The server carries its own manifest and runs from its own folder

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>

deploy/deploy.sh

@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ npm run build
 rsync -az --delete --filter='P _app/immutable/*' \
   build/ "root@$HOST:/opt/waving-hands/build/"
 
-# The server runs from source with tsx; it needs the engine, its own code,
-# and the dependency manifest. Ledgers live outside this tree and survive.
-rsync -az --delete \
+# The server runs from source with tsx and carries its own small manifest;
+# it needs only its code and the engine. Ledgers live outside this tree.
+rsync -az --delete --exclude='/server/node_modules' \
   --include='/server/***' --include='/src/' --include='/src/lib/' --include='/src/lib/game/***' \
-  --include='/package.json' --include='/package-lock.json' --include='/deploy/' --include='/deploy/waving-hands.service' \
+  --include='/deploy/' --include='/deploy/waving-hands.service' \
   --exclude='*' \
   ./ "root@$HOST:/opt/waving-hands/app/"
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ ssh "root@$HOST" '
   find /opt/waving-hands/build/_app/immutable -type f -mtime +7 -delete
   chown -R root:caddy /opt/waving-hands/build
   chmod -R g+rX /opt/waving-hands/build
-  cd /opt/waving-hands/app && npm install --no-audit --no-fund --omit=optional
+  cd /opt/waving-hands/app/server && npm install --no-audit --no-fund
   chown -R waving-hands:waving-hands /opt/waving-hands/app
   cp /opt/waving-hands/app/deploy/waving-hands.service /etc/systemd/system/waving-hands.service
   systemctl daemon-reload

deploy/waving-hands.service

@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ After=network.target
 [Service]
 Type=simple
 User=waving-hands
-WorkingDirectory=/opt/waving-hands/app
+WorkingDirectory=/opt/waving-hands/app/server
 Environment=PORT=8788
 # Caddy terminates TLS; the plaintext port must not face the internet.
 Environment=HOST=127.0.0.1
 Environment=WH_DATA_DIR=/var/lib/waving-hands/rooms
-ExecStart=/opt/waving-hands/app/node_modules/.bin/tsx server/src/index.ts
+ExecStart=/opt/waving-hands/app/server/node_modules/.bin/tsx src/index.ts
 Restart=always
 RestartSec=3