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+#!/bin/bash
+
+git clean -xfdi
+git submodule foreach --recursive git clean -xfdi
+
+VERSION=`git describe --tags`
+DIR_NAME="modsecurity-apache-$VERSION"
+TAR_NAME="modsecurity-apache-$VERSION.tar.gz"
+
+MY_DIR=${PWD##*/}
+
+cd ..
+tar --transform "s/^$MY_DIR/$DIR_NAME/" -cvzf $TAR_NAME --exclude .git $MY_DIR
+
+sha256sum $TAR_NAME > $TAR_NAME.sha256
+gpg --detach-sign -a $TAR_NAME
+
+cd -
+echo $TAR_NAME ": done."
+