Merge build-info updates

.cache/debian-base.digest

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-gitea.fithwum.tech/fithwum/debian-base@sha256:4023732c1234033dd440901f801b44288d6acd1c2d9db5918b104028dbfbc31a

.gitea/workflows/vintage-story-build-server.yml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ on:
       - '!latest/CHANGES.md'
       - '!latest/build-info.json'
   schedule:
-    - cron: '5 22 * * 0'
+    - cron: '10 22 * * 0'
 
 env:
   IMAGE_REGISTRY: gitea.fithwum.tech
@@ -38,110 +38,9 @@ jobs:
           echo "[INFO] Pruning Docker images on ${{ matrix.runner }}..."
           docker image prune -a -f || true
 
-  poll-debian-base-and-detect-changes:
-    runs-on: vm-docker-build2
-    needs: docker-prune
-    outputs:
-      digest_changed: ${{ steps.compare_digest.outputs.changed }}
-      versions_changed: ${{ steps.check_changed_versions.outputs.versions_changed }}
-      new_versions: ${{ steps.check_new_versions.outputs.new_versions }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - name: Ensure .cache exists
-        run: mkdir -p .cache && touch .cache/.gitkeep
-
-      - name: Log in to Gitea Registry
-        run: echo "${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}" | docker login gitea.fithwum.tech -u "${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}" --password-stdin
-
-      - name: Get current digest of debian-base image
-        id: get_digest
-        run: |
-          IMAGE="${{ env.IMAGE_REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_ORG }}/${{ env.IMAGE_REPO_DEBIAN }}:${{ env.IMAGE_TAG_DEBIAN }}"
-          docker pull "$IMAGE" > /dev/null
-          DIGEST=$(docker inspect --format='{{index .RepoDigests 0}}' "$IMAGE")
-          echo "digest=$DIGEST" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "$DIGEST" > .cache/debian-base.digest.new
-
-      - name: Compare with stored digest
-        id: compare_digest
-        run: |
-          CURRENT_DIGEST="${{ steps.get_digest.outputs.digest }}"
-          LAST_DIGEST="$(cat ${{ env.DIGEST_FILE }} 2>/dev/null || echo '')"
-
-          if [ "$CURRENT_DIGEST" = "$LAST_DIGEST" ]; then
-            echo "[INFO] Digest unchanged"
-            echo "changed=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-            exit 0
-          fi
-
-          echo "[INFO] Digest changed → updating cache"
-          echo "$CURRENT_DIGEST" > ${{ env.DIGEST_FILE }}
-
-          git config user.name "${{ secrets.GIT_USERNAME }}"
-          git config user.email "${{ secrets.GIT_EMAIL }}"
-
-          git add ${{ env.DIGEST_FILE }}
-          git commit -m "Update base digest to $CURRENT_DIGEST" || true
-
-          # --- Safe rebase with auto conflict resolution ---
-          git fetch origin main
-          if ! git rebase --strategy-option=theirs origin/main; then
-            echo "[WARN] Rebase conflict, auto-resolving by preferring local digest"
-            git rebase --abort
-            git fetch origin main
-            git reset --hard origin/main
-            echo "$CURRENT_DIGEST" > ${{ env.DIGEST_FILE }}
-            git add ${{ env.DIGEST_FILE }}
-            git commit -m "Force-update base digest to $CURRENT_DIGEST (auto-resolved)"
-          fi
-
-          git push origin HEAD:main
-          echo "changed=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-      - name: Detect changed vintage-story versions
-        id: check_changed_versions
-        run: |
-          BEFORE_COMMIT="${{ github.event.before }}"
-          if [ -z "$BEFORE_COMMIT" ] || ! git cat-file -e "$BEFORE_COMMIT^{commit}" 2>/dev/null; then
-            BEFORE_COMMIT=$(git rev-parse HEAD~1)
-          fi
-          CHANGED=$(git diff --name-only "$BEFORE_COMMIT" HEAD || true)
-          CHANGED_VERSIONS=""
-          for version in $VERSIONS; do
-            echo "$CHANGED" | grep -q "^$version/.*\.\(sh\|Dockerfile\)$" && CHANGED_VERSIONS="$CHANGED_VERSIONS $version"
-          done
-          CHANGED_VERSIONS=$(echo "$CHANGED_VERSIONS" | xargs) # trim whitespace
-          echo "versions_changed=$CHANGED_VERSIONS" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-      
-      - name: Detect vintage-story versions without build-info
-        id: check_new_versions
-        run: |
-          NEW_VERSIONS=""
-          GIT_CREDENTIAL="${{ secrets.GIT_TOKEN || secrets.GIT_PASSWORD }}"
-          git clone --depth=1 "https://${{ secrets.GIT_USERNAME }}:${GIT_CREDENTIAL}@gitea.fithwum.tech/fithwum/vintage-story.git" upload-repo
-
-          for version in $VERSIONS; do
-            if [ ! -f "upload-repo/$version/build-info.json" ]; then
-              echo "[INFO] No build-info.json for $version → treating as new"
-              NEW_VERSIONS="$NEW_VERSIONS $version"
-            fi
-          done
-
-          echo "new_versions=$NEW_VERSIONS" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
   build-vintage-story-images:
     runs-on: vm-docker-build2
-    needs:
-      - docker-prune
-      - poll-debian-base-and-detect-changes
-    if: |
-      needs.poll-debian-base-and-detect-changes.outputs.digest_changed == 'true' ||
-      needs.poll-debian-base-and-detect-changes.outputs.versions_changed != '' ||
-      needs.poll-debian-base-and-detect-changes.outputs.new_versions != ''
+    needs: docker-prune
     strategy:
       matrix:
         version: [latest]

