Skilllibrary release-binaries

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/merceralex397-collab/skilllibrary

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/merceralex397-collab/skilllibrary "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/10-cli-systems-and-ops/release-binaries" ~/.claude/skills/merceralex397-collab-skilllibrary-release-binaries && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: 10-cli-systems-and-ops/release-binaries/SKILL.md

source content

Purpose

Cross-compile binaries for multiple OS/arch targets and automate release publishing with GoReleaser or cargo-dist.

When to use this skill

setting up cross-compilation for Go (
```
GOOS
```
/
```
GOARCH
```
) or Rust (
```
--target
```
)
configuring GoReleaser for automated GitHub releases
stripping symbols, compressing binaries, or embedding version info
publishing release artifacts with checksums and signatures

Do not use this skill when

packaging into Homebrew/deb/rpm — prefer
```
packaging-installers
```
building Docker images — different workflow
the project is a library, not a binary

Procedure

Define target matrix —

linux/amd64

linux/arm64

darwin/amd64

darwin/arm64

windows/amd64

Configure GoReleaser — create

.goreleaser.yaml

with

builds

archives

checksum

release

Set ldflags —

-ldflags "-s -w -X main.version={{.Version}} -X main.commit={{.Commit}}"

Local build —

goreleaser build --snapshot --clean

. Check output in

dist/

CI workflow — GitHub Actions on
```
tags: v*
```
using
```
goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v5
```
.
Checksums — GoReleaser auto-generates. Manual:
```
sha256sum dist/* > checksums.txt
```
.
Sign —
```
cosign sign-blob
```
or GPG on checksums file.
Verify — download each artifact, check checksum, run
```
--version
```
.

GoReleaser config

version: 2
builds:
  - env: [CGO_ENABLED=0]
    goos: [linux, darwin, windows]
    goarch: [amd64, arm64]
    ldflags: [-s, -w, "-X main.version={{.Version}}"]
archives:
  - format_overrides:
      - goos: windows
        format: zip
checksum:
  name_template: checksums.txt

Rust cross-compilation

rustup target add x86_64-unknown-linux-musl aarch64-unknown-linux-musl
cargo build --release --target x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
strip target/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/release/mytool

Decision rules

```
CGO_ENABLED=0
```
for Go static binaries — avoids glibc issues.
musl target for Rust static binaries on Linux.
Always include
```
sha256
```
checksums.
```
-s -w
```
(Go) or
```
strip
```
(Rust) reduces binary size ~30%.
Tag as
```
v1.2.3
```
(semver with
```
v
```
prefix) — GoReleaser expects this.

References

Related skills

```
packaging-installers
```
— Homebrew/deb/rpm packaging
```
cli-development-go
```
— building the Go CLI
```
cobra-go
```
— command structure for the binary