Step 1: Fix build process

Author: binarypie

.github/workflows/build-disk.yml

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         variant:
-          - name: "regular"
+          - name: "main"
             tag: "latest"
           - name: "nvidia"
             tag: "latest-nvidia"
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ jobs:
           echo "IMAGE_NAME=${IMAGE_NAME,,}" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
 
       - name: Maximize build space
-        uses: ublue-os/remove-unwanted-software@695eb75bc387dbcd9685a8e72d23439d8686cba6 # v10
+        uses: ublue-os/remove-unwanted-software@v10
 
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Build ISO
         id: build
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "iso-name=$NEW_NAME" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Upload ISO as artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: ${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}-${{ matrix.variant.name }}-iso
           path: output/
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Upload ISO to release
         if: inputs.create-release == true && inputs.release-tag != ''
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@c95fe1489396fe8a9eb87c0abf8aa5b2ef267fda # v2
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
         with:
           tag_name: ${{ inputs.release-tag }}
           files: |

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ on:
 env:
   IMAGE_DESC: "Hypercube - A Hyprland-focused bootc image built on Bluefin-DX"
   IMAGE_KEYWORDS: "bootc,ublue,universal-blue,hyprland,hypercube,wayland"
-  IMAGE_LOGO_URL: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/${{ github.repository_owner }}/${{ github.event.repository.name }}/main/branding/hypercube-logo.png"  # Hypercube logo
-  IMAGE_NAME: "${{ github.event.repository.name }}"  # output image name, usually same as repo name
-  IMAGE_REGISTRY: "ghcr.io/${{ github.repository_owner }}"  # do not edit
+  IMAGE_LOGO_URL: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/${{ github.repository_owner }}/${{ github.event.repository.name }}/main/branding/hypercube-logo.png"
+  IMAGE_NAME: "${{ github.event.repository.name }}"
+  IMAGE_REGISTRY: "ghcr.io/${{ github.repository_owner }}"
   DEFAULT_TAG: "latest"
 
 concurrency:
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ concurrency:
 jobs:
   build_push:
     name: Build and push image
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest-m
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
 
     permissions:
       contents: read
@@ -39,9 +39,11 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         variant:
-          - base_image: "ghcr.io/ublue-os/bluefin-dx:stable-daily"
+          - flavor: "main"
+            base_image: "ghcr.io/ublue-os/bluefin-dx:stable-daily"
             tag_suffix: ""
-          - base_image: "ghcr.io/ublue-os/bluefin-dx-nvidia:stable-daily"
+          - flavor: "nvidia"
+            base_image: "ghcr.io/ublue-os/bluefin-dx-nvidia:stable-daily"
             tag_suffix: "-nvidia"
 
     steps:
@@ -51,22 +53,15 @@ jobs:
           echo "IMAGE_REGISTRY=${IMAGE_REGISTRY,,}" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
           echo "IMAGE_NAME=${IMAGE_NAME,,}" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
 
-      # These stage versions are pinned by https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      # This is optional, but if you see that your builds are way too big for the runners, you can enable this by uncommenting the following lines:
-      # - name: Maximize build space
-      #   uses: ublue-os/remove-unwanted-software@517622d6452028f266b7ba4cc9a123b5f58a6b53 # v7
-      #   with:
-      #     remove-codeql: true
+      - name: Maximize build space
+        uses: ublue-os/remove-unwanted-software@v10
 
       - name: Mount BTRFS for podman storage
         id: container-storage-action
-        uses: ublue-os/container-storage-action@911baca08baf30c8654933e9e9723cb399892140
-
-        # Fallback to the remove-unwanted-software-action if github doesn't allocate enough space
-        # See: https://github.com/ublue-os/container-storage-action/pull/11
+        uses: ublue-os/container-storage-action@main
         continue-on-error: true
         with:
           target-dir: /var/lib/containers
@@ -75,21 +70,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Get current date
         id: date
         run: |
-          # This generates a timestamp like what is defined on the ArtifactHub documentation
-          # E.G: 2022-02-08T15:38:15Z'
-          # https://artifacthub.io/docs/topics/repositories/container-images/
-          # https://linux.die.net/man/1/date
           echo "date=$(date -u +%Y\-%m\-%d\T%H\:%M\:%S\Z)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "version=$(date +%Y%m%d)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
-      # Image metadata for https://artifacthub.io/ - This is optional but is highly recommended so we all can get a index of all the custom images
-      # The metadata by itself is not going to do anything, you choose if you want your image to be on ArtifactHub or not.
       - name: Image Metadata
-        uses: docker/metadata-action@c299e40c65443455700f0fdfc63efafe5b349051 # v5
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
         id: metadata
         with:
-          # This generates all the tags for your image, you can add custom tags here too!
-          # Default tags are "$DEFAULT_TAG" and "$DEFAULT_TAG.$date".
-          # Matrix tag_suffix is appended to differentiate variants (e.g., latest vs latest-nvidia)
           tags: |
             type=raw,value=${{ env.DEFAULT_TAG }}${{ matrix.variant.tag_suffix }}
             type=raw,value=${{ env.DEFAULT_TAG }}${{ matrix.variant.tag_suffix }}.{{date 'YYYYMMDD'}}
@@ -105,7 +92,7 @@ jobs:
             org.opencontainers.image.title=${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
             org.opencontainers.image.url=https://github.com/${{ github.repository_owner }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
             org.opencontainers.image.vendor=${{ github.repository_owner }}
-            org.opencontainers.image.version=${{ env.DEFAULT_TAG }}.{{date 'YYYYMMDD'}}
+            org.opencontainers.image.version=${{ env.DEFAULT_TAG }}.${{ steps.date.outputs.version }}
             io.artifacthub.package.deprecated=false
             io.artifacthub.package.keywords=${{ env.IMAGE_KEYWORDS }}
             io.artifacthub.package.license=Apache-2.0
@@ -117,55 +104,50 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build Image
         id: build_image
-        uses: redhat-actions/buildah-build@7a95fa7ee0f02d552a32753e7414641a04307056 # v2
+        uses: redhat-actions/buildah-build@v2
         with:
           containerfiles: |
             ./Containerfile
-          # Postfix image name with -custom to make it a little more descriptive
-          # Syntax: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/expressions#format
           image: ${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
           tags: ${{ steps.metadata.outputs.tags }}
           labels: ${{ steps.metadata.outputs.labels }}
           build-args: |
             BASE_IMAGE=${{ matrix.variant.base_image }}
+            IMAGE_NAME=${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
+            IMAGE_VENDOR=${{ github.repository_owner }}
           oci: false
 