.gitea/workflows/vintage-story-build-testing.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,309 @@
+name: vintage-story-build-testing
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+    paths:
+      - '.gitea/workflows/vintage-story-build-testing.yml'
+      - 'testing/Dockerfile'
+      - 'testing/*.sh'
+      - '!.cache/*'
+      - '!testing/CHANGES.md'
+      - '!testing/build-info.json'
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '5 22 * * 0'
+
+env:
+  IMAGE_REGISTRY: gitea.fithwum.tech
+  IMAGE_ORG: fithwum
+  IMAGE_REPO_DEBIAN: debian-base
+  IMAGE_REPO_VINTAGE_STORY: vintage-story
+  IMAGE_TAG_DEBIAN: bookworm
+  DIGEST_FILE: .cache/debian-base.digest
+  VERSIONS: testing
+
+jobs:
+  docker-prune:
+    name: Docker prune (${{ matrix.runner }})
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.runner }}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        runner:
+          - vm-docker-build2
+    steps:
+      - name: Prune unused Docker images
+        run: |
+          echo "[INFO] Pruning Docker images on ${{ matrix.runner }}..."
+          docker image prune -a -f || true
+
+  build-vintage-story-images:
+    runs-on: vm-docker-build2
+    needs: docker-prune
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        version: [testing]
+    name: Build and Push ${{ matrix.version }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Log in to Gitea Registry
+        run: echo "${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}" | docker login gitea.fithwum.tech -u "${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}" --password-stdin
+
+      - name: Clone vintage-story repo (with retries)
+        run: |
+          GIT_CREDENTIAL="${{ secrets.GIT_TOKEN || secrets.GIT_PASSWORD }}"
+          for i in {1..5}; do
+            git clone "https://${{ secrets.GIT_USERNAME }}:${GIT_CREDENTIAL}@gitea.fithwum.tech/fithwum/vintage-story.git" upload-repo && break
+            echo "[WARN] Clone attempt $i failed. Retrying in 10s..."
+            sleep 10
+          done
+          if [ ! -d upload-repo ]; then
+            echo "[ERROR] Failed to clone vintage-story repo after retries."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+      - name: Clear all build caches
+        run: |
+          docker builder prune -af || true
+          docker buildx prune -af || true
+
+      - name: Build and push image
+        run: |
+          IMAGE="$IMAGE_REGISTRY/$IMAGE_ORG/$IMAGE_REPO_VINTAGE_STORY:${{ matrix.version }}"
+          docker buildx build --platform linux/amd64 --pull --no-cache --push -t "$IMAGE" "./${{ matrix.version }}"
+
+  generate-changelogs:
+    needs: build-vintage-story-images
+    runs-on: vm-docker-build2
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Create temporary changelog workspace
+        run: mkdir -p changelogs
+
+      - name: Clone vintage-story repo
+        run: |
+          GIT_CREDENTIAL="${{ secrets.GIT_TOKEN || secrets.GIT_PASSWORD }}"
+          git clone --depth=3 "https://${{ secrets.GIT_USERNAME }}:${GIT_CREDENTIAL}@gitea.fithwum.tech/fithwum/vintage-story.git" upload-repo
+
+      - name: Generate changelogs
+        run: |
+          for version in $VERSIONS; do
+            echo "[INFO] Generating changelog for $version"
+            changelog="changelogs/$version/CHANGES.md"
+            mkdir -p "$(dirname "$changelog")"
+            touch "$changelog"
+
+            cd upload-repo
+            infofile="$version/build-info.json"
+            last_commit=""
+            if [ -f "$infofile" ]; then
+              last_commit=$(jq -r '.commit' "$infofile")
+            fi
+
+            echo -e "## $(date -u +'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')\n" > "../$changelog"
+            if [ -n "$last_commit" ]; then
+              COMMITS=$(git log "${last_commit}..HEAD" --pretty=format:"- %s (%an)" || true)
+            fi
+            if [ -z "$COMMITS" ]; then
+              echo "[INFO] No new commits since last build. Showing latest 5 instead."
+              COMMITS=$(git log -n 5 --pretty=format:"- %s (%an)" || true)
+            fi
+            echo "$COMMITS" >> "../$changelog"
+            cd ..
+          done
+
+      - name: Copy changelogs into repo
+        run: |
+          for version in $VERSIONS; do
+            mkdir -p upload-repo/$version
+            cp changelogs/$version/CHANGES.md upload-repo/$version/
+          done
+
+      - name: Commit and push changelogs (temp branch)
+        run: |
+          cd upload-repo
+
+          git config user.name "${{ secrets.GIT_USERNAME }}"
+          git config user.email "${{ secrets.GIT_EMAIL }}"
+
+          TEMP_BRANCH="tmp-changelog-$(date +%s)"
+
+          # Create temporary branch
+          git checkout -b "$TEMP_BRANCH"
+
+          # Stage changes
+          git add */CHANGES.md
+
+          # Nothing changed?
+          if git diff --cached --quiet; then
+            echo "[INFO] No changelog changes."
+            exit 0
+          fi
+
+          git commit -m "Update changelogs on $(date -u +'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ') [skip ci]"
+
+          # Push temporary branch
+          git push origin HEAD:$TEMP_BRANCH
+
+          # Rebase temp branch onto latest main
