The override config.yaml used `../`-prefixed paths that escape the repo
root when resolved by the build harness. Removed the `../` prefix (the source filename already matched the pinned commit).
Recipe output paths made repo-root-relative likewise.
Repo: xotypeco/big_shoulders
Commit:
0b3d09a86862b19efae28eae0cd868f17c476b20 (unchanged; verified correct)
Config: ../Big-Shoulders... -> Big-Shoulders/sources/BigShoulders.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/BigShoulders.glyphs
recipe:
- ../Big-Shoulders/fonts/variable/text/BigShouldersText[wght].ttf:
- - source: ../Big-Shoulders/sources/BigShoulders.glyphs
+ Big-Shoulders/fonts/variable/text/BigShouldersText[wght].ttf:
+ - source: Big-Shoulders/sources/BigShoulders.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/text/BigShouldersTextSC[wght].ttf:
- - source: ../Big-Shoulders/sources/BigShoulders.glyphs
+ Big-Shoulders/fonts/variable/text/BigShouldersTextSC[wght].ttf:
+ - source: Big-Shoulders/sources/BigShoulders.glyphs
- args: --filter ... --filter FlattenComponentsFilter --filter DecomposeTransformedComponentsFilter
operation: buildVariable
- operation: subspace
## Conclusion
The source metadata for Big Shoulders Text SC is **complete**. The repository URL and commit hash are correct and verified. The override config.yaml in google/fonts was created at onboarding time by Simon Cozens (PR #7790) and correctly builds the Text SC variable font from the shared Glyphs source. The `config_yaml` field is correctly omitted from METADATA.pb since the local override is auto-detected. No changes are needed.
+
+
+## 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 (the source filename already matched the file present at the pinned commit): `Big-Shoulders/sources/BigShoulders.glyphs` (verified present at the pinned commit `0b3d09a`). The recipe output paths were made repo-root-relative likewise. The pinned commit is unchanged.
+
+A local gftools-builder smoke-test of the corrected config built the variable TTFs successfully (RC=0), confirming the path fix is sufficient.