diff --git a/bin/coquelicot/build.sh b/bin/coquelicot/build.sh
index dddbfe8..4283247 100755
--- a/bin/coquelicot/build.sh
+++ b/bin/coquelicot/build.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 COMMIT=$(git log --format="%h" -n 1)
 TAG=$(git describe --all --exact-match $COMMIT)
-BIN=coquelicot
 
 cat > version.go << EOF
 package main
@@ -15,29 +14,4 @@ const (
 )
 EOF
 
-ARCH=amd64
-OSLIST=$(uname -s|tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
-
-if [ "$1" = "-a" ]; then
-    OSLIST="linux windows freebsd darwin"
-fi
-
-rm -f /tmp/$BIN*.zip
-
-RTAG=$(git tag|tail -1)
-if [ -z "$RTAG" ]; then
-    RTAG=$COMMIT
-fi
-
-for OS in $OSLIST; do
-    echo "Building for $OS ..."
-    TMP=/tmp/c$OS$ARCH
-    rm -rf $TMP
-    GOOS=$OS GOARCH=$ARCH go build -o $TMP/$BIN
-    if [ "$OS" = "windows" ]; then
-        mv $TMP/$BIN $TMP/$BIN.exe
-    fi
-    zip -j /tmp/$BIN-$RTAG-$OS-$ARCH.zip $TMP/$BIN* && rm -rf $TMP
-done
-
-rm -f version.go
+go build && rm -f version.go
diff --git a/bin/coquelicot/release.sh b/bin/coquelicot/release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e00b836
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/coquelicot/release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Writes a version file with the latest git commit id
+# and any tag associated with it.
+
+COMMIT=$(git log --format="%h" -n 1)
+TAG=$(git describe --all --exact-match $COMMIT)
+BIN=coquelicot
+
+cat > version.go << EOF
+package main
+
+const (
+    appVersion = "$COMMIT $TAG"
+)
+EOF
+
+echo "(use -a to build for all platforms (go >= 1.5)"
+
+ARCH=amd64
+OSLIST=$(uname -s|tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
+
+if [ "$1" = "-a" ]; then
+    OSLIST="linux windows freebsd darwin"
+fi
+
+rm -f /tmp/$BIN*.zip
+
+RTAG=$(git tag|tail -1)
+if [ -z "$RTAG" ]; then
+    RTAG=$COMMIT
+fi
+
+for OS in $OSLIST; do
+    echo "Building for $OS ..."
+    TMP=/tmp/c$OS$ARCH
+    rm -rf $TMP
+    GOOS=$OS GOARCH=$ARCH go build -o $TMP/$BIN
+    if [ "$OS" = "windows" ]; then
+        mv $TMP/$BIN $TMP/$BIN.exe
+    fi
+    zip -j /tmp/$BIN-$RTAG-$OS-$ARCH.zip $TMP/$BIN* && rm -rf $TMP
+done
+
+rm -f version.go