diff --git a/packaging/fedora/build_tarball.sh b/packaging/fedora/build_tarball.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+set -eu
+
+DIRNAME=spectrum2
+REPODIR=$(readlink -f $(dirname $0)/../../.git)
+
+echo "Cleaning up old sources ..."
+rm -rf spectrum2-*
+
+echo "Checking out a fresh copy ..."
+rm -rf $DIRNAME
+git clone $REPODIR $DIRNAME && rm -rf $DIRNAME/.git
+
+echo "Creating tarball ..."
+tar czf $DIRNAME.tar.gz $DIRNAME && rm -rf $DIRNAME