
        A build task which packs mod files into a conventional release zip.
        public class CreateModReleaseZip : Task, ITask
        {
           /*********
           ** Accessors
           *********/
           /// The mod files to pack.
           public ITaskItem[] Files { get; set; }

           ///

The name of the mod.
           public string ModName { get; set; }

           /// The absolute or relative path to the folder which should contain the generated zip file.
           public string OutputFolderPath { get; set; }


           /*********
           ** Public methods
           *********/
           public override bool Execute()
           {
              try
              {
                 // create output path if needed
                 Directory.CreateDirectory(OutputFolderPath);

                 // get zip filename
                 string fileName = string.Format("{0}-{1}.zip", this.ModName, this.GetManifestVersion());

                 // clear old zip file if present
                 string zipPath = Path.Combine(OutputFolderPath, fileName);
                 if (File.Exists(zipPath))
                    File.Delete(zipPath);

                 // create zip file
                 using (Stream zipStream = new FileStream(zipPath, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write))
                 using (ZipArchive archive = new ZipArchive(zipStream, ZipArchiveMode.Create))
                 {
                    foreach (ITaskItem file in Files)
                    {
                       // get file info
                       string filePath = file.ItemSpec;
                       string entryName = ModName + '/' + file.GetMetadata("RecursiveDir") + file.GetMetadata("Filename") + file.GetMetadata("Extension");
                       if (new FileInfo(filePath).Directory.Name.Equals("i18n", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
                          entryName = Path.Combine("i18n", entryName);

                       // add to zip
                       using (Stream fileStream = new FileStream(filePath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read))
                       using (Stream fileStreamInZip = archive.CreateEntry(entryName).Open())
                       {
                          fileStream.CopyTo(fileStreamInZip);
                       }
                     }
                 }

                 return true;
              }
              catch (Exception ex)
              {
                 Log.LogErrorFromException(ex);
                 return false;
              }
           }

           /// Get a semantic version from the mod manifest (if available).
           public string GetManifestVersion()
           {
              // Get the file JSON string
              string json = "";
              foreach(ITaskItem file in Files)
              {
                 if(Path.GetFileName(file.ItemSpec).ToLower() != "manifest.json")
                    continue;
                 json = File.ReadAllText(file.ItemSpec);
                 break;
              }

              // Serialize the manifest json into a data object, then get a version object from that.
              IDictionary data = (IDictionary)new JavaScriptSerializer().DeserializeObject(json);
              IDictionary version = (IDictionary)data["Version"];

              // Store our version numbers for ease of use
              int major = (int)version["MajorVersion"];
              int minor = (int)version["MinorVersion"];
              int patch = (int)version["PatchVersion"];

              return String.Format("{0}.{1}.{2}", major, minor, patch);
           }
        }
        ]]>

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