diff --git a/.local/bin/tard b/.local/bin/tard
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# tar a folder (default = cwd)
+
+folder="${1:-$PWD}"
+name="$(basename $folder)"
+
+target="${name}.tar.gz"
+
+echo -n "Creating $target from ${folder}... "
+
+cd ..
+
+#--exclude-from=.gitignore \
+tar \
+	--exclude=.git \
+	--exclude=.github \
+	--exclude=.gitignore \
+	--exclude=*.gz \
+	-zcvf \
+	"$target" \
+	"$name"
+
+cd -
+mv "../$target" .
+
+echo "done"
+
+ls -lh "$target"