love.maker is a library that can minify, compile and compress your LÖVE2D project folder. This library includes URFS which provides access to the entire file system using absolute paths. Lua script files are compiled using the "string.dump" function and are only compatible with the same version of LÖVE2D or LuaJIT. Empty directories are not included in the generated .love project file. This library was designed specifically for the LÖVE2D framework.
love.maker = require("maker")
love.maker.setExtensions('lua', 'png', 'txt') -- include only the specifed extensions
local build = love.maker.newBuild("C://path/to/project/folder/")
build:ignore('/readme.txt') -- ignore a specific file
build:ignoreMatch('^/.git') -- ignore based on pattern matching
build:allow("/images/exception.jpg") -- whitelist a specific file
-- destination path
local sav = love.filesystem.getSaveDirectory()
local proj = love.filesystem.getIdentity()
local dest = sav.."/"..proj..".love"
build:save(dest, "DEMO") -- build the .love project file
local comment = love.maker.getComment(dest)Source code by 2dengine LLC (MIT License) https://github.com/2dengine/love.maker
Compression by Rami Sabbagh (MIT License) https://github.com/Rami-Sabbagh/LoveZip
Minification by Marcus 'ReFreezed' Thunström (MIT License) https://github.com/ReFreezed/DumbLuaParser
Un-Restricted File System by Ross Grams (MIT License) https://github.com/rgrams/urfs
Linux testing by gphg
Additional testing by the Love2D community https://love2d.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=86893