1",
     "@playwright/test": "catalog:",
     "@types/node": "catalog:",
     "eslint": "catalog:",

diff --git a/.lvbt/web-platform/examples/with-astro/package.json b/.lvbt/web-platform/examples/with-astro/package.json
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
     "*": "prettier --write --ignore-unknown"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@lasvegasfortransit/cli": "0.5.0",
-    "@lasvegasfortransit/prettier-config": "0.5.0",
+    "@lasvegasfortransit/cli": "0.5.1",
+    "@lasvegasfortransit/prettier-config": "0.5.1",
     "lint-staged": "catalog:",
     "markdownlint-cli2": "catalog:",
     "markdownlint-rule-relative-links": "catalog:",

diff --git a/.lvbt/web-platform/examples/with-vite-react/.claude/settings.json b/.lvbt/web-platform/examples/with-vite-react/.claude/settings.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       "source": {
         "source": "github",
         "repo": "LasVegasForTransit/repository-tooling",
-        "ref": "v0.5.0"
+        "ref": "v0.5.1"
       }
     }
   },

diff --git a/.lvbt/web-platform/examples/with-vite-react/apps/app/package.json b/.lvbt/web-platform/examples/with-vite-react/apps/app/package.json
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
     "react-dom": "catalog:"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@lasvegasfortransit/eslint-config": "0.5.0",
-    "@lasvegasfortransit/playwright-config": "0.5.0",
-    "@lasvegasfortransit/typescript-config": "0.5.0",
-    "@lasvegasfortransit/vitest-config": "0.5.0",
+    "@lasvegasfortransit/eslint-config": "0.5.1",
+    "@lasvegasfortransit/playwright-config": "0.5.1",
+    "@lasvegasfortransit/typescript-config": "0.5.1",
+    "@lasvegasfortransit/vitest-config": "0.5.1",
     "@playwright/test": "catalog:",
     "@tailwindcss/vite": "catalog:",
     "@types/node": "catalog:",

diff --git a/.lvbt/web-platform/examples/with-vite-react/package.json b/.lvbt/web-platform/examples/with-vite-react/package.json
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
     "*": "prettier --write --ignore-unknown"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@lasvegasfortransit/cli": "0.5.0",
-    "@lasvegasfortransit/prettier-config": "0.5.0",
+    "@lasvegasfortransit/cli": "0.5.1",
+    "@lasvegasfortransit/prettier-config": "0.5.1",
     "lint-staged": "catalog:",
     "markdownlint-cli2": "catalog:",
     "markdownlint-rule-relative-links": "catalog:",

diff --git a/.lvbt/web-platform/packages/cli/package.json b/.lvbt/web-platform/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@lasvegasfortransit/cli",
-  "version": "0.5.0",
+  "version": "0.5.1",
   "description": "The lvbt command every LVBT repository runs for bootstrap, preflight, and deploy, plus the production platform setup, the shared git hooks, and the lvbt-contributions agent plugin.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "type": "module",

diff --git a/.lvbt/web-platform/packages/cli/plugins/lvbt-contributions/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/.lvbt/web-platform/packages/cli/plugins/lvbt-contributions/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "lvbt-contributions",
-  "version": "0.5.0",
+  "version": "0.5.1",
   "description": "Create readable LVBT GitHub issues and pull requests through the organization workflow.",
   "author": {
     "name": "Las Vegans for Better Transit",

diff --git a/.lvbt/web-platform/packages/cli/plugins/lvbt-contributions/.codex-plugin/plugin.json b/.lvbt/web-platform/packages/cli/plugins/lvbt-contributions/.codex-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "lvbt-contributions",
-  "version": "0.5.0",
+  "version": "0.5.1",
   "description": "Create readable LVBT GitHub issues and pull requests through the organization workflow.",
   "author": {
     "name": "Las Vegans for Better Transit",

diff --git a/.lvbt/web-platform/packages/eslint-config/package.json b/.lvbt/web-platform/packages/eslint-config/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@lasvegasfortransit/eslint-config",
-  "version": "0.5.0",
+  "version": "0.5.1",
   "description": "The ESLint configurations every LVBT repository uses.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "type": "module",

diff --git a/.lvbt/web-platform/packages/playwright-config/package.json b/.lvbt/web-platform/packages/playwright-config/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@lasvegasfortransit/playwright-config",
-  "version": "0.5.0",
+  "version": "0.5.1",
   "description": "The Playwright configuration every LVBT repository spreads into its own: end-to-end tests under tests/e2e, desktop and mobile projects, traces on failure.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "type": "module",