-      # Rechunk is a script that we use on Universal Blue to make sure there isnt a single huge layer when your image gets published.
-      # This does not make your image faster to download, just provides better resumability and fixes a few errors.
-      # Documentation for Rechunk is provided on their github repository at https://github.com/hhd-dev/rechunk
-      # You can enable it by uncommenting the following lines:
-      # - name: Run Rechunker
-      #   id: rechunk
-      #   uses: hhd-dev/rechunk@f153348d8100c1f504dec435460a0d7baf11a9d2 # v1.1.1
-      #   with:
-      #     rechunk: 'ghcr.io/hhd-dev/rechunk:v1.0.1'
-      #     ref: "localhost/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:${{ env.DEFAULT_TAG }}"
-      #     prev-ref: "${{ env.IMAGE_REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:${{ env.DEFAULT_TAG }}"
-      #     skip_compression: true
-      #     version: ${{ env.CENTOS_VERSION }}
-      #     labels: ${{ steps.metadata.outputs.labels }} # Rechunk strips out all the labels during build, this needs to be reapplied here with newline separator
-
-      # This is necessary so that the podman socket can find the rechunked image on its storage
-      # - name: Load in podman and tag
-      #   run: |
-      #     IMAGE=$(podman pull ${{ steps.rechunk.outputs.ref }})
-      #     sudo rm -rf ${{ steps.rechunk.outputs.output }}
-      #     for tag in ${{ steps.metadata.outputs.tags }}; do
-      #       podman tag $IMAGE ${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:$tag
-      #     done
-
-      # These `if` statements are so that pull requests for your custom images do not make it publish any packages under your name without you knowing
-      # They also check if the runner is on the default branch so that things like the merge queue (if you enable it), are going to work
+      # Rechunk for optimized OCI layers
+      - name: Run Rechunker
+        id: rechunk
+        uses: hhd-dev/[email protected]
+        if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
+        with:
+          rechunk: 'ghcr.io/hhd-dev/rechunk:v1.0.3'
+          ref: "localhost/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:${{ env.DEFAULT_TAG }}${{ matrix.variant.tag_suffix }}"
+          prev-ref: "${{ env.IMAGE_REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:${{ env.DEFAULT_TAG }}${{ matrix.variant.tag_suffix }}"
+          skip_compression: true
+          labels: ${{ steps.metadata.outputs.labels }}
+
+      - name: Load rechunked image and tag
+        if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
+        run: |
+          IMAGE=$(podman pull ${{ steps.rechunk.outputs.ref }})
+          sudo rm -rf ${{ steps.rechunk.outputs.output }}
+          for tag in ${{ steps.metadata.outputs.tags }}; do
+            podman tag $IMAGE ${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:$tag
+          done
+
       - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
-        uses: docker/login-action@5e57cd118135c172c3672efd75eb46360885c0ef # v3
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
         if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' && github.ref == format('refs/heads/{0}', github.event.repository.default_branch)
         with:
           registry: ghcr.io
           username: ${{ github.actor }}
           password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Push To GHCR
-        uses: redhat-actions/push-to-registry@5ed88d269cf581ea9ef6dd6806d01562096bee9c # v2
+        uses: redhat-actions/push-to-registry@v2
         if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' && github.ref == format('refs/heads/{0}', github.event.repository.default_branch)
         id: push
         env:
@@ -178,22 +160,19 @@ jobs:
           username: ${{ env.REGISTRY_USER }}
           password: ${{ env.REGISTRY_PASSWORD }}
 
