--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/bash -e
+#
+# QEMU Release Script
+#
+# Copyright IBM, Corp. 2012
+#
+# Authors:
+# Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
+#
+# This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPLv2 or later.
+# See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+
+src="$1"
+version="$2"
+destination=qemu-${version}
+
+git clone "${src}" ${destination}
+pushd ${destination}
+git checkout "v${version}"
+git submodule update --init
+(cd roms/seabios && git describe --tags --long --dirty > .version)
+rm -rf .git roms/*/.git dtc/.git pixman/.git
+popd
+tar cfj ${destination}.tar.bz2 ${destination}
+rm -rf ${destination}