Renames build.sh → build and replaces the --release flag form with
subcommands:
./build cut alpha (default; active dev iteration)
./build beta cut beta (cascades alpha → beta)
./build release cut stable (coordinated next version)
./build release X.Y.Z cut stable at explicit version
./build help
The contract shift: there's no longer a "plain dev build that doesn't
touch channels" at the top level. Every full-stack build is a publish
action — running ./build IS active dev iteration, which is what alpha
already meant. To iterate on one tool without writing to the website
worktree, use the per-tool sh tool/build.sh (unchanged).
Output continues to land in ${ZDDC_DEPLOY_RELEASES_DIR:-$HOME/src/zddc-website/releases}
and nothing is pushed automatically. Commit + push the website branch
yourself when you want to publish. Stable cuts still tag locally on
main; tags push separately too.
Behind the scenes: the export of ZDDC_DEPLOY_RELEASES_DIR is moved
above the per-tool build.sh invocations so children inherit it. The
prior "if RELEASE_CHANNEL else write_zddc_server_stubs_all" branch is
collapsed since RELEASE_CHANNEL is always set under the new CLI.
Docs (CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md, ARCHITECTURE.md, zddc/README.md) updated
to reference ./build everywhere; the per-tool sh tool/build.sh refs
stay (they're a separate, narrower entry point).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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