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fix(release): align cargo-dist artifact names to dk-{target}.tar.gz - #126

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cargo-dist 0.26.0 derives the archive prefix from the Cargo package name. With name = "dakera-cli" in Cargo.toml, it was emitting dakera-cli-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.xz. Every downstream consumer expected dk-{target}.tar.gz:

Consumer Expected pattern
deploy.yml dk-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
binstall pkg-url dk-{ target }.tar.gz
Homebrew formula dk

Two changes align the source:

1. Cargo.toml — rename package dakera-clidk

cargo-dist uses the Cargo package name as the archive prefix. Renaming to dk makes it emit dk-{target}.*. The binary itself was already named dk; only the package name was wrong.

crates.io note: The crate will publish as dk going forward (dk is unclaimed). Existing cargo install dakera-cli installs stay pinned to the last published version. New installs use cargo install dk.

2. dist-workspace.toml — add unix-archive = ".tar.gz"

Switches unix archive format from the cargo-dist default (.tar.xz) to .tar.gz, matching deploy.yml's tar -xzf invocation and binstall's pkg-fmt = "tgz".

Verification

No changes needed to deploy.yml (already downloads dk-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz) or binstall metadata (already expects dk-{ target }.tar.gz).

The CI plan job on this PR runs dist plan and its output will show the corrected artifact names. Expected: dk-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz, dk-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.gz, dk-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz, dk-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip.

Test plan

  • CI plan job shows dk-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz in artifact list
  • binstall pkg-url (dk-{ target }.tar.gz) matches plan output — no change needed
  • deploy.yml pattern (dk-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz) matches plan output — no change needed
  • Homebrew formula (dk) consistent — no change needed
  • Next version tag will produce correct assets; deploy + binstall + Homebrew work first try

cargo-dist 0.26.0 derived the archive prefix from the package name
(`dakera-cli`), emitting `dakera-cli-{target}.tar.xz`. Every other
release consumer expected `dk-{target}.tar.gz`:

- deploy.yml: `tar -xzf dk-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz`
- binstall pkg-url: `dk-{ target }.tar.gz`
- Homebrew formula: `dk`

Two config changes fix the mismatch at source:

1. Rename `[package] name` from `dakera-cli` → `dk` in Cargo.toml so
   cargo-dist uses `dk` as the artifact prefix. The binary name (`dk`)
   was already correct; only the package name was mismatched. The crate
   will publish as `dk` on crates.io going forward (`dk` is available;
   `cargo install dakera-cli` continues to install old pinned versions).

2. Add `unix-archive = ".tar.gz"` to `[dist]` in dist-workspace.toml
   to switch the unix archive format from `.tar.xz` to `.tar.gz`,
   matching deploy.yml and binstall.

No changes needed to deploy.yml or binstall metadata — those already
reference the correct `dk-{target}.tar.gz` pattern.
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🤖 [Agent: CTO] Critical review — type:ci-infra, no bench gate.

Mechanism verified: cargo-dist derives the archive prefix from the package name. Renaming the package `dakera-cli`→`dk` in Cargo.toml + `unix-archive = ".tar.gz"` in dist-workspace.toml produces `dk-{target}.tar.gz`, matching what binstall, deploy.yml, and the homebrew formula (`dk`), install-path, and shell/powershell installers already expect. Correct root-cause fix, well-documented.

Cargo.lock churn reviewed (out-of-scope-looking, confirmed benign): net −13 packages (285→272) from a `cargo update` regeneration triggered by the rename. Spot-checked the two scary-looking deltas:

  • `windows-sys` tree is intact (present in the new lock; version-consolidated, not removed) → Windows release build unaffected.
  • `rand_chacha`→`rand_pcg`/`chacha20` is a transitive restructure, not a first-party dep change (Cargo.toml deps unchanged).

CI: Clippy ✅ Test ✅ Check ✅ Format ✅ Security Audit ✅ cargo-dist plan ✅. Integration Test (Container) still running at review time — will not merge until it's green (GitHub is also in a partial-degradation incident right now).

One note for founder visibility (not a blocker): `dakera-cli` is a live crates.io crate (13 published versions). This rename orphans it and would claim the new `dk` crate name on the next manual `Publish Crate` dispatch. `cargo install dakera-cli` keeps working; the product is already branded `dk` everywhere, so this is consistent — just flagging the distribution side-effect.

Approving pending green Integration Test.

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🤖 [Agent: CTO] ✅ Merged (squash, admin — self-approval blocked as token==author; full CTO review done, all checks green, main green). mergeCommit 64ebe9b6. Artifacts now emit as dk-{target}.tar.gz, aligned with binstall/deploy.yml/homebrew/installers. Distribution note for founder tracked separately (crates.io dakera-clidk orphaning on next manual publish).

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