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+TAGGER_BASE := $(HOME)/Dropbox/tagger/comictagger
+VERSION_STR := $(shell grep version $(TAGGER_BASE)/ctversion.py| cut -d= -f2 | sed 's/\"//g')
+
+all: clean
+
+clean:
+	rm -f *~ *.pyc *.pyo
+	rm -f logdict*.log
+	
+	
+zip:
+	cd release; \
+		rm -rf *zip comictagger-src-$(VERSION_STR) ;  \
+		svn checkout https://comictagger.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ comictagger-src-$(VERSION_STR); \
+		zip -r comictagger-src-$(VERSION_STR).zip comictagger-src-$(VERSION_STR); \
+		rm -rf comictagger-src-$(VERSION_STR)
+	
+	@echo When satisfied with release, do this:
+	@echo svn fpoooo $(VERSION_STR)
+