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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright © 2024 Thomas von Dein
+
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+
+# get list with: go tool dist list
+DIST="linux/amd64
+windows/amd64 "
+
+tool="$1"
+version="$2"
+
+if test -z "$version"; then
+  echo "Usage: $0 <tool name> <release version>"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+rm -rf releases
+mkdir -p releases
+
+
+for D in $DIST; do
+    os=${D/\/*/}
+    arch=${D/*\//}
+    binfile="releases/${tool}-${os}-${arch}-${version}"
+
+    if test "$os" = "windows"; then
+        binfile="${binfile}.exe"
+    fi
+    
+    tardir="${tool}-${os}-${arch}-${version}"
+    tarfile="releases/${tool}-${os}-${arch}-${version}.tar.gz"
+    set -x
+    GOOS=${os} GOARCH=${arch} go build -o ${binfile}
+    continue
+    
+    mkdir -p ${tardir}
+    cp ${binfile} README.md LICENSE ${tardir}/
+    echo 'tool = gfn
+PREFIX = /usr/local
+UID    = root
+GID    = 0
+
+install:
+	install -d -o $(UID) -g $(GID) $(PREFIX)/bin
+	install -d -o $(UID) -g $(GID) $(PREFIX)/man/man1
+	install -o $(UID) -g $(GID) -m 555 $(tool)  $(PREFIX)/sbin/
+	install -o $(UID) -g $(GID) -m 444 $(tool).1 $(PREFIX)/man/man1/' > ${tardir}/Makefile
+    tar cpzf ${tarfile} ${tardir}
+    sha256sum ${binfile} | cut -d' ' -f1 > ${binfile}.sha256
+    sha256sum ${tarfile} | cut -d' ' -f1 > ${tarfile}.sha256
+    rm -rf ${tardir}
+    set +x
+done
+