From c4ae4c53790c79777398daedf9919aac86e51255 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Kirby Ross" <james@flyingrobots.dev>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 12:23:17 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add arXiv packaging helper script

---
 aion-holography/scripts/make-arxiv.sh | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 aion-holography/scripts/make-arxiv.sh

diff --git a/aion-holography/scripts/make-arxiv.sh b/aion-holography/scripts/make-arxiv.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3b94f8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aion-holography/scripts/make-arxiv.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Build and package an arXiv-ready tarball for aion-holography.
+# Output: ax.tar in repository root.
+#
+# Steps:
+#  1. Build main.pdf (to generate an up-to-date main.bbl).
+#  2. Collect only the files arXiv needs: *.tex, Makefile, main.bbl.
+#     (No .bib, .pdf, or aux files.)
+#  3. Strip leading comment lines from .tex sources.
+#  4. Create ax.tar at repo root.
+#
+# Usage: scripts/make-arxiv.sh
+
+ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/../.." && pwd)"
+SRC="${ROOT}/aion-holography"
+OUT="${ROOT}/ax.tar"
+
+echo "==> Building PDF to refresh main.bbl"
+cd "${SRC}"
+latexmk -pdf main.tex >/dev/null
+
+echo "==> Assembling arXiv payload"
+WORKDIR="$(mktemp -d "${ROOT}/arxiv.XXXXXX")"
+trap 'rm -rf "${WORKDIR}"' EXIT
+
+# Copy only the needed files.
+rsync -a --prune-empty-dirs \
+  --include 'Makefile' \
+  --include '*.tex' \
+  --include 'main.bbl' \
+  --exclude '*' \
+  "${SRC}/" "${WORKDIR}/"
+
+# Strip full-line comments from .tex sources (keep inline %).
+find "${WORKDIR}" -maxdepth 1 -name '*.tex' -type f -print0 | while IFS= read -r -d '' f; do
+  perl -ni -e 'next if /^\\s*%/; print' "$f"
+done
+
+echo "==> Creating ax.tar at ${OUT}"
+tar -C "${WORKDIR}" -cvf "${OUT}" . >/dev/null
+echo "Wrote ${OUT}"

From 0cd96f84259ee90ab999ad95b7dc56f7c23f96f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Ross <james@flyingrobots.dev>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 17:45:39 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update aion-holography/scripts/make-arxiv.sh

Co-authored-by: coderabbitai[bot] <136622811+coderabbitai[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Signed-off-by: James Ross <james@flyingrobots.dev>
---
 aion-holography/scripts/make-arxiv.sh | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/aion-holography/scripts/make-arxiv.sh b/aion-holography/scripts/make-arxiv.sh
index 3b94f8e..fb8364e 100755
--- a/aion-holography/scripts/make-arxiv.sh
+++ b/aion-holography/scripts/make-arxiv.sh
@@ -39,5 +39,5 @@ find "${WORKDIR}" -maxdepth 1 -name '*.tex' -type f -print0 | while IFS= read -r
 done
 
 echo "==> Creating ax.tar at ${OUT}"
-tar -C "${WORKDIR}" -cvf "${OUT}" . >/dev/null
+tar -C "${WORKDIR}" -cf "${OUT}" . >/dev/null
 echo "Wrote ${OUT}"