This is a custom target to use with any ant build. The idea is that this file should be included into your build script and reference the dependency target where appropriate (ex. <import file="./project.xml" /> ). This step should be used after the publish directory is loaded up with all assets and ready to be deployed/packaged. Once this target…

project.xml

  <target name="-tarball">
    <condition property="publish.exists">
      <available file="${dir.publish}" type="dir"/>
    </condition>
    <condition property="dist.exists">
      <available file="${dir.dist}" type="dir"/>
    </condition>
    <if>
      <equals arg1="${publish.exists}" arg2="true"/>
      <then>
        <echo message="Compressing release into a convenient tarball within ${dir.source}/${dir.dist}"/>
        <if>
          <equals arg1="${dist.exists}" arg2="true"/>
          <then>
            <mkdir dir="${dir.dist}"/>
          </then>
        </if>
        <tar destfile="${dir.dist}/release.tar" basedir="${dir.publish}"
             includes="*,**/*"/>
        <gzip src="${dir.dist}/release.tar"
              destfile="${dir.dist}/release.tar.gz"/>
        <delete file="${dir.dist}/release.tar"/>
      </then>
    </if>
  </target>