Simple build script for git archiving

git-archiver.sh

#!/bin/sh

# DROP THIS IN A GIT REPO THEN CALL FROM THE COMMAND LINE

# ask for a version (tag) to build (if not provided)
if [ -z $1 ]
then
  echo "Available versions:";
  echo $(git tag) | sed s/\ /,\ /g;
  echo "Which version would you like to build?";
  read version;
else
  version=$1;
fi

textversion=$version;
if [ -z $version ]
then
  textversion="latest-`eval date +%Y\-%m\-%d`";
fi

echo "Thanks, building into 'build-${textversion}.zip'";

# archive the tag (or the current working tree)
if [ -z $version ]
then
  git archive -o "build-${textversion}.zip" HEAD;
else
  git archive --format=zip $version > "build-${textversion}.zip"
fi