<NME> Rakefile
<BEF> ADDFILE
<MSG> - helper for building release tarball


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+task :tar do
+  version = ENV["VERSION"]
+  version ||= Time.now.strftime "%Y%m%d%H%M%S"
+  sh "rm -rf /tmp/logstash-build/"
+  sh "mkdir -p /tmp/logstasth-build/logstash-#{version}"
+  sh "svn export https://logstash.googlecode.com/svn/trunk " \
+     "/tmp/logstash-build/logstash-#{version}"
+  sh "cd /tmp/logstash-build && " \
+     "tar -czf /tmp/logstash-#{version}.tar.gz logstash-#{version}"
+end

- helper for building release tarball