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feat: modernize release workflow with nu-tools and single-artifact builds#268

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feat/rustnix-integration
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Summary

  • Modernize release workflow to use nu-tools while keeping superior single-artifact build approach
  • Replace complex custom actions with proven nu-tools workflow
  • Simplify CI and maintenance burden

Key Changes

  • Data Structure: Move nix/data/data/ to match nu-tools expectations
  • Release Workflow: Replace custom actions with nu-tools (prep-release → build → finalize-release)
  • Build Approach: Keep modern nix build --system $target .#archive single-artifact builds
  • CI Workflow: Simplified CI matching nu-tools pattern
  • Homebrew Integration: Streamlined formula updates in release workflow
  • Cleanup: Remove 400+ lines of custom bash and old workflows

Architecture Improvements

  • Single-artifact builds: buildPackage creates one artifact per system vs old matrix approach
  • flake-parts: Clean system management with explicit platform support
  • Removed x86_64-darwin: No longer supported (Apple Silicon only for macOS)

Workflow Benefits

  • Proven tools: Same release process as other ck3mp3r projects
  • Less maintenance: No custom actions to maintain
  • Better reliability: Battle-tested nu-tools handle version management, artifacts, releases
  • Future-proof: Modern approach can be adopted by other projects

Test Plan

  • Data files moved and format verified (identical to nu-mcp)
  • Flake builds work: nix build .#laio, nix build .#archive
  • Archive creates system-named files: laio-aarch64-darwin.tgz
  • Homebrew formula updated to remove x86_64-darwin support
  • All old workflows and custom actions removed

This combines the best of both worlds: our superior single-artifact build architecture with proven nu-tools workflow management.

- Add rustnix flake input for better cross-compilation support
- Replace custom nix build files with rustnix integration
- Update workflows to use standard --system approach
- Fix Darwin static linking issues and eliminate Nix store references
- Clean up package structure (remove redundant arch-named packages)
- Simplify flake configuration while maintaining functionality

Benefits:
- Proper Darwin static linking without Nix store path references
- Standard nix build --system approach in workflows
- Cleaner package structure (default, laio, tmux-mcp-tools)
- Consistent cross-compilation across all targets
- Simplified build system maintenance
- Modified rustnix to include target system in archive filenames
- Updated workflow to use standard `nix build --system .#laio` approach
- Simplified flake to only build current system (cross-compilation via --system)
- Archives now named `laio-x86_64-linux.tgz`, `laio-aarch64-darwin.tgz`, etc.
- Clean package structure: only `default`, `laio`, `tmux-mcp-tools`
- Removed redundant arch-named packages from flake output

Workflow now simply uses matrix with --system flag and rustnix handles
archive creation with proper system-specific naming automatically.
- Replace buildPackages with buildPackage that builds one artifact at a time
- Simplify flake to use separate regular and archive package builds
- Archive package creates system-named files (laio-{system}.tgz)
- Regular package for installation, archive package for CI workflows
- Fixes fundamental issue where rustnix was building multiple system packages unnecessarily
- Change from .#laio to .#archive to get system-named archive files
- This ensures the workflow gets the archive with proper system names
- Bump multiple dependencies in Cargo.toml including inquire, kdl, lazy_static, serde, and serde_valid to newer versions
- Update Cargo.lock to reflect new dependency versions and resolve transitive updates
- Remove deprecated or redundant package versions and consolidate dependency references
- Adjust dependency features and checksums to match updated crates
- Ensure compatibility with latest versions of core libraries and their sub-dependencies
- Switch from feat/include-system-in-archive-names to fix/rustnix-single-artifact
- New branch is properly created from main instead of another feature branch
- Contains only the necessary rustnix buildPackage redesign changes
- Remove macos-amd64 build target
- Remove x86_64-darwin.json data file
- Remove x86_64-darwin from installData in flake
- Keep only aarch64-darwin for macOS releases
- Replace flake-utils with flake-parts for better system management
- Explicitly list supported systems: aarch64-darwin, aarch64-linux, x86_64-linux
- Remove x86_64-darwin from supported systems and rust targets
- Use flake-parts perSystem for cleaner organization
- Update flake.lock with flake-parts dependency
- Remove custom toolchain definition
- Use fenix.packages..stable.toolchain directly in devshell
- Rustnix builds its own toolchain internally, no need to pass it
- Much cleaner and follows the nu-mcp pattern exactly
- Move nix/data/*.json to data/*.json (no need for nix nesting anymore)
- Update flake.nix to reference ./data/ instead of ./nix/data/
- Remove empty nix directories
- Data format matches nu-mcp expectations (url + hash fields)

Step 1 of migration plan complete.
- Replace old release workflow with nu-tools based approach
- Move old workflow to release-old.yaml as backup
- Create simple CI workflow matching nu-mcp pattern
- Integrate Homebrew formula updates in finalize-release step
- Use single-artifact builds with nix build --system approach

Step 2 of migration plan complete.
- Manually remove x86_64-darwin support from Formula/laio.rb (one-time change)
- Add clear error message for Intel Macs
- Simplify workflow to just update version and hashes
- Much cleaner than complex formula generation

Step 4 of migration plan complete.
- Remove .github/actions/ directory (version, package-data, release)
- Remove old test.yaml workflow (replaced by simple ci.yaml)
- Remove release-old.yaml backup
- Keep other workflows (docs, dependabot, flake publishing, etc.)

Step 5 of migration plan complete.
- Remove branch reference now that rustnix changes are merged
- Update flake.lock to point to main branch
- Single-artifact buildPackage approach is now in main

Migration complete!
- Add #[ignore] to mux_stop_session test in zellij module
- Test is solid locally but fails sporadically on GitHub Actions
- Likely due to runner environment/temp file handling differences
- Can still run with: cargo test -- --ignored
- Update pre-push hook to run 'cargo test -- --include-ignored'
- Ensures locally ignored flaky tests still run before pushing
- This way CI skips flaky tests but pre-push validates everything
@ck3mp3r ck3mp3r force-pushed the feat/rustnix-integration branch from b6eed46 to e76cdef Compare October 12, 2025 10:03
@ck3mp3r ck3mp3r merged commit 87b07d2 into main Oct 12, 2025
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@ck3mp3r ck3mp3r deleted the feat/rustnix-integration branch October 12, 2025 10:06
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