Add new -l (local) command-line option to mkdist.sh

Generates tarball from local checkout rather than git tag.
Useful when you want to experiment with changes to files involved in
	the building process, such as Makefile.PL, without making a
	new git commit+tag each time.

diff --git a/id-deb-build/mkdist.sh b/id-deb-build/mkdist.sh
index 473013e..2aa0d5a 100755 (executable)
--- a/id-deb-build/mkdist.sh
+++ b/id-deb-build/mkdist.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ die () {
   exit 1
 }
 
+if [ "x$1" = x-l ]; then
+  localFiles=t
+  shift
+fi
+
 if test -f IDMETA; then
   . ./IDMETA
 else
@@ -38,14 +43,30 @@ if [ "x$1" != x ]; then
 fi
 
 trap 'rm -f tmp.tar' 0
-git archive --format=tar --prefix=$NAME-$VERSION/ v${VERSION} > tmp.tar || die "This version is not tagged in Git";
+
+if [ -n "$localFiles" ]; then
+    echo "WARNING: using local files rather than git tag" >&2
+    echo "This is fine for testing, but should not be used for releases " >&2
+    pwd=`pwd`
+    dir=`basename "$pwd"`
+    cd ..
+    cp -a "$dir" $NAME-$VERSION
+    rm -rf $NAME-$VERSION/.git
+    tar cf "$pwd"/tmp.tar $NAME-$VERSION
+    rm -rf $NAME-$VERSION
+    cd "$dir"
+else
+    echo "from git"
+    git archive --format=tar --prefix=$NAME-$VERSION/ v${VERSION} > tmp.tar || die "This version is not tagged in Git";
+fi
+
 tar xf tmp.tar
 rm tmp.tar
 for file in debian $OMIT_FROM_DIST; do
   if [ -e "$file" ]; then
     echo "Omitting $file from distribution"
-    rm -r $NAME-$VERSION/$file
+    rm -rf $NAME-$VERSION/$file
   fi
 done
 tar cfz $NAME-$VERSION.tar.gz $NAME-$VERSION
-rm -r $NAME-$VERSION
+rm -rf $NAME-$VERSION