From db2a3c35631f1c90688be0660119c462faf0e851 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Danilo M." <danix@danix.xyz>
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2026 11:01:38 +0200
Subject: extras: add mksboarchive helper to build SBo tarballs on demand

mksboarchive <package> builds the same <package>.tar.gz the post-commit hook
produces, but on demand by name. It validates the package, strips any sbodl
source symlinks, and archives to $OUTPUT (default: CWD). Documented in the
root README.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 .extras/mksboarchive | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 README.md            | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 45 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 .extras/mksboarchive

diff --git a/.extras/mksboarchive b/.extras/mksboarchive
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..17342d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.extras/mksboarchive
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Build the SBo submission tarball SBo/<pkg>.tar.gz for one package.
+# Same archive the post-commit hook produces, but on demand by name.
+set -eu
+
+usage() { echo "usage: ${0##*/} <package-name>" >&2; exit 2; }
+[ $# -eq 1 ] || usage
+
+pkg=$1
+REPO_ROOT=$(git -C "$(dirname "$0")" rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+
+# Where the tarball lands. Defaults to the current directory; override with
+# the OUTPUT env var (e.g. OUTPUT=/tmp mksboarchive feroxbuster).
+OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-$PWD}
+
+# Must be a real package dir one level deep with a matching .SlackBuild.
+if [ ! -f "$REPO_ROOT/$pkg/$pkg.SlackBuild" ]; then
+    echo "error: '$pkg' is not a package in this repo." >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Drop any sbodl source symlinks before archiving so they never end up in an
+# SBo submission tarball (the pre-commit hook does the same for staged files).
+find "$REPO_ROOT/$pkg" -type l -delete
+
+mkdir -p "$OUTPUT"
+tar -czf "$OUTPUT/$pkg.tar.gz" -C "$REPO_ROOT" "$pkg"
+echo "Archive created: $OUTPUT/$pkg.tar.gz"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 95b550b..207afc6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -62,6 +62,23 @@ cp .extras/hooks/* .git/hooks/ && chmod 0755 .git/hooks/{pre,post}-commit
   prompt non-interactively, set `SBO_ARCHIVE=yes` or `SBO_ARCHIVE=no` in the
   environment.
 
+## Building an SBo archive on demand
+
+`.extras/mksboarchive <package>` builds the same `<package>.tar.gz` SBo
+submission tarball the post-commit hook produces, but on demand by name
+rather than at commit time:
+
+```bash
+.extras/mksboarchive feroxbuster        # writes ./feroxbuster.tar.gz
+OUTPUT=/tmp .extras/mksboarchive hydra   # writes /tmp/hydra.tar.gz
+```
+
+It validates that `<package>/<package>.SlackBuild` exists, removes any
+`sbodl` source symlinks from the package directory first (so they never leak
+into the tarball), then archives the directory. The output directory defaults
+to the current working directory and can be overridden with the `OUTPUT`
+environment variable. Run it from anywhere; it locates the repo root via git.
+
 ## Vendored Crates (Rust packages)
 
 Rust packages such as `feroxbuster` build from a vendored crates tarball
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