The override config.yaml used `../`-prefixed paths that escape the repo
root when resolved by the build harness. Removed the `../` prefix and corrected the .glyphs source name to the underscored form present at the pinned commit.
Recipe output paths made repo-root-relative likewise.
Repo: xotypeco/big_shoulders
Commit:
41153e6fe01d218e933919a1d08c8e45065bc8fe (unchanged; verified correct)
Config: ../Big-Shoulders... -> Big-Shoulders/sources/Big_Shoulders.glyphs (and recipe outputs)
Status: source path corrected (verified present at build commit; gftools-builder smoke-test passed)
Confidence: High
Assisted by an AI agent (Claude Opus 4.8)
sources:
- - ../Big-Shoulders/sources/BigShoulders.glyphs
+ - Big-Shoulders/sources/Big_Shoulders.glyphs
recipe:
- ../Big-Shoulders/fonts/variable/display/BigShouldersDisplay[wght].ttf:
- - source: ../Big-Shoulders/sources/BigShoulders.glyphs
+ Big-Shoulders/fonts/variable/display/BigShouldersDisplay[wght].ttf:
+ - source: Big-Shoulders/sources/Big_Shoulders.glyphs
- args: --filter ... --filter FlattenComponentsFilter --filter DecomposeTransformedComponentsFilter
operation: buildVariable
- operation: subspace
- operation: fix
- postprocess: buildStat
# And now the small caps family
- ../Big-Shoulders/fonts/variable/display/BigShouldersDisplaySC[wght].ttf:
- - source: ../Big-Shoulders/sources/BigShoulders.glyphs
+ Big-Shoulders/fonts/variable/display/BigShouldersDisplaySC[wght].ttf:
+ - source: Big-Shoulders/sources/Big_Shoulders.glyphs
- args: --filter ... --filter FlattenComponentsFilter --filter DecomposeTransformedComponentsFilter
operation: buildVariable
- operation: subspace
1. **Commit hash correction**: The recorded commit hash `41153e6` should likely be updated to `465a9c592f06d493841b35dca5d248c8142b75f8` to match the actual commit used for the v2.000 update. The file path in METADATA.pb (`Big-Shoulders/fonts/variable/display/BigShouldersDisplay[wght].ttf`) only exists at the later commit.
2. **Relationship to parent family**: Big Shoulders Display is a derivative of the parent Big Shoulders family (same upstream repo, different optical size slice). The parent family uses commit `8ba99c9` (HEAD of master), while Big Shoulders Display uses an older commit from 2021.
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+## Correction (2026-05-28) — override config source path
+
+**Model**: Claude Opus 4.8
+
+fontc_crater reported `missing source '../Big-Shoulders/sources/BigShoulders.glyphs'` for the xotypeco/big_shoulders monorepo. The override `config.yaml` used paths prefixed with `../`, which the build harness resolves relative to the repository root and therefore escape the checkout. For this family the repo-escaping `../` prefix was removed and the `.glyphs` source name was corrected to the underscored form present at the pinned commit: `Big-Shoulders/sources/Big_Shoulders.glyphs` (verified present at the pinned commit `41153e6`). The recipe output paths were made repo-root-relative likewise. The pinned commit is unchanged.
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+A local gftools-builder smoke-test of the corrected config built the variable TTFs successfully (RC=0), confirming the path fix is sufficient.