diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index de3779c..a6c2815 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -31,3 +31,6 @@ publish/*
 
 # 尚未上機驗證的腳本暫存區（不入 repo，測過再搬進 src/）
 tmp/
+
+# mlucas 的 ELF binary（~99 MB），DUT image 已內含，不入 repo
+src/Script_ABC_Blanton/hammer/
diff --git a/publish/publish.sh b/publish/publish.sh
index 80406a1..499f468 100644
--- a/publish/publish.sh
+++ b/publish/publish.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 #                       publish/Script_ABC_Blanton_<Version>, taking <Version>
 #                       from the "; Version : Vx.y.z" header of
 #                       1_Blanton_Script_A.ttl.
+#   V1.0.1  2026-09-06  Exclude hammer/ (the mlucas binaries) from the bundle,
+#                       so the output no longer depends on whether the developer
+#                       has them in their working tree.
 # =============================================================================
 #
 # The version is READ FROM Script A rather than passed in, so the folder name
@@ -33,7 +36,9 @@ info() { printf '[\033[34mINFO\033[0m] %s\n' "$*"; }
 ok()   { printf '[\033[32m OK \033[0m] %s\n' "$*"; }
 die()  { printf '[\033[31mERR \033[0m] %s\n' "$*" >&2; exit 1; }
 
-usage() { sed -n '2,26p' "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" | sed 's/^# \{0,1\}//'; exit 0; }
+# Print the header block above, up to (but not including) the first line of
+# code, so adding a Version History entry never truncates the usage text.
+usage() { sed -n '2,/^set -u/p' "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" | sed '$d' | sed 's/^# \{0,1\}//'; exit 0; }
 
 while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
     case "$1" in
@@ -86,12 +91,19 @@ fi
 # Captured console logs are per-run and often carry DUT serials, so they are
 # never shipped; the empty logs/ directory itself is kept because Script A's
 # logopen writes into it.
+#
+# hammer/ is excluded as well: it is ~99 MB of mlucas ELF binaries that the DUT
+# image already carries, and it is gitignored. Without this exclude the bundle
+# would depend on whether the developer happened to have the binaries sitting in
+# src/ - 100 MB from one machine, 200 KB from a fresh clone.
 mkdir -p -- "${DEST}" || die "cannot create ${DEST}"
 if command -v rsync >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    rsync -a --exclude='*.log' "${SRC_DIR}/" "${DEST}/" || die "rsync failed"
+    rsync -a --exclude='*.log' --exclude='hammer/' "${SRC_DIR}/" "${DEST}/" \
+        || die "rsync failed"
 else
     cp -a -- "${SRC_DIR}/." "${DEST}/" || die "cp failed"
     find "${DEST}" -type f -name '*.log' -delete
+    rm -rf -- "${DEST}/hammer"
 fi
 
 # Tera Term's logopen target, in case the source tree never had one