Tighten the clean-machine comments

Compress the comment blocks across the clean-machine workflows and
scripts. The explanations of why each check is written the way it is
stay; the padding, restatement and duplication go.

No code or workflow logic changes.
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danielhanchen 2026-07-28 19:35:50 +00:00
commit 231fcc3cf0
4 changed files with 224 additions and 253 deletions

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# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
# Copyright 2026-present the Unsloth AI Inc. team. All rights reserved.
#
# Simulate a virgin developer machine on a GitHub-hosted runner, so the installer
# is exercised the way a real user's brand-new Mac / PC exercises it.
# Simulate a virgin developer machine on a GitHub-hosted runner. Two modes, because
# "the tool is absent" and "the installer never called the tool" cannot be simulated
# by the same mechanism:
#
# Two modes, because "the tool is absent" and "the installer never called the tool"
# CANNOT be simulated by the same mechanism:
# mask Make the toolchain genuinely ABSENT: scrub PATH to OS defaults and (with
# --remove) move the real toolchain aside, so `command -v git` correctly
# FAILS, as on a clean Mac. A failing "poison shim" would do the opposite --
# `command -v` finds it and reports the tool as present -- so no shims here.
# trace Leave the toolchain working but route it through logging wrappers that log
# the call then exec the real binary, proving whether the installer ever
# REACHES for a compiler/git without changing behaviour.
#
# mask Make the toolchain genuinely ABSENT. Scrubs PATH down to the OS
# defaults and (with --remove) moves the real toolchain aside. After
# this, `command -v git` correctly FAILS, which is what a clean Mac does.
# A failing "poison shim" on PATH would do the opposite -- `command -v`
# finds it and reports the tool as present -- so shims are NOT used here.
#
# trace Leave the toolchain working, but route it through logging wrappers that
# record the invocation and then exec the real binary. Proves whether the
# installer ever REACHES for a compiler/git, without changing behaviour.
#
# Writes shell exports to $CLEAN_ENV_FILE (default ./clean-machine.env) for the
# caller to `source`. Nothing is exported globally, so other workflow steps
# (checkout, upload-artifact) keep a normal environment.
# Writes shell exports to $CLEAN_ENV_FILE (default ./clean-machine.env) to `source`;
# nothing is exported globally, so other steps keep a normal environment.
#
# Usage:
# bash .github/scripts/clean-machine-env.sh mask [--remove]
@ -55,8 +50,8 @@ TOOLS="xcode-select xcrun clang clang++ cc c++ gcc g++ git cmake make brew ninja
note() { echo "[clean-machine] $*"; }
# ── PATH scrub ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
# Keep only OS-default system dirs. Drops Homebrew, the hosted Python toolcache,
# setup-* shims, pipx, cargo, and every other preinstalled developer dir.
# Keep only OS-default system dirs: drops Homebrew, the hosted Python toolcache,
# setup-* shims, pipx, cargo and every other preinstalled developer dir.
scrub_path() {
local keep out=""
if [ "$OS" = "Darwin" ]; then
@ -76,11 +71,9 @@ if [ "$MODE" = "mask" ]; then
NEWPATH="$(scrub_path)"
{
echo "export PATH='$NEWPATH'"
# DEVELOPER_DIR must be UNSET, not pointed at a fake path: `xcode-select -p`
# honours DEVELOPER_DIR and prints it verbatim with exit 0, so setting it to a
# nonexistent dir makes the probe SUCCEED -- the exact opposite of a clean Mac,
# where DEVELOPER_DIR is unset and the missing /var/db/xcode_select_link is what
# makes `xcode-select -p` fail.
# UNSET, not a fake path: `xcode-select -p` honours DEVELOPER_DIR and prints it
# verbatim with exit 0, so a nonexistent dir makes the probe SUCCEED. On a clean
# Mac it is unset and the missing xcode_select_link is what makes the probe fail.
echo "unset DEVELOPER_DIR || true"
echo "unset SDKROOT CC CXX CFLAGS CXXFLAGS LDFLAGS CMAKE_GENERATOR CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH || true"
echo "export HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE=1"
@ -88,11 +81,10 @@ if [ "$MODE" = "mask" ]; then
} >> "$ENV_FILE"
if [ "$REMOVE" = "1" ] && [ "$OS" = "Darwin" ]; then
# Best-effort real removal. Each step is independent and recorded in
# restore.sh so an `if: always()` step can put the runner back.
# /var/db/xcode_select_link is exactly what `xcode-select -p` reads, so
# removing it reproduces a virgin Mac's gate precisely. `xcode-select --reset`
# is NOT enough: it can reselect a full Xcode.app.
# Best-effort real removal; each step is independent and recorded in restore.sh
# so an `if: always()` step can put the runner back. xcode_select_link is exactly
# what `xcode-select -p` reads, so removing it reproduces a virgin Mac's gate.
# `xcode-select --reset` is NOT enough: it can reselect a full Xcode.app.
if [ -e /var/db/xcode_select_link ]; then
if sudo rm -f /var/db/xcode_select_link 2>/dev/null; then
note "removed /var/db/xcode_select_link"
@ -101,8 +93,8 @@ if [ "$MODE" = "mask" ]; then
note "WARN could not remove /var/db/xcode_select_link"
fi
fi
# Moving the CLT dir aside turns /usr/bin/{cc,clang,git} into dead shims, so
# the run also proves the install needs no compiler at all.
# Moving the CLT dir aside turns /usr/bin/{cc,clang,git} into dead shims, so the
# run also proves the install needs no compiler at all.
if [ -d /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools ]; then
if sudo mv /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools.masked 2>/dev/null; then
note "moved CommandLineTools aside"
@ -111,11 +103,11 @@ if [ "$MODE" = "mask" ]; then
note "WARN could not move CommandLineTools"
fi
fi
# Xcode.app must go too. With the select link removed AND CommandLineTools moved,
# `xcode-select -p` does not fail -- it falls through to whatever Xcode bundle the
# runner image ships (observed: /Applications/Xcode_16.4.app/Contents/Developer),
# which re-arms /usr/bin/git and /usr/bin/cc and silently un-cleans the machine.
# A rename is instant regardless of bundle size: same filesystem, no copy.
# Xcode.app must go too: with the link removed AND CommandLineTools moved,
# `xcode-select -p` still does not fail, it falls through to the image's Xcode
# bundle (observed: /Applications/Xcode_16.4.app/Contents/Developer), which
# re-arms /usr/bin/{git,cc} and silently un-cleans the machine. A rename is
# instant regardless of bundle size: same filesystem, no copy.
for app in /Applications/Xcode*.app; do
[ -d "$app" ] || continue
if sudo mv "$app" "${app}.masked" 2>/dev/null; then
@ -143,8 +135,8 @@ if [ "$MODE" = "trace" ]; then
for tool in $TOOLS; do
real="$(command -v "$tool" 2>/dev/null || true)"
[ -n "$real" ] || continue
# Wrapper logs the call then execs the REAL binary, so behaviour is unchanged
# and the trace answers "did the installer reach for this?" honestly.
# Logs the call then execs the REAL binary: behaviour unchanged, so the trace
# answers "did the installer reach for this?" honestly.
cat > "$BIN/$tool" <<WRAP
#!/bin/sh
printf '%s\t%s\n' "$tool" "\$*" >> "$TRACE"