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+++ b/LightTools/release.py	Thu Sep 22 14:35:35 2011 -0700
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+#
+# release
+#
+
+from os.path import join, isdir, isfile, dirname, basename, normpath
+
+import tempfile
+import os
+import sys
+import shutil
+import zipfile
+import datetime
+
+def relative_walk(path):
+    for root, folders, files in os.walk(path):
+        for filename in files:
+            yield join(root, filename)[len(path)+1:]
+
+def release_project(root, location, project, target=None, build='Build'):
+    if target:
+        executable = join(root, project, 'bin', target, project + '.exe')
+
+    else:
+        executable = join(root, project, 'bin', 'release', project + '.exe')
+        if not isfile(executable):
+            executable = join(root, project, 'bin', 'debug', project + '.exe')
+        
+    if not isfile(executable):
+        raise Exception('Error: Could not locate executable')
+
+    data = join(root, 'data')
+
+    if not isdir(data):
+        raise Exception('Error: Could not locate data folder')
+        
+    if isdir(build):
+        shutil.rmtree(build, True)
+
+    os.makedirs(build)
+
+    shutil.copyfile(executable, join(build, basename(executable)))
+        
+    for filename in relative_walk(data):
+        filepath = join(build, filename)
+
+        if not isdir(dirname(filepath)):
+            os.makedirs(dirname(filepath))
+
+        shutil.copyfile(join(data, filename), filepath)
+        
+    if not isdir(location):
+        os.makedirs(location)
+        
+    current_date = datetime.datetime.now()
+    suffix = current_date.strftime('%Y%m%d%I%M%p')
+    print suffix
+    
+    with zipfile.ZipFile(join(location, project + '.zip'), 'w') as handle:
+        for filename in relative_walk(build):
+            handle.write(join(build, filename), filename)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    root = normpath(join(dirname(sys.argv[0]), '..'))
+    
+    release_project(root, '..\Release', 'LightClone')
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