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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# This file is licensed to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# zip up binary and source distributions
+
+set -e
+
+if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then 
+    echo "usage $0 Release-Version"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+mkdir -p build/bindist-tmp/xmlunit-$1/apidocs
+cp README.md LICENSE build/bindist-tmp/xmlunit-$1
+cp build/bin/Debug/xmlunit-*.dll build/bindist-tmp/xmlunit-$1
+cp -r build/html/* build/bindist-tmp/xmlunit-$1/apidocs
+cd build/bindist-tmp
+zip -r xmlunit-$1-bin.zip xmlunit-$1
+tar cf xmlunit-$1-bin.tar xmlunit-$1
+gzip -k xmlunit-$1-bin.tar
+bzip2 xmlunit-$1-bin.tar
+mv xmlunit-$1-bin.* ..
+cd ../..
+
+mkdir -p build/srcdist-tmp/xmlunit-$1
+cp -r [A-Zstx]* build/srcdist-tmp/xmlunit-$1
+find build/srcdist-tmp/xmlunit-$1 -name \*~ | xargs -e rm
+find build/srcdist-tmp/xmlunit-$1 -name obj -o -name .git | xargs -e rm -r
+cd build/srcdist-tmp
+zip -r xmlunit-$1-src.zip xmlunit-$1
+tar cf xmlunit-$1-src.tar xmlunit-$1
+gzip -k xmlunit-$1-src.tar
+bzip2 xmlunit-$1-src.tar
+mv xmlunit-$1-src.* ..
+
+cd ..
+for i in *.zip *.tar.gz *.tar.bz2; do
+    md5sum $i > $i.md5
+    sha1sum $i > $i.sha1
+    sha256sum $i > $i.sha256
+    #gpg --detach-sign --armor $i
+done