Exclude macOS metadata from release archives

CHANGES.md

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Release Notes.
 ------------------
 
 * Add Spring LDAP 3.3.x-4.x plugin.
+* Exclude macOS metadata files from source and binary release archives (apache/skywalking#14080).
 * Fix `NoSuchMethodError: org.apache.skywalking.apm.plugin.spring.webflux.v6.DispatcherHandlerHandleMethodInterceptor`
   on Spring Framework 7 (Spring Boot 4). `HttpHeaders` no longer implements `MultiValueMap`, so
   `List get(Object)` was removed; the entry span was never created and the service produced no

Makefile

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ build:
 
 .PHONY: dist
 dist: build
-	tar czf apache-skywalking-java-agent-$(TAG).tgz $(AGENT_PACKAGE)
+	COPYFILE_DISABLE=1 tar czf apache-skywalking-java-agent-$(TAG).tgz --exclude '._*' --exclude .DS_Store $(AGENT_PACKAGE)
 	gpg --armor --detach-sig apache-skywalking-java-agent-$(TAG).tgz
 	shasum -a 512 apache-skywalking-java-agent-$(TAG).tgz > apache-skywalking-java-agent-$(TAG).tgz.sha512
 

docs/en/contribution/release-java-agent.md

@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ Then run `gpgconf --kill gpg-agent` and `gpg --sign /dev/null` to cache it.
 4. **upload** — upload to Apache SVN `dist/dev` (prompts for SVN credentials)
 5. **email vote** — print vote email template with pre-filled version, commit ID, submodule commit, and checksums
 
+Source and binary packaging uses `COPYFILE_DISABLE=1` to prevent macOS `tar` from
+generating AppleDouble metadata, and excludes existing `._*` and `.DS_Store` files.
+
 Before the long build starts, **prepare** asks for the GitHub milestone ID of the next
 development version, which it writes into the reset `CHANGES.md`. Look up the
 `Java - <next_version>` milestone at https://github.com/apache/skywalking/milestones and

tools/releasing/release.sh

@@ -425,9 +425,10 @@ cmd_stage() {
 
     # Source tar
     info "Creating source tar..."
-    tar czf "${product_dir}-src.tgz" \
+    COPYFILE_DISABLE=1 tar czf "${product_dir}-src.tgz" \
         --exclude .git \
         --exclude .DS_Store \
+        --exclude '._*' \
         --exclude .github \
         --exclude .gitignore \
         --exclude .gitmodules \