Question - How are import zip packages generated?

[cnizo]

I have a question about how the import zip is generated at release time. Is it done automatically somehow or do you do it yourselves (manualy)?

Thank you!

[rhpvorderman]

We use wdl-packager. It uses miniwdl to generate a tree of imports. It turns this into a list of files. This list of files is sorted (for reproducibility), and the files are copied to a temporary directory where they get a timestamp equal to the last modified time as recorded in git (for reproducibility). Then they are packaged in the zip in order.
The tool has command line option so additional non-WDL files (such as the license) can be packaged as well.