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Release 2.3.0.0202: version-tagged images, changelog
- Drone: an image-tags step writes .tags (latest, commit SHA, changelog
  version) for the master publish, so each release can be pulled and
  rolled back by version. The master publish step no longer hardcodes tags.
- Version 2.2.0.0201 -> 2.3.0.0202 in xteve.go and changelog-beta.md, with
  a changelog entry covering the improvements branch.
- README / README-DEV describe the version tag.
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# Developer notes
## Layout
| Path | What it is |
|---|---|
| `xteve.go` | `main`: flags, version, start-up |
| `src/` | the application (one Go package `src`) |
| `src/internal/` | authentication, image cache, M3U parser |
| `html/` | web interface: HTML pages, CSS, images, the compiled `js/app.js`, and `embed.go` which embeds the lot |
| `ts/` | TypeScript sources for the web interface |
| `docker/` | container entrypoint |
| `tasks/` | improvement plan and checklist |
## Build the binary
Go 1.27.1 is pinned in `go.mod`; the go command downloads it automatically.
```bash
go build ./...
go vet ./...
go test ./...
```
The web interface is embedded with `go:embed` from `html/`, so a bare clone builds a complete binary.
## Web interface
The UI is plain TypeScript compiled as global scripts (no modules yet) into a single bundle, `html/js/app.js`, which is committed. CI rebuilds it and fails if the committed file is stale.
```bash
npm ci # installs the pinned TypeScript compiler and jsdom
npm run build # ts/*.ts -> html/js/app.js
npm run check # type-check only
npm test # jsdom tests under tests/ (Node's built-in runner)
```
File order in the bundle is fixed in `ts/tsconfig.json`: `network`, `menu`, `content`, `popup`, `xmltv`, `settings`, `logs`, `base`, `configuration`, `authentication`. Classes must be defined before the top-level statements in later files that instantiate them. All pages load the same bundle.
The tests load the built bundle into a jsdom window (`tests/harness.js`) with a fixture server payload (`tests/fixture.js`), so they exercise the real rendering code. Run `npm run build` before `npm test`.
English strings are inlined in the TypeScript. There is no language layer.
## Run from source
```bash
go run . -config /path/to/config -port 34400
```
Add `-dev` to serve the web interface from the local `html/` directory instead of the embedded copy, so CSS and HTML edits show up on reload. JavaScript still needs `npm run build`.
## Versioning and release
The version lives in two places that must agree: `var Version` in `xteve.go` and the first `#### ` heading in `changelog-beta.md` (without the `-beta` suffix). CI fails on drift.
Drone (`.drone.yml`) runs vet, tests, the bundle check, hadolint and compose validation on every push. Pushes to `master` publish `registry.coadcorp.com/nathan/xteve:latest`, `:<version>` and `:<sha>`; other branches publish `:<branch>` and `:<sha>`.
## Endpoints useful for operations
* `GET /healthz` returns `{"status":"ok","version":...,"scanInProgress":...}` with no authentication. The Docker healthcheck uses it.
## Container image
`Dockerfile` builds the binary in a `golang:1.27.1-alpine` stage, copies static `ffmpeg`/`ffprobe` from a pinned `mwader/static-ffmpeg` tag (bump the tag in the Dockerfile; there is no other place to change) and runs on `alpine`. The runtime stage installs `su-exec` and does not set `USER`: `docker/entrypoint.sh` starts as root, applies `PUID`/`PGID` to the `xteve` user by editing `/etc/passwd` and `/etc/group`, fixes ownership of the config directory, and execs `su-exec xteve:xteve xteve`. With `--user` it skips all of that. `ARG XTEVE_UID`/`XTEVE_GID` remain the build-time defaults so Drone's build args still work. Check the script with `sh -n` and `shellcheck -s sh` after editing.