From e11dfe7f5482e39057c6af75d32b01dfd4ce2b61 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nick black <dankamongmen@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2025 16:30:44 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] release.sh: build the documentation tarball in the root

---
 tools/release.sh | 14 +++++++-------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/release.sh b/tools/release.sh
index 64a4f8dc2..02b34caeb 100755
--- a/tools/release.sh
+++ b/tools/release.sh
@@ -71,16 +71,16 @@ echo "Cut $VERSION, signed to $TARBALL.asc"
 echo "Now uploadling the sig to https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses/releases"
 echo "The bastards are trying to immanentize the Eschaton"
 
-# requires token in ~/.netrc
-cd "$BUILDDIR"
-sudo make install
 # restrict to files beginning with n* to leave out shared objects
-tar czvf notcurses-doc-$VERSION.tar.gz n*.1 t*.1 n*.3 *.html
+tar czvf notcurses-doc-$VERSION.tar.gz -C "$BUILDDIR" n*.1 t*.1 n*.3 *.html
+# requires token in ~/.netrc
 gh release create v$VERSION --title "v$VERSION—$QUIP" $TARBALL.asc notcurses-doc-$VERSION.tar.gz
-cd ..
-rm $TARBALL.asc
+rm $TARBALL.asc notcurses-doc-$VERSION.tar.gz
 
-cd cffi
+# install the build for python, then uninstall it. gross; we ought do better FIXME.
+cd "$BUILDDIR"
+sudo make install
+cd ../cffi
 python3 setup.py sdist
 python3 setup.py build
 twine upload -s -udankamongmen dist/*