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+#! /bin/bash
+
+# Copyright (c) 2020 Albert Gräf <aggraef@gmail.com>. Distributed under the
+# MIT license, please check the toplevel LICENSE file for details.
+
+# Create a self-contained distribution tarball from the source, including all
+# the submodules.
+
+# Invoke this in the toplevel directory as `./make-dist.sh`. It will leave the
+# tarball as pd-faustgen-<version>.tar.gz in the toplevel directory. Temporary
+# data is written to the pd-faustgen-<version> directory, which is
+# automatically deleted afterwards. The version number is extracted from
+# src/faustgen_tilde.c, so make sure to keep that up-to-date.
+
+# NOTE: git and tar need to be installed to make this work. As a side-effect,
+# all submodules will be checked out recursively, using `git submodule update
+# --init --recursive`.
+
+# This may need adjusting if the file is edited and the macro name changes.
+version=$(grep "#define FAUSTGEN_VERSION_STR" src/faustgen_tilde.c | sed 's|^#define *FAUSTGEN_VERSION_STR *"\(.*\)".*|\1|')
+
+# Distribution basename and name of the source tarball.
+dist=pd-faustgen-$version
+src=$dist.tar.gz
+
+# Make sure that the submodules are initialized.
+git submodule update --init --recursive
+
+# List of submodules to include in the package. This requires git version
+# 1.7.8 or later to work.
+submodules=$(find . -mindepth 2 -name '.git' -type f -print | xargs grep -l "gitdir" | sed -e 's/^\.\///' -e 's/\.git$//')
+
+# Remove any left-over temp directory and previous tarball.
+rm -rf $dist $src
+# Grab the main source.
+git archive --format=tar.gz --prefix=$dist/ HEAD | tar xfz -
+# Grab the submodules.
+for x in $submodules; do (cd $dist && git -C ../$x archive --format=tar.gz --prefix=$x HEAD | tar xfz -); done
+
+# Create the source tarball.
+tar cfz $src $dist
+rm -rf $dist