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-#!/bin/sh
-#
-# release.sh: script to roll a release tarball.
-# copyright (c) 2006-2013 Emil Mikulic.
-#
-# This is for developer use only and lives in the git repo but
-# shouldn't end up in a tarball.
-#
-if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
-  echo "usage: $0 1.123" >&2
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-NAME=darkhttpd
-VERSION="$1"
-
-files="\
-Makefile \
-darkhttpd.c \
-README \
-"
-
-say() {
-  echo ==\> "$@" >&2
-}
-
-run() {
-  say "$@"
-  "$@" || { say ERROR!; exit 1; }
-}
-
-PKG=$NAME-$VERSION
-say releasing $PKG
-devel/clang-warns
-devel/warns
-# TODO: checker, tests
-if git status --porcelain | egrep -v '^\?\?' -q; then
-  say ERROR: uncommitted changes:
-  git status
-  exit 1
-fi
-run mkdir $PKG
-run cp -r $files $PKG/.
-sed -r -e \
-  '/pkgname\[\]\s+= "/s/"darkhttpd\/[^"]+"/"'$NAME'\/'$VERSION'"/' \
-  darkhttpd.c > $PKG/darkhttpd.c || { echo sed failed; exit 1; }
-# package it up
-run tar chof $PKG.tar $PKG
-run bzip2 -9vv $PKG.tar
-say output:
-ls -l $PKG.tar.bz2
-say FINISHED!