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+################################################################
+# Greenshot BUILD script, written for the Windows Power Shell
+# Assumes the installation of Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5
+################################################################
+# Greenshot - a free and open source screenshot tool
+# Copyright (C) 2007-2013  Thomas Braun, Jens Klingen, Robin Krom
+# 
+# For more information see: http://getgreenshot.org/
+# The Greenshot project is hosted on Sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/greenshot/
+# 
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 1 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+# 
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+# 
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+################################################################
+
+Add-Type -Assembly System.ServiceModel.Web,System.Runtime.Serialization
+
+# Collect GIT information
+$gitversion = git describe --long
+$gittag = git tag
+$commitversion = $gitversion -replace ($gittag + '-'),'' -replace '-.*',''
+$githash = $gitversion -replace '.*-',''
+$version = $gittag + '.' + $commitversion
+$detailversion = $version + '-' + $githash
+
+	
+Function WaitForKey {
+	$x = $host.UI.RawUI.ReadKey("NoEcho,IncludeKeyDown")
+	return
+}
+
+# Create a MD5 string for the supplied filename
+Function MD5($filename) {
+	$fileStream = new-object -TypeName System.IO.FileStream -ArgumentList "$filename", "Open", "Read", "Read"
+	$MD5CryptoServiceProvider = new-object -TypeName System.Security.Cryptography.MD5CryptoServiceProvider
+	$hash = $MD5CryptoServiceProvider.ComputeHash($fileStream)
+	return [System.BitConverter]::ToString($hash) -replace "-", ""
+}
+
+Function Convert-JsonToXml([string]$json) {
+	$bytes = [byte[]][char[]]$json
+	$quotas = [System.Xml.XmlDictionaryReaderQuotas]::Max
+	$jsonReader = [System.Runtime.Serialization.Json.JsonReaderWriterFactory]::CreateJsonReader($bytes,$quotas)
+	try {
+		$xml = new-object System.Xml.XmlDocument
+		$xml.Load($jsonReader)
+	$xml
+	} finally {
+		$jsonReader.Close()
+	}
+}
+
+# Create releasenotes for the commits
+Function ReleaseNotes {
+	$gitlog = (git shortlog "$gittag..HEAD")
+	$jiras = $gitlog | foreach { [regex]::match($_,'[a-zA-Z0-9]+-[0-9]{1,5}').value } | Where {$_ -match '\S'} | sort-object| select-object $_ -unique
+	
+	$proxy = [System.Net.WebRequest]::GetSystemWebProxy()
+	$proxy.Credentials = [System.Net.CredentialCache]::DefaultCredentials
+
+	$wc = new-object system.net.WebClient
+	$wc.proxy = $proxy
+
+	$jiras | foreach {
+		$jira = $_
+		#echo "https://greenshot.atlassian.net/browse/$_"
+		$jiraJson = $wc.DownloadString("https://greenshot.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/issue/$jira")
+		$xml = Convert-JsonToXml $jiraJson
+		$summary = $xml.root.fields.summary."#text"
+		echo "$jira : $summary"
+	}
+}
+
+# Fill the templates
+Function FillTemplates {
+	echo "Git $gittag - $githash commit $commitversion"
+	
+	$releaseNotes = ReleaseNotes
+	Get-ChildItem . -recurse *.template | 
+		foreach {
+			$oldfile = $_.FullName
+			$newfile = $_.FullName -replace '\.template',''
+			echo "Modifying file : $oldfile to $newfile"
+			(Get-Content $oldfile) -replace "\@GITVERSION\@", $version -replace "\@GITDETAILVERSION\@", $detailversion -replace "\@RELEASENOTES\@", $releaseNotes | Set-Content $newfile -encoding UTF8
+		}
+}
+
+Function Build {
+	$msBuild = "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\MSBuild"
+	if (-not (Test-Path("$msBuild"))) {
+		$msBuild = "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild"
+	}
+	$parameters = @('Greenshot\Greenshot.sln', '/t:Clean;Build', '/p:Configuration="Release"', '/p:Platform="Any CPU"')
+	$buildOutput = "$(get-location)\build.log"
+	echo "Calling: $msBuild $parameters"
+	$buildResult = Start-Process -wait -PassThru "$msBuild" -ArgumentList $parameters -NoNewWindow -RedirectStandardOutput $buildOutput
+	if ($buildResult.ExitCode -ne 0) {
+		echo "An error $buildResult.ExitCode occured, please check $BuildOutput for errors!"
