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From: dan-claude-bot <dan-claude-bot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2026 16:04:22 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?feat:=20the=20release=20re-arms=20main=20?=
 =?UTF-8?q?=E2=80=94=20the=20-dev=20bump=20folds=20into=20the=20release=20?=
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Operator decision: the post-release bump PR is ceremony debris — a
derivable one-liner with no judgment for a review to add. After tag +
publish, the same job computes X.Y.(Z+1)-dev and pushes it to main
directly (a GITHUB_TOKEN push fires no workflows: no recursion, no red
run); if branch protection refuses, the step opens the bump PR itself,
loudly. #98 is the last hand-made bump.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 test/release.sh               |  8 +++++++-
 2 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 84ad328..fe2ad40 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -146,6 +146,37 @@ jobs:
           ver="$(cat VERSION)"
           gh api "repos/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/git/refs" -f "ref=refs/tags/$ver" -f "sha=$MERGE_SHA"
           gh release create "$ver" --verify-tag --title "$ver" --notes-file "$RUNNER_TEMP/notes.md"
+      # The post-release bump, folded into the release act (#96 followup —
+      # operator decision: a mechanical one-liner deserves no PR of its
+      # own). X.Y.(Z+1)-dev is arithmetic, not judgment: derived, committed
+      # straight to main with this job's token. A GITHUB_TOKEN push fires
+      # no workflows (anti-recursion), so the bump triggers neither this
+      # door nor a red run; should branch protection ever refuse the direct
+      # push, the step opens the bump PR itself and says so, loudly,
+      # instead of leaving main armed to impersonate the release.
+      - name: bump main to the next -dev — the release re-arms main itself
+        if: steps.decide.outputs.ceremony == 'yes'
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+        run: |
+          ver="$(cat VERSION)"
+          next="$(printf '%s' "$ver" | awk -F. '{ printf "%s.%s.%s-dev", $1, $2, $3 + 1 }')"
+          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git fetch origin main
+          git checkout -B main origin/main
+          printf '%s\n' "$next" > VERSION
+          git add VERSION
+          git commit -m "chore: bump main to $next — a dev install must not impersonate $ver"
+          if ! git push origin main; then
+            echo "direct push refused (branch protection?) — opening the bump PR instead" >&2
+            git checkout -b "chore/bump-$next"
+            git push origin "chore/bump-$next"
+            gh pr create -R "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" --head "chore/bump-$next" \
+              --title "chore: bump main to $next" \
+              --body "The post-release re-arm, opened by release.yml because the direct push was refused. One file, one line." \
+              --label release
+          fi
 
   # The tag door (#83) — the manual fallback and backfill, unchanged. Gated
   # to the push event so a closed PR (the trigger above) never runs it
diff --git a/test/release.sh b/test/release.sh
index f5976d9..8e8a5e9 100644
--- a/test/release.sh
+++ b/test/release.sh
@@ -170,8 +170,14 @@ check "release.yml: decide — post-release-window work no-ops green" 0 "" \
   grep -qF "release-flow work merged in the post-release window" "$RY"
 check "release.yml: decide — bare, unchanged, never released refuses to guess" 0 "" \
   grep -qF "Refusing to guess" "$RY"
-check "release.yml: decide gates every later merge-door step on ceremony=yes" 0 "3" \
+check "release.yml: decide gates every later merge-door step on ceremony=yes" 0 "4" \
   grep -cF "if: steps.decide.outputs.ceremony == 'yes'" "$RY"
+# The release re-arms main itself: the post-release -dev bump is arithmetic,
+# not judgment, so it rides the same job — direct push, PR fallback.
+check "release.yml: the release bumps main to the next -dev itself" 0 "" \
+  grep -qF "bump main to the next -dev" "$RY"
+check "release.yml: ...with a PR fallback when the direct push is refused" 0 "" \
+  grep -qF "opening the bump PR instead" "$RY"
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # latest_release_tag — extracted from install.sh (the source-the-pure-function