diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
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index 0000000..486a232
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.zip filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
diff --git a/script/zipdepot b/script/zipdepot
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index 0000000..5be8a82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/zipdepot
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+#/bin/bash
+
+# this is a script file to generate a zip package from this source:
+cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+cd ..
+mkdir -p zip
+zip -r zip/depot.zip * -x .git/\* -x script/\* -x zip/\*
diff --git a/zip/depot.zip b/zip/depot.zip
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index 0000000..0328d0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zip/depot.zip
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+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:c60c9d2c585f5834b80a7b3a8b6ede3d007a842b1f3ba719fec9e0a25a19fcbc
+size 88209