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+# update a local branch with pregenerated output files, so people can download
+# the completed tarballs from github.  Since we don't have any real binaries,
+# our final distribution package contains mostly blobs from the source code,
+# so this doesn't cost us much extra space in the repo.
+BRANCH=dist/macos
+redo-ifchange 'Sshuttle VPN.app'
+git update-ref refs/heads/$BRANCH origin/$BRANCH '' 2>/dev/null || true
+
+export GIT_INDEX_FILE=$PWD/gitindex.tmp
+rm -f "$GIT_INDEX_FILE"
+git add -f 'Sshuttle VPN.app'
+
+MSG="MacOS precompiled app package for $(git describe)"
+TREE=$(git write-tree --prefix=ui-macos)
+git show-ref refs/heads/$BRANCH >/dev/null && PARENT="-p refs/heads/$BRANCH"
+COMMITID=$(echo "$MSG" | git commit-tree $TREE $PARENT)
+
+git update-ref refs/heads/$BRANCH $COMMITID
+rm -f "$GIT_INDEX_FILE"
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