macOS script for automatically building

autobuild.md

Here's a way to build your Godot 4 game automatically from macOS terminal.

#!/bin/bash

# Constants
PROJECT_PATH="$(pwd)"
EXPORT_PRESET="Windows Desktop"
OUTPUT_DIR="./Builds"
LOG_FILE="$OUTPUT_DIR/export_log.txt"
GODOT_PATH="/Applications/Godot.app/Contents/MacOS/Godot"

# Function to log messages
log_message() {
    echo "$(date): $1" | tee -a "$LOG_FILE"
}

# Clear previous log
echo "" > "$LOG_FILE"

# Ensure we're in a Godot project directory
if [ ! -f "project.godot" ]; then
    log_message "Error: project.godot not found in the current directory. Please run this script from your Godot project root."
    exit 1
fi

# Ensure output directory exists
mkdir -p "$OUTPUT_DIR"

# Check if Godot is available
if [ ! -f "$GODOT_PATH" ]; then
    log_message "Error: Godot executable not found. Please ensure Godot is installed in the Applications folder."
    exit 1
fi

# Log the Godot version
GODOT_VERSION=$("$GODOT_PATH" --headless --version 2>&1 | tail -n 1)
log_message "Using Godot version: $GODOT_VERSION"

# Generate timestamp for the filename
TIMESTAMP=$(date +"%Y%m%d-%H%M")
OUTPUT_FILE="MyGame-alpha-$TIMESTAMP.exe"

# Export the project
log_message "Starting export process..."
"$GODOT_PATH" --headless --path "$PROJECT_PATH" --export-release "$EXPORT_PRESET" "$OUTPUT_DIR/$OUTPUT_FILE" 2>&1 | tee -a "$LOG_FILE"

# Check if export was successful
if [ -f "$OUTPUT_DIR/$OUTPUT_FILE" ]; then
    log_message "Export successful. File saved as $OUTPUT_DIR/$OUTPUT_FILE"
else
    log_message "Export failed. Check the log file for details."
    exit 1
fi

log_message "Export and copy process completed successfully."

copy this as ./autobuild into your project root

run chmod +x ./autobuild in Mac Terminal to give it the ability to run

run ./autobuild anytime you want to make a build in your Builds folder.

you could pair it with something like watchman to run it automatically on save.