.gitea/workflows/cicd-source-checks.yaml

@@ -192,14 +192,18 @@ jobs:
           set -e
           echo "Verifying backend workspace before container run"
           ls -la backend | head -n 40
+          test -f README.md || {
+            echo "❌ Missing repository README.md required by backend build metadata"
+            exit 1
+          }
 
           echo "Packaging backend source for container execution"
-          tar -czf /tmp/backend-src.tgz -C backend .
+          tar -czf /tmp/backend-src.tgz README.md backend
 
           echo "Running backend checks in python:3.14-slim via streamed source archive"
           docker run --rm -i python:3.14-slim sh -euxc '
-            mkdir -p /workspace/backend
-            tar -xzf - -C /workspace/backend
+            mkdir -p /workspace
+            tar -xzf - -C /workspace
             cd /workspace/backend
             test -f pyproject.toml
             python -m pip install --disable-pip-version-check --no-cache-dir uv