feat(docker): configure static git identity

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # aicodeman
 
+## 20260925-1305
+
+- Added static Git name and email configuration to the server and Docker-case agent image builds.
+
 ## 1.33.0
 
 ### Minor Changes

docker/.env.example

@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ TZ=Australia/Perth
 # this value rebuilds the image with a matching account.
 CODEMAN_RUNTIME_USER=codeman
 
+# Required for Git commits made by Codeman and Docker-case agents. These values
+# are written to each image's system Git configuration when it is rebuilt, so
+# they remain available even when the runtime home directory is a fresh mount.
+GIT_USER_NAME=
+GIT_USER_EMAIL=
+
 # Required. Persistent Codeman application data, CLI credentials, and session
 # state are stored here on the host and mounted at the runtime account's home
 # directory in the container.

docker/README.md

@@ -67,6 +67,25 @@ two volumes are removed, by name within this Compose project; any volume a
 `docker-compose.override.yml` adds is left alone, and application data and
 case workspaces are host bind mounts, never touched either way.
 
+## Git commit identity
+
+Set `GIT_USER_NAME` and `GIT_USER_EMAIL` in `docker/.env` before rebuilding:
+
+```sh
+GIT_USER_NAME='Your Name'
+GIT_USER_EMAIL='you@example.com'
+```
+
+Compose passes the values to the Codeman server build, and to the server process
+when it builds Docker-case agent images. Both images write the pair to Git's
+system configuration during their build, so commits retain the same identity
+after a container or agent image is recreated. Set both values together; an
+image build with only one value fails rather than using a partial identity.
+
+Run `bash docker/Start-Codeman.sh` after changing the server values. Rebuild an
+existing agent image with `node scripts/build-agent-image.mjs --no-cache` in the
+server container, then recreate any Docker cases that should use it.
+
 ## Private repositories (GitHub and Azure DevOps)
 
 The images can include the GitHub CLI (`gh`) and the Azure CLI (`az`, with the `azure-devops` extension), wired into the system Git configuration as credential helpers, so Codeman can clone private repositories. Both are **opt-in and off by default**, and are turned on per host in `docker-compose.override.yml`.

docker/agent.Dockerfile

@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 # writable even though the uid is not the baked 1000.
 FROM node:22-bookworm-slim
 
+ARG GIT_USER_EMAIL=
+ARG GIT_USER_NAME=
+
 # Base toolchain. `curl` is needed for the hook callbacks (`curl -sk $CODEMAN_API_URL`),
 # `procps` for `ps`, `tmux` for the durable in-container session.
 RUN apt-get update \
@@ -26,6 +29,17 @@ RUN apt-get update \
       openssh-client \
  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
+# Docker cases run with a fresh, container-owned home directory. Configure Git
+# at the system level during the build so the identity supplied in docker/.env
+# remains stable after an agent image rebuild. Refuse an incomplete identity.
+RUN set -eux; \
+    if [ -n "${GIT_USER_NAME}" ] || [ -n "${GIT_USER_EMAIL}" ]; then \
+      test -n "${GIT_USER_NAME}"; \
+      test -n "${GIT_USER_EMAIL}"; \
+      git config --system user.name "${GIT_USER_NAME}"; \
+      git config --system user.email "${GIT_USER_EMAIL}"; \
+    fi
+
 # GitHub CLI and Azure CLI (+ the azure-devops extension) with the same system
 # git credential helpers as docker/server.Dockerfile, so an agent in a Docker
 # case can clone and push to private GitHub / Azure DevOps repositories. The

docker/docker-compose.yaml

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ services:
       dockerfile: docker/server.Dockerfile
       args:
         CODEMAN_RUNTIME_USER: ${CODEMAN_RUNTIME_USER}
+        GIT_USER_EMAIL: ${GIT_USER_EMAIL:-}
+        GIT_USER_NAME: ${GIT_USER_NAME:-}
         PGID: ${PGID:-1000}
         PUID: ${PUID:-1000}
     image: ${CODEMAN_IMAGE}
@@ -32,6 +34,10 @@ services:
       CODEMAN_DOCKER_HOST_HOME: ${CODEMAN_APPDATA_PATH}
       CODEMAN_DOCKER_DISABLE_SWAP_LIMIT: ${CODEMAN_DOCKER_DISABLE_SWAP_LIMIT}
       CODEMAN_CASES_PATH: ${CODEMAN_CASES_PATH}
+      # Passed through only so Codeman can use the same identity when it builds
+      # the Docker-case agent image.
+      GIT_USER_EMAIL: ${GIT_USER_EMAIL:-}
+      GIT_USER_NAME: ${GIT_USER_NAME:-}
       # Extra Host-header allowlist entries for a reverse-proxied deployment
       # (docker/README.md, "Reverse-proxy host allowlist"). Optional, so it
       # defaults to empty rather than requiring a line in every .env.

