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+#!/bin/bash -e
+
+# External command, intended to be called with custom_target() in meson.build
+
+# skeletonmm-tarball.sh <source_dir> <output_file> <input_files...>
+
+source_dir="$1"
+output_file="$2"
+shift; shift
+
+# These options don't contain filenames, and thus no spaces that
+# must be preserved in the call to tar.
+tar_options="--create --dereference --old-archive --file=-"
+
+case "$output_file" in
+  *.xz)
+    ( cd "$source_dir"; tar $tar_options "$@" ) | xz --to-stdout --extreme >"$output_file"
+    ;;
+  *.gz)
+    ( cd "$source_dir"; tar $tar_options "$@" ) | gzip --to-stdout --best --no-name >"$output_file"
+    ;;
+  *) echo "Error: Unknown filetype, $output_file"
+     exit 1
+     ;;
+esac