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+"""
+build [and upload] Windows IPython releases
+
+usage:
+
+python tools/release_windows.py [--github] [--pypi]
+
+Meant to be run on Windows
+
+Requires that you have python and python3 on your PATH
+"""
+
+import glob
+import os
+import shutil
+import sys
+
+from toollib import sh
+try:
+    import gh_api
+except ImportError:
+    gh_api = None
+
+github = '--github' in sys.argv
+
+cmd_t = "{py} setup.py bdist_wininst --plat-name=py{v}-{plat}"
+
+if '--pypi' in sys.argv:
+    cmd_t += ' --upload'
+
+for py in ['python', 'python3']:
+    # deliberately mangle the name,
+    # so easy_install doesn't find these and do horrible wrong things
+    v = 3 if py.endswith('3') else 2
+    try:
+        shutil.rmtree('build')
+    except OSError:
+        pass
+    for plat in ['32b-Windows', '64b-Windows']:
+        cmd = cmd_t.format(**locals())
+        sh(cmd)
+        if github and gh_api:
+            exe = glob.glob(os.path.join("dist", "ipython-*{v}-{plat}.exe".format(**locals())))[0]
+            print ("Uploading %s to GitHub" % exe)
+            desc = "IPython Installer for Python {v}.x on {plat}".format(**locals())
+            gh_api.post_download('ipython/ipython', exe, description=desc)