diff --git a/create_release.sh b/create_release.sh
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+mkdir tor-cli-local tor-cli-remote
+
+cp -rf {bin,gpg_gen_template.txt,install_prereqs.sh,local.sh} tor-cli-local/
+cp -rf {bin,gpg_gen_template.txt,install_prereqs.sh,remote.sh} tor-cli-remote/
+rm -rf tor-cli-remote/bin/local
+rm -rf tor-cli-local/bin/remote
+
+tar -czf tor-cli-local.tgz tor-cli-local
+tar -czf tor-cli-remote.tgz tor-cli-remote
+
+rm -rf tor-cli-local tor-cli-remote
+