added release archive script

Author: iNerdStack

.gitignore

@@ -76,3 +76,8 @@ android/keystores/debug.keystore
 
 # generated by bob
 lib/
+
+# generated module assets
+*.tar.gz
+*.tgz
+*.zip

exports/pack-github-release.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Navigate to the project root directory; assumes the script is run from the exports directory
+cd ..
+
+# Fetch package name and version directly from package.json
+version=$(npm pkg get version | tr -d '"')
+name=$(npm pkg get name | tr -d '"')
+
+# Sanitize package name for use in filename
+sanitizedName=$(echo "$name" | sed 's/@//;s/\//-/')
+
+# Define output filename base, saving archives in the exports directory
+outputFilename="exports/${sanitizedName}-${version}"
+
+# Create .tar.gz archive
+tar --exclude='node_modules' \
+    --exclude='.git' \
+    --exclude='exports' \
+    --exclude='.expo' \
+    --exclude='.vscode' \
+    --exclude='temp' \
+    --exclude='.yarn/cache' \
+    --exclude='.yarn/install-state.gz' \
+    --exclude='*.zip' \
+    --exclude='*.tar.gz' \
+    -cvzf "${outputFilename}.tar.gz" .
+
+# Create .zip archive
+zip -r "${outputFilename}.zip" . \
+    -x '*node_modules*' \
+    -x '*.expo*' \
+    -x '.vscode' \
+    -x '*.git*' \
+    -x 'exports/*' \
+    -x 'temp/*' \
+    -x '.yarn/cache/*' \
+    -x '.yarn/install-state.gz' \
+    -x '*.zip' \
+    -x '*.tar.gz'