diff --git a/archive.sh b/archive.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+set -euo pipefail
+dir="$1"
+if [ ! -d "$dir" ]; then
+	echo "first argument must be a directory, e.g. u02" >&2
+	exit 1
+fi
+out="/tmp/ecg-${dir}-simon-bruder.zip"
+git archive --format=zip master "$dir" -o "$out"
+echo "$out"