+          git fetch origin main
+
+          git checkout "$TEMP_BRANCH"
+
+          if ! git rebase origin/main; then
+            echo "[WARN] Rebase failed, using merge instead."
+            git rebase --abort || true
+            git merge origin/main --no-edit
+          fi
+
+          git push origin HEAD:$TEMP_BRANCH --force
+
+          # Fast-forward main
+          git checkout main
+          git reset --hard origin/main
+
+          git merge --no-ff "$TEMP_BRANCH" \
+            -m "Merge changelog updates"
+
+          git push origin main
+
+          git push origin --delete "$TEMP_BRANCH" || true
+
+  generate-build-info:
+    needs: generate-changelogs
+    runs-on: vm-docker-build2
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Prepare temporary build-info workspace
+        run: mkdir -p buildinfo
+
+      - name: Clone vintage-story repo
+        run: |
+          GIT_CREDENTIAL="${{ secrets.GIT_TOKEN || secrets.GIT_PASSWORD }}"
+          git clone --depth=1 "https://${{ secrets.GIT_USERNAME }}:${GIT_CREDENTIAL}@gitea.fithwum.tech/fithwum/vintage-story.git" upload-repo
+
+      - name: Generate build-info files
+        run: |
+          human_size() {
+            local b=$1 d='' s=0 S=(B KB MB GB TB)
+            while ((b >= 1024 && s < ${#S[@]}-1)); do
+              d=$((b % 1024)); b=$((b / 1024)); s=$((s + 1))
+            done
+            printf "%s%s\n" "$b" "${S[$s]}"
+          }
+
+          for version in $VERSIONS; do
+            echo "[INFO] Generating build-info.json for $version"
+            image="${IMAGE_REGISTRY}/${IMAGE_ORG}/${IMAGE_REPO_VINTAGE_STORY}:$version"
+            infofile="buildinfo/$version/build-info.json"
+            mkdir -p "$(dirname "$infofile")"
+
+            if ! docker pull "$image"; then
+              echo "[WARN] Failed to pull $image — setting fields to unknown/0"
+              digest="unknown"
+              size_bytes=0
+            else
+              digest=$(docker inspect --format='{{if .RepoDigests}}{{index .RepoDigests 0}}{{else}}unknown{{end}}' "$image" 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")
+              size_bytes=$(docker image inspect "$image" --format='{{.Size}}' 2>/dev/null || echo "0")
+              size_bytes=${size_bytes//[^0-9]/}
+              if [[ -z "$size_bytes" ]]; then size_bytes=0; fi
+            fi
+
+            size_human=$(human_size "$size_bytes")
+
+            cd upload-repo
+            commit=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
+            cd ..
+
+            jq -n \
+              --arg version "$version" \
+              --arg commit "$commit" \
+              --arg build_time "$(date -u +'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')" \
+              --arg image_tag "$image" \
+              --arg digest "$digest" \
+              --arg image_size "$size_human" \
+              --argjson image_size_bytes "$size_bytes" \
+              '{
+                version: $version,
+                commit: $commit,
+                build_time: $build_time,
+                image_tag: $image_tag,
+                digest: $digest,
+                image_size: $image_size,
+                image_size_bytes: $image_size_bytes
+              }' > "$infofile"
+          done
+
+      - name: Copy build-info.json into repo
+        run: |
+          for version in $VERSIONS; do
+            mkdir -p upload-repo/$version
+            cp "buildinfo/$version/build-info.json" "upload-repo/$version/"
+          done
+
+      - name: Commit and push build-info (temp branch)
+        run: |
+          cd upload-repo
+
+          git config user.name "${{ secrets.GIT_USERNAME }}"
+          git config user.email "${{ secrets.GIT_EMAIL }}"
+
+          TEMP_BRANCH="tmp-buildinfo-$(date +%s)"
+
+          # Create temporary branch
+          git checkout -b "$TEMP_BRANCH"
+
+          # Stage changes
+          git add */build-info.json
+
+          # Nothing changed?
+          if git diff --cached --quiet; then
+            echo "[INFO] No build-info changes."
+            exit 0
+          fi
+
+          git commit -m "Update build-info on $(date -u +'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ') [skip ci]"
+
+          # Push temporary branch
+          git push origin HEAD:$TEMP_BRANCH
+
+          # Rebase temp branch onto latest main
+          git fetch origin main
+
+          git checkout "$TEMP_BRANCH"
+
+          if ! git rebase origin/main; then
+            echo "[WARN] Rebase failed, using merge instead."
+            git rebase --abort || true
+            git merge origin/main --no-edit
+          fi
+
+          git push origin HEAD:$TEMP_BRANCH --force
+
+          # Merge into main
+          git checkout main
+          git reset --hard origin/main
+
+          git merge --no-ff "$TEMP_BRANCH" \
+            -m "Merge build-info updates"
+
+          git push origin main
+
+          git push origin --delete "$TEMP_BRANCH" || true
+
+          for version in $VERSIONS; do
+            TAG="build-$version"
+
+            git tag -d "$TAG" 2>/dev/null || true
+            git push origin ":refs/tags/$TAG" 2>/dev/null || true
+
+            git tag "$TAG"
+            git push origin "$TAG" --force
+          done

