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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Since Windows and GNU/Linux use a script called 'dist.sh' to make the
+# package, it makes it easy to script the nightly auto-builds if Mac OS X has
+# a script called 'dist.sh' also.
+
+xcodebuild -target Distribute
+
+