From 365c27ac01b04f59912cdba69f66227bcb136ee3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: igneum-labs <337424239+igneum-labs@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2026 18:19:47 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] merge-to-master.sh takes MERGE_REMOTE (default origin): the
 box mirror's master while GitHub is suspended, 7 October 2026

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 tools/ci/merge-to-master.sh | 16 +++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/ci/merge-to-master.sh b/tools/ci/merge-to-master.sh
index 11bb7685b..54462c3b6 100755
--- a/tools/ci/merge-to-master.sh
+++ b/tools/ci/merge-to-master.sh
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@
 # the full gate on landing. Retries while master moves. Never force; never from a dirty branch.
 #
 #   tools/ci/merge-to-master.sh [<branch>] [--tries N]     default: the current branch, 6 tries
+#   MERGE_REMOTE=box tools/ci/merge-to-master.sh ...       land on another remote's master (the box mirror /srv/igneum.git while GitHub is
+#                                                           suspended, 7 October 2026); the default stays origin
 set -euo pipefail
 ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel); cd "$ROOT"
-BRANCH="$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)"; TRIES=6
+BRANCH="$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)"; TRIES=6; R="${MERGE_REMOTE:-origin}"
 while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do case "$1" in --tries) TRIES="$2"; shift 2 ;; -*) echo "unknown option $1" >&2; exit 2 ;; *) BRANCH="$1"; shift ;; esac; done
 [ -z "$(git status --porcelain --untracked-files=no)" ] || { echo "merge-to-master: the tree has uncommitted tracked changes; commit first" >&2; exit 1; }
 SHA=$(git rev-parse "$BRANCH"); G=$(cd "$(git rev-parse --git-common-dir)" && pwd -P)
@@ -19,18 +21,18 @@ if [ ! -f "$G/igneum-gate-green/$SHA" ]; then
 fi
 AUTHOR=(-c user.name=igneum-labs -c user.email=337424239+[removed])
 for i in $(seq 1 "$TRIES"); do
-  git fetch -q origin master; TIP=$(git rev-parse origin/master)
-  if git merge-base --is-ancestor "$SHA" "$TIP"; then echo "merge-to-master: ${SHA:0:8} is already on origin/master $(git log -1 --format=%h origin/master)"; exit 0; fi
+  git fetch -q "$R" master; TIP=$(git rev-parse "$R/master")
+  if git merge-base --is-ancestor "$SHA" "$TIP"; then echo "merge-to-master: ${SHA:0:8} is already on $R/master $(git log -1 --format=%h "$R/master")"; exit 0; fi
   W=$(mktemp -d "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/merge-to-master.XXXXXX"); rmdir "$W"
   git worktree add -q --detach "$W" "$TIP"
   if ( cd "$W" && git "${AUTHOR[@]}" merge -q --no-ff -m "Merge $BRANCH ${SHA:0:8} into master (gate: green on ${SHA:0:8}, recorded by tools/ci/pre-push.sh; the full gate runs in CI on this merge)" "$SHA" ); then
-    if ( cd "$W" && git push -q origin HEAD:master ); then
-      git worktree remove --force "$W"; git fetch -q origin master
-      echo "merge-to-master: pushed on try $i: origin/master $(git log -1 --format='%h %ci' origin/master) $(TZ=Europe/London date '+%H:%M %Z')"; exit 0
+    if ( cd "$W" && git push -q "$R" HEAD:master ); then
+      git worktree remove --force "$W"; git fetch -q "$R" master
+      echo "merge-to-master: pushed on try $i: $R/master $(git log -1 --format='%h %ci' "$R/master") $(TZ=Europe/London date '+%H:%M %Z')"; exit 0
     fi
     echo "merge-to-master: try $i: the push was rejected (master moved or the hook was red); again"
   else
-    echo "merge-to-master: the merge of $BRANCH onto ${TIP:0:8} does not apply cleanly; resolve on the branch (git merge origin/master) and retry" >&2
+    echo "merge-to-master: the merge of $BRANCH onto ${TIP:0:8} does not apply cleanly; resolve on the branch (git merge $R/master) and retry" >&2
     git worktree remove --force "$W"; exit 1
   fi
   git worktree remove --force "$W" 2>/dev/null || true