Simplify README to four sections - #440
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Approving — the cut is sound and the setup correction is right.
I verified the platform split against the source: src/setup.rs:102-103 calls install_firecracker and fetch_kernel on the Firecracker path only, and src/lima.rs:649 hard-fails with brew install lima, so the old README's "installed automatically by coop setup" was indeed wrong. All four added anchors resolve (commands.md#update, configuration.md#updates-section, getting-started.md#prerequisites, docs/index.md), CONTRIBUTING.md:33 was the only inbound link to a deleted README anchor repo-wide, and every removed section is covered by the doc it now points to.
One inline suggestion on the manual verification recipe. One more for a file outside this diff:
docs/commands.md:151 — the follow-up you flagged in the description. It is the last unqualified coop setup description left (docs/getting-started.md:119 and docs/backends.md:147 already split by backend), so after this PR it contradicts the corrected README.md:30. One line, if you would rather land it here than in a separate PR:
Run this once after installing coop. It checks prerequisites and builds a template root filesystem. On Linux it also installs Firecracker and fetches a guest kernel; on macOS it requires Lima to already be installed (
brew install lima) and fails without it.
Non-blocking: the description does not match the diff — it says 84 lines (the file is 67) and lists four sections including a new Development section, but the README has three (Setup, Usage, Documentation) and links docs/testing.md nowhere. Reads like a section was cut before push; worth reconciling the body or restoring it.
Reduce README.md from 189 to 84 lines, leaving four sections: setup and updating, usage, development, and documentation. Drop the feature list, the full command table, and the release-verification walkthrough. The command table duplicated docs/commands.md, the update flags are documented at docs/commands.md#update and docs/configuration.md, and the backend requirements are in docs/getting-started.md. Add an Install section to docs/getting-started.md so the release-verification instructions keep a user-facing home, and point CONTRIBUTING.md at that document instead of the removed README requirements anchor. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
`coop setup` installs a runtime and fetches a kernel only on the Firecracker backend (src/setup.rs). The Lima path (src/lima.rs) does neither and fails when limactl is missing, so state the platform split and point macOS readers at `brew install lima`, in the README and in the getting-started prerequisites. Also correct the new Install section: `coop update` requires the checksum while install.sh skips it when no sha256sum tool is present, and both fall back to the GitHub attestations API when no bundle asset is published. Align the Linux arm64 support wording between the two documents. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-authored-by: Henrik Brodin <90325907+hbrodin@users.noreply.github.com>
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README.mdfrom 189 to 84 lines, leaving four sections: setup and updating, usage, development, and documentation.What changed
coop setup, and a short paragraph oncoop updateand the background update check, linking to the full flag reference.coop up, thencoop claudeorcoop codex) and the bypass-permissions note, linking to the command reference.CONTRIBUTING.mdanddocs/testing.md. This section is new; the README previously had no contributor entry point.Removed: the feature list, the 30-row command table, the
coop updateflag table, the release-verification walkthrough, and the requirements section. Each duplicated a document that remains the system of record —docs/commands.md,docs/configuration.md,docs/getting-started.md, anddocs/trust-model.md. Nothing in the repository linked to a README anchor this change deletes.Supporting edits
docs/getting-started.mdgains an Install section carrying the install-script one-liner and the manualgh attestation verifyinstructions, which previously lived only in the README.CONTRIBUTING.mdlinked toREADME.md#requirements, an anchor this change removes; it now points atdocs/getting-started.md#prerequisites.Setup accuracy fix
Writing the condensed setup section surfaced a claim that was wrong on macOS.
coop setupinstalls a runtime and fetches a guest kernel only on the Firecracker backend (src/setup.rs). The Lima path (src/lima.rs) does neither — it fails outright whenlimactlis missing, telling the reader to runbrew install lima. The old README said Lima was "installed automatically bycoop setup", which was never true. Both the README and the getting-started prerequisites now state the platform split and namebrew install lima.The new Install section is also corrected on two points:
coop updatetreats the checksum as mandatory whileinstall.shskips verification when nosha256sumorshasumbinary is present, and both fall back to the GitHub attestations API for releases published without a usable bundle asset.Follow-up, not in this PR
docs/commands.md:151describescoop setupwith the same missing platform qualifier. It is outside this change's diff and left for a separate fix.Documentation only — no code changes.
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