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diff --git a/misc/make_fabfile_tar.sh b/misc/make_fabfile_tar.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+find 'fabfile' -depth -name '*.pyc' -exec rm {} \;
+tar -czvf contrib/fabfile.tar.gz fabfile