README.md

@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 # Vintage Story
 
-[![vintage-story-build-server](https://gitea.fithwum.tech/fithwum/vintage-story/actions/workflows/vintage-story-build-server.yml/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://gitea.fithwum.tech/fithwum/vintage-story/actions?workflow=vintage-story-build-server.yml)
-
-
 ## Getting started
 
 To make it easy for you to get started with GitLab, here's a list of recommended next steps.

build_vintage-story.sh

@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@
 # All rights reserved
 
 docker build --pull --rm -f "latest/Dockerfile" -t gitea.fithwum.tech/fithwum/vintage-story:latest "latest"
+docker build --pull --rm -f "testing/Dockerfile" -t gitea.fithwum.tech/fithwum/vintage-story:testing "testing"
 docker push -a gitea.fithwum.tech/fithwum/vintage-story

latest/CHANGES.md

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-## 2026-07-28T18:27:15Z
+## 2026-08-09T22:11:52Z
 
-- test (fithwum)
 - Merge build-info updates (fithwum)
-- Update build-info on 2026-07-28T18:22:00Z [skip ci] (fithwum)
+- Update build-info on 2026-08-09T22:06:54Z [skip ci] (fithwum)
+- Merge changelog updates (fithwum)
+- Update changelogs on 2026-08-09T22:06:43Z [skip ci] (fithwum)
+- Merge build-info updates (fithwum)

latest/Dockerfile

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ LABEL maintainer="fithwum"
 # Environment Variables
 ENV VS_CHANNEL=""
 ENV VS_VERSION=""
-ENV USERNAME=""
 ENV DOTNET_VERSION=""
 
 # URL's for files

latest/build-info.json

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 {
   "version": "latest",
-  "commit": "3d8511dc08e6e8fb95dd8260c97fc88b2e1d7980",
-  "build_time": "2026-07-28T18:27:27Z",
+  "commit": "7f3f010574ff84f850b0cca9598a0e49319bb5ea",
+  "build_time": "2026-08-09T22:12:03Z",
   "image_tag": "gitea.fithwum.tech/fithwum/vintage-story:latest",
-  "digest": "gitea.fithwum.tech/fithwum/vintage-story@sha256:2e7cd3fb99b88787947e2dbdd8826ad31e98249f3a810b520dfcbbe77fe3697f",
+  "digest": "gitea.fithwum.tech/fithwum/vintage-story@sha256:21664ac16465bad37f3a9b6a6e00660ba0cac91f26fe1e323c1d7779fcbfc749",
   "image_size": "410MB",
-  "image_size_bytes": 430944219
+  "image_size_bytes": 430959352
 }

latest/install_script.sh

@@ -2,13 +2,12 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2026 fithwum
 # All rights reserved
 
