add command-line build tool

Author: spragunr

scripts/build_autograder.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""Create an uploadable Gradescope zip file from an autograder folder.
+
+usage: build_autograder.py [-h] [--output OUTPUT] folder
+
+Command line tool for building Python autograders.
+
+positional arguments:
+  folder   Location of the folder containing autograder
+
+optional arguments:
+  -h, --help   show this help message and exit
+  --output OUTPUT, -o OUTPUT
+               Output zip file location
+               (default is to store the file in the autograder folder).
+"""
+
+import argparse
+from pathlib import Path
+import jmu_gradescope_utils.build_utils as build_utils
+
+
+def main():
+
+    description = "Command line tool for building Python autograders."
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=description)
+    parser.add_argument('folder',
+                        help='Location of the folder containing autograder')
+    parser.add_argument('--output', '-o',
+                        help="Output zip file location (default is to store the file in the autograder folder).")
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    folder = Path(args.folder)
+    if folder.exists():
+        folder = folder.resolve()
+
+    if args.output is None:
+        args.output = str(folder / ('autograder_' + str(folder.name) + ".zip"))
+
+    build_utils.build_zip(folder, args.output)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()