From 873af26d8b81825790c2763317f0fb1b559dd23d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: penguin <penguin@epenguin.net>
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 18:02:13 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] infra: actions: fix docker changes detector so it doesnt
 always build on force pushes

---
 .gitea/workflows/gentoo-utils.yml | 24 +++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/gentoo-utils.yml b/.gitea/workflows/gentoo-utils.yml
index cb50323..cc5171d 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/gentoo-utils.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/gentoo-utils.yml
@@ -16,20 +16,25 @@ jobs:
         id: image-changes
         # build image only if 1. changes are detected or 2. an image for the working branch doesnt exist
         run: |
+          git --no-pager log --oneline
+          echo "BEFORE = ${{ gitea.event.before }}"
           branch_name="${GITHUB_HEAD_REF:-${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/}}"
+          default_branch_name="${{ gitea.event.repository.default_branch }}"
+          image_tag=latest
+          comparison_hash="${{ gitea.event.before }}"
 
-          if [[ "$branch_name" == "${{ gitea.event.repository.default_branch }}" ]]; then
-            image_tag=latest
-          else
+          if [[ "$branch_name" != "${{ gitea.event.repository.default_branch }}" ]]; then
             image_tag=$branch_name
           fi
-
-          echo "branch_name=$branch_name" >> $GITEA_OUTPUT
           # slugify
           image_tag="$(echo "$image_tag" | sed -E 's/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/-/g')"
-          echo "image_tag=$image_tag" >> $GITEA_OUTPUT
 
-          if ! git diff ${{ gitea.event.before }} ${{ gitea.sha }} --no-patch --exit-code .docker; then
+          # rebase breaks gitea.event.before, so check to make sure the hash provided exists
+          if ! git merge-base --is-ancestor $comparison_hash $branch_name >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            comparison_hash=$(git merge-base origin/$default_branch_name $branch_name)
+          fi
+            
+          if ! git diff $comparison_hash ${{ gitea.sha }} --no-patch --exit-code .docker; then
             build_image=true
           else
             if ! docker manifest inspect ${{ vars.REGISTRY_URL }}/${{ gitea.repository }}:${image_tag} >/dev/null 2>&1; then
@@ -39,6 +44,10 @@ jobs:
             fi
           fi
 
+          echo "default_branch_name=$default_branch_name"
+          echo "branch_name=$branch_name" >> $GITEA_OUTPUT
+          echo "image_tag=$image_tag" >> $GITEA_OUTPUT
+          echo "comparison_hash=$comparison_hash" >> $GITEA_OUTPUT
           echo "build_image=$build_image" >> $GITEA_OUTPUT
           cat $GITEA_OUTPUT
       - name: Set up Docker buildx
@@ -131,3 +140,4 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           meson setup -Ddocs=enabled docs
           meson compile -C docs
+