build script - add optional preBuild and postBuild settings, to allow one or more additional commands to be executed as part of a build.

could be used to copy builds to a web server, copy additional files (E.g. .htaccess), trigger browser refresh, etc

build.py

@@ -168,6 +168,11 @@ else:
     os.makedirs(outDir)
 
 
+# run any preBuild commands
+for cmd in settings.get('preBuild',[]):
+    os.system ( cmd )
+
+
 # load main.js, parse, and create main total-conversion-build.user.js
 main = readfile('main.js')
 
@@ -242,4 +247,9 @@ if buildMobile:
             shutil.copy("mobile/bin/IITC_Mobile-%s.apk" % buildMobile, os.path.join(outDir,"IITC_Mobile-%s.apk" % buildMobile) )
 
 
+# run any postBuild commands
+for cmd in settings.get('postBuild',[]):
+    os.system ( cmd )
+
+
 # vim: ai si ts=4 sw=4 sts=4 et

buildsettings.py

@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 
 # if you want to have custom builds, copy this file to "localbuildsettings.py" and make changes there.
 
+# possible fields:
+# resourceBaseUrl - optional - the URL base for external resources (all resources embedded in standard IITC)
+# distUrlBase - optional - the base URL to use for update checks
+# buildMobild - optional - if set, mobild builds are built with 'ant'. requires the Android SDK and appropriate mobile/local.properties file configured
+# preBuild - optional - an array of strings to run as commands, via os.system, before building the scripts
+# postBuild - optional - an array of string to run as commands, via os.system, after all builds are complete
+
+
 buildSettings = {
     # local: use this build if you're not modifying external resources
     # no external resources allowed - they're not needed any more
@@ -40,6 +48,7 @@ buildSettings = {
 }
 
 
+
 # defaultBuild - the name of the default build to use if none is specified on the build.py command line
 # (in here as an example - it only works in localbuildsettings.py)
 #defaultBuild = 'local'