adding build file, updating gititgnore, adding check in backup to create archive if source is present

.gitignore

@@ -220,8 +220,11 @@ compile_commands.json
 **/tempCodeRunnerFile.py
 
 output/**
-
-
+archive/**
+.vscode
+backup
+database
+report/**
 # Rust
 target/
 uv.lock

build.py

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import os
+import shutil
+
+
+def build_release():
+    print(f"Building Application")
+    os.system(
+        f"uv run python -m nuitka --standalone --output-dir=build --include-package=PyQt6 --include-package=pygments --include-data-dir=./config=config --include-data-dir=./docs=docs --include-data-dir=./icons=icons --include-data-dir=./.venv/Lib/site-packages/PyQt6/=PyQt6 --windows-icon-from-ico=icons/icon.ico main.py"
+    )
+    shutil.copytree(
+        ".venv/Lib/site-packages/PyQt6/", "build/main.dist/PyQt6/", dirs_exist_ok=True
+    )
+    shutil.move("build/main.dist", "build/LibrarySystem")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    build_release()

src/logic/backup.py

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class Backup:
             self.backup = True
 
     def createBackup(self):
-        if os.path.exists(self.archivePath):
+        if os.path.exists(self.archivePath) and os.path.exists(self.source_path):
             # copy the active database to the archive path, add _[date]
             day = datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S")
             # copy the active database to the archive path, add _[date]