collection-build

name	collection-build
description	Build the collection tarball with ansible-galaxy from the project virtualenv. Local builds verify only; the tag-driven release workflow builds and publishes.

collection-build

Build the collection tarball from the collection root (where galaxy.yml lives).

venv/bin/ansible-galaxy collection build
venv/bin/ansible-galaxy collection build --force --output-path /tmp

• Reads galaxy.yml (version, build_ignore).
• Local builds only verify the artifact — they don't publish.
• Release is tag-driven: .github/workflows/release.yml builds then publishes. Don't publish by hand.
• Before tagging: bump version in galaxy.yml, and record changes with the changelog skill.
• Inspect with tar tzf {{ namespace }}-{{ name }}-{{ version }}.tar.gz; don't commit the tarball.

Dependencies

• virtualenv skill