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Ship a drag-to-Applications installer instead of a zip

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The Desktop artefact is now Work-<version>.dmg rather than a zip: an
installer is what someone expects to be handed, rather than a bare bundle
to file away themselves. Same single build behind both destinations.
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@@ -101,11 +101,11 @@ npm run ship
One build, two destinations, every time:
- `/Applications/Work.app` — the copy tested here
- `~/Desktop/Work-<version>.zip` — the copy to send someone else
- `~/Desktop/Work-<version>.dmg` — the installer to send someone else
Both come from the same build, so a tester runs byte for byte what was just verified
rather than a second build that drifted. The zip is made with `ditto`, not `zip`: a plain
zip mangles the bundle's symlinks and the app will not open on the other machine.
rather than a second build that drifted. The disk image is the ordinary drag-to-Applications
kind — what someone expects to be handed, rather than a bare bundle to file themselves.
The app is ad-hoc signed, so the first launch on someone else's Mac needs
**right-click → Open** rather than a double-click. Gatekeeper refuses it silently