-MARKER_FILE=$VS_SERVER_DIR/.setup_done
 VS_SERVER_DIR=/vs_server/server
 VS_DATA_DIR=/vs_server/server/data
-START_FILE=$VS_SERVER_DIR/server-$VS_VERSION.sh
 LOG_FILE=$VS_DATA_DIR/Logs/server-main.log
-START_FILE_2=https://gitea.fithwum.tech/fithwum/vintage-story/raw/branch/main/latest/start.sh
-VS_SERVER_FILE=https://cdn.vintagestory.at/gamefiles/$VS_CHANNEL/vs_server_linux-x64_$VS_VERSION.tar.gz
+MARKER_FILE=$VS_SERVER_DIR/.setup_done
+INSTALLED_VERSION=$VS_SERVER_DIR/installed-$TARGET_VERSION
+START_FILE=$VS_SERVER_DIR/server.sh
 MS_REPO_URL=https://packages.microsoft.com/config/debian/12/packages-microsoft-prod.deb
 USERNAME=adduser vintagestory
 
@@ -60,27 +59,64 @@ else
     sleep infinity
 fi
 
-# Main install (Debian).
+# Main install & auto update.
 # Check for server files and download if needed.
-if [ -e $START_FILE ]
-	then
+# Fallback to stable channel if VS_CHANNEL is blank
+: "${VS_CHANNEL:=stable}"
+echo "Using channel: $VS_CHANNEL"
+
+# Get the currently installed version from filesystem
+CUR_V=$(find "$VS_SERVER_DIR" -name "installed-*" | cut -d - -f2-)
+echo "Current local version: '${CUR_V:-None}'"
+
+# Fetch the API JSON cleanly
+API_URL="http://api.vintagestory.at/${VS_CHANNEL}.json"
+JSON=$(wget -qO- "$API_URL")
+
+# Validate that we actually received valid JSON
+if [ -z "$JSON" ] || ! echo "$JSON" | jq . >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "Error: Failed to fetch valid JSON from $API_URL"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Resolve the target version dynamically from the JSON Object keys
+if [ ! -z "$VS_VERSION" ] && [ "$VS_VERSION" != "latest" ]; then
+    # User specified an exact version. Check if it exists as a key in the object
+    TARGET_VERSION=$(echo "$JSON" | jq -r --arg version "$VS_VERSION" 'if .[$version] then $version else "" end')
+    if [ -z "$TARGET_VERSION" ]; then
+        echo "Error: Specified version '$VS_VERSION' not found in the $VS_CHANNEL channel API."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+else
+    # No version specified or "latest" chosen. Get the very first key from the object
+    TARGET_VERSION=$(echo "$JSON" | jq -r 'keys_unsorted | .[0]')
+fi
+echo "Target version determined: '$TARGET_VERSION'"
+
+# Compare versions and only download if they do NOT match
+if [ "$CUR_V" != "$TARGET_VERSION" ]; then
+    echo "Versions differ ($CUR_V vs $TARGET_VERSION). Fetching CDN download URL..."
+    # Extract the CDN download link using the valid object key structure
+    VS_SERVER_FILE=$(echo "$JSON" | jq -r --arg version "$TARGET_VERSION" '.[$version].linuxserver.urls.cdn')
+    if [ "$VS_SERVER_FILE" == "null" ] || [ -z "$VS_SERVER_FILE" ]; then
+        echo "Error: Download URL not found for version $TARGET_VERSION"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    echo "Ready to download: $VS_SERVER_FILE"
 		echo " "
-		echo "INFO ! server-$VS_VERSION.sh found starting now."
-	else
-		echo " "
-		echo "WARNING ! server-$VS_VERSION.sh is out of date/missing ... will download now."
-			echo " "
-			echo "INFO ! Cleaning old files."
-			mkdir -pv $VS_SERVER_DIR/old-server-versions/
-			mv *.sh $VS_SERVER_DIR/old-server-versions/
-			rm -fr $VS_SERVER_DIR/assets $VS_SERVER_DIR/Lib $VS_SERVER_DIR/Mods
-			rm -fr $VS_SERVER_DIR/VintagestoryServer $VS_SERVER_DIR/*.dll $VS_SERVER_DIR/*.pdb $VS_SERVER_DIR/*.json $VS_SERVER_DIR/*.xml $VS_SERVER_DIR/*.txt
-			wget --no-cache --show-progress --progress=bar:force:noscroll $VS_SERVER_FILE -O /vstemp/vs_server_linux-x64_$VS_VERSION.tar.gz
-			tar -xzf /vstemp/vs_server_linux-x64_$VS_VERSION.tar.gz -C /vstemp/files
-			rm -fr /vstemp/*.tar.gz
-			mv -uf /vstemp/files/* $VS_SERVER_DIR/
-			mv $VS_SERVER_DIR/server.sh $START_FILE
-			chmod +x $START_FILE
+		echo "INFO ! Cleaning old files."
+		mkdir -pv $VS_SERVER_DIR/old-server-versions/
+		mv *.sh $VS_SERVER_DIR/old-server-versions/
+		rm -fr $VS_SERVER_DIR/assets $VS_SERVER_DIR/Lib $VS_SERVER_DIR/Mods
+		rm -fr $VS_SERVER_DIR/VintagestoryServer $VS_SERVER_DIR/*.dll $VS_SERVER_DIR/*.pdb $VS_SERVER_DIR/*.json $VS_SERVER_DIR/*.xml $VS_SERVER_DIR/*.txt
+		wget --no-cache --show-progress --progress=bar:force:noscroll $VS_SERVER_FILE -O /vstemp/vs_server_linux-x64_$TARGET_VERSION.tar.gz
+		tar -xzf /vstemp/vs_server_linux-x64_$TARGET_VERSION.tar.gz -C /vstemp/files
+		rm -fr /vstemp/*.tar.gz
+		mv -uf /vstemp/files/* $VS_SERVER_DIR/
+		chmod +x $START_FILE
+		touch $INSTALLED_VERSION
+else
+    echo "No update required. Local version matches target version."
 fi
 
