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-#!/bin/sh
-# script to create a tarball for the files that should be in the CTAN upload
-
-# fetch version via git
-VERSION=$(git describe --tags --dirty)
-TARBALL=moderncv-$VERSION.tar
-
-# remove existing tarballs
-rm -f $TARBALL $TARBALL.gz
-
-# create tar with all files in git repo
-git archive HEAD > $TARBALL
-
-# remove git specific files
-tar -f $TARBALL --delete .github/ .gitignore create-release-tarball.sh
-
-# compress
-gzip $TARBALL