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feat: distribute NodeForge as a self-hosted Blender Extension - #39

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Summary

Distribute NodeForge as a Blender 5.2 Extension.

  • Add Extension manifest, release ZIP build, and Blender Extensions repository index.
  • Bundle and bootstrap Math and L-System packages without downgrading newer installed versions.
  • Support bl_ext.* extension imports and optional package repository_url metadata.
  • Harden package inventory/bootstrap behavior and refresh catalogs after installation.
  • Remove executable-Python permission grants while preserving source ownership checks.
  • Build and test the Extension ZIP in Blender before publication.
  • Publish immutable GitHub Release assets and Pages only from version tags.
  • Run build and integration validation on pull requests without publishing artifacts.

Required configuration

Set these GitHub Actions repository variables to direct URLs of the approved library Release ZIPs:

  • NODEFORGE_MATH_RELEASE_URL
  • NODEFORGE_LSYSTEM_RELEASE_URL

- Add Blender Extension manifest and release workflow
- Bundle Math and L-System libraries for automatic installation
- Bootstrap packages through the existing package manager
- Support independent package updates without version downgrades
- Remove Python execution permissions for Packages, Local and Examples
- Make maximum NodeForge version advisory instead of blocking
- Support Python imports under Blender Extensions namespace
- Improve package installation safety and error handling
- Add repository_url to package manifests
- Validate repository URLs using HTTP(S) schemes
- Preserve backward compatibility with existing manifests
- Keep repository metadata independent of UI and package updates
- Automatically refresh Packages, Functions and Examples
- Defer catalog updates until Blender registration completes
- Isolate catalog refresh failures
- Add Blender Extension installation and integration tests
- Validate bundled libraries and package upgrades before release
- Remove GitHub Release asset clobbering
- Reject duplicate release publication
- Restrict publication to release tag events
- Keep manual workflow runs for validation only
- Add release immutability regression tests
- Split workflow into build, publish-release and deploy-pages jobs
- Reuse verified build artifacts across publication stages
- Allow independent GitHub Pages deployment retries
- Preserve immutable GitHub Release assets
- Add deployment workflow regression tests
- Set GH_REPO explicitly in publish-release job
- Support GitHub CLI execution without checkout
- Add regression tests for repository resolution
- Remove redundant Local registry payload representation
- Consolidate registry loading and validation
- Handle duplicate package IDs without exception message matching
- Preserve staging cleanup and registry compatibility
- Add regression tests for both simplified paths
- Remove redundant nested exception handling
- Handle fsync failures at the state publication boundary
- Preserve file descriptor cleanup
- Maintain existing package transaction guarantees
- Add regression tests for fsync success and failure
- Move Blender integration tests into a dedicated test-extension job
- Pass the built Extension ZIP between jobs through artifacts
- Cache Blender 5.2 in build and test jobs
- Require successful integration tests before release publication
- Preserve independent GitHub Pages deployment retries
- Bump NodeForge version to 0.72.7
@denikryt denikryt changed the title ci: validate extension releases on pull requests feat: distribute NodeForge as a self-hosted Blender Extension Oct 21, 2026
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denikryt marked this pull request as ready for review October 21, 2026 15:17
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denikryt merged commit 3bc5cdd into main Oct 21, 2026
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