diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 97f6ebd..60e2762 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -2,15 +2,49 @@ require "rubygems"
 require "fileutils"
 
 $BUILD_DIR = "_build"
+$ARCHIVE_FILENAME = "modern-bubbling-{commit}"
 
-task :build do
+def build
   FileUtils.mkdir($BUILD_DIR) if !File.exist?($BUILD_DIR)
   Dir.glob("*/").map { |dir| dir.chop }.each do |dir|
     if dir != $BUILD_DIR
       target = "#{$BUILD_DIR}/#{dir}.AdiumMessageStyle"
       FileUtils.remove_dir(target) if File.exist?(target)
       FileUtils.cp_r(dir, target)
+      puts "Copied #{dir}/ to #{$BUILD_DIR}/#{dir}.AdiumMessageStyle"
     end
   end
-  
+end
+
+def release
+  build
+  styles = Dir.glob("#{$BUILD_DIR}/*/").map { |dir| dir.chop }
+  commit = get_commit_hash
+  filename = $BUILD_DIR + "/" + $ARCHIVE_FILENAME.gsub("{commit}", commit) + ".tgz"
+  cmd = "tar -czf \"#{filename}\""
+  styles.each do |style|
+    cmd << " \"#{style}\""
+  end
+  `#{cmd}`
+  puts "Archived commit #{commit} to #{filename} with:"
+  styles.each do |style|
+    puts "\t#{style}"
+  end
+end
+
+def get_commit_hash
+  if File.exist?(".git/HEAD") && File.read(".git/HEAD") =~ /ref\: (.+)/i
+    return File.read(".git/#{$1}")[0,6]
+  else
+    return "[unknown]"
+  end
+end
+
+
+task :build do
+  build
+end
+
+task :release do
+  release
 end
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