docker/server.Dockerfile

@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ RUN npm ci \
 FROM node:22-bookworm-slim
 
 ARG CODEMAN_RUNTIME_USER=codeman
+ARG GIT_USER_EMAIL=
+ARG GIT_USER_NAME=
 ARG PUID=1000
 ARG PGID=1000
 
@@ -47,6 +49,18 @@ RUN apt-get update \
       tmux \
  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
+# A runtime home is normally a bind mount, so user-level Git configuration is
+# not durable across a fresh deployment. Keep the operator-supplied identity in
+# the image's system config instead. Both values are required together to avoid
+# producing commits with a misleading partial identity.
+RUN set -eux; \
+    if [ -n "${GIT_USER_NAME}" ] || [ -n "${GIT_USER_EMAIL}" ]; then \
+      test -n "${GIT_USER_NAME}"; \
+      test -n "${GIT_USER_EMAIL}"; \
+      git config --system user.name "${GIT_USER_NAME}"; \
+      git config --system user.email "${GIT_USER_EMAIL}"; \
+    fi
+
 # The Docker CLI, taken from the official image rather than Debian's `docker.io`.
 # That package is the full ENGINE: with --no-install-recommends it still pulls 15
 # packages including containerd, runc, dmsetup and iptables, none of which a

scripts/lib/cli-catalog.mjs

@@ -64,6 +64,12 @@ export const GIT_HOST_CLI_BUILD_ARGS = [
   ['CODEMAN_AGENT_IMAGE_INSTALL_AZ', 'CODEMAN_INSTALL_AZ'],
 ];
 
+/** Environment variables passed through to the agent image's system Git configuration. */
+export const GIT_IDENTITY_BUILD_ARGS = [
+  ['GIT_USER_NAME', 'GIT_USER_NAME'],
+  ['GIT_USER_EMAIL', 'GIT_USER_EMAIL'],
+];
+
 /**
  * The `--build-arg` pairs for the optional git-host CLIs. PURE. An unset or empty variable
  * contributes NOTHING, so the Dockerfile's own default (off) applies and the argv is the same
@@ -82,9 +88,24 @@ export function gitHostCliBuildArgPairs(env) {
   return pairs;
 }
 
+/** The `--build-arg` pairs for Git identity, requiring either both values or neither. */
+export function gitIdentityBuildArgPairs(env) {
+  const pairs = GIT_IDENTITY_BUILD_ARGS.map(([envName, argName]) => [argName, env[envName] ?? '']);
+  const configured = pairs.filter(([, value]) => value !== '');
+  if (configured.length === 0) return [];
+  if (configured.length !== pairs.length) {
+    throw new Error('GIT_USER_NAME and GIT_USER_EMAIL must both be set when configuring Git identity');
+  }
+  return pairs;
+}
+
 /** The `--build-arg` pairs the agent image takes. PURE given `env`. */
 export function agentImageBuildArgPairs(catalog, env = process.env) {
-  return [['CLI_NPM_PACKAGES', agentImageNpmPackages(catalog).join(' ')], ...gitHostCliBuildArgPairs(env)];
+  return [
+    ['CLI_NPM_PACKAGES', agentImageNpmPackages(catalog).join(' ')],
+    ...gitHostCliBuildArgPairs(env),
+    ...gitIdentityBuildArgPairs(env),
+  ];
 }
 
 /** Read the committed catalogue. IO. */

src/docker-hosts.ts

@@ -615,6 +615,12 @@ export const GIT_HOST_CLI_BUILD_ARGS: ReadonlyArray<readonly [string, string]> =
   ['CODEMAN_AGENT_IMAGE_INSTALL_AZ', 'CODEMAN_INSTALL_AZ'],
 ];
 
+/** Environment variables passed through to the agent image's system Git configuration. */
+export const GIT_IDENTITY_BUILD_ARGS: ReadonlyArray<readonly [string, string]> = [
+  ['GIT_USER_NAME', 'GIT_USER_NAME'],
+  ['GIT_USER_EMAIL', 'GIT_USER_EMAIL'],
+];
+
 /**
  * The `--build-arg` pairs for the optional git-host CLIs. PURE. An unset or empty variable
  * contributes NOTHING, so the Dockerfile's own default (off) applies and the argv is the same
@@ -633,9 +639,27 @@ export function gitHostCliBuildArgPairs(env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv): Array<[string,
   return pairs;
 }
 
