Strip local symbols from macOS and Linux release bundles - #63429
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Strips debug info and local symbols from shipped macOS and Linux binaries, matching what Windows already does with PDBs: `bundle-mac` now always runs `dsymutil` before a new `strip -x` step, and `bundle-linux` adds `--discard-all` plus `zed.dbg`/`remote_server.dbg` extraction via `--only-keep-debug`. Sentry uploads are unchanged and precede stripping. The macOS binary UUID and the GNU build id survive stripping, so user-provided traces stay recoverable without rebuilding at the reporter's commit: `sample` output resolves via `atos` against the archived `zed.dwarf`, and `perf.data` via `perf buildid-cache` against the Sentry-archived binary. Both flows are documented, and the Linux perf instructions now record dwarf call graphs, which unwind via the `.eh_frame` data that stripping retains. zed binary: macOS (2026-08-29 nightly): 420478976 -> 316503984 bytes (-24.7%, -104.0MB) Linux (v1.17.2 aarch64): 439417448 -> 336967256 bytes (-23.3%, -102.5MB) Downloads shrink far less, symbols compress ~7:1: the macOS DMG loses only ~15MB. Release Notes: - Improved installed size on macOS and Linux by stripping debug symbols from release binaries (roughly -25%).
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Cargo joins `build.rustflags` across config sources, so the base `symbol-mangling-version=v0` and `tokio_unstable` flags still apply after the newly added config. With sccache disabled, `cargo build --release -p zed` on macOS: Before: zed binary 420677880 bytes After: zed binary 375109048 bytes (-10.8%, -45.6MB) After `strip -x` of both (zed-industries#63429): 313879024 -> 307727432 bytes (-2.0%, -6.2MB) The rest of the delta is the smaller symbol table. `drop_glue` instantiations: 101778 -> 65041. Release Notes: - N/A
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Not sure if this PR is 100% good, since it removes symbols from local traces, leaving addresses only — but this what Windows seem to do already, and we have those symbols on Sentry to restore from, which were needed to normally read Linux perf traces already (see
perf.zipin #59689 (comment))On the upside, uncompressed binaries' are now ~100MB less, which is a lot — hence decided to open the PR for the review
Strips debug info and local symbols from shipped macOS and Linux binaries, matching what Windows already does with PDBs:
bundle-macnow always runsdsymutilbefore a newstrip -xstep, andbundle-linuxadds--discard-allpluszed.dbg/remote_server.dbgextraction via--only-keep-debug.Sentry uploads are unchanged and precede stripping.
The macOS binary UUID and the GNU build id survive stripping, so user-provided traces stay recoverable without rebuilding at the reporter's commit:
sampleoutput resolves viaatosagainst the archivedzed.dwarf, andperf.dataviaperf buildid-cacheagainst the Sentry-archived binary.zed binary:
macOS (2026-08-29 nightly): 420478976 -> 316503984 bytes (-24.7%, -104.0MB)
Linux (v1.17.2 aarch64): 439417448 -> 336967256 bytes (-23.3%, -102.5MB)
Downloads shrink far less, symbols compress ~7:1: the macOS DMG loses only ~15MB.
Release Notes: