single binary publish

Author: ChrisTitusTech

.gitignore

@@ -321,3 +321,12 @@ MacUtilGUI/bin/
 MacUtilGUI/obj/
 MacUtilGUI/dist/
 MacUtilGUI/publish/
+
+# macOS specific files
+.DS_Store
+.DS_Store?
+._*
+.Spotlight-V100
+.Trashes
+ehthumbs.db
+Thumbs.db

MacUtilGUI/MacUtilGUI.fsproj

@@ -7,6 +7,17 @@
     <BuiltInComInteropSupport>true</BuiltInComInteropSupport>
     <ApplicationManifest>app.manifest</ApplicationManifest>
     <AvaloniaUseCompiledBindingsByDefault>true</AvaloniaUseCompiledBindingsByDefault>
+    
+    <!-- Self-contained single file configuration -->
+    <PublishSingleFile>true</PublishSingleFile>
+    <SelfContained>true</SelfContained>
+    <PublishTrimmed>true</PublishTrimmed>
+    <TrimMode>link</TrimMode>
+    <IncludeNativeLibrariesForSelfExtract>true</IncludeNativeLibrariesForSelfExtract>
+    <PublishReadyToRun>true</PublishReadyToRun>
+    <EnableCompressionInSingleFile>true</EnableCompressionInSingleFile>
+    <IncludeAllContentForSelfExtract>true</IncludeAllContentForSelfExtract>
+    <DebugType>embedded</DebugType>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -30,6 +41,13 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Tomlyn" Version="0.17.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
+  <!-- Trim-friendly settings for Avalonia -->
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <TrimmerRootAssembly Include="Avalonia" />
+    <TrimmerRootAssembly Include="Avalonia.Desktop" />
+    <TrimmerRootAssembly Include="Avalonia.Themes.Fluent" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
   <ItemGroup>
     <AvaloniaResource Include="Assets\**" />
   </ItemGroup>

MacUtilGUI/publish.sh

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ mkdir -p ./bin/Release/net9.0/publish/
 
 # Publish for Intel x64 Macs
 echo "🔨 Building for Intel x64 Macs..."
-dotnet publish -c Release -r osx-x64 --self-contained true -p:PublishSingleFile=true -o ./bin/Release/net9.0/publish/osx-x64/
+dotnet publish -c Release -r osx-x64 -o ./bin/Release/net9.0/publish/osx-x64/
 if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
     echo "✅ Intel x64 build successful"
 else
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ echo
 
 # Publish for Apple Silicon ARM64 Macs
 echo "🔨 Building for Apple Silicon ARM64 Macs..."
-dotnet publish -c Release -r osx-arm64 --self-contained true -p:PublishSingleFile=true -o ./bin/Release/net9.0/publish/osx-arm64/
+dotnet publish -c Release -r osx-arm64 -o ./bin/Release/net9.0/publish/osx-arm64/
 if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
     echo "✅ Apple Silicon ARM64 build successful"
 else