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+<assembly xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.3"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.3 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-1.1.3.xsd">
+    <id>diylc-${project.version}</id>
+    <formats>
+        <format>zip</format>
+    </formats>
+    <fileSets>
+        <fileSet>
+            <directory>${project.build.directory}</directory>
+            <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+            <includes>
+                <include>diylc.jar</include>
+            </includes>
+        </fileSet>
+        <fileSet>
+            <directory>${project.basedir}/deploy/linux</directory>
+            <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+            <includes>
+                <include>run.sh</include>
+            </includes>
+            <fileMode>755</fileMode>
+        </fileSet>
+    </fileSets>
+</assembly>