diff --git a/generate_vendor_package.sh b/generate_vendor_package.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+set -x
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )"
+
+DATE=$(date +%Y%m%d)
+SHA1=$(git log --pretty="%h" HEAD~1..HEAD)
+VER=$DATE
+
+SRC_DIR=$SCRIPT_DIR/src/
+TARGET_DIR=out/vendor/linaro-devices/$VER/
+
+
+#Create and copy the files into the out dir
+mkdir -p $TARGET_DIR
+cp -r $SRC_DIR/* $TARGET_DIR
+
+# set the version file in the package
+echo "TARGET_LINARO_VENDOR_VERSION := $VER" > $TARGET_DIR/version.mk
+
+#tar it up
+tar -C out -czf out/vendor.tgz vendor/
+
+# prepend the extraction script
+cp $SCRIPT_DIR/extract-linaro_devices.sh-source out/extract-linaro_devices-$VER.sh
+cat out/vendor.tgz >> out/extract-linaro_devices-$VER.sh
+
+# tar it again
+tar -C out -czf out/extract-linaro_devices-$VER.tgz extract-linaro_devices-$VER.sh
+
+# cleanup: remove the temp/intermediate files
+rm out/extract-linaro_devices-$VER.sh out/vendor.tgz
+rm -rf out/vendor