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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Change this to where AdvancedInstaller outputs built EXE installers
+WINDOWS_INSTALLER_DIR=/home/transfer/Qortal/Qortal-SetupFiles
+
+set -e
+shopt -s expand_aliases
+
+# optional git tag?
+if [ $# -ge 1 ]; then
+	git_tag="$1"
+	shift
+fi
+
+saved_pwd=$PWD
+
+alias SHA256='(sha256 -q || sha256sum | cut -d" " -f1) 2>/dev/null'
+
+# Check we are within a git repo
+git_dir=$( git rev-parse --show-toplevel )
+if [ -z "${git_dir}" ]; then
+	echo "Cannot determine top-level directory for git repo"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+# Change to git top-level
+cd ${git_dir}
+
+# Check we are in 'master' branch
+# branch_name=$( git symbolic-ref -q HEAD )
+# branch_name=${branch_name##refs/heads/}
+# if [ "${branch_name}" != "master" ]; then
+	# echo "Unexpected current branch '${branch_name}' - expecting 'master'"
+	# exit 1
+# fi
+
+# Determine project name
+project=$( perl -n -e 'if (m/<artifactId>(\w+)<.artifactId>/) { print $1; exit }' pom.xml $)
+if [ -z "${project}" ]; then
+	echo "Unable to determine project name from pom.xml?"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+# Extract git tag
+if [ -z "${git_tag}" ]; then
+	git_tag=$( git tag --points-at HEAD )
+	if [ -z "${git_tag}" ]; then
+		echo "Unable to extract git tag"
+		exit 1
+	fi
+fi
+
+# Find origin URL
+git_url=$( git remote get-url origin )
+git_url=https://github.com/${git_url##*:}
+git_url=${git_url%%.git}
+
+# Check for EXE
+exe=${project^}-${git_tag#v}.exe
+exe_src="${WINDOWS_INSTALLER_DIR}/${exe}"
+if [ ! -r "${exe_src}" ]; then
+	echo "Cannot find EXE installer at ${exe_src}"
+	exit
+fi
+
+# Check for ZIP
+zip_filename=${project}-${git_tag#v}.zip
+zip_src=${saved_pwd}/${zip_filename}
+if [ ! -r "${zip_src}" ]; then
+	echo "Cannot find ZIP at ${zip_src}"
+	exit
+fi
+
+
+
+# Changes
+cat <<"__CHANGES__"
+*Changes in this release:*
+* 
+__CHANGES__
+
+# JAR
+cat <<__JAR__
+
+### [${project}.jar](${git_url}/releases/download/${git_tag}/${project}.jar)
+
+If built using OpenJDK 11:
+__JAR__
+3hash target/${project}*.jar
+
+# EXE
+cat <<__EXE__
+
+### [${exe}](${git_url}/releases/download/${git_tag}/${exe})
+
+__EXE__
+3hash "${exe_src}"
+
+# VirusTotal url is SHA256 of github download url:
+virustotal_url=$( echo -n "${git_url}/releases/download/${git_tag}/${exe}" | SHA256 )
+cat <<__VIRUSTOTAL__
+
+[VirusTotal report for ${exe}](https://www.virustotal.com/gui/url/${virustotal_url}/detection)
+__VIRUSTOTAL__
+
+# ZIP
+cat <<__ZIP__
+
+### [${zip_filename}](${git_url}/releases/download/${git_tag}/${zip_filename})
+
+Contains bare minimum of:
+* built \`${project}.jar\`
+* \`log4j2.properties\` from git repo
+* \`start.sh\` from git repo
+* \`stop.sh\` from git repo
+* \`printf "{\n}\n" > settings.json\`
+
+All timestamps set to same date-time as commit, obtained via \`git show --no-patch --format=%cI\`
+Packed with \`7z a -r -tzip ${zip_filename} ${project}/\`
+
+__ZIP__
+3hash ${zip_src}