streamlining new upstream releases

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 201c902f95f0b78f0c1e0c5664578109ba18cdd3..f97701f410288fdc44e73606a2ae4911c7b72e97 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -12,10 +12,13 @@ all: msva-perl.1
 msva-perl.1: msva-perl
        pod2man msva-perl msva-perl.1
 
-release: msva-perl msva.protocol.README COPYING Makefile
+release: tarball
+       git tag -s msva-perl/$(VERSION) -m "releasing msva-perl version $(VERSION)"
+
+tarball: msva-perl msva.protocol.README COPYING Makefile
        git archive --format tar --prefix=msva-perl-$(VERSION)/ HEAD | gzip -n -9 > ../msva-perl-$(VERSION).tar.gz
 
 clean: 
        rm -f msva-perl.1
 
-.PHONY: release all clean
+.PHONY: release tarball all clean