diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 2d8a464a..3329e4be 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -8,5 +8,4 @@ phpunit.xml.*	export-ignore
 README.md	export-ignore
 git-tools/	export-ignore
 .coveralls.yml	export-ignore
-composer.phar	export-ignore
-composer.lock	export-ignore
+build.xml	export-ignore
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d5df0ff9..f4dc3b51 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 /.idea/*
 /tests/test_config.php
 /vendor/
+/build/
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..85304792
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project name="Extension Builder" description="Builds an extension.zip from a git repository" default="all">
+    <property name="vendor-name" value="board3" />
+    <property name="extension-name" value="portal" />
+    <!--
+    Only set this to "true" if you have dependencies in the composer.json,
+    otherwise use "false".
+    -->
+    <property name="has-dependencies" value="true" />
+
+    <target name="clean-package">
+        <!--
+        Remove some unnecessary files/directories
+        ${dir}/ is the folder of your extension, e.g. ext/nickvergessen/newspage/
+        -->
+        <delete dir="${dir}/tests" />
+        <delete dir="${dir}/travis" />
+        <delete dir="${dir}/vendor/nickvergessen/phpbb-tool-trimmessage/src/Nickvergessen/TrimMessage/Tests" />
+        <delete dir="${dir}/vendor/nickvergessen/phpbb-tool-trimmessage/tests" />
+
+        <delete file="${dir}/.gitignore" />
+        <delete file="${dir}/.gitattributes" />
+        <delete file="${dir}/.travis.yml" />
+        <delete file="${dir}/build.xml" />
+        <delete file="${dir}/composer.lock" />
+        <delete file="${dir}/composer.phar" />
+        <delete file="${dir}/phpunit.xml.dist" />
+        <delete file="${dir}/README.md" />
+        <delete file="${dir}/vendor/nickvergessen/phpbb-tool-trimmessage/composer.lock" />
+        <delete file="${dir}/vendor/nickvergessen/phpbb-tool-trimmessage/composer.phar" />
+        <delete file="${dir}/vendor/nickvergessen/phpbb-tool-trimmessage/phpunit.xml" />
+        <delete file="${dir}/vendor/nickvergessen/phpbb-tool-trimmessage/README.md" />
+        <delete file="${dir}/vendor/nickvergessen/phpbb-tool-trimmessage/.gitignore" />
+        <delete file="${dir}/vendor/nickvergessen/phpbb-tool-trimmessage/.travis.yml" />
+    </target>
+
+    <!--
+    TODO: DO NOT EDIT BELOW THIS LINE!!!!
+    -->
+
+    <property name="version" value="HEAD" override="true" />
+    <property name="build-directory" value="build" override="true" />
+    <property name="package-directory" value="${build-directory}/package/${vendor-name}/${extension-name}" />
+
+    <!-- These are the main targets which you will probably want to use -->
+    <target name="all" depends="prepare-structure,package" />
+
+    <!--
+    Clean up the build directory
+    -->
+    <target name="clean">
+        <delete dir="${build-directory}" />
+    </target>
+
+    <!--
+    Recreate the necessary folders
+    -->
+    <target name="prepare-structure" depends="clean">
+        <mkdir dir="${build-directory}" />
+        <mkdir dir="${build-directory}/checkout" />
+        <mkdir dir="${build-directory}/package" />
+        <mkdir dir="${build-directory}/package/${vendor-name}" />
+        <mkdir dir="${build-directory}/package/${vendor-name}/${extension-name}" />
+        <mkdir dir="${build-directory}/upload" />
+    </target>
+
+    <!--
+    The real packaging
+    -->
+    <target name="package">
+        <echo msg="Extracting ${version}" />
+
+        <phingcall target="git-checkout">
+            <property name="archive-version" value="${version}" />
+        </phingcall>
+
+        <if>
+            <equals arg1="${has-dependencies}" arg2="1" />
+            <then>
+                <exec dir="${package-directory}" command="php composer.phar install --no-dev"
+                      checkreturn="true" />
+            </then>
+        </if>
+
+        <phingcall target="clean-package">
+            <property name="dir" value="${package-directory}" />
+        </phingcall>
+
+        <phingcall target="wrap-package">
+            <property name="destination-filename" value="${build-directory}/upload/${vendor-name}_${extension-name}-${version}" />
+        </phingcall>
+    </target>
+
+    <!--
+    Checkout a given version and install/clean the dependencies
+    -->
+    <target name="git-checkout">
+        <echo msg="Getting archive for ${archive-version}" />
+
+        <exec command="git archive ${archive-version} --format zip --output ${build-directory}/checkout/${archive-version}.zip"
+              checkreturn="true" />
+        <unzip file="${build-directory}/checkout/${archive-version}.zip" todir="${package-directory}" />
+    </target>
+
+    <!--
+    Create the zip and tar ball
+    -->
+    <target name="wrap-package">
+        <echo msg="Creating archives (${vendor-name}/${extension-name} ${version})" />
+        <zip basedir="${build-directory}/package/" destfile="${destination-filename}.zip" />
+    </target>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/composer.phar b/composer.phar
index 4462f505..95991ed9 100755
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