@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ on:
           Leave empty to build every package.
         required: false
         default: ""
+  # TEMP(ci-test): run automatically on pushes to the ci branch so the fix can
+  # be exercised without merging to the default branch. REMOVE before merge.
+  push:
+    branches: [ci]
 
 # Needed so the workflow can create tags, releases, and upload assets.
 permissions:
@@ -50,7 +54,9 @@ jobs:
           # Passed via env (not inlined into the script) to avoid shell
           # injection from the workflow input. Unquoted on use so it splits
           # into separate args; empty => dist.pl builds everything.
-          PACKAGES: ${{ inputs.packages }}
+          # TEMP(ci-test): a push to ci builds only "music"; manual dispatch is
+          # unchanged (uses the input, empty = all). REMOVE the push branch before merge.
+          PACKAGES: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && 'music' || inputs.packages }}
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
           perl dist.pl $PACKAGES