 echo "INFO ! Setting server path."
@@ -95,35 +131,24 @@ chmod 776 -R $VS_SERVER_DIR
 # Setup the server
 if [ ! -f $MARKER_FILE ]; then
     echo "First time run: Setting up server environment..."
-    yes y | $VS_SERVER_DIR/server-1.21.5.sh setup $USERNAME $VS_DATA_DIR
+    yes y | $VS_SERVER_DIR/server.sh setup $USERNAME $VS_DATA_DIR
 	touch $MARKER_FILE
 	echo "Setup successfully completed."
 fi
 
-# Download the start file for the screen session
-if [ -f $START_FILE_2 ]; then
-    echo "INFO ! start.sh found ... moving on."
-else
-	echo "WARNING ! start.sh missing ... downloading default file."
-    wget --no-cache --show-progress --progress=bar:force:noscroll $START_FILE_2 -O $VS_SERVER_DIR/start.sh
-	chmod +x $VS_SERVER_DIR/start.sh
-fi
-
 # Run vintage-story server.
-exec $VS_SERVER_DIR/start.sh
+echo " "
+echo "INFO ! Starting vintage-story Server $VS_VERSION"
+.$START_FILE start
 
-# echo " "
-# echo "INFO ! Starting vintage-story Server $VS_VERSION"
-# .$VS_SERVER_DIR/server-$VS_VERSION.sh start
+echo "Waiting for the server log file to be created..."
+# Loop indefinitely until the log file actually exists on disk
+until [ -f "$LOG_FILE" ]; do
+    sleep 1
+done
 
-# echo "Waiting for the server log file to be created..."
-# # Loop indefinitely until the log file actually exists on disk
-# until [ -f "$LOG_FILE" ]; do
-#     sleep 1
-# done
-
-# echo "Log file found! Streaming server console now..."
-# # Hand off PID 1 to tail, keeping the container active permanently
-# exec tail -f "$LOG_FILE"
+echo "Log file found! Streaming server console now..."
+# Hand off PID 1 to tail, keeping the container active permanently
+exec tail -f "$LOG_FILE"
 
 exit

testing/CHANGES.md

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+## 2026-08-16T22:06:45Z
+
+- Merge build-info updates (fithwum)
+- Update build-info on 2026-08-09T22:12:04Z [skip ci] (fithwum)
+- Merge changelog updates (fithwum)
+- Update changelogs on 2026-08-09T22:11:52Z [skip ci] (fithwum)
+- Merge build-info updates (fithwum)

testing/Dockerfile

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+FROM gitea.fithwum.tech/fithwum/debian-base:bookworm
+LABEL maintainer="fithwum"
+
+# Environment Variables
+ENV VS_CHANNEL=""
+ENV VS_VERSION=""
+ENV DOTNET_VERSION=""
+
+# URL's for files
+ARG INSTALL_SCRIPT=https://gitea.fithwum.tech/fithwum/vintage-story/raw/branch/main/testing/install_script.sh
+
+# Install Dependencies.
+RUN apt-get -y update && apt-get autoclean && apt-get autoremove \
+	&& apt-get -y update && apt-get install -y bzip2 jq wget procps pcregrep screen \
+	&& adduser vintagestory \
+	&& apt-get -y --fix-broken install \
+	&& rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
+	&& update-ca-certificates -f;
+
+# Folder creation.
+RUN mkdir -p /vs_server /vs_server/server /vs_server/server/data /vstemp /vstemp/files \
+	&& chmod 777 -R /vs_server /vstemp \
+	&& chown 99:100 -R /vs_server /vstemp
+
+RUN wget --no-cache "$INSTALL_SCRIPT" -O /vstemp/install_script.sh \
+	&& chmod +x /vstemp/install_script.sh
+
+# Directory where data is stored
+VOLUME /vs_server
+
+# Run command
+CMD [ "/bin/bash", "./vstemp/install_script.sh" ]

