diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+*.zip
+.DS_Store
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# Shoes 4 Mac App Templates
+
+Source repo for Shoes 4 Mac apps. Non-binary stuff is kept here. Things like
+the JDK downloads are only kept around as releases to keep the size down.
+
+## App Template Updates
+
+The general process for revising a package is:
+
+* Make updats as necessary in `mac-app-template`
+* Run `./build.rb 0.0.1` with your desired version number
+* Upload resulting zipfile to a new release
+* Upload a compatible `jdk.zip` alongside (can reuse from prior releases if
+  not updating)
+
+## JDK Updates
+
+Document soon!!!
diff --git a/build.rb b/build.rb
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+#! /usr/bin/env ruby
+
+require 'fileutils'
+
+version = ARGV[0]
+raise "Must include a version as argument" unless version
+
+root = File.expand_path(File.join(__FILE__, ".."))
+
+`find . -name ".DS_Store" -exec rm {} \\;`
+`zip -r mac-app-template-#{version}.zip mac-app-template`
diff --git a/mac-app-template/Contents/Info.plist b/mac-app-template/Contents/Info.plist
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
+<plist version="1.0">
+<dict>
+	<key>CFBundleDevelopmentRegion</key>
+	<string>English</string>
+	<key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
+	<string>app</string>
+	<key>CFBundleIconFile</key>
+	<string>Shoes.icns</string>
+	<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
+	<string>com.hackety.shoes.exampleapp</string>
+	<key>CFBundleDisplayName</key>
+	<string>Shoes App</string>
+	<key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key>
+	<string>6.0</string>
+	<key>CFBundleName</key>
+	<string>Shoes App</string>
+	<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
+	<string>APPL</string>
+	<key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
+	<string>1.0</string>
+	<key>CFBundleSignature</key>
+	<string>????</string>
+	<key>CFBundleVersion</key>
+	<string>1</string>
+	<key>NSHumanReadableCopyright</key>
+	<string></string>
+	<key>LSApplicationCategoryType</key>
+	<string>public.app-category.entertainment</string>
+</dict>
+</plist>
diff --git a/mac-app-template/Contents/MacOS/app b/mac-app-template/Contents/MacOS/app
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+#! /usr/bin/env bash
+
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+java -XstartOnFirstThread -jar $DIR/../Java/app.jar
diff --git a/mac-app-template/Contents/PkgInfo b/mac-app-template/Contents/PkgInfo
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+++ b/mac-app-template/Contents/PkgInfo
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+APPL????
diff --git a/mac-app-template/Contents/Resources/Shoes.icns b/mac-app-template/Contents/Resources/Shoes.icns
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diff --git a/mac-app-template/Contents/Resources/en.lproj/Localizable.strings b/mac-app-template/Contents/Resources/en.lproj/Localizable.strings
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+"JRELoadError" = "Unable to load Java Runtime Environment.";
+"MainClassNameRequired" = "Main class name is required.";
+"JavaDirectoryNotFound" = "Unable to enumerate Java directory contents.";