2026 03 12 solc

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• New Features

  • Added a shell verification task to validate the development shell behavior.

• Documentation

  • Added comprehensive project README with usage, dev shells, and task guidance.
  • Added REUSE annotation for the README.

• Tests

  • Added a test to confirm the Solidity compiler is available in the dev environment.
  • Updated test fixtures for compatibility with the newer compiler.

• Chores

  • Bumped Solidity compiler from 0.8.19 to 0.8.25.
  • Enhanced CI to run the new shell verification step.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The changes upgrade the Rainix Nix flake to support Solidity 0.8.25, introduce a new default-shell-test task for shell verification, add comprehensive documentation, and update test fixtures and CI workflows accordingly.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
Solidity Version Upgrade flake.nix, CLAUDE.md, test/fixture/script/Deploy.sol, test/fixture/test/Counter.t.sol	Replaced solc 0.8.19 with solc 0.8.25 in build inputs and bumped Solidity pragmas in fixtures/tests.
Shell Test Task & CI .github/workflows/check-shell.yml, flake.nix, test/bats/devshell/default/solc.test.bats	Added default-shell-test mkTask (invokes Bats), included it in devShells.default buildInputs, and added CI step to run nix develop --command default-shell-test. Added Bats test asserting solc-0.8.25 is on PATH.
Documentation & Metadata README.md, REUSE.toml, CLAUDE.md	Added full README, added README to REUSE.toml annotations, and updated CLAUDE.md to reflect pinned Solidity version.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Dev as Developer
  participant CI as CI (GitHub Actions)
  participant Nix as nix develop
  participant Task as default-shell-test (mkTask)
  participant Bats as Bats runner
  participant Tool as solc-0.8.25

  Dev->>CI: push / PR
  CI->>Nix: run `nix develop --command default-shell-test`
  Nix->>Task: execute task environment (includes bats)
  Task->>Bats: run `bats test/bats/devshell/default/solc.test.bats`
  Bats->>Tool: invokes `solc-0.8.25 --version`
  Tool-->>Bats: returns version output
  Bats-->>CI: test result (pass/fail)

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🐰 A curious rabbit says:
Upgraded solc, a hopping feat,
Bats run tests to prove it's neat,
README blooms, the flakes align,
Rainix shines — a carrot sign! 🥕

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Title check	❓ Inconclusive	The title '2026 03 12 solc' is vague and uses a date format without clearly communicating the actual change; it's unclear if this is about updating Solidity version, adding tests, or something else.	Revise the title to be more descriptive of the main change, e.g., 'Upgrade Solidity compiler from 0.8.19 to 0.8.25' or 'Update solc and add default-shell-test'.

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