diff --git a/utils/make_tarball.sh b/utils/make_tarball.sh
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/make_tarball.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+if [ -z "${1}" ]; then
+    echo "Usage: make_tarball.sh git_tag"
+    exit
+fi
+GIT_TAG=${1}
+git archive ${GIT_TAG} --prefix ${GIT_TAG}/ -o "${GIT_TAG}".tar.gz