Exclude Binary Folder

[ainsleyclark]

Hi,
Apologies if this has been covered before.
I'm looking to create an archive only for my release with no directories containing the binary.
I have tried using skip on the build, but this skips, the archive too.
Many thanks in advance.

project_name: project
before:
  hooks:
    - go mod tidy
    - go generate ./...
builds:
  - id: "mac"
    env:
      - CGO_ENABLED=0
    goos:
      - darwin
    goarch:
      - amd64
    binary: "build/project"
archives:
  -
    id: mac
    builds:
      - mac
    format: zip
    name_template: "{{ .ProjectName }}_{{ .Version }}_{{ .Os }}_{{ .Arch }}"
    wrap_in_directory: "project"
    files:
      - README.md
      - LICENCE
      - build
checksum:
  name_template: 'checksums.txt'
  algorithm: sha256
snapshot:
  name_template: "{{ .Tag }}"
changelog:
  sort: asc
  filters:
    exclude:
      - '^docs:'
      - '^test:'

[caarlos0]

not sure I get it... you want to not have the binaries in the zip file?

[ainsleyclark]

Sorry @caarlos0 I'm not talking about the zip folder. Just talking about the mac_darwin_amd64 folder, it would be great if goreleaser does not generate this. Only the zips.
Hope that makes sense.

[caarlos0]

why does that matter in your case?

[ainsleyclark]

I have other files and folders to be included when building and releasing. I was just wondering if it was an option, as I can't seem to find away to include these files and folders in the archive as well as the zip.
Many thanks again :).

[caarlos0]

the structure of the binaries in the dist folder does not matter for the archiving... Sorry but I still don't get what you're trying to do 🤔

[caarlos0]

in any case, if you still want a different structure under dist, you can use the no_unique_dist_dir in the build config, but I recommend carefully reading the docs about it first: https://goreleaser.com/customization/build/