From 027aed6093d84f033195afe5d9e5abbb1c0d2a62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pvincent <pvincent@artcode.re>
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2026 11:42:55 +0400
Subject: [PATCH] miaou-create --bare-minimal

---
 tools/miaou-create | 50 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/miaou-create b/tools/miaou-create
index 2eb97a3..27ee0cc 100755
--- a/tools/miaou-create
+++ b/tools/miaou-create
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#!/usr/bin/env miaou-bash
 
 # CONSTANTS
 
@@ -9,12 +9,13 @@ PROJECT_SANDBOX=sandbox
 TEMPLATE_SANDBOX=miaou-debian13-template
 TEMPLATE_REFRESH_DELAY="7 days"
 
+BARE_MINIMAL=false
 CONTAINER=
 
 # FUNCTIONS
 
 function usage {
-  echo "$(basename "$0") <CONTAINER_NAME>"
+  echo "$(basename "$0") <CONTAINER_NAME> [--bare-minimal]"
 }
 
 function humanize_ago {
@@ -45,6 +46,9 @@ function parse_options {
     --help | -h)
       usage && exit 0
       ;;
+    --bare-minimal)
+      BARE_MINIMAL=true
+      ;;
     *)
       if [[ -z $CONTAINER ]]; then
         CONTAINER=$1
@@ -78,6 +82,23 @@ function infocmp_xterm_ghostty {
   infocmp -x xterm-ghostty | incus exec $optional_project $target -- tic -x - 2>/dev/null
 }
 
+function assign_host_zoneinfo {
+  local target="$1"
+  local optional_project=${2:-}
+  [[ -n $optional_project ]] && optional_project="--project $optional_project"
+
+  local host_zoneinfo
+  host_zoneinfo=$(realpath /etc/localtime)
+  echo "assign ZONEINFO from host: $host_zoneinfo"
+
+  # TODO:optional_project might be an array, "${optional_project[@]}"
+  incus exec $optional_project "$target" -- bash <<-EOF
+    ln -fs "$host_zoneinfo" /etc/localtime
+    dpkg-reconfigure -f noninteractive tzdata
+EOF
+
+}
+
 function build_sandbox_project {
   if ! incus project show $PROJECT_SANDBOX >/dev/null; then
     incus project create $PROJECT_SANDBOX
@@ -97,7 +118,9 @@ function refresh_template {
 	   /opt/miaou-bash/install.sh 2>/dev/null
 EOF
   incus --project "$PROJECT_SANDBOX" stop "$TEMPLATE_SANDBOX"
-  local image_date=$(incus --project "$PROJECT_SANDBOX" list "$TEMPLATE_SANDBOX" -f compact,noheader -cl)
+
+  local image_date
+  image_date=$(incus --project "$PROJECT_SANDBOX" list "$TEMPLATE_SANDBOX" -f compact,noheader -cl)
   echo "template refreshed at: $image_date"
 }
 
@@ -119,6 +142,8 @@ EOF
 }
 
 function prepare_template_for_quick_creation {
+  [[ $BARE_MINIMAL == true ]] && return
+
   local image_date=$(incus list "$TEMPLATE_SANDBOX" -f compact,noheader -cl --project "$PROJECT_SANDBOX")
   if [[ -z $image_date ]]; then
     build_template_from_scratch
@@ -153,13 +178,20 @@ function assert_not_sandboxing {
 }
 
 function create {
-  if incus --project "$PROJECT_SANDBOX" info "$TEMPLATE_SANDBOX" | grep '^Status: RUNNING'; then
-    incus --project "$PROJECT_SANDBOX" stop "$TEMPLATE_SANDBOX"
+  if [[ "$BARE_MINIMAL" == true ]]; then
+    incus launch "$MIAOU_IMAGE" "$CONTAINER"
+    command -v ghostty >/dev/null && infocmp_xterm_ghostty "$CONTAINER"
+
+    assign_host_zoneinfo "$CONTAINER"
+  else
+    if incus --project "$PROJECT_SANDBOX" info "$TEMPLATE_SANDBOX" | grep '^Status: RUNNING'; then
+      incus --project "$PROJECT_SANDBOX" stop "$TEMPLATE_SANDBOX"
+    fi
+    incus --project "$PROJECT_SANDBOX" copy --instance-only "$TEMPLATE_SANDBOX" "$CONTAINER" --target-project $(incus project get-current)
+    incus file delete "$CONTAINER/etc/machine-id"
+    incus config unset "$CONTAINER" volatile.eth0.hwaddr
+    incus start "$CONTAINER"
   fi
-  incus --project "$PROJECT_SANDBOX" copy --instance-only "$TEMPLATE_SANDBOX" "$CONTAINER" --target-project $(incus project get-current)
-  incus file delete "$CONTAINER/etc/machine-id"
-  incus config unset "$CONTAINER" volatile.eth0.hwaddr
-  incus start "$CONTAINER"
   customize_host "$CONTAINER"
 }