Make 'build-assets' an optional capability for application #1791
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The main short-term benefit of this PR is to make building
minimal-application
(previously calledquick-build-application
) even faster.But it also opens up a major long-term possibility:
bat-assets
binary to build assets, we can still allow users to optionally keep the current capability in the main appFor the curious, here are some numbers, comparing
minimal-application
withapplication
for stripped release builds. Note that I am including trishume/syntect#345 in below numbers:minimal-application
application
I have not yet done broad verification of this PR. Would be great to get your high-level feedback on it before I polish it.