testing/build-info.json

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "version": "testing",
+  "commit": "189cd8106b17821d0e2ccd240af3c85e54d9c645",
+  "build_time": "2026-08-16T22:06:56Z",
+  "image_tag": "gitea.fithwum.tech/fithwum/vintage-story:testing",
+  "digest": "gitea.fithwum.tech/fithwum/vintage-story@sha256:cdf8ab5f469ff4d05d8431d65a7bad59229b7686e7c69b8eb5d623fcf0c9b2e4",
+  "image_size": "410MB",
+  "image_size_bytes": 430946035
+}

testing/install_script.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright (c) 2026 fithwum
+# All rights reserved
+
+VS_SERVER_DIR=/vs_server/server
+VS_DATA_DIR=/vs_server/server/data
+LOG_FILE=$VS_DATA_DIR/Logs/server-main.log
+MARKER_FILE=$VS_SERVER_DIR/.setup_done
+INSTALLED_VERSION=$VS_SERVER_DIR/installed-$TARGET_VERSION
+START_FILE_1=$VS_SERVER_DIR/server.sh
+START_FILE_2=https://gitea.fithwum.tech/fithwum/vintage-story/raw/branch/main/testing/start.sh
+MS_REPO_URL=https://packages.microsoft.com/config/debian/12/packages-microsoft-prod.deb
+USERNAME=adduser vintagestory
+
+# DOTnet install
+if [ $DOTNET_VERSION = "8.0" ]; then
+    echo "INFO ! dotnet-sdk-$DOTNET_VERSION Selected"
+	if [ dpkg -s dotnet-sdk-8.0 &> /dev/null ]
+	then
+		echo "INFO ! dotnet-sdk-8.0 installed ... moving on."
+	else
+		echo " "
+		echo "WARNING ! dotnet-sdk-8.0 not installed ... will install now."
+		wget --no-cache --show-progress --progress=bar:force:noscroll $MS_REPO_URL -O packages-microsoft-prod.deb
+		dpkg -i packages-microsoft-prod.deb
+		rm packages-microsoft-prod.deb
+		apt-get -y update
+		apt-get install -y dotnet-sdk-8.0
+	fi
+elif [ $DOTNET_VERSION = "9.0" ]; then
+    echo "INFO ! dotnet-sdk-$DOTNET_VERSION Selected"
+	if [ dpkg -s dotnet-sdk-9.0 &> /dev/null ]
+	then
+		echo "INFO ! dotnet-sdk-9.0 installed ... moving on."
+	else
+		echo " "
+		echo "WARNING ! dotnet-sdk-9.0 not installed ... will install now."
+		wget --no-cache --show-progress --progress=bar:force:noscroll $MS_REPO_URL -O packages-microsoft-prod.deb
+		dpkg -i packages-microsoft-prod.deb
+		rm packages-microsoft-prod.deb
+		apt-get -y update
+		apt-get install -y dotnet-sdk-9.0
+	fi
+elif [ $DOTNET_VERSION = "10.0" ]; then
+    echo "INFO ! dotnet-sdk-$DOTNET_VERSION Selected"
+	if [ dpkg -s dotnet-sdk-10.0 &> /dev/null ]
+	then
+		echo "INFO ! dotnet-sdk-10.0 installed ... moving on."
+	else
+		echo " "
+		echo "WARNING ! dotnet-sdk-10.0 not installed ... will install now."
+		wget --no-cache --show-progress --progress=bar:force:noscroll $MS_REPO_URL -O packages-microsoft-prod.deb
+		dpkg -i packages-microsoft-prod.deb
+		rm packages-microsoft-prod.deb
+		apt-get -y update
+		apt-get install -y dotnet-sdk-10.0
+	fi
+else
+    echo "ERROR ! Dotnet version must be set first run"
+    sleep infinity
+fi
+
+# Main install & auto update.
+# Check for server files and download if needed.
+# Fallback to stable channel if VS_CHANNEL is blank
+: "${VS_CHANNEL:=stable}"
+echo "Using channel: $VS_CHANNEL"
+
+# Get the currently installed version from filesystem
+CUR_V=$(find "$VS_SERVER_DIR" -name "installed-*" | cut -d - -f2-)
+echo "Current local version: '${CUR_V:-None}'"
+
+# Fetch the API JSON cleanly
+API_URL="http://api.vintagestory.at/$VS_CHANNEL.json"
+JSON=$(wget -qO- "$API_URL")
+
+# Validate that we actually received valid JSON
+if [ -z "$JSON" ] || ! echo "$JSON" | jq . >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "Error: Failed to fetch valid JSON from $API_URL"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Resolve the target version dynamically from the JSON Object keys
+if [ ! -z "$VS_VERSION" ] && [ "$VS_VERSION" != "latest" ]; then
+    # User specified an exact version. Check if it exists as a key in the object