-      # This section is optional and only needs to be enabled if you plan on distributing
-      # your project for others to consume. You will need to create a public and private key
-      # using Cosign and save the private key as a repository secret in Github for this workflow
-      # to consume. For more details, review the image signing section of the README.
       - name: Install Cosign
-        uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@faadad0cce49287aee09b3a48701e75088a2c6ad # v4.0.0
+        uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@v3
         if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' && github.ref == format('refs/heads/{0}', github.event.repository.default_branch)
 
       - name: Sign container image
         if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' && github.ref == format('refs/heads/{0}', github.event.repository.default_branch)
         run: |
-          IMAGE_FULL="${{ env.IMAGE_REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}"
-          for tag in ${{ steps.metadata.outputs.tags }}; do
-            cosign sign -y --key env://COSIGN_PRIVATE_KEY $IMAGE_FULL:$tag
-          done
+          # Sign by digest for better security
+          IMAGE_DIGEST="${{ steps.push.outputs.digest }}"
+          IMAGE_REF="${{ env.IMAGE_REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}@${IMAGE_DIGEST}"
+
+          echo "Signing image: ${IMAGE_REF}"
+          cosign sign -y --key env://COSIGN_PRIVATE_KEY "${IMAGE_REF}"
         env:
-          TAGS: ${{ steps.push.outputs.digest }}
           COSIGN_EXPERIMENTAL: false
           COSIGN_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.SIGNING_SECRET }}

.gitignore

@@ -1,7 +1,20 @@
+# Secrets
 cosign.key
-_build_*
-output
-_build-*/**
+
+# Build artifacts
+_build*
+_rechunk_output/
+output/
+output.env
+previous.manifest.json
+changelog.md
+
+# Titanoboa ISO builder
 _titanoboa/
+
+# VM testing
 _vm_build/
+
+# ISO files
 *.iso
+result-iso/

Containerfile

@@ -1,40 +1,52 @@
-# This build argument allows building different variants (regular vs NVIDIA)
-ARG BASE_IMAGE=ghcr.io/ublue-os/bluefin-dx:stable-daily
+# Hypercube Container Build
+# Aligned with Bluefin patterns
 
-# Allow build scripts to be referenced without being copied into the final image
+# ============================================
+# Build Arguments
+# ============================================
+ARG BASE_IMAGE=ghcr.io/ublue-os/bluefin-dx:stable-daily
+ARG IMAGE_NAME=hypercube
+ARG IMAGE_VENDOR=binarypie-dev
+ARG SHA_HEAD_SHORT=""
+
+# ============================================
+# Stage 1: Context Aggregation
+# ============================================
+# Aggregate all build context into a single layer for mounting
 FROM scratch AS ctx
-COPY build_files /
-COPY branding /branding
+COPY system_files /system_files
+COPY build_files /build_files
 
-# Base Image
+# ============================================
+# Stage 2: Main Build
+# ============================================
 FROM ${BASE_IMAGE}
 
-# Copy dot_files into the image at /usr/share/hypercube/config
+# Re-declare ARGs after FROM (they don't persist across stages)
+ARG IMAGE_NAME
+ARG IMAGE_VENDOR
+ARG SHA_HEAD_SHORT
+
+# Export build-time environment variables
+ENV IMAGE_NAME=${IMAGE_NAME}
+ENV IMAGE_VENDOR=${IMAGE_VENDOR}
+
+# Copy dot_files (config templates) into the image
 COPY dot_files /usr/share/hypercube/config
 
 # Ensure all config files are readable by everyone
 RUN chmod -R a+rX /usr/share/hypercube/config
 
-## Other possible base images include:
-# FROM ghcr.io/ublue-os/bazzite:latest
-# FROM ghcr.io/ublue-os/bluefin-dx-nvidia:stable-daily
-#
-# ... and so on, here are more base images
-# Universal Blue Images: https://github.com/orgs/ublue-os/packages
-# Fedora base image: quay.io/fedora/fedora-bootc:41
-# CentOS base images: quay.io/centos-bootc/centos-bootc:stream10
-
-### MODIFICATIONS
-## make modifications desired in your image and install packages by modifying the build.sh script
-## the following RUN directive does all the things required to run "build.sh" as recommended.
-
+# Build with mounted context and caches
+# - Bind mount from ctx stage for build scripts and system files
+# - Cache mounts for DNF and rpm-ostree to speed up rebuilds
+# - Tmpfs for /tmp to avoid polluting the image
 RUN --mount=type=bind,from=ctx,source=/,target=/ctx \
-  --mount=type=cache,dst=/var/cache \
-  --mount=type=cache,dst=/var/log \
-  --mount=type=tmpfs,dst=/tmp \
-  /ctx/build.sh && \
-  ostree container commit
-
-### LINTING
-## Verify final image and contents are correct.
+    --mount=type=cache,dst=/var/cache/libdnf5 \
+    --mount=type=cache,dst=/var/cache/rpm-ostree \
+    --mount=type=tmpfs,dst=/tmp \
+    /ctx/build_files/shared/build.sh && \
+    ostree container commit
+
+# Final validation
 RUN bootc container lint