+		exit -1
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+Function MD5Checksums {
+	echo "MD5 Checksums:"
+	$currentMD5 = MD5("$(get-location)\Greenshot\bin\Release\Greenshot.exe")
+	echo "Greenshot.exe : $currentMD5"
+	$currentMD5 = MD5("$(get-location)\Greenshot\bin\Release\GreenshotPlugin.dll")
+	echo "GreenshotPlugin.dll : $currentMD5"
+}
+
+Function PackagePortable {
+#del /q releases\GreenshotPortable*.paf.exe
+#del /q releases\portable\App\Greenshot\*
+#rmdir /s /q releases\portable\App\Greenshot\Languages
+#rmdir /s /q releases\portable\App\Greenshot\Plugins
+#del /q releases\portable\*.*
+
+#pause
+#mkdir releases\portable\App\Greenshot\Plugins
+#xcopy /S bin\Release\Plugins\* releases\portable\App\Greenshot\Plugins\
+#mkdir releases\portable\App\Greenshot\Languages
+#xcopy /S Languages\language*.xml releases\portable\App\Greenshot\Languages
+#xcopy /S Languages\help*.html releases\portable\App\Greenshot\Languages
+#copy Languages\help-en-US.html releases\portable\help.html
+#xcopy /S bin\Release\Languages\Plugins\* releases\portable\App\Greenshot\Languages\Plugins\
+
+#copy /B bin\Release\checksum.MD5 releases\portable\App\Greenshot
+#copy /B bin\Release\GreenshotPlugin.dll releases\portable\App\Greenshot
+#copy /B bin\Release\Greenshot.exe releases\portable\
+#copy /B bin\Release\Greenshot.exe.config releases\portable\App\Greenshot
+#xcopy /S releases\additional_files\*.txt releases\portable\App\Greenshot
+#del releases\portable\App\Greenshot\readme.template.txt
+
+#pause
+#tools\PortableApps.comInstaller\PortableApps.comInstaller.exe %CD%\releases\portable
+#pause
+	$destbase = "$(get-location)\Greenshot\releases"
+
+	$portableOutput = "$(get-location)\portable"
+	$portableInstaller = "$(get-location)\greenshot\tools\PortableApps.comInstaller\PortableApps.comInstaller.exe"
+	$arguments = @("$destbase\portable")
+	echo "Starting $portableInstaller $arguments"
+	$portableResult = Start-Process -wait -PassThru "$portableInstaller" -ArgumentList $arguments -NoNewWindow -RedirectStandardOutput "$portableOutput.log" -RedirectStandardError "$portableOutput.error"
+	if ($portableResult.ExitCode -ne 0) {
+		echo "An error occured, please check $portableOutput.log and $portableOutput.error for errors!"
