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  start with a clean git clone and a fresh ssh session
  git checkout -b artifactsx.x.xartifacts x.x.xrc1
  cd ../incubator-trafodion
  source ./env.sh
  make package-src
  cd distribution; ls 

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In addition, you should compare the code from the source tar file with the tagged version to make sure they match.
This assumes that  branch artifactsx.x.x artifacts contains the proposed artifactsrelease candidates.

  mkdir traf_test
  cd traf_test
  cp <git ...dir>/incubator-trafodion/distribution/*  traf_test/.
  tar zxf apache-trafodion-x.x.x-incubating-src.tar.gz
  compare the two versions, for example using BCompare and the "Folder Compare Report" feature:
    old: ../traf_test/incubator-trafodion 
    new: <git ..dir>/incubator-trafodion

Note: the git version will have some additional git folders and the distribution directory 

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