From 80c1499800b4db51ea5c32ece94d2032910c2737 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Abram <david@crocoder.dev>
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2026 16:24:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] ci(nix): reuse macOS release build for CLI smoke test

---
 .github/workflows/pr-ci.yml | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-ci.yml
index d0eb11083..5d4f078fb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-ci.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,10 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           time nix flake check --fallback --print-build-logs
 
+      # On macOS release validation builds the same native CLI dependency
+      # closure, so run its smoke test there rather than building it twice.
       - name: Build and smoke-test native CLI
+        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
         run: |
           time nix build .#sce --fallback --out-link result --print-build-logs
           ./result/bin/sce --help
@@ -79,3 +82,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build release package and audit portability
         run: |
           time nix build .#ci-checks --fallback --out-link result-ci-checks --print-build-logs
+
+      # On Darwin, .#sce-release is the native CLI with commit metadata.
+      # Smoke-test that exact binary, which is already built by .#ci-checks.
+      - name: Smoke-test macOS release CLI
+        if: matrix.os == 'macos-latest'
+        run: |
+          ./result-ci-checks/sce-release/bin/sce --help
+          ./result-ci-checks/sce-release/bin/sce version
+