diff --git a/scripts/mk-release.sh b/scripts/mk-release.sh
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/mk-release.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+if [ $# = 0 ]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 release-id"
+    exit 1
+else
+    export LEMON_VERSION=$1
+fi
+
+echo '*****************************************************************'
+echo ' Start making release tarballs for version '${LEMON_VERSION}
+echo '*****************************************************************'
+
+autoreconf -vif
+./configure --enable-demo
+
+make
+make html
+make distcheck
+tar xf lemon-${LEMON_VERSION}.tar.gz
+zip -r lemon-${LEMON_VERSION}.zip lemon-${LEMON_VERSION}
+mv lemon-${LEMON_VERSION}/doc/html lemon-doc-${LEMON_VERSION}
+tar czf lemon-doc-${LEMON_VERSION}.tar.gz lemon-doc-${LEMON_VERSION}
+zip -r lemon-doc-${LEMON_VERSION}.zip lemon-doc-${LEMON_VERSION}
+tar czf lemon-nodoc-${LEMON_VERSION}.tar.gz lemon-${LEMON_VERSION}
+zip -r lemon-nodoc-${LEMON_VERSION}.zip lemon-${LEMON_VERSION}
+hg tag -m 'LEMON '${LEMON_VERSION}' released ('$(hg par --template="{node|short}")' tagged as r'${LEMON_VERSION}')' r${LEMON_VERSION}
+
+rm -rf lemon-${LEMON_VERSION} lemon-doc-${LEMON_VERSION}
+
+echo '*****************************************************************'
+echo '  Release '${LEMON_VERSION}' has been created' 
+echo '*****************************************************************'