diff --git a/release/.gitignore b/release/.gitignore
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+++ b/release/.gitignore
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+*
+!.gitignore
+!README.md
+!create.sh
diff --git a/release/README.md b/release/README.md
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+++ b/release/README.md
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+#Link to releases
+
+* [RC1 2015-05-15](http://student.cs.hioa.no/~s114143/dats1600/GeneralAverage.2015-05-15.RC1.zip)
diff --git a/release/create.sh b/release/create.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ "x$1" = "x" ]; then
+    printf "=> Please enter release name\n"
+    exit
+fi
+
+APP_NAME="GeneralAverage"
+DATE=`date "+%Y-%m-%d"`
+TMP=$APP_NAME.$DATE.$1
+
+mkdir $TMP
+mkdir $TMP/data
+mkdir $TMP/preferences
+
+cp ../data/persons_big.dat $TMP/data/demodata.dat
+cp -r ../languages $TMP/
+cp -r ../src $TMP/
+cp -r ../uploads $TMP/
+cp -r ../resources $TMP/
+cp ../out/artifacts/$APP_NAME/$APP_NAME.jar $TMP/$APP_NAME.$1.jar
+
+zip -r $TMP.zip $TMP
+rm -r $TMP