diff --git a/.lvbt/web-platform/packages/prettier-config/package.json b/.lvbt/web-platform/packages/prettier-config/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@lasvegasfortransit/prettier-config",
-  "version": "0.5.0",
+  "version": "0.5.1",
   "description": "The Prettier configuration every LVBT repository uses.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "type": "module",

diff --git a/.lvbt/web-platform/packages/typescript-config/package.json b/.lvbt/web-platform/packages/typescript-config/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@lasvegasfortransit/typescript-config",
-  "version": "0.5.0",
+  "version": "0.5.1",
   "description": "TypeScript configurations every LVBT repository extends.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": {

diff --git a/.lvbt/web-platform/packages/vitest-config/package.json b/.lvbt/web-platform/packages/vitest-config/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@lasvegasfortransit/vitest-config",
-  "version": "0.5.0",
+  "version": "0.5.1",
   "description": "The Vitest configuration every LVBT repository spreads into its own.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "type": "module",

diff --git a/.lvbt/web-platform/packages/web-platform/package.json b/.lvbt/web-platform/packages/web-platform/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@lasvegasfortransit/web-platform",
-  "version": "0.5.0",
+  "version": "0.5.1",
   "description": "Provider-neutral deployment, provisioning, and validation primitives for LVBT web repositories.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "type": "module",

diff --git a/.lvbt/web-platform/standards/propose.ts b/.lvbt/web-platform/standards/propose.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,12 @@ function remoteBranchState(
   branch: string,
   runner: Runner,
 ): 'absent' | 'current' | 'stale' | 'edited' {
-  if (!runner('git', ['ls-remote', '--heads', 'origin', branch], target)) return 'absent';
+  if (!runner('git', ['ls-remote', '--heads', 'origin', branch], target)) {
+    // A tracking ref left from a branch GitHub has since deleted would make --force-with-lease
+    // refuse the push, so forget it.
+    runner('git', ['update-ref', '-d', `refs/remotes/origin/${branch}`], target);
+    return 'absent';
+  }
   runner(
     'git',
     ['fetch', '--quiet', 'origin', `+refs/heads/${branch}:refs/remotes/origin/${branch}`],
@@ -136,6 +141,33 @@ function createOrEdit(options: {
   return (JSON.parse(runner('node', args, target)) as { number: number }).number;
 }
 
+/** The release the repository's default branch vendors, read from GitHub rather than the checkout. */
+function defaultBranchRelease(target: string, runner: Runner): string | null {
+  const manifest = runner(
+    'gh',
+    [
+      'api',
+      'repos/{owner}/{repo}/contents/.lvbt/web-platform.json',
+      '-H',
+      'Accept: application/vnd.github.raw',
+    ],
+    target,
+  );
+  return (JSON.parse(manifest) as { release: string | null }).release;
+}
+
+/** Runs Validate on the update branch; a workflow token's push alone starts no workflow. */
+function dispatchValidation(target: string, branch: string, runner: Runner): void {
+  try {
+    runner('gh', ['workflow', 'run', 'ci.yml', '--ref', branch], target);
+  } catch {
+    process.stderr.write(
+      `Could not run ci.yml on ${branch}. Give ci.yml a workflow_dispatch trigger, as the examples' has, so update pull requests get their Validate check.\n`,
+    );
+    process.exitCode = 1;
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Pushes the update branch, opens or refreshes its pull request, enables auto-merge, and closes
  * update pull requests for older releases.
@@ -166,8 +198,10 @@ export async function proposeRelease(options: {
     if (automerge) runner('gh', ['pr', 'merge', String(number), '--auto', '--rebase'], target);
     // A push made with a repository's own GITHUB_TOKEN starts no workflow, but a dispatch always
     // does, and its Validate check lands on the branch's head commit.
-    if (pushed) runner('gh', ['workflow', 'run', 'ci.yml', '--ref', updateBranch(tag)], target);
-  } else {
+    if (pushed) dispatchValidation(target, updateBranch(tag), runner);
+  } else if (defaultBranchRelease(target, runner) === tag) {
+    // Only a default branch that already carries the release makes its update pull request moot;
+    // a checkout that happens to be on the update branch does not.
     superseded.push(...open.filter(({ headRefName }) => headRefName === updateBranch(tag)));
   }