[WIP] [v1.x] Create tool for building source archives

rat-excludes

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 # The following commands can be used to run a Apache RAT check locally - 
 
 # Docker based 1-click-method:
-# ci/build.py -p ubuntu_cpu test_rat_check
+# ci/build.py -p ubuntu_rat /work/runtime_functions.sh nightly_test_rat_check
 
 # You can also manually download Apache RAT. For installation on Ubuntu:
 # sudo apt-get install maven -y #>/dev/null

tools/create_source_archive.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+set -e
+
+MXNET_BRANCH=$1
+MXNET_TAG=$2
+CMD=$(basename $0)
+
+if [[ -z "$MXNET_BRANCH" || -z "$MXNET_TAG" ]]; then
+    echo "Usage: $CMD <branch> <tag>"
+    echo "  where <branch> is the branch the tag was cut from."
+    echo "        <tag> is the tag you want to build a release for."
+    echo ""
+    echo "  example: $CMD v1.8.x 1.8.0.rc3"
+    exit -1
+fi
+
+TAR=tar
+if [[ $(uname) == "Darwin" ]]; then
+    TAR=gtar
+fi
+
+# make sure gnu tar is installed
+which $TAR > /dev/null
+if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
+    echo "It looks like you don't have GNU tar installed."
+    echo ""
+    echo "For OSX users, please install gnu-tar using the command 'brew install gnu-tar'"
+    exit -1
+fi
+
+SRCDIR=apache-mxnet-src-$MXNET_TAG-incubating
+TARBALL=$SRCDIR.tar.gz
+
+# clone the repo and checkout the tag
+echo "Cloning the MXNet repository..."
+git clone -b $MXNET_BRANCH https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet.git $SRCDIR
+pushd $SRCDIR
+git submodule update --init --recursive
+echo "Checking out tag $MXNET_TAG..."
+git checkout $MXNET_TAG
+
+echo "Removing unwanted artifacts..."
+#### IMPORTANT ####
+# Remove artifacts which do not comply with the Apache Licensing Policy
+rm -rf R-package
+rm -rf 3rdparty/mkldnn/doc
+
+# Remove other artifacts we do not want contained in the source archive
+rm -rf .DS_Store
+rm -rf CODEOWNERS
+find . -name ".git*" -print0 | xargs -0 rm -rf
+
+# run Apache RAT license checker to verify all source files are compliant
+echo "Running Apache RAT License Checker..."
+ci/build.py -p ubuntu_rat /work/runtime_functions.sh nightly_test_rat_check
+
+popd
+
+echo "Creating tarball $TARBALL..."
+$TAR -czf $TARBALL $SRCDIR
+
+# sign the release tarball and create checksum file
+gpg --armor --output $TARBALL.asc --detach-sig $TARBALL
+shasum -a 512 $TARBALL > $TARBALL.sha512
+