+/**
+ * The `--build-arg` pairs for a configured Git identity. An absent pair leaves
+ * Git unconfigured, preserving existing deployments; a partial pair is refused.
+ */
+export function gitIdentityBuildArgPairs(env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv): Array<[string, string]> {
+  const pairs = GIT_IDENTITY_BUILD_ARGS.map(([envName, argName]) => [argName, env[envName] ?? ''] as [string, string]);
+  const configured = pairs.filter(([, value]) => value !== '');
+  if (configured.length === 0) return [];
+  if (configured.length !== pairs.length) {
+    throw new Error('GIT_USER_NAME and GIT_USER_EMAIL must both be set when configuring Git identity');
+  }
+  return pairs;
+}
+
 /** The `--build-arg` pairs the agent image takes. PURE given `env`. */
 export function agentImageBuildArgPairs(env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = process.env): Array<[string, string]> {
-  return [['CLI_NPM_PACKAGES', agentImageNpmPackages().join(' ')], ...gitHostCliBuildArgPairs(env)];
+  return [
+    ['CLI_NPM_PACKAGES', agentImageNpmPackages().join(' ')],
+    ...gitHostCliBuildArgPairs(env),
+    ...gitIdentityBuildArgPairs(env),
+  ];
 }
 
 // ========== Credential mount resolution (IO) ==========

test/agent-image-build-args-parity.test.ts

@@ -22,13 +22,17 @@ import {
   agentImageNpmPackages as mjsPackages,
   GIT_HOST_CLI_BUILD_ARGS as mjsGitHostArgs,
   gitHostCliBuildArgPairs as mjsGitHostPairs,
+  GIT_IDENTITY_BUILD_ARGS as mjsGitIdentityArgs,
+  gitIdentityBuildArgPairs as mjsGitIdentityPairs,
 } from '../scripts/lib/cli-catalog.mjs';
 import {
   agentImageBuildArgPairs as tsPairs,
   agentImageBuildArgs,
   agentImageNpmPackages as tsPackages,
   GIT_HOST_CLI_BUILD_ARGS as tsGitHostArgs,
   gitHostCliBuildArgPairs as tsGitHostPairs,
+  GIT_IDENTITY_BUILD_ARGS as tsGitIdentityArgs,
+  gitIdentityBuildArgPairs as tsGitIdentityPairs,
 } from '../src/docker-hosts.js';
 
 const CATALOG = JSON.parse(readFileSync(fileURLToPath(new URL('../config/clis.stock.json', import.meta.url)), 'utf-8'));
@@ -145,3 +149,42 @@ describe('optional gh / az in the agent image: both producers pass the same swit
     }
   });
 });
+
+describe('Git identity in the agent image: both producers pass the same settings', () => {
+  it('maps the Git environment variables to matching Dockerfile ARGs', () => {
+    expect(tsGitIdentityArgs).toEqual(mjsGitIdentityArgs);
+    expect(tsGitIdentityArgs).toEqual([
+      ['GIT_USER_NAME', 'GIT_USER_NAME'],
+      ['GIT_USER_EMAIL', 'GIT_USER_EMAIL'],
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('passes a complete identity and omits an absent identity', () => {
+    const identity = { GIT_USER_NAME: 'Ada Lovelace', GIT_USER_EMAIL: 'ada@example.com' };
+    const expected: Array<[string, string]> = [
+      ['GIT_USER_NAME', 'Ada Lovelace'],
+      ['GIT_USER_EMAIL', 'ada@example.com'],
+    ];
+    expect(tsGitIdentityPairs(identity)).toEqual(expected);
+    expect(mjsGitIdentityPairs(identity)).toEqual(expected);
+    expect(tsGitIdentityPairs({})).toEqual([]);
+    expect(mjsGitIdentityPairs({})).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it('refuses a partial identity in both build paths', () => {
+    for (const identity of [{ GIT_USER_NAME: 'Ada Lovelace' }, { GIT_USER_EMAIL: 'ada@example.com' }]) {
+      expect(() => tsGitIdentityPairs(identity)).toThrow(/GIT_USER_NAME and GIT_USER_EMAIL/);
+      expect(() => mjsGitIdentityPairs(identity)).toThrow(/GIT_USER_NAME and GIT_USER_EMAIL/);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('both Dockerfiles configure system Git identity from the build arguments', () => {
+    for (const file of ['../docker/agent.Dockerfile', '../docker/server.Dockerfile']) {
+      const dockerfile = readFileSync(fileURLToPath(new URL(file, import.meta.url)), 'utf-8');
+      expect(dockerfile, file).toMatch(/^ARG GIT_USER_NAME=$/m);
+      expect(dockerfile, file).toMatch(/^ARG GIT_USER_EMAIL=$/m);
+      expect(dockerfile, file).toContain('git config --system user.name "${GIT_USER_NAME}"');
+      expect(dockerfile, file).toContain('git config --system user.email "${GIT_USER_EMAIL}"');
+    }
+  });
+});