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# love-release
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[Lua][lua] 5.1 script that makes [LÖVE][love] game release easier (previously Bash script).
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Automates LÖVE [Game Distribution][game_dist].
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LÖVE [forum topic][forum_topic].
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Available as a [LuaRocks][luarocks] [package][package].
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## Features
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love-release makes your LÖVE game release easier. It can create from your sources Windows executables, MacOS X applications, Debian packages and simple LÖVE files.
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love-release creates only one LÖVE file in a release directory and keeps it synced with your sources.
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love-release can extract its informations from the environment: it guesses your game's title from the directory where it's stored, selects by default the latest LÖVE version from the web or uses its latest bundled LÖVE version, then parses the `conf.lua` file to extract even more informations such as the real LÖVE version your project uses.
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### Configuration
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love-release prints to the command-line a Lua table containing the informations it uses to generate your project. These informations can be stored in your `conf.lua` file to be used later.
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```lua
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function love.conf(t)
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t.releases = {
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title = nil, -- The project title (string)
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package = nil, -- The project command and package name (string)
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loveVersion = nil, -- The project LÖVE version
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version = nil, -- The project version
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author = nil, -- Your name (string)
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email = nil, -- Your email (string)
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description = nil, -- The project description (string)
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homepage = nil, -- The project homepage (string)
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identifier = nil, -- The project Uniform Type Identifier (string)
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releaseDirectory = nil, -- Where to store the project releases (string)
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}
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end
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```
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## Installation
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### Dependencies
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love-release is only installable through LuaRocks and highly depends on LuaRocks internal API. love-release is currently build on LuaRocks 2.3.0. LuaRocks API is not meant to be stable, and a future update could break love-release. As love-release is made for LÖVE, it is written for Lua 5.1.
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#### Required
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- [libzip][libzip] headers for lua-zip.
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- [lua-zip][lua-zip] has no official stable version, thus while available on LuaRocks it must be installed manually.
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- Other libraries are automatically installed, but let's give them some credit: [luafilesystem][lfs], [loadconf][loadconf], [middleclass][middleclass], [semver][semver].
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#### Optional
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- `love` can be used to determine your system LÖVE version.
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- `fakeroot` and `dpkg-deb` are required to create Debian packages.
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### Install
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```sh
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# sudo
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luarocks install --server=http://luarocks.org/dev lua-zip
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luarocks install --server=http://luarocks.org/dev love-release
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```
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### Remove Bash version
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You may have previously installed the Bash version of love-release. You can remove it with the following piece of code. Take the time to assure yourself that the paths are correct and match your installation of love-release.
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```sh
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rm -rf '/usr/bin/love-release'
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rm -rf '/usr/share/love-release'
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rm -rf '/usr/share/man/man1/love-release.1.gz'
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rm -rf '/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/love-release' '/etc/bash_completion.d/love-release'
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```
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## Contribute
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The documentation of love-release internals is written with [LDoc][ldoc]. Generate it by running `ldoc .`.
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I do not plan to keep developing the Bash script, not even fixing it. If there appears to be any need for it, let me know and I might consider doing so.
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Every bug report or feature request is gladly welcome !
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[forum_topic]: https://love2d.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=75387
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[game_dist]: https://www.love2d.org/wiki/Game_Distribution
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[ldoc]: https://github.com/stevedonovan/LDoc
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[lfs]: https://github.com/keplerproject/luafilesystem
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[libzip]: http://www.nih.at/libzip/
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[love]: https://www.love2d.org/
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[lua]: http://www.lua.org/
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[luarocks]: https://luarocks.org/
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[lua-zip]: https://github.com/brimworks/lua-zip
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[loadconf]: https://github.com/Alloyed/loadconf
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[middleclass]: https://github.com/kikito/middleclass
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[package]: https://luarocks.org/modules/rucikir/love-release
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[semver]: https://github.com/kikito/semver.lua
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