build: allow skipping publication signing for local publishing

[mikepitre]

Problem

./gradlew publishToMavenLocal fails on signMavenPublication / signAndroidPublication unless Maven Central signing keys are configured, which no local dev machine has. That makes it needlessly hard to build consumers (like the Expo module) against a local clerk-android checkout — the workaround was commenting out signAllPublications() by hand.

What this adds

All three publishing modules (api, ui, telemetry) skip signAllPublications() when -PRELEASE_SIGNING_ENABLED=false is passed:

./gradlew publishToMavenLocal -PRELEASE_SIGNING_ENABLED=false

The property name follows the vanniktech maven-publish convention. Without the property, publications are signed exactly as before, so Maven Central releases are unaffected.

Modules

source/api, source/ui, source/telemetry — build scripts only, no source changes.

Testing

• publishToMavenLocal -PRELEASE_SIGNING_ENABLED=false: all modules publish with no signing keys configured
• publishToMavenLocal without the property: still fails with "no configured signatory" on this keyless machine, confirming default signing behavior is unchanged

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Note

Skip publication signing for local publishing via RELEASE_SIGNING_ENABLED flag

Wraps signAllPublications() in a conditional check for the RELEASE_SIGNING_ENABLED Gradle property in api/build.gradle.kts, telemetry/build.gradle.kts, and ui/build.gradle.kts. Setting RELEASE_SIGNING_ENABLED=false skips signing, which is useful for local Maven publishing without requiring signing credentials.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Build & Publishing
  • Publication signing can now be disabled for local publishing by setting RELEASE_SIGNING_ENABLED=false.
  • Release publications continue to be signed by default.

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• source/api/build.gradle.kts
• source/telemetry/build.gradle.kts
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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Maven publication signing in the API, telemetry, and UI modules is now conditional on the RELEASE_SIGNING_ENABLED Gradle property, allowing signing to be disabled for local publishing.

Changes

Publication signing

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Conditional signing configuration source/api/build.gradle.kts, source/telemetry/build.gradle.kts, source/ui/build.gradle.kts	Publication signing now runs unless RELEASE_SIGNING_ENABLED is explicitly set to "false", with comments documenting the local publishing override.

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes

Suggested reviewers: swolfand

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly describes the main change: making publication signing skippable for local publishing.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description covers the problem, change, affected modules, and testing, though it doesn't follow the template headings exactly.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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[swolfand]

Just do it the old fashioned way want comment this stuff out when you want local builds