+    TARGET_VERSION=$(echo "$JSON" | jq -r --arg version "$VS_VERSION" 'if .[$version] then $version else "" end')
+    if [ -z "$TARGET_VERSION" ]; then
+        echo "Error: Specified version '$VS_VERSION' not found in the $VS_CHANNEL channel API."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+else
+    # No version specified or "latest" chosen. Get the very first key from the object
+    TARGET_VERSION=$(echo "$JSON" | jq -r 'keys_unsorted | .[0]')
+fi
+echo "Target version determined: '$TARGET_VERSION'"
+
+# Compare versions and only download if they do NOT match
+if [ "$CUR_V" != "$TARGET_VERSION" ]; then
+    echo "Versions differ ($CUR_V vs $TARGET_VERSION). Fetching CDN download URL..."
+    # Extract the CDN download link using the valid object key structure
+    VS_SERVER_FILE=$(echo "$JSON" | jq -r --arg version "$TARGET_VERSION" '.[$version].linuxserver.urls.cdn')
+    if [ "$VS_SERVER_FILE" == "null" ] || [ -z "$VS_SERVER_FILE" ]; then
+        echo "Error: Download URL not found for version $TARGET_VERSION"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    echo "Ready to download: $VS_SERVER_FILE"
+		echo " "
+		echo "INFO ! Cleaning old files."
+		mkdir -pv $VS_SERVER_DIR/old-server-versions/
+		mv $VS_SERVER_DIR/*.sh $VS_SERVER_DIR/old-server-versions/
+		rm -fr $VS_SERVER_DIR/assets $VS_SERVER_DIR/Lib $VS_SERVER_DIR/Mods
+		rm -fr $VS_SERVER_DIR/VintagestoryServer $VS_SERVER_DIR/*.dll $VS_SERVER_DIR/*.pdb $VS_SERVER_DIR/*.json $VS_SERVER_DIR/*.xml $VS_SERVER_DIR/*.txt $VS_SERVER_DIR/installed-*
+		wget --no-cache --show-progress --progress=bar:force:noscroll $VS_SERVER_FILE -O /vstemp/vs_server_linux-x64_$TARGET_VERSION.tar.gz
+		tar -xzf /vstemp/vs_server_linux-x64_$TARGET_VERSION.tar.gz -C /vstemp/files
+		rm -fr /vstemp/*.tar.gz
+		mv -uf /vstemp/files/* $VS_SERVER_DIR/
+		chmod +x $START_FILE_1
+		touch $INSTALLED_VERSION
+else
+    echo "No update required. Local version matches target version."
+fi
+
+echo "INFO ! Setting server path."
+sed -i -E "s|^VSPATH='/home/vintagestory/server'|VSPATH='$VS_SERVER_DIR'|" $START_FILE_1
+echo "INFO ! Setting data path."
+sed -i -E "s|^DATAPATH='/var/vintagestory/data'|DATAPATH='$VS_DATA_DIR'|" $START_FILE_1
+
+# Set permissions.
+chown 99:100 -R $VS_SERVER_DIR
+chmod 776 -R $VS_SERVER_DIR
+
+# Setup the server
+if [ ! -f $MARKER_FILE ]; then
+    echo "First time run: Setting up server environment..."
+    yes y | $VS_SERVER_DIR/server.sh setup $USERNAME $VS_DATA_DIR
+	touch $MARKER_FILE
+	echo "Setup successfully completed."
+fi
+
+# Download the start file for the screen session
+if [ -f $START_FILE_2 ]; then
+    echo "INFO ! start.sh found ... moving on."
+else
+	echo "WARNING ! start.sh missing ... downloading default file."
+    wget --no-cache --show-progress --progress=bar:force:noscroll $START_FILE_2 -O $VS_SERVER_DIR/start.sh
+	chmod +x $VS_SERVER_DIR/start.sh
+fi
+
+# Run vintage-story server.
+exec $VS_SERVER_DIR/start.sh
+
+# echo " "
+# echo "INFO ! Starting vintage-story Server $VS_VERSION"
+# .$START_FILE_1 start
+
+# echo "Waiting for the server log file to be created..."
+# # Loop indefinitely until the log file actually exists on disk
+# until [ -f "$LOG_FILE" ]; do
+#     sleep 1
+# done
+
+# echo "Log file found! Streaming server console now..."
+# # Hand off PID 1 to tail, keeping the container active permanently
+# exec tail -f "$LOG_FILE"
+
+exit

testing/start.sh

@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 LOG_FILE=/vs_server/server/data/Logs/server-main.log
 SESSION=server
 
-# cd /vs_server/server
-
 echo "INFO ! A screen session for the Vintage-Story server is already running."
 cleanup() {
     echo "[INFO] Stopping Vintage-Story ..."