diff --git a/scripts/generate-src.sh b/scripts/generate-src.sh
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+# Run from root of the Git repo to archive a source tarball
+
+fail()
+{
+	echo "$1" 1>&2
+	exit 1
+}
+
+git diff-index --quiet HEAD -- || fail "Source archives must not have unstaged changes!"
+
+BUILD_ROOT=$PWD/build
+ARCHIVE_FOLDER=$BUILD_ROOT/source
+VERSION=`cat app/version.txt`
+
+echo Cleaning output directories
+rm -rf $ARCHIVE_FOLDER
+mkdir $BUILD_ROOT
+mkdir $ARCHIVE_FOLDER
+
+scripts/git-archive-all.sh --format tar.gz $ARCHIVE_FOLDER/MoonlightSrc-$VERSION.tar.gz || fail "Archive failed"
+
+echo Archive successful
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