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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# extract current branch name
+BRANCH=$(git name-rev HEAD 2> /dev/null | awk "{ print \$2 }")
+
+# get name of the most top folder of current directory, used for the
+# output filename
+ARCHIVE_NAME=$(basename $(pwd))
+
+if [[ $BRANCH = tags* ]]; then
+	BRANCH=$(git describe)
+	echo Building for tag \"$BRANCH\"
+	FILENAME=$ARCHIVE_NAME.$BRANCH.zip
+else
+	echo Building archive on branch \"$BRANCH\"
+	# get a version string, so archives will not be overwritten when creating
+	# many of them
+	VERSION=$(git describe --always --long)
+	# if not on master append branch name into the filename
+	if [ "$BRANCH" = "master" ]; then
+		FILENAME=$ARCHIVE_NAME.$VERSION.zip
+	else
+		FILENAME=$ARCHIVE_NAME.$VERSION.$BRANCH.zip
+	fi
+fi
+
+# combine path and filename
+OUTPUT=$(pwd)/$FILENAME
+
+# building archive
+git archive --format zip --output $OUTPUT $BRANCH
+
+# also display size of the resulting file
+echo Saved to \"$FILENAME\" \(`du -h $OUTPUT | cut -f1`\)
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