diff --git a/firmware/Cargo.toml b/firmware/Cargo.toml
index eef300d..0a30651 100644
--- a/firmware/Cargo.toml
+++ b/firmware/Cargo.toml
@@ -76,15 +76,16 @@ esp-idf-hal = { git = "https://github.com/esp-rs/esp-idf-hal.git" }
 esp-idf-svc = { git = "https://github.com/esp-rs/esp-idf-svc.git" }
 
 [features]
-# OFF by default so the nominal `just build`/`just flash` is a LIGHT editor
-# build. Enabling it (a) pulls the git2 safe API and (b) gates on the firmware's
-# `:sync` publish path in main.rs (see `publish()`), so git code is only ever
-# compiled with `--features git`. libgit2 itself is built by the esp-idf
-# component (firmware/components/libgit2/) with mbedTLS — but ONLY when the
-# justfile also sets LIBGIT2_SRC (the git recipes do; the light recipes don't,
-# so the component is an empty no-op). git2/libgit2-sys run in system mode
-# (LIBGIT2_NO_VENDOR=1) purely for the Rust bindings, with default features off
-# to avoid dragging in openssl-sys/libssh2-sys.
+# A Cargo feature, OFF by default — so a bare `cargo build` (and `just
+# build-light`) is a LIGHT editor build. The justfile's nominal `build`/`flash`
+# opt in via `--features git`. Enabling it (a) pulls the git2 safe API and (b)
+# turns on the `#[cfg(feature = "git")]` publish path in main.rs (see
+# `publish()`), so git code is only ever compiled with `--features git`. libgit2
+# itself is built by the esp-idf component (firmware/components/libgit2/) with
+# mbedTLS — but ONLY when the justfile also sets LIBGIT2_SRC (the full recipes
+# do; `build-light` doesn't, so the component is an empty no-op). git2/libgit2-sys
+# run in system mode (LIBGIT2_NO_VENDOR=1) purely for the Rust bindings, with
+# default features off to avoid dragging in openssl-sys/libssh2-sys.
 git = ["dep:git2"]
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/firmware/README.md b/firmware/README.md
index d5f5a56..6684e10 100644
--- a/firmware/README.md
+++ b/firmware/README.md
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ need `CONFIG_SPIRAM` turned on first.
 
 Credentials are build-time: copy [`.env.example`](.env.example) to `.env`, set
 `TW_WIFI_SSID` / `TW_WIFI_PASS`, and `just` loads them (dotenv) so `build.rs`
-bakes them in. `.env` is gitignored; the editor build (`just flash`) needs none
-of it. `sdkconfig.defaults` gains the full certificate bundle and a bigger main
+bakes them in. `.env` is gitignored; the light editor build (`just flash-light`)
+needs none of it. `sdkconfig.defaults` gains the full certificate bundle and a bigger main
 task stack for the mbedtls handshake — a one-time esp-idf reconfigure on the
 next build.
 
@@ -173,42 +173,48 @@ the Xtensa GCC to `PATH`):
 . ~/export-esp.sh
 ```
 
-Then from this directory:
+Then from this directory, `just build` (the nominal product build) or, for fast
+iteration without git, `just build-light`:
 
