T25: release builds: scripts/windows-zip.ps1 zips elyterminal.exe, the icon inside as resource 1 (build.rs, embed-resource), a GUI program carrying its C runtime, git started without a console; scripts/linux-tar.sh builds on Debian 12, glibc 2.35 for this build, with a desktop entry and the icon; every window names itself com.zacharyzhang.elyterminal; rust-toolchain.toml pins 1.95.0, and CI installs it without rustup default

src/app.rs

@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ use crate::{
     workspace::{self, TITLE, Workspace},
 };
 
+/// The id the macOS bundle and Linux desktop entry share.
+pub const APP_ID: &str = "com.zacharyzhang.elyterminal";
+
 /// Fonts, settings, integration scripts and the chosen font, each checked before a window opens.
 pub fn start(cx: &mut App) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     cx.text_system()
@@ -96,6 +99,7 @@ pub fn open(launch: Launch, cx: &mut App) -> anyhow::Result<WindowHandle<Workspa
     };
     let (pty, events) = spawn(&launch, (80, 24), (8, 16), config(SettingsStore::get(cx)))?;
     let window = cx.open_window(options, |window, cx| {
+        window.set_app_id(APP_ID);
         window
             .observe_window_appearance(|_, cx| themes::apply(cx))
             .detach();

src/git.rs

@@ -25,10 +25,17 @@ fn line<A: AsRef<OsStr>>(args: &[A]) -> String {
     args.join(" ")
 }
 
+/// Keeps Windows from opening a console window for git.
+#[cfg(windows)]
+const CREATE_NO_WINDOW: u32 = 0x0800_0000;
+
 /// Runs git in `folder`: English messages, literal paths, no lock the user's own git could meet; `input` feeds stdin.
 fn git<A: AsRef<OsStr>>(folder: &Path, args: &[A], input: &[u8]) -> anyhow::Result<Output> {
     let named = || format!("git: `git {}` in {}", line(args), folder.display());
-    let mut child = Command::new("git")
+    let mut command = Command::new("git");
+    #[cfg(windows)]
+    std::os::windows::process::CommandExt::creation_flags(&mut command, CREATE_NO_WINDOW);
+    let mut child = command
         .arg("-C")
         .arg(folder)
         .args(["--no-optional-locks", "--literal-pathspecs"])

src/main.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// A release build on Windows opens no console window.
+#![cfg_attr(not(debug_assertions), windows_subsystem = "windows")]
+
 use ely_gpui_component::Assets;
 use elyterminal::{
     app,

src/settings/window.rs

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use gpui::{
 };
 
 use super::{Settings, SettingsStore, StartIn};
-use crate::{menus, term::BLINK};
+use crate::{app::APP_ID, menus, term::BLINK};
 
 mod appearance;
 mod terminal;
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ fn open_window(cx: &mut App) {
         ..Default::default()
     };
     match cx.open_window(options, |window, cx| {
+        window.set_app_id(APP_ID);
         cx.new(|cx| SettingsWindow::new(window, cx))
     }) {
         Ok(_) => log::info!("settings: the window opens"),