diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3b3fb5806..9c5e07d69 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ patched-fonts/Input*
 unpatched-sample-fonts/Input*
 casks/*
 archives/*
+private.cfg
diff --git a/bin/scripts/upload-archives.sh b/bin/scripts/upload-archives.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..4d074658d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/scripts/upload-archives.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# version: 0.9.0
+# Iterates over all archives and uploads to given release
+
+# uncomment to debug:
+#set -x
+
+cd ../../archives/ || {
+  echo >&2 "# Could not find archives directory"
+  exit 1
+}
+
+private_config="../private.cfg"
+
+# source the private confit file if exists:
+if [ -f "$private_config" ]
+then
+  source "$private_config"
+else
+  echo >&2 "# Could not source private config"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+TOKEN=$github_access_token
+OWNER="ryanoasis"
+REPO="nerd-fonts"
+# release id from tag:
+#RELEASE="v0.8.0"
+RELEASE=3229472
+FILEPATH="test-asset-upload.txt"
+#FILE="https://api.github.com/repos/$OWNER/$REPO/releases/$FILEPATH"
+FILE="https://uploads.github.com/repos/$OWNER/$REPO/releases/tags/$RELEASE/assets{?name,label}"
+
+#curl --header 'Authorization: token $TOKEN' \
+#     --header 'Accept: application/vnd.github.v3.raw' \
+#     --remote-name \
+#     --location $FILE
+
+#curl -# -XPOST -H "Authorization:token $TOKEN" -H "Content-Type:application/octet-stream" --data-binary @$FILEPATH https://uploads.github.com/repos/$OWNER/$REPO/releases/tags/$RELEASE/assets?name=$(basename $FILEPATH)&url=xyz
+curl -# -XPOST -H "Authorization:token $TOKEN" -H "Content-Type:application/octet-stream" --data-binary @$FILEPATH https://uploads.github.com/repos/$OWNER/$REPO/releases/$RELEASE/assets?name=$(basename $FILEPATH)&url=xyz
+
+# just test a basic upload for now:
+exit
+
+find ./Hack -maxdepth 0 -type d | # uncomment to test 1 font
+#find . -maxdepth 1 -type d | # uncomment to test all font
+while read -r filename
+do
+
+	#dirname=$(dirname "$filename")
+	basename=$(basename "$filename")
+	searchdir=$filename
+	#fontdir=$(basename "$(dirname "$dirname")")
+	outputdir=$PWD/../archives/
+
+	[[ -d "$outputdir" ]] || mkdir -p "$outputdir"
+
+	zip "$outputdir/$basename" -rj "$searchdir" -i '*.[o,t]tf' -x '*Windows*'
+	#zip "$outputdir/$basename" -r "$searchdir" -i '*.[o,t]tf' -x '*Windows*'
+
+done