diff --git a/scripts/bip-take-snapshot b/scripts/bip-take-snapshot
new file mode 100755
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/bip-take-snapshot
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+prefix=bip-$(date +%y%m%d)
+
+if [ ! -d src ] ; then
+	echo "Please run me in bip sources root." >&2 
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+git-archive --format=tar --prefix=$prefix/ HEAD | gzip -c > ../$prefix.tar.gz
+