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+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright (c) 2019-2020 The Hush developers
+# Released under the GPLv3
+
+
+#TODO: autodect version number, error handling
+FILE="hush-3.5.0-linux-amd64.tar"
+
+mkdir build
+cp sapling*.params build/
+cd src
+cp komodod komodo-cli komodo-tx hushd hush-cli hush-tx hush-smart-chain ../build
+cd ../build
+tar -f $FILE -c  *
+gzip $FILE
+