Add ./freshen-channel <tool> <channel> at the repo root for the
"drag alpha/beta forward to current stable" workflow. The script
uses a temporary git worktree at the latest <tool>-v* tag so the
main worktree's HEAD is never touched — no checkout, no stash, no
race against in-progress dev. Build runs inside the worktree, the
resulting <tool>_<channel>.html is copied back into the main
repo's website/releases/, worktree is removed.
The on-page label of a freshened build is `<channel> · <today> ·
<stable-tag-sha>` — the SHA pins which stable was the source, so
anyone debugging can `git checkout <sha>` to reproduce.
Smoke-tested:
./freshen-channel archive alpha → archive_alpha.html with
"alpha · 2026-04-27 · ea385b5"
./freshen-channel transmittal beta → transmittal_beta.html with
"beta · 2026-04-27 · ea385b5"
./freshen-channel foobar alpha → usage error
./freshen-channel archive stable → usage error
AGENTS.md gains a "Channel discipline (MUST rules)" subsection
codifying the protocol the build system can't enforce:
1. Stable doesn't regress — files are immutable; bump for fixes.
2. No backports — bump and let users update pins.
3. Alpha/beta are mutable — never pin in production.
4. Stale-channel rule — after every stable release, freshen alpha
and beta so neither is older than current stable. NOT optional.
5. Hotfix path — direct stable cut allowed, no beta soak required;
freshen alpha + beta after.
6. Beta soak (recommended) — a few days exposure before promoting.
Plus a "Freshen helper" subsection documenting the script.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
ZDDC — Zero Day Document Control. A file-naming convention plus five
single-file HTML tools (archive, transmittal, classifier, mdedit,
landing) and an optional Go HTTP server (zddc-server) with ACL and a
virtual archive index. Self-contained, offline-capable, dependency-free.
See README.md for an overview, AGENTS.md and ARCHITECTURE.md for the
build/release/architecture detail, bootstrap/README.md for the
two-level deployment install pattern, and zddc/README.md for the
HTTP server.
