From b9da7561c696f0c509a7228888d44d61cef34689 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: default <me@psmattas.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 10:34:02 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] EC-21: FEAT: Added Makefile for better publishing

Refers: Evercatch/evercatch-board#21
---
 .gitignore |  3 +++
 Makefile   | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 48 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Makefile

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0be5d15..026481a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -45,3 +45,6 @@ coverage/
 *.p12
 *.pfx
 secrets/
+
+# Build
+*.zip
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e139d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# Makefile for publishing Go modules to Gitea Package Registry
+
+# --- Configuration ---
+# Set this to the exact module path from your go.mod file.
+MODULE_PATH := git.psmattas.com/evercatch/evercatch-go
+GITEA_OWNER := Evercatch
+GITEA_REGISTRY_URL := https://git.psmattas.com/api/packages/$(GITEA_OWNER)/go/upload
+
+# --- Variables (do not edit) ---
+# Automatically gets the latest git tag (e.g., v0.0.2)
+VERSION := $(shell git describe --tags --abbrev=0)
+ZIP_FILENAME := $(VERSION).zip
+# Reads the Gitea token from your environment.
+# Must be run as: GITEA_TOKEN=... make publish
+TOKEN := ${GITEA_TOKEN}
+
+# --- Commands ---
+
+# This is a special directive to tell Make that these are command names, not files.
+.PHONY: all publish package clean
+
+all: publish
+
+# packages the module into a correctly structured zip file.
+package:
+	@echo "📦 Packaging module $(MODULE_PATH) version $(VERSION)..."
+	@git archive --format=zip \
+		--prefix="$(MODULE_PATH)@$(VERSION)/" \
+		-o "$(ZIP_FILENAME)" \
+		"$(VERSION)"
+	@echo "✅ Successfully created $(ZIP_FILENAME)"
+
+# publishes the packaged zip file to the Gitea registry.
+publish: package
+	@echo "⬆️  Uploading $(ZIP_FILENAME) to Gitea..."
+	@curl --user "$(GITEA_OWNER):$(TOKEN)" \
+		--upload-file "$(ZIP_FILENAME)" \
+		"$(GITEA_REGISTRY_URL)"
+	@echo "\n✅ Successfully published to Gitea."
+	@make clean
+
+# removes the generated zip file.
+clean:
+	@echo "🧹 Cleaning up..."
+	@rm -f "$(ZIP_FILENAME)"