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+
+VERSION := $(shell awk '/VERSION/ { print $$4 }' shelldap | sed -e "s/[';]//g")
+
+release:
+	@mkdir shelldap-${VERSION}
+	@cp shelldap shelldap-${VERSION}
+	@hg log --style=changelog > shelldap-${VERSION}/ChangeLog
+	@pod2text shelldap > shelldap-${VERSION}/README
+	@tar -czvf shelldap-${VERSION}.tar.gz shelldap-${VERSION}
+	@rm -rf shelldap-${VERSION}