From f5bfcd92193c3211cccaab03806bd05236c638c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: CJ van den Berg <cj@vdbonline.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2025 10:48:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] build: use standard --release flag for building releases

---
 build.zig                  | 10 +++++++++-
 contrib/make_nightly_build |  2 +-
 contrib/make_release       |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index 1ef5314..097c04c 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ const builtin = @import("builtin");
 const optimize_deps = .ReleaseFast;
 
 pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
-    const release = b.option(bool, "package_release", "Build all release targets") orelse false;
     const tracy_enabled = b.option(bool, "enable_tracy", "Enable tracy client library (default: no)") orelse false;
     const use_tree_sitter = b.option(bool, "use_tree_sitter", "Enable tree-sitter (default: yes)") orelse true;
     const strip = b.option(bool, "strip", "Disable debug information (default: no)");
@@ -24,6 +23,15 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
         version.appendSlice(b.allocator, "unknown") catch {};
     };
 
+    const release = switch (b.release_mode) {
+        .off => false,
+        .any => blk: {
+            b.release_mode = .safe;
+            break :blk true;
+        },
+        else => true,
+    };
+
     return (if (release) &build_release else &build_development)(
         b,
         run_step,
diff --git a/contrib/make_nightly_build b/contrib/make_nightly_build
index 65949c5..30c1e35 100755
--- a/contrib/make_nightly_build
+++ b/contrib/make_nightly_build
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ echo running tests...
 
 echo building...
 
-./zig build -Dpackage_release --prefix "$DESTDIR/build"
+./zig build --release --prefix "$DESTDIR/build"
 
 VERSION=$(/bin/cat "$DESTDIR/build/version")
 
diff --git a/contrib/make_release b/contrib/make_release
index 7d94a3f..4dbe907 100755
--- a/contrib/make_release
+++ b/contrib/make_release
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ echo running tests...
 
 echo building...
 
-./zig build -Dpackage_release --prefix "$DESTDIR/build"
+./zig build --release --prefix "$DESTDIR/build"
 
 cd "$DESTDIR/build"