Method stripDeployed

configs/project.go:154–199

stripDeployed walks the per-platform installed tree and runs strip on every ELF file found. Static archives (.a) are intentionally skipped — stripping them removes symbols downstream linking against this deploy still needs.

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// ELF file found. Static archives (.a) are intentionally skipped — stripping
// them removes symbols downstream linking against this deploy still needs.
func (p Project) stripDeployed() error {
	// Check if strip executable file has been configured.
	toolchain := p.ctx.Platform().GetToolchain()
	stripBin := toolchain.GetSTRIP()
	if stripBin == "" {
		return fmt.Errorf("strip executable file path is not configured in platform: %s.toml", p.ctx.Platform().GetName())
	}

	// Resolve target tree: installed/<platform>/<project>/<buildType>/.
	// Dev/host trees are not stripped — those binaries run on the build host
	// and people often want their symbols for debugging build issues.
	installedDir := p.ctx.InstalledDir()
	if !fileio.PathExists(installedDir) {
		return nil
	}

	color.Printf(color.Title, "\n[strip deployed binaries: %s]\n", installedDir)
	err := filepath.WalkDir(installedDir, func(path string, d fs.DirEntry, walkErr error) error {
		if walkErr != nil {
			return walkErr
		}
		if d.IsDir() {
			return nil
		}

		// Skip anything that is obviously not an ELF binary we want to strip.
		// Static archives are special: stripping breaks them for downstream linking.
		if strings.HasSuffix(path, ".a") {
			return nil
		}
		if !fileio.IsELFFile(path) {
			return nil
		}

		if _, err := cmd.NewExecutor("", stripBin, path).ExecuteOutput(); err != nil {
			return nil
		}
		color.PrintHint("✔ strip %s", path)
		return nil
	})
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	return nil
}