create_release_zip.rb

require 'fileutils'
require 'find'


release_files_path =
  "My_Project_Name"

sources = [
  "../addons",
  "../apps",
  "../examples",
  "../libs",
  "../resources",
  "../readme.md",
  "../submodules.sh"
  ]

ignore_files = [
  ".DS_Store"
  ]


# copy sources files to release_file_path
Dir::mkdir(release_files_path, 0700) 

sources.each { |path|
  
  case File::ftype(path)
  when "directory"
      FileUtils.cp_r(path, release_files_path)
  when "file"
      FileUtils.cp(path, release_files_path)
  else
      puts "unknown file:" + path 
  end
}


# remove files that should be ignored e.g. .DS_Store
Find.find('.') {|f|
  ignore_files.each{ |ignore|
    if File::basename(f) == ignore
      FileUtils.rm(f, {:force=>true})
      next
    end
  }
}