RELATED: Versioning.md
This primer on artifacting demonstrates how to package files as zip and tar.gz, leverage a .artifactignore file similar to .gitignore, and generate and use a checksum file.
Artifacting is the process of packaging a project for distribution and/or release, and is essential to the SDLC as it mitigates many risks in both producing and consuming software products. Aside from archives, there are binaries and other language specific formats and frameworks that have their own packaging methods, but they are outside of the scope of this document. If you're interested, the serverless packaging mechanism is a good demonstration of some of the same concpets discussed here.
Generally artifacts should conform to a standard naming scheme such as: '\_.'.
