From e2361d6e56fb78467d17f7ceaab4df220cae8624 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Felix Kauselmann <2039670+selmf@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 21:10:22 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Improve tarball script.

---
 mktarball.sh | 19 +++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mktarball.sh b/mktarball.sh
index 13b3700c..47e1227a 100755
--- a/mktarball.sh
+++ b/mktarball.sh
@@ -1,19 +1,22 @@
 #! /bin/bash
-#script to create a source tarball for YACReader distribution and packaging
+#Script to create a source tarball for YACReader distribution and packaging
+#This should be run from YACReaders top source directory
+
 YACVERSION=7.2.0
 if [ -f Makefile ]
 then
 	make distclean
 fi
-if [ ! -f "yacreader_${YACVERSION}-src.tar.xz" ]
+if [ ! -f "yacreader-${YACVERSION}-src.tar.xz" ]
 then
 	echo "Building source tarball"
 else
 	echo "Updating source tarball"
-	rm yacreader_${YACVERSION}-src.tar* #delete old tarball, since tar can't update compressed archives
+	rm yacreader-${YACVERSION}-src.tar* #delete old tarball, since tar can't update compressed archives
 fi
-#use --exclude to make sure we get a pristine tar
-#might not work out of the box with bsdtar!
-tar cfJ yacreader_${YACVERSION}-src.tar.xz  --exclude '*.rej' --exclude '*.orig' --exclude '*.gch' --exclude 'dependencies' \
---exclude 'yacreader*tar*' --exclude '.hg*' --exclude 'libp7zip' --exclude 'lib7zip' ./* --transform s/./yacreader_${YACVERSION}/
-md5sum yacreader_${YACVERSION}-src.tar.xz > yacreader_${YACVERSION}-src.tar.xz.md5sum
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+#Use tar's --exclude feature to make sure we get a pristine tar for distribution.
+#Exclude all version control system related files and rename the top directory in the tarball using --transform.
+tar cfJ yacreader-${YACVERSION}-src.tar.xz  --exclude '*.rej' --exclude '*.orig' --exclude '*.gch' --exclude 'dependencies' --exclude '*.o' \
+--exclude 'yacreader*tar*' --exclude '.hg*' --exclude 'lib7zip' --exclude 'libp7zip' --exclude-vcs ./* --transform s/./yacreader-${YACVERSION}/
+#Calculate checksum to enable packagers to verify whether they are using the original tarball. 
+md5sum yacreader-${YACVERSION}-src.tar.xz > yacreader-${YACVERSION}-src.tar.xz.md5sum
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