chore(build): move commit to release step and cleanup scripts\n\n- remove build:commit scripts and delete build-and-commit.js\n- add final release commit in release:push\n- update README to reflect new flow\n- document icon emphasis colors in icons/README

scripts/release-push.js

@@ -212,3 +212,54 @@ if (fs.existsSync(updatesPath)) {
 }
 
 console.log('Upload complete.');
+
+// After upload, commit generated artifacts to the repo so changes are tracked.
+try {
+  const { spawnSync } = require('child_process');
+
+  function runGit(args, opts = {}) {
+    const res = spawnSync('git', args, { stdio: 'inherit', cwd: root, ...opts });
+    if (res.error) throw res.error;
+    return res.status || 0;
+  }
+  function runGitOut(args, opts = {}) {
+    const res = spawnSync('git', args, { stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'pipe'], encoding: 'utf8', cwd: root, ...opts });
+    if (res.error) throw res.error;
+    return { code: res.status || 0, out: (res.stdout || '').trim(), err: (res.stderr || '').trim() };
+  }
+
+  console.log('Staging release artifacts for commit…');
+  // Stage updates.json and the current version folder; icons may have changed earlier, include them too.
+  runGit(['add', 'releases/updates.json']);
+  runGit(['add', '-f', path.join('releases', String(version))]);
+  runGit(['add', 'icons/icon-*.png']);
+
+  const { out: staged } = runGitOut(['diff', '--cached', '--name-only']);
+  if (!staged) {
+    console.log('✓ Nothing to commit. Repository already up to date.');
+  } else {
+    const msg = `chore(release): publish v${version} artifacts`;
+    console.log(`Committing: ${msg}`);
+    const codeCommit = runGit(['commit', '-m', msg]);
+    if (codeCommit !== 0) {
+      console.warn('Warning: git commit exited with non-zero status.');
+    } else {
+      // Optional push if requested
+      const doPush = String(process.env.GIT_PUSH || '').toLowerCase() === 'true';
+      if (doPush) {
+        console.log('Pushing commit to upstream…');
+        const { code: upCode } = runGitOut(['rev-parse', '--abbrev-ref', '--symbolic-full-name', '@{u}']);
+        if (upCode === 0) {
+          runGit(['push']);
+        } else {
+          const { out: branch } = runGitOut(['rev-parse', '--abbrev-ref', 'HEAD']);
+          runGit(['push', '-u', 'origin', branch]);
+        }
+      } else {
+        console.log('✓ Commit created. Skipping git push (enable with GIT_PUSH=true).');
+      }
+    }
+  }
+} catch (e) {
+  console.warn('Warning: Failed to create release commit:', e.message);
+}