Gruntfile.js

module.exports = function (grunt) {
    'use strict';

    var pkg = grunt.file.readJSON('package.json');

    grunt.initConfig({
        // Generate POT files.
        makepot: {
            target: {
                options: {
                    exclude: ['build/.*', 'node_modules/*', 'assets/*'],
                    domainPath: '/i18n/languages/', // Where to save the POT file.
                    potFilename: pkg.name + '.pot', // Name of the POT file.
                    type: 'wp-plugin', // Type of project (wp-plugin or wp-theme).
                    potHeaders: {
                        'report-msgid-bugs-to': 'http://wperp.com/support/',
                        'language-team': 'LANGUAGE <EMAIL@ADDRESS>'
                    }
                }
            }
        },

        // Clean up build directory
        clean: {
            main: ['build/']
        },

        // Copy the plugin into the build directory
        copy: {
            main: {
                src: [
                    '**',
                    '!node_modules/**',
                    '!.codekit-cache/**',
                    '!.idea/**',
                    '!build/**',
                    '!bin/**',
                    '!.git/**',
                    '!Gruntfile.js',
                    '!package.json',
                    '!composer.json',
                    '!composer.lock',
                    '!debug.log',
                    '!phpunit.xml',
                    '!.gitignore',
                    '!.gitmodules',
                    '!npm-debug.log',
                    '!plugin-deploy.sh',
                    '!export.sh',
                    '!config.codekit',
                    '!nbproject/*',
                    '!tests/**',
                    '!README.md',
                    '!CONTRIBUTING.md',
                    '!**/*~',
                    '!.csscomb.json',
                    '!.editorconfig',
                    '!.jshintrc',
                    '!.tmp',
                    '!assets/src/**',
                ],
                dest: 'build/'
            }
        },

        //Compress build directory into <name>.zip and <name>-<version>.zip
        compress: {
            main: {
                options: {
                    mode: 'zip',
                    archive: './build/' + pkg.name + '-v' + pkg.version + '.zip'
                },
                expand: true,
                cwd: 'build/',
                src: ['**/*'],
                dest: pkg.name
            }
        },
    });

    // load npm tasks to be used here
    grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-clean');
    grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-copy');
    grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-compress');
    grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-wp-i18n');

    // grunt tasks
    grunt.registerTask('release', ['makepot']);
    grunt.registerTask('zip', ['clean', 'copy', 'compress']);
};