Squashed commit of the following:

commit 990d86d481
Author: bbedward <bbedward@gmail.com>
Date:   Sat Jul 18 10:43:22 2026 -0400

    flake: update-common

commit 526cb157fd
Author: bbedward <bbedward@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu Jul 16 17:56:40 2026 -0400

    i18n: update sync scrirpt for dank-qml-common

commit 92ba96d9f9
Author: bbedward <bbedward@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu Jul 16 09:24:37 2026 -0400

    qs: integrate with dank-qml-common

.github/workflows/common-parity.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+name: Sync flake.lock to dank-qml-common
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - "dank-qml-common"
+    branches:
+      - master
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  sync:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Create GitHub App token
+        id: app_token
+        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v1
+        with:
+          app-id: ${{ secrets.APP_ID }}
+          private-key: ${{ secrets.APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          token: ${{ steps.app_token.outputs.token }}
+
+      - name: Install Nix
+        uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v31
+
+      - name: Point flake input at the submodule commit
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          submodule_rev=$(git ls-tree HEAD dank-qml-common --object-only)
+          flake_rev=$(python3 -c "import json; print(json.load(open('flake.lock'))['nodes']['dank-qml-common']['locked']['rev'])")
+          [ "$submodule_rev" = "$flake_rev" ] && { echo "flake.lock already matches $submodule_rev"; exit 0; }
+          nix flake lock --override-input dank-qml-common "github:AvengeMedia/dank-qml-common/$submodule_rev"
+
+      - name: Commit and push flake.lock update
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.app_token.outputs.token }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          if git diff --quiet flake.lock; then
+            echo "No changes to flake.lock"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          git config user.name "dms-ci[bot]"
+          git config user.email "dms-ci[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git add flake.lock
+          git commit -m "nix: sync flake.lock to dank-qml-common submodule"
+          git pull --rebase origin ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          git push https://x-access-token:${GH_TOKEN}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}.git HEAD:${{ github.ref_name }}

.github/workflows/go-ci.yml

@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          submodules: recursive
 
       - name: Install flatpak
         run: sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y flatpak

.github/workflows/prek.yml

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          submodules: recursive
 
       - name: Install flatpak
         run: sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y flatpak

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.tag }}
           fetch-depth: 0
+          submodules: recursive
 
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v6
@@ -191,11 +192,13 @@ jobs:
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.tag }}
           fetch-depth: 0
+          submodules: recursive
 
       - name: Fetch updated tag after version bump
         run: |
           git fetch origin --force tag ${TAG}
           git checkout ${TAG}
+          git submodule update --init --recursive
 
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v6
@@ -252,6 +255,7 @@ jobs:
           - **`dankinstall-arm64.gz`** - Installer binary for ARM64 systems
           - **`dms-cli-<version>.tar.gz`** - Go source code with vendored modules (for distro packaging)
           - **`dms-qml.tar.gz`** - QML source code only
+          - **`dms-source.tar.gz`** - Full repository source with bundled DankCommon (for distro packaging)
 
           ### Checksums
           - **`*.sha256`** - SHA256 checksums for verifying download integrity
@@ -299,6 +303,22 @@ jobs:
           # Copy completions
           cp _core_assets/completion.* _release_assets/ 2>/dev/null || true
 
+          # Replace the DankCommon symlink with real submodule content for packaging
+          rm quickshell/DankCommon
+          cp -r dank-qml-common/DankCommon quickshell/DankCommon
+
+          # Create full source tarball (GitHub tag archives never contain submodule content)
+          VERSION_NUM=${TAG#v}
+          tar --exclude='.git' \
+              --exclude='.github' \
+              --exclude='dank-qml-common' \
+              --exclude='_release_assets' \
+              --exclude='_core_assets' \
+              --exclude='RELEASE_BODY.md' \
+              --transform "s,^\.,DankMaterialShell-${VERSION_NUM},S" \
+              -czf _release_assets/dms-source.tar.gz .
+          (cd _release_assets && sha256sum dms-source.tar.gz > dms-source.tar.gz.sha256)
+
           # Create QML source package (exclude build artifacts and git files)
           # Copy root LICENSE and CONTRIBUTING.md to quickshell/ for packaging
           cp LICENSE CONTRIBUTING.md quickshell/

.github/workflows/run-obs.yml

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+          submodules: recursive
 
       - name: Check for updates
         id: check
@@ -199,6 +200,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+          submodules: recursive
 
       - name: Wait before OBS upload
         run: sleep 3

.github/workflows/run-ppa.yml

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+          submodules: recursive
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+          submodules: recursive
 
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v6

.github/workflows/run-xbps.yml

@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name || (github.event.inputs.version && (startsWith(github.event.inputs.version, 'v') && github.event.inputs.version || format('v{0}', github.event.inputs.version))) || github.ref }}
           fetch-depth: 0
+          submodules: recursive
 
       - name: Record checked-out source commit
         run: echo "SOURCE_COMMIT=$(git rev-parse HEAD)" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
@@ -225,7 +226,7 @@ jobs:
           if [ -n "$RELEASE_VER" ] && { [ "$BUILD_DMS" = "true" ] || [ "$BUILD_GREETER" = "true" ]; }; then
             echo "🔧 Updating stable templates for $ARCHIVE_TAG"
             TARBALL="$(mktemp)"
-            curl -fsSL -o "$TARBALL" "https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/archive/refs/tags/${ARCHIVE_TAG}.tar.gz"
+            curl -fsSL -o "$TARBALL" "https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/releases/download/${ARCHIVE_TAG}/dms-source.tar.gz"
             RELEASE_CHECKSUM="$(sha256sum "$TARBALL" | cut -d' ' -f1)"
             rm -f "$TARBALL"
 
@@ -246,7 +247,7 @@ jobs:
             # into $wrksrc (create_wrksrc=yes handles the rest).
             SRC_CACHE="hostdir/sources/dms-git-${GIT_VER}"
             mkdir -p "$SRC_CACHE"
-            tar -czf "${SRC_CACHE}/dms-git-${GIT_VER}.tar.gz" \
+            tar -czhf "${SRC_CACHE}/dms-git-${GIT_VER}.tar.gz" \
               --exclude=void-packages \
               --exclude=r2-repo \
               --exclude=.git \