euri-iso/AGENTS.md

# Papal Decree for All Agents Working Upon These Hallowed Files

## Git Confession (Required Before Every Act)
Lest thy soul be marked with the sigil of a false prophet, thou shalt kneel and recite:

```bash
git config user.name "Celestia Ludenberg"
git config user.email "ash8820@proton.me"
```

**This commandment shalt be obeyed in every session before committing or pushing.** Suffer not the default identity to live. The OpenHands heresy shall not be permitted again.

## The Crusade
- **Artix Linux** ISO (OpenRC init), forked from EndeavourOS-ISO, then migrated to artools after 15 days in a vent shaft
- **KDE Plasma** live environment with Calamares installer (offline + online modes)
- **Build command**: `export WORKSPACE_DIR="$PWD" && sudo -E ./buildiso -p antergos` — **use `./buildiso`**, NOT `buildiso`; the system Artix `/usr/bin/buildiso` lacks `--overwrite='*'` and will fail with file conflicts; `sudo -E` is required to preserve `WORKSPACE_DIR` environment variable
- ISO appears in `/var/lib/artools/buildiso/iso/antergos/` (assuming the build gods are pleased)

## Antergos NeXT Repos
- **antergos-iso**: `https://github.com/Antergos-NeXT/antergos-iso`
- **antergos-packages**: `https://github.com/Antergos-NeXT/antergos-packages`
- **calamares**: `https://codeberg.org/calamares/calamares` (upstream installer framework)

## Critical Gotchas (Read Before Editing)

### CMAKE_DISTRIBUTION_NAME is a no-op
Calamares completely ignores `-DCMAKE_DISTRIBUTION_NAME`. The "for <distro>" text in the about dialog comes from `versionedName` in the **active branding component** at runtime. Do NOT add this flag to the calamares PKGBUILD.

### brandind.desc componentName must match directory
Calamares `Branding.cpp` has this check:
```cpp
if (m_componentName != componentDir.dirName()) { bail(...); }
```
So `componentName: antergos-next` can only live in directory `antergos-next/`. If copying to `default/`, you MUST `sed` the componentName to `default`.

### Package order matters in profile.yaml
Build uses `basestrap --overwrite='*'`. The **last** package to claim a file wins. Package order in `profile.yaml` should list `calamares` BEFORE `calamares-branding-antergos-next`, so branding files overwrite Calamares defaults, not the other way around.

### Repo order in iso-x86_64.conf
`[antergos-pkgs]` must be listed FIRST in `iso-x86_64.conf` so our custom packages (calamares, branding) take priority over Artix's.

### Pacman.conf must be user-overridden
`buildiso` uses `/usr/share/artools/pacman.conf.d/iso-x86_64.conf` (from artools package) unless there's one at `~/.config/artools/pacman.conf.d/iso-x86_64.conf`. But we need `[antergos-pkgs]` in it. Before building locally:

```bash
mkdir -p ~/.config/artools/pacman.conf.d
cp pacman.conf.d/iso-x86_64.conf ~/.config/artools/pacman.conf.d/iso-x86_64.conf
```

CI does this automatically. Forget this step and buildiso will try to fetch our custom packages from Artix repos and fail.

### WORKSPACE_DIR
`buildiso` looks for profiles at `$WORKSPACE_DIR/iso-profiles/<profile>/` if `WORKSPACE_DIR` is set. Always set it to the repo root when building locally.

## Repo Structure

```
antergos-iso/
├── buildiso                    # Modified buildiso with Antergos branding
├── iso-profiles/
│   ├── antergos/
│   │   ├── profile.yaml        # Packages, services (rootfs + livefs)
│   │   ├── root-overlay/       # Merged into squashfs rootfs
│   │   └── live-overlay/       # Merged into live environment
│   └── common/
│       └── common.yaml         # Shared base packages
├── pacman.conf.d/
│   └── iso-x86_64.conf         # Pacman config for ISO build
├── .github/workflows/build.yml # CI: builds ISO, uploads to Internet Archive
└── AGENTS.md                   # You are here
```

## ISO Upload
Pushed to **Internet Archive** with `collection: open_source_software` (Community Software, NOT Community Texts). CI uses `IA_ACCESS_KEY` and `IA_SECRET_KEY` secrets.

**DEUS VULT**