changelog.d/251.md

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-### Fixed
-
-- Kept drill doctrine's release-path instructions aligned with the executable manifest by removing its duplicate path list (#251).

drills/README.md

@@ -84,10 +84,10 @@ drill owed, that verdict wins.
    except the `CEREMONY_SELF_REF` pin line in
    `.github/workflows/release.yml`.
 2. The release path is exactly the output of
-   `.github/scripts/release-path.sh`. Run the script and paste its output into
-   the record; measure the diff with
-   `git diff <last-rehearsed-tag>..HEAD -- $(sh .github/scripts/release-path.sh)`.
-   The script's contract test keeps its list and the workflow's direct and
+   `.github/scripts/release-path.sh`: `.github/workflows/release.yml`, `bin/`,
+   `lib/version.sh`, `lib/decide.sh`, `lib/facts.sh`, and
+   `lib/changelog.sh`. The script is the record author's copy-paste source;
+   its contract test keeps this inline list and the workflow's direct and
    transitive dependencies in agreement.
 3. The last rehearsed tag's own record is a full rehearsal, its release is
    published, and `main` was re-armed to `-dev` after it.

test/release-path.test.sh

@@ -97,19 +97,6 @@ path_check() {
   [ -z "$missing" ] && [ -z "$extra" ]
 }
 
-readme_has_no_path_enumeration() {
-  local token found=no
-  for token in \
-    bin/ lib/version.sh lib/decide.sh lib/facts.sh lib/changelog.sh lib/forge.sh
-  do
-    if grep -qF "$token" "$ROOT/drills/README.md"; then
-      printf 'drill doctrine enumerates release path: %s\n' "$token" >&2
-      found=yes
-    fi
-  done
-  [ "$found" = no ]
-}
-
 fixture() {
   local name="$1" tree
   tree="$TMP/$name"
@@ -138,8 +125,6 @@ check "manifest prints the specified ordered release path" 0 \
   bash "$PATH_SCRIPT"
 check "real workflow and transitive dependencies match the manifest" 0 "" \
   path_check "$ROOT"
-check "drill doctrine does not duplicate the executable release path" 0 "" \
-  readme_has_no_path_enumeration
 
 # A door growing a dependency must name the missing path (#237 D7).
 tree="$(fixture missing)"