Added script file to strip unwanted files from dist tarball

Author: mzecc

meson.build

@@ -227,3 +227,5 @@ else
   endif
 
 endif
+# dist - script to reduce the *tar.gz
+meson.add_dist_script('scripts/strip-sdist.py')

scripts/strip-sdist.py

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+Script file to strip unwanted files from dist tarball
+
+"""
+
+import os
+import shutil
+
+dist_root = os.environ.get("MESON_DIST_ROOT")
+
+# Files/Folders to strip from the *.tar.gz
+exclude = [
+    ".github",
+    "docs",
+    "tests",
+    "changelog",
+    "stubs",
+    "scripts",
+    ".pre-commit-config.yaml",
+    ".gitignore",
+    ".readthedocs.yaml",
+    "Makefile",
+    "environment-docs-conda-base.yml",
+    "mkdocs.yml",
+    "uv.lock",
+    "requirements-docs-locked.txt",
+    "requirements-incl-optional-locked.txt",
+    "requirements-locked.txt",
+    "requirements-only-tests-locked.txt",
+    "requirements-only-tests-min-locked.txt",
+    "requirements-upstream-dev.txt",
+    ".copier-answers.yml",
+    ".fprettify.rc",
+]
+
+# Stripping
+for path in exclude:
+    abs_path = os.path.join(dist_root, path)
+    if not os.path.exists(abs_path):
+        print(f"File not found: {abs_path}")
+    if os.path.isdir(abs_path):
+        shutil.rmtree(abs_path)
+    elif os.path.isfile(abs_path):
+        os.remove(abs_path)