+		exit -1
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+Function PackageZip {
+	$sourcebase = "$(get-location)\Greenshot\bin\Release"
+	$destbase = "$(get-location)\Greenshot\releases"
+	$destinstaller = "$destbase\NO-INSTALLER"
+
+	# Only remove the zip we are going to create, to prevent adding but keeping the history
+	if (Test-Path  ("$destbase\Greenshot-NO-INSTALLER-$version.zip")) {
+		Remove-Item "$destbase\Greenshot-NO-INSTALLER-$version.zip" -Confirm:$false
+	}
+	# Remove the directory to create the files in
+	if (Test-Path  ("$destinstaller")) {
+		Remove-Item "$destinstaller" -recurse -Confirm:$false
+	}
+	New-Item -ItemType directory -Path "$destinstaller" | Out-Null
+
+	echo ";dummy config, used to make greenshot store the configuration in this directory" | Set-Content "$destinstaller\greenshot.ini" -encoding UTF8
+	echo ";In this file you should add your default settings" | Set-Content "$destinstaller\greenshot-defaults.ini" -encoding UTF8
+	echo ";In this file you should add your fixed settings" | Set-Content "$destinstaller\greenshot-fixed.ini" -encoding UTF8
+
+	$INCLUDE=@("*.gsp","*.dll")
+	Get-ChildItem -Path "$sourcebase\Plugins\" -Recurse -Include $INCLUDE | foreach {
+		$path = $_.fullname -replace ".*\\Plugins\\", "$destinstaller\Plugins\"
+		New-Item -ItemType File -Path "$path" -Force | Out-Null
+		Copy-Item -Path $_ -Destination "$path" -Force
+	}
+	
+	$INCLUDE=@("help-*.html","language-*.xml")
+	Get-ChildItem -Path "$sourcebase\Languages\" -Recurse -Include $INCLUDE | foreach {
+		$path = $_.fullname -replace ".*\\Languages\\", "$destinstaller\Languages\"
+		New-Item -ItemType File -Path "$path" -Force | Out-Null
+		Copy-Item -Path $_ -Destination "$path" -Force
+	}
+	
+	@( "$sourcebase\checksum.MD5",
+		"$sourcebase\Greenshot.exe",
+		"$sourcebase\Greenshot.exe.config",
+		"$sourcebase\GreenshotPlugin.dll",
+		"$sourcebase\GreenshotEditor.dll",
+		"$destbase\additional_files\*.txt" ) | foreach { Copy-Item $_ "$destinstaller\" }
+
+	$zipOutput = "$(get-location)\zip"
+	$zip7 = "$(get-location)\greenshot\tools\7zip\7za.exe"
+	$arguments = @('a', '-mx9', '-tzip', '-r', "$destbase\Greenshot-NO-INSTALLER-$version.zip", "$destinstaller\*")
+	echo "Starting $zip7 $arguments"
+	$zipResult = Start-Process -wait -PassThru "$zip7" -ArgumentList $arguments -NoNewWindow -RedirectStandardOutput "$zipOutput.log" -RedirectStandardError "$zipOutput.error"
+	if ($zipResult.ExitCode -ne 0) {
+		echo "An error occured, please check $zipOutput.log and $zipOutput.error for errors!"
+		exit -1
+	}
+	#Remove-Item "$destinstaller" -recurse -Confirm:$false
+	return
+}
+
+Function PackageInstaller {
+	$setupOutput = "$(get-location)\setup"
+	$innoSetup = "$(get-location)\greenshot\tools\innosetup\ISCC.exe"
+	$innoSetupFile = "$(get-location)\greenshot\releases\innosetup\setup.iss"
+	echo "Starting $innoSetup $innoSetupFile"
+	$setupResult = Start-Process -wait -PassThru "$innoSetup" -ArgumentList "$innoSetupFile" -NoNewWindow -RedirectStandardOutput "$setupOutput.log" -RedirectStandardError "$setupOutput.error"
+	if ($setupResult.ExitCode -ne 0) {
+		echo "An error occured, please check $setupOutput.log and $setupOutput.error for errors!"
+		exit -1
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+#FillTemplates
+
+#Build
+
+echo "Generating MD5"
+
+MD5Checksums | Set-Content "$(get-location)\Greenshot\bin\Release\checksum.MD5" -encoding UTF8
+
+echo "Generating Installer"
+#PackageInstaller
+
+echo "Generating ZIP"
+PackageZip
+
+echo "Ready, press any key to continue!"
+
+WaitForKey
+