Gruntfile.js

/**
 * Plugin: Creative Portfolio Custom Colors
 *
 * @see http://gruntjs.com/sample-gruntfile
 */
module.exports = function(grunt) {
  /**
   * Output elapsed time for grunt tasks.
   * @see https://www.npmjs.com/package/time-grunt
   */
  require( 'time-grunt' )(grunt);

  /**
   * Load tasks.
   * @see https://www.npmjs.com/package/matchdep
   */
  require( 'matchdep' ).filterDev(['grunt-*']).forEach( grunt.loadNpmTasks );

  // config
  grunt.initConfig( {
    // read in project settings
    pkg: grunt.file.readJSON( 'package.json' ),

    /**
     * Theme and Plugin internationalization
     * @see https://github.com/blazersix/grunt-wp-i18n/
     */
     makepot: {
      target: {
        options: {
          cwd: '<%= pkg.name %>',
          domainPath: '/languages',
          potFilename: '<%= pkg.name %>-en_US.pot',
          type: 'wp-plugin'
        }
      }
     },

    /**
     * Theme Release via git-archive
     * @see https://www.npmjs.com/package/git-archive
     */
    'git-archive': {
      archive: {
        options: {
          'output': 'releases/<%= pkg.name %>-<%= pkg.version %>.zip',
          'tree-ish': 'master',
          'worktree-attributes': true,
          'extra': 9,
          'path': '<%= pkg.name %>'
        }
      }
    }
  } );

  // register tasks
  grunt.registerTask( 'dev', [] ); // default development tasks
  grunt.registerTask( 'build', ['makepot'] ); // default build tasks
  grunt.registerTask( 'release', ['git-archive'] ); // tasks to run when we're ready for a new release
  // default task
  grunt.registerTask( 'default', ['build'] );
};