From 4ca9c478a2fb1030ce789bbdb4f063825a958a2e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benson Wong <mostlygeek@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 May 2026 15:27:08 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Makefile,internal/server: various release tweaks

---
 .github/workflows/release.yml           | 6 ++----
 .gitignore                              | 1 -
 Makefile                                | 3 +--
 internal/server/ui_dist/placeholder.txt | 1 -
 4 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index f28cf18..c111cf5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -32,11 +32,9 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-node@48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e # 6.4.0
         with:
           node-version: "24"
-      - name: Install dependencies and build UI
+      - name: Build UI
         run: |
-          cd ui-svelte
-          npm ci
-          npm run build
+          make ui
 
       - name: Run GoReleaser
         uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@1a80836c5c9d9e5755a25cb59ec6f45a3b5f41a8 #7.2.1
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9652fdc..25bb087 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,4 +8,3 @@ dist/
 
 # UI build output; placeholder.txt is kept so the go:embed succeeds.
 internal/server/ui_dist/*
-!internal/server/ui_dist/placeholder.txt
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 13cd9e1..030b004 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ ui/node_modules:
 # build react UI
 ui: ui/node_modules
 	cd ui-svelte && npm run build
-	mkdir -p internal/server/ui_dist
-	cp -R proxy/ui_dist/. internal/server/ui_dist/
+	touch internal/server/ui_dist/placeholder.txt
 
 # Build OSX binary
 mac: ui
diff --git a/internal/server/ui_dist/placeholder.txt b/internal/server/ui_dist/placeholder.txt
index de4afd4..e69de29 100644
--- a/internal/server/ui_dist/placeholder.txt
+++ b/internal/server/ui_dist/placeholder.txt
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-placeholder so //go:embed ui_dist succeeds before the UI is built