 ```sh
-cargo build --release
+just build         # full: firmware + git publishing (libgit2 + git2)
+just build-light   # light: editor only, no git — much faster
 ```
 
+(A bare `cargo build --release` with no env is equivalent to `build-light` — the
+`git` feature is off by default.)
+
 The first build is slow (the esp-idf C sources are checked out and built
-under `.embuild/`). Subsequent builds are incremental.
+under `.embuild/`; the full build also compiles libgit2 + mbedTLS). Subsequent
+builds are incremental.
 
-### Build modes — light (default) vs git
+### Build modes — git (default) vs light
 
-The editor firmware builds **light by default** — no git. Publishing (`:sync` →
-git push) is expensive to build: it drags in libgit2 + mbedTLS (compiled as an
-esp-idf component) and the `git2` crate. So it sits behind a switch, and the
-nominal build leaves it off — ideal for iterating on the editor, EPD, USB, or
-SD without paying for libgit2:
+Publishing (`:sync` → git push) is expensive to build: it drags in libgit2 +
+mbedTLS (compiled as an esp-idf component) and the `git2` crate. It sits behind
+a switch. The nominal build turns it on (it's the product); a **light** build
+leaves it off — ideal for iterating on the editor, EPD, USB, or SD without
+paying for libgit2:
 
 | Build | Command | libgit2 component | `git2` crate | `:sync` |
 | ----- | ------- | ----------------- | ------------ | ------- |
-| **Light** (default) | `just build` / `just flash` | not compiled (empty no-op) | not linked | saves locally, skips push |
-| **Full (git)** | `just build-firmware-git` / `just flash-firmware-git` | compiled | linked | save → push |
+| **Full / git** (default) | `just build` / `just flash` | compiled | linked | save → push |
+| **Light** | `just build-light` / `just flash-light` | not compiled (empty no-op) | not linked | saves locally, skips push |
 
 Two independent switches make this work, and the justfile flips them together:
 
 1. **`git` Cargo feature** (`--features git`) — pulls the `git2` crate and
    turns on the `#[cfg(feature = "git")]` publish path in
-   [`src/main.rs`](src/main.rs) (`publish()`). Off by default.
+   [`src/main.rs`](src/main.rs) (`publish()`). Off by default; the full recipes
+   pass it.
 2. **`LIBGIT2_SRC` env** — the [libgit2 component](components/libgit2/CMakeLists.txt)
    only compiles its sources when this points at the vendored tree; unset, it
-   registers an *empty* component. Only the `*-git` justfile recipes set it.
+   registers an *empty* component. Only the full recipes set it.
 
 Because git code in the firmware binary is only ever compiled under
-`--features git`, an ordinary `just build` can never accidentally drag libgit2
-in. (Git isn't wired into `main.rs` yet, so `flash-firmware-git` currently just
-builds slower and behaves like the light build — the seam is in place ahead of
-the integration.)
+`--features git`, `just build-light` can never drag libgit2 in. (Git isn't wired
+into `main.rs` yet, so the full `just build` currently just builds slower and
+behaves like the light build — the seam is in place ahead of the integration.)
 
 ## Flash (when hardware is on the bench)
 
diff --git a/firmware/src/main.rs b/firmware/src/main.rs
index 8c12beb..432a5a1 100644
--- a/firmware/src/main.rs
+++ b/firmware/src/main.rs
@@ -256,14 +256,15 @@ fn save_note(storage: &Storage, ed: &Editor) {
 }
 
 /// `:sync` — persist, then publish. Publishing (git push) is gated behind the
-/// `git` Cargo feature so the default build stays a **light editor build**: no
-/// `git2` crate and, because the justfile only sets `LIBGIT2_SRC` for git
-/// recipes, no libgit2/mbedTLS component either (`just build`/`just flash`).
-/// A full build turns both on together: `just flash-firmware-git`.
+/// `git` Cargo feature. The nominal build (`just build`/`just flash`) turns it
+/// on (libgit2 + git2). A **light** build (`just build-light`/`just flash-light`)
+/// leaves it off — no `git2` crate and, since the justfile only sets
+/// `LIBGIT2_SRC` for the full recipes, no libgit2/mbedTLS component either — so
+/// `:sync` just saves locally.
 ///
-/// This is the seam that keeps the light build light — the git-only code path
-/// is only ever compiled under `--features git`, so an ordinary `:sync` in the
-/// light build simply saves locally.
+/// This `#[cfg]` is the seam that keeps the light build light: the git-only code
+/// path is only ever compiled under `--features git`, so wiring publish in later
+/// can never drag libgit2 into a light build.
 fn publish(storage: &Storage, ed: &Editor) {
     // Publishing an unsaved buffer is meaningless, so save first in both builds.
     save_note(storage, ed);