Document container tag provenance and enhance container-list (#263)

## Summary

After investigating deployed container images, confirmed that squash-merging PRs orphans the commit SHAs embedded in container image tags. Two of our currently deployed images (prometheus, grafana) reference branch commits not on main.

This PR:

- Documents the squash-merge SHA orphan problem and the post-merge workflow in [[build-container-image]]
- Adds step 9 to the C1 process: after merging a PR that changes `containers/`, do a follow-up C0 to point manifests at the rebuilt `[main]` tag
- Rewrites `container-list` as a `uv run --script` (typer + rich + httpx)
- Adds optional container name filter (`mise run container-list prometheus` shows 10 tags instead of 4)
- Annotates every tag with `[main]` or `[branch]` based on git commit ancestry

## Test plan

- [x] `mise run container-list` — all containers shown with `[main]`/`[branch]` hints
- [x] `mise run container-list prometheus` — filtered view, more tags, correctly shows `[main]` and `[branch]`
- [x] `mise run container-list nonexistent` — error message with exit code 1
- [x] Pre-commit hooks pass

Reviewed-on: https://forge.ops.eblu.me/eblume/blumeops/pulls/263
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title: Agent Change Process
modified: 2026-02-23
modified: 2026-02-24
last-reviewed: 2026-02-23
tags:
- how-to
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- **Workflows:** point workflow triggers at the branch if needed
7. After user review and successful deployment, the user merges the PR
8. **After merge:** reset ArgoCD revisions back to main, re-sync
9. **If the PR changed `containers/`:** the merge triggers a rebuild from main automatically. Once it completes, commit a C0 updating the manifest to the new `[main]`-tagged image (see [[build-container-image#Squash-merge and container tags]])
### Upgrading to C2
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Mikado resets apply to branch code, not build artifacts. Container images in the registry are independent of branch lifecycle:
- **Registry images** are build outputs cached in zot — tagged with commit SHAs, so each build is unique and traceable
- **Squash-merge orphans:** Images built during PR development reference branch SHAs that won't exist on main after merge. After merge, a rebuild triggers automatically; commit a C0 to update manifests to the new `[main]`-tagged image. Use `mise run container-list <name>` to find it
- **Automatic builds** trigger when container changes merge to main. Use `mise run container-build-and-release` for manual dispatch
- **If a build succeeds but deployment fails**, the image is fine; the problem is elsewhere. Document what you learned and try again
- **If a build fails in CI**, no image is pushed. Fix the nix/dockerfile and re-merge or re-dispatch