cargo.toml profiles support strip = true

so use that in the release profile,
no need to run the explicit strip command now

also `codegen-units = 1` for more optimizations

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -25,15 +25,13 @@ jobs:
             asset_name: http-server-$tag-windows.zip
             zipcmd: 7z a -tzip
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
       - name: Build project
         run: cargo build --release --locked
 
-      - name: Post-build release preparation
-        run: |
-              strip target/release/${{ matrix.artifact_name }}
-              ${{ matrix.zipcmd}} release.zip target/release/${{ matrix.artifact_name }}
+      - name: make release.zip
+        run: ${{ matrix.zipcmd}} release.zip target/release/${{ matrix.artifact_name }}
 
       - name: Upload binary to release
         uses: svenstaro/upload-release-action@v2

Cargo.toml

@@ -23,3 +23,5 @@ v_htmlescape = "0.14.1"
 opt-level = 'z'
 lto = true
 panic = 'abort'
+strip = true
+codegen-units = 1