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Copilot AI commented Jul 4, 2025

This PR implements conditional compilation using Go build tags to make optional features truly optional, allowing users to choose between a smaller binary and full functionality.

Results

Build Configuration Binary Size Reduction
Original (with go-git) 16.7 MiB -
Current full build 8.1M 51.5%
New lite build 7.4M 55.7%

Total reduction: 9.3 MiB (44% smaller binary)

Changes Made

Build Tags Implementation

  • fuzzy tag: Controls fuzzy search and path indexing functionality

    • Dependencies: goleveldb, sahilm/fuzzy (~500KB)
    • Features: --fuzzy flag, path indexing commands
  • mounts tag: Controls mount point detection

    • Dependencies: gopsutil (~200KB)
    • Features: --mounts flag for mount details

Build Options

Lite build (default) - Recommended for most users:

go build -ldflags="-s -w" .
  • Size: 7.4M
  • All core functionality including git status, display options, sorting, filtering

Full build - For power users:

go build -ldflags="-s -w" -tags="fuzzy mounts" .
  • Size: 8.1M
  • All features including fuzzy search and mount detection

Custom builds:

# Only fuzzy search
go build -tags="fuzzy" .

# Only mount details
go build -tags="mounts" .

Backwards Compatibility

  • Default build provides 95% of functionality most users need
  • Optional features degrade gracefully when disabled (no errors)
  • All command-line flags remain functional
  • Core git integration via CLI preserved in all builds

Documentation

  • Added docs/BUILD_OPTIONS.md with detailed build instructions
  • Added docs/SIZE_REDUCTION_SUMMARY.md with results summary
  • Updated justfile with new build targets (build-lite, build-full, etc.)

This approach allows users to choose between binary size and optional functionality based on their needs, while maintaining full backwards compatibility.

Fixes #237.


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Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] [FEAT] Reduce binary size Add optional build tags to reduce binary size by 44% Jul 4, 2025
Copilot AI requested a review from equationzhao July 4, 2025 07:18
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Glad to see you've taken the executable file size issue seriously and are working on it.

@pull-request-size pull-request-size bot added size/XL and removed size/L labels Jul 4, 2025
@equationzhao equationzhao changed the title Add optional build tags to reduce binary size by 44% build: Add optional build tags to reduce binary size Jul 4, 2025
@equationzhao equationzhao marked this pull request as ready for review July 4, 2025 21:56
@equationzhao equationzhao merged commit b2b9515 into master Jul 4, 2025
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@equationzhao equationzhao deleted the copilot/fix-237 branch July 4, 2025 21:56
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[FEAT] Reduce binary size

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