From d890b25726c023caef657b1314c49940861047f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Syl Morrison <sylmorrison@Syls-MacBook-Air.local>
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2025 17:11:13 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] macOS symbol stripping

---
 cmake/mostly_harmless.cmake | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+)

diff --git a/cmake/mostly_harmless.cmake b/cmake/mostly_harmless.cmake
index 1e60dc4..af164f7 100644
--- a/cmake/mostly_harmless.cmake
+++ b/cmake/mostly_harmless.cmake
@@ -1,4 +1,32 @@
 
+function(mostly_harmless_enable_stripping_static_lib target location name)
+    if(APPLE)
+        target_compile_options(${target} PUBLIC $<$<CONFIG:Release>:-fvisibility=hidden>)
+        set(target_file ${location}/lib${name}_SharedCode.a)
+        add_custom_command(
+                TARGET ${target}
+                COMMAND "$<$<CONFIG:Release>:strip;-x;${target_file}>"
+                VERBATIM
+                POST_BUILD
+                COMMAND_EXPAND_LISTS
+        )
+    endif()
+endfunction()
+
+function(mostly_harmless_enable_stripping target name extension)
+    if(APPLE)
+        target_compile_options(${target} PUBLIC $<$<CONFIG:Release>:-fvisibility=hidden>)
+        set(target_file ${CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/${name}.${extension}/Contents/MacOS/${name})
+        add_custom_command(
+                TARGET ${target}
+                COMMAND "$<$<CONFIG:Release>:strip;-x;${target_file}>"
+                VERBATIM
+                POST_BUILD
+                COMMAND_EXPAND_LISTS
+        )
+    endif()
+endfunction()
+
 function(mostly_harmless_add_binary_data pluginTarget)
     set(ARGS
             TARGET_NAME
@@ -63,6 +91,7 @@ function(mostly_harmless_add_plugin targetName)
             SUBTYPE_CODE # REQUIRED IF AU
             AU_TYPE # REQUIRED IF AU
 
+            STRIP # OPTIONAL, DEFAULT FALSE - if true, will strip symbols in release builds
             SIGN_ID # OPTIONAL, if provided, will codesign
     )
 
@@ -141,6 +170,10 @@ function(mostly_harmless_add_plugin targetName)
     if (NOT DEFINED PLUGIN_FEATURES)
         message(FATAL_ERROR "At least one feature is required")
     endif ()
+    if(NOT DEFINED PLUGIN_STRIP)
+        set(PLUGIN_STRIP FALSE)
+    endif()
+
     configure_file(
             ${CMAKE_CURRENT_FUNCTION_LIST_DIR}/mostlyharmless_Descriptor.cpp
             ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/mostlyharmless_Descriptor.cpp
@@ -149,6 +182,9 @@ function(mostly_harmless_add_plugin targetName)
     target_sources(${PLUGIN_NAME} PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/mostlyharmless_Descriptor.cpp)
     target_link_libraries(${PLUGIN_NAME} PUBLIC MostlyHarmless)
     set_target_properties(${PLUGIN_NAME} PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME ${PLUGIN_NAME}_SharedCode)
+    if(${PLUGIN_STRIP})
+        mostly_harmless_enable_stripping_static_lib(${PLUGIN_NAME} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} ${PLUGIN_NAME})
+    endif()
 
     list(FIND PLUGIN_FORMATS "CLAP" INDEX)
     if (${INDEX} GREATER -1)
@@ -166,6 +202,9 @@ function(mostly_harmless_add_plugin targetName)
                     MACOSX_BUNDLE_SHORT_VERSION_STRING ${PLUGIN_VERSION}
                     MACOSX_BUNDLE_INFO_PLIST ${CMAKE_CURRENT_FUNCTION_LIST_DIR}/mostly_harmless.plist.in
             )
+            if(${PLUGIN_STRIP})
+                mostly_harmless_enable_stripping(${PLUGIN_NAME}_CLAP ${PLUGIN_NAME} "clap")
+            endif()
             if (NOT ${PLUGIN_SIGN_ID} STREQUAL "")
                 mostly_harmless_sign_target(${PLUGIN_NAME}_CLAP ${PLUGIN_NAME} ${PLUGIN_SIGN_ID})
             endif ()
@@ -199,6 +238,9 @@ function(mostly_harmless_add_plugin targetName)
                     MACOSX_BUNDLE_SHORT_VERSION_STRING ${PLUGIN_VERSION}
                     MACOSX_BUNDLE_INFO_PLIST ${CMAKE_CURRENT_FUNCTION_LIST_DIR}/mostly_harmless.plist.in
             )
+            if(${PLUGIN_STRIP})
+                mostly_harmless_enable_stripping(${PLUGIN_NAME}_VST3 ${PLUGIN_NAME} "vst3")
+            endif()
             if (NOT ${PLUGIN_SIGN_ID} STREQUAL "")
                 mostly_harmless_sign_target(${PLUGIN_NAME}_VST3 ${PLUGIN_NAME} ${PLUGIN_SIGN_ID})
             endif ()
@@ -244,6 +286,9 @@ function(mostly_harmless_add_plugin targetName)
                     SUBTYPE_CODE ${PLUGIN_SUBTYPE_CODE}
                     INSTRUMENT_TYPE ${PLUGIN_AU_TYPE}
             )
+            if(${PLUGIN_STRIP})
+                mostly_harmless_enable_stripping(${PLUGIN_NAME}_AU ${PLUGIN_NAME} "component")
+            endif()
             if (NOT ${PLUGIN_SIGN_ID} STREQUAL "")
                 mostly_harmless_sign_target(${PLUGIN_NAME}_AU ${PLUGIN_NAME} ${PLUGIN_SIGN_ID})
             endif ()

From e17a581eaa2b9ec33c7c97ec0d947717ce66ae14 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Syl Morrison <sylmorrison@Syls-MacBook-Air.local>
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2025 19:23:53 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update docs

---
 README.md | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 454b868..7b0c7d6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ you specify the AU format, a few more arguments become neccessary - the argument
         MANUFACTURER_CODE "Brat" # REQUIRED FOR AU, UNUSED OTHERWISE - Your unique 4 character manufacturer code.
         SUBTYPE_CODE "Bpi1" # REQUIRED FOR AU, UNUSED OTHERWISE - A 4 character identifier for your plugin.
         AU_TYPE "aufx" # REQUIRED FOR AU, UNUSED OTHERWISE - The AU plugin type for your plugin. [2]
+
+        STRIP TRUE # OPTIONAL, DEFAULTS TO FALSE - On macOS, if provided, will add a post-build symbol strip step to your plugin
+        # targets, and compile with -fvisibility=hidden. Does nothing on Windows. 
+        SIGN_ID "Developer ID Application: ...." # OPTIONAL - On macOS, if provided, will be used to sign plugin targets
 )
 ```