Added helper 'make' target which automatically produces 'tar.xz' source archive. The 'tar.xz' format will replace the current 'zip' format.

.gitignore

@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@
 
 /src/source/**
 /src/work/**
-/src/*.iso
-/src/*.img
-/src/*.log
+/src/minimal_linux_live*
 
 /docs/mdbook
 /docs/book/**

src/Makefile

@@ -27,12 +27,23 @@ qemu:
 	@echo "Launching QEMU..."
 	@if [ "$(shell uname -m)" = "x86_64" ]; then sh qemu64.sh; else sh qemu32.sh; fi
 
+src:
+	@echo "Generating source archive..."
+	@rm -f minimal_linux_live_*_src.tar.xz
+	@mkdir -p work
+	@sh 01_prepare_src.sh 1>/dev/null
+	@$(eval DATE_PARSED := $(shell LANG=en_US ; date +"%d-%b-%Y"))
+	@cd work/src && tar -cpf - `ls -A` | xz - > ../../minimal_linux_live_$(DATE_PARSED)_src.tar.xz && cd ../..
+	@echo "Source archive: minimal_linux_live_$(DATE_PARSED)_src.tar.xz"
+
 help:
 	@echo ""
 	@echo "    make all          clean the workspace and then generate \"minimal_linux_live.iso\""
 	@echo ""
 	@echo "    make clean        remove all generated files"
 	@echo ""
+	@echo "    make src          generate 'tar.xz' source archive"
+	@echo ""
 	@echo "    make qemu         run \"Minimal Linux Live\" in qemu"
 	@echo ""
 	@echo "    make help         this is the default target"