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+require 'rexml/document'
+include REXML
+
+desc "update version and copy to server"
+task :release do
+  Dir.chdir("resources") do
+    build = File.read("build.xml")
+    xml = Document.new(build)
+    versionNumber = xml.elements["project/property[@name='versionNumber']"]
+    v = versionNumber.attributes["value"]
+    nummers = v.split(".")
+    minorVersion = nummers[2]
+    minorVersion = minorVersion.to_i + 1
+    versionNumber.attributes["value"] = nummers[0..1].join(".") + "." + minorVersion.to_s
+    File.open("build.xml", "w") do |file|
+      file << xml.to_s
+    end
+    puts `ant`
+  end
+  `scp -r distribution/web/* root@grimaceworks.com:/srv/processing/microkontrol/`
+end
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