This is a little script written in Ruby that helps LÖVE developers with creating .love files, merged executables, and new LÖVE projects on Mac and Linux.
Before executing this script, make sure you're in your project directory.
On a Mac (you can most likely do this on Linux) you can edit your ~/.bash_profile file to create an alias for the script. Open up ~/.bash_profile in a text editor, with a command like this (for Mac):
open -a TextEdit ~/.bash_profile
Then add this line:
alias lovebuilder="/path/to/where/you/put/the/script/love_builder.rb"
Now you'll be able to execute it like this:
lovebuilder
To create a .love file execute this command:
lovebuilder archive $location_for_love_file
# or
lovebuilder $location_for_love_file
Replace $location_for_love_file with where you want the .love placed. Adding a .love extension to this path is optional.
To create a merged executable, first create a copy of love.app or the love executable (depending on your OS) and copy it just outside your project directory. Rename the new executable to whatever you want. Making sure you're in your project directory, execute this command:
lovebuilder merge ../$copied_executable_name
Replace $copied_executable_name with whatever you named your executable. If the name you give ends with .app, the script will create a Mac app, otherwise it will create a Linux executable.
To create a new project execute this command:
lovebuilder new $project_directory [$template]
This will create a new directory at $project_directory and copy all files in the specified template to it.
A directory named "templates" is included in the same directory as this script. This directory will be searched for a directory inside it named $template. If $template isn't specified, then the directory named "default" will be used.