From 08f9979cc68c7e4fd3c383a4ed1ee3812e4cb9bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dr Jones <india@proxygod.local>
Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 20:11:41 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix: release build script; add releases README and v1.0.0
 download links

---
 README.md                        | 10 ++++++++++
 scripts/_build_common.ps1        |  4 ++--
 scripts/generate_version_info.py |  4 ++--
 scripts/release_build.ps1        |  3 +--
 4 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 64a4297..9abcfd2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -90,11 +90,21 @@ powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\scripts\release_build.ps1
 
 Output: `releases\ProxyGod-v{version}-windows-amd64.zip` and `releases\v{version}\` (exe, checksum, SBOM, manifest). See [docs/RELEASE_PROCESS.md](docs/RELEASE_PROCESS.md).
 
+### Download (no build required)
+
+**Latest release: [v1.0.0](https://github.com/sudo-jones-cmd/PROXY_GOD/releases/tag/v1.0.0)**
+
+- `ProxyGod-v1.0.0-windows-amd64.zip` — full package (exe + checksum + SBOM + runbook)
+- Or grab `ProxyChainManager.exe` from the release assets
+
+Local copy after building: [releases/v1.0.0/](releases/v1.0.0/)
+
 Tag-driven CI build (GitHub):
 
 ```bash
 git tag v1.0.0
 git push origin v1.0.0
+git push github v1.0.0
 ```
 
 ### Developer build (Desktop copy)
diff --git a/scripts/_build_common.ps1 b/scripts/_build_common.ps1
index 2785fdf..cda81b1 100644
--- a/scripts/_build_common.ps1
+++ b/scripts/_build_common.ps1
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ function Invoke-CodeSign {
     param([string]$ExePath)
     $cert = $env:SIGN_CERT_PATH
     if (-not $cert) {
-        Write-Host "  (signing skipped — set SIGN_CERT_PATH to a .pfx to Authenticode-sign)"
+        Write-Host "  (signing skipped - set SIGN_CERT_PATH to a .pfx to Authenticode-sign)"
         return
     }
     if (-not (Test-Path $cert)) { throw "SIGN_CERT_PATH not found: $cert" }
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ function Invoke-CodeSign {
     if (-not (Test-Path $signtool)) {
         $signtool = (Get-Command signtool.exe -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).Source
     }
-    if (-not $signtool) { throw "signtool.exe not found — install Windows SDK" }
+    if (-not $signtool) { throw "signtool.exe not found - install Windows SDK" }
     Write-Host "`n== Authenticode sign =="
     $args = @("sign", "/fd", "SHA256", "/f", $cert, "/tr", "http://timestamp.digicert.com", "/td", "SHA256")
     if ($env:SIGN_CERT_PASSWORD) {
diff --git a/scripts/generate_version_info.py b/scripts/generate_version_info.py
index 5cddcdb..4c1d705 100644
--- a/scripts/generate_version_info.py
+++ b/scripts/generate_version_info.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def build_version_info(version: str, commit: str = "") -> str:
     filevers = prodvers = _parse_version(version)
     commit_suffix = f" ({commit})" if commit else ""
     return f"""# UTF-8
-# Generated by scripts/generate_version_info.py — do not edit by hand.
+# Generated by scripts/generate_version_info.py - do not edit by hand.
 VSVersionInfo(
   ffi=FixedFileInfo(
     filevers={filevers},
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ VSVersionInfo(
       StringTable(
         u'040904B0',
         [StringStruct(u'CompanyName', u'Proxy God'),
-        StringStruct(u'FileDescription', u'Proxy God — multi-hop proxy chain manager'),
+        StringStruct(u'FileDescription', u'Proxy God - multi-hop proxy chain manager'),
         StringStruct(u'FileVersion', u'{version}{commit_suffix}'),
         StringStruct(u'InternalName', u'ProxyChainManager'),
         StringStruct(u'LegalCopyright', u'MIT License'),
diff --git a/scripts/release_build.ps1 b/scripts/release_build.ps1
index 40b3b8a..4af5f4a 100644
--- a/scripts/release_build.ps1
+++ b/scripts/release_build.ps1
@@ -91,8 +91,7 @@ Write-ReleaseManifest -OutDir $releaseDir -Version $ver -Commit $commit `
         requirements_frozen = (Split-Path -Leaf $sbom.Freeze)
     }
 
-# Also refresh dist/ sidecars for developers
-Copy-Item -LiteralPath $hashInfo.Sidecar -Destination (Join-Path $root "dist\ProxyChainManager.exe.sha256") -Force
+# dist/ sidecar is already written by Write-ExeHashSidecar on $exe
 
 if (-not $NoZip) {
     $zip = New-ReleaseZip -ReleaseDir $releaseDir -Version $ver -Root $root