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+# This is intended to be run on POSIX with GNU Make
+VERSION:=$(shell sed -n -e '/^<h1[ >]/s/.* \(20[12][0-9]R[0-9][0-9]*\)<.*/\1/p' spec.html)
+
+DISTDIR=ballerina-lang-spec-$(VERSION)
+ZIPFILE=$(DISTDIR).zip
+DISTFILES=spec.html lib/versions.json \
+  lib/array.bal lib/decimal.bal lib/error.bal lib/float.bal lib/future.bal \
+  lib/int.bal lib/map.bal lib/object.bal lib/stream.bal lib/string.bal \
+  lib/table.bal lib/typedesc.bal lib/value.bal lib/xml.bal
+
+$(ZIPFILE): $(DISTFILES)
+	test -d $(DISTDIR) || mkdir $(DISTDIR)
+	tar cf - $(DISTFILES) | (cd $(DISTDIR); tar xf -)
+	zip $(ZIPFILE) $(addprefix $(DISTDIR)/,$(DISTFILES))
+
+clean: FORCE
+	-rm -fr $(DISTDIR) $(ZIPFILE)
+
+FORCE:
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