Crate release_kit 

release-kit: a canonical release workflow, carried whole by one binary.

The library exists so the crate’s own tests can link the modules; the rk binary in main.rs is the product. embedded holds the payload and payload_roots its one inventory, cli the argument surface, commands the handlers, devshell the consumer pin, depend the dependency matrix, skills the user-scope skill install, digest the one hash type, and error the one exit-code matrix.

Modules

applog

The application log: one rotating file for the whole binary.

assess

Classify a target repository before anything lands.

atomic

The temp-plus-rename writer every landing write goes through.

branches

Local-branch hygiene after squash merges.

cli

Command-line surface: clap derive types only, one module per subcommand’s arguments. No behavior lives here; each variant routes to its handler in commands.

commands

One handler per subcommand. Handlers hold the behavior; main only dispatches, and cli only declares the argument surface.

config

The committed target answers, parsed strictly and written from authored text. Comparisons continue to use the landing record alone.

depend

rk depend: another project as a dependency of a target, from how the source distributes itself and how the target manages its tools.

detect

Forge, repository, and technology detection.

devshell

rk devshell: release-kit as a consumer project’s development dependency, kept fresh.

diagnostic

Diagnostics as data: the closed reason vocabulary and the typed error report.

digest

SHA-256 digests in their hex text form.

embedded

The compile-time payload: everything the binary serves or lands.

error

Crate-level error type and exit-code mapping.

events

The NDJSON event envelope for long-running commands.

issue

Starting work from a forge issue: the pure half.

landing

The target-side landing model: file kinds, parameter rendering, and the routing block.

maintenance

The shared process-side discipline of local-resource cleanup.

output

The output boundary every handler emits through.

payload_roots

probes

The environment probe catalog.

registry

The pinned-tool registry, parsed from the embedded versions.toml.

setup

The executable half of method/02-setup.md.

skills

The agent skills: the payload, the user-scope record, and the installer.

worktree

Worktree hygiene after squash merges: the pure half.