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+++ b/scripts/win32/deploy_build.sh	Wed Jan 24 20:18:59 2024 -0500
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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# deploys needed libraries for minori on win32
+#
+# this also runs windeployqt to deploy qt crap
+# as well
+
+DIR="${DIR:-minori}"
+
+GetNeededLibraries() {
+	# do not run this on untrusted executables.
+	# see: ldd(1)
+	ldd "$1" | while IFS="" read -r dependency; do
+		lib="$(cut -d' ' -f3 <<< $dependency)"
+		if [[ "$lib" == /"${MSYSTEM,,}"/* ]]; then
+			echo "$lib"
+		fi
+	done
+}
+
+
+if [ -d "$DIR" ]; then
+	rm -r "$DIR"
+fi
+
+mkdir "$DIR"
+
+for lib in $(GetNeededLibraries ".libs/minori.exe"); do
+	cp "$lib" "$DIR/"
+done
+
+cp ".libs/minori.exe" "$DIR/"
+
+windeployqt "$DIR/minori.exe"
+
+zip -r "$DIR.zip" "$DIR"