diff --git a/dist.sh b/dist.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# creates dist files for all updated apps
+
+ls */appinfo/info.xml|while read f;do
+	app=$(echo $f|cut -d '/' -f 1)
+	version=$(xml2json < $f|jq -r '.info.version["$t"]')
+	if [ ! -f dist/${app}-${version}.tar.gz ]; then
+		find ${app} -print0 -type f|tar cvzf dist/${app}-${version}.tar.gz --null -T -
+	else
+		echo ${app} version ${version} up to date
+	fi
+done