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+#!/bin/sh
+
+ds=`date "+2.1.0.v%Y%m%d-%H%M"`
+dir=`pwd`
+
+mvn source:aggregate
+mv target/maven-2.1-SNAPSHOT-sources.jar $dir/maven-embedder-$ds-depsrc.zip
+
+(
+
+  cd maven-embedder
+  sed "s@<bundleVersion>.*</bundleVersion>@<bundleVersion>$ds</bundleVersion>@" pom.xml > tmp; mv tmp pom.xml
+  mvn clean assembly:assembly
+  mv target/maven-embedder-$ds-dep.jar $dir
+)