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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+"""
+    utils.py
+    ~~~~~~~~
+
+    This module implements some helper functions to work with SVN packages.
+
+    :copyright: (c) 2010 by Rafael Goncalves Martins
+    :license: GPL-2, see LICENSE for more details.
+"""
+
+import sys
+import tarfile
+
+def create_tarball(src_dir, tarball_file, arcname):
+    try:
+        tar = tarfile.open(tarball_file, 'w:bz2')
+        tar.add(src_dir, arcname=arcname, recursive=True, exclude=lambda x: '.svn' in x)
+        tar.close()
+    except tarfile.TarError, err:
+        print >> sys.stderr, 'Failed to create the tarball: %s' % err