Process Lua scripts by stripping comments. This can save up a few bytes up to kilobytes.

src/addoncreator/Addon/AddonFile.cs

@@ -222,7 +222,12 @@ namespace GarrysMod.AddonCreator.Addon
                 throw new FileNotFoundException("Addon building requires a valid addon.json file.");
             }
 
-            var files = Files;
+            var files = Files
+                // minimize lua code
+                .Select(f => f.Key.EndsWith(".lua", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+                    ? new KeyValuePair<string, AddonFileInfo>(f.Key, new LuaAddonFileInfo(f.Value))
+                    : f)
+                .ToDictionary(i => i.Key, i => i.Value);
 
             // Check for errors and ignores in addon.json
             var addonJson =

src/addoncreator/Addon/LuaAddonFileInfo.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+
+namespace GarrysMod.AddonCreator.Addon
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Wrapper around another file info for optimizing Lua files.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class LuaAddonFileInfo : AddonFileInfo
+    {
+        private readonly AddonFileInfo _fi;
+
+        private byte[] _content;
+
+        private readonly string _stripCommentsRegex = string.Join("|", new[]
+        {
+            // block comments
+            @"/\*(.*?)\*/",
+            @"\-\-\[\[(.*?)\]\]",
+
+            // line comments
+            @"//(.*?)(?<linebreak>\r?\n)",
+            @"\-\-(.*?)(?<linebreak>\r?\n)"
+        });
+        private string _luaCode;
+
+        public LuaAddonFileInfo(AddonFileInfo actual)
+        {
+            _fi = actual;
+        }
+
+        public override byte[] GetContents()
+        {
+            if (_content != null)
+                return _content;
+
+            _luaCode = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(_fi.GetContents());
+            _luaCode = Regex.Replace(_luaCode, _stripCommentsRegex, m => m.Groups["linebreak"] != null ? m.Groups["linebreak"].Value : "");
+
+
+            return _content;
+        }
+        
+    }
+}

src/addoncreator/GarrysMod.AddonCreator.csproj

@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@
     <BaseIntermediateOutputPath>$(SolutionDir)\obj\$(TargetName)\$(Configuration)\$(Platform)\</BaseIntermediateOutputPath>
     <OutputPath>$(SolutionDir)\bin\$(Configuration)\$(Platform)\</OutputPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <StartupObject>GarrysMod.AddonCreator.Program</StartupObject>
+  </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json, Version=6.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=30ad4fe6b2a6aeed, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
       <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
@@ -53,6 +56,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Addon\AddonFileInfo.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Addon\AddonJson.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Addon\AddonWhitelist.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Addon\LuaAddonFileInfo.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Extensions.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Addon\JsonAddonFileInfo.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Hashing\Crc32.cs" />
@@ -64,6 +68,9 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="packages.config" />
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Folder Include="Tests\" />
+  </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
   <Import Project="$(SolutionDir)\.nuget\NuGet.targets" Condition="Exists('$(SolutionDir)\.nuget\NuGet.targets')" />
   <Target Name="EnsureNuGetPackageBuildImports" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">