fix: evolution.patch has no apply-validation step in CI or evolve.sh (#866)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

.woodpecker/ci.yml

@@ -82,6 +82,25 @@ steps:
           fi
         '
 
+  - name: validate-evolution-patch
+    image: registry.niovi.voyage/harb/node-ci:latest
+    when:
+      - event: pull_request
+        path:
+          include:
+            - onchain/**
+            - tools/push3-evolution/**
+    commands:
+      - |
+        bash -c '
+          set -euo pipefail
+          if ! git apply --check tools/push3-evolution/evolution.patch; then
+            echo "ERROR: evolution.patch needs regeneration — see tools/push3-evolution/evolution.conf" >&2
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "evolution.patch applies cleanly."
+        '
+
   - name: node-quality
     image: registry.niovi.voyage/harb/node-ci:latest
     environment:

tools/push3-evolution/evolution-daemon.sh

@@ -188,6 +188,11 @@ while true; do
   PATCH_APPLIED=false
   if [ "$HAS_PATCH" = "true" ]; then
     log "[2/7] Applying evolution patches…"
+    if ! (cd "$REPO_ROOT" && git apply --check "$PATCH_FILE"); then
+      log "  ERROR: evolution.patch needs regeneration — see tools/push3-evolution/evolution.conf"
+      log "  Skipping run (patch does not apply to current tree)."
+      continue
+    fi
     if (cd "$REPO_ROOT" && git apply "$PATCH_FILE"); then
       PATCH_APPLIED=true
       log "  Patches applied OK"