Release 2.9.8: Fix tarball to include all necessary files

- Fixed release tarball generation to include bash completion script,
  Makefile, source files, and other essential components
- Improved tarball generation to use git archive as source of truth,
  eliminating manual file inventory
- Added bash completion information to man page

Author: danielrobbins

.gitignore

@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ keychain.txt
 keychain.spec
 .specstory/
 .ci-artifacts*/
-/keychain-*.tar.gz
+dist/

ChangeLog.md

@@ -1,5 +1,21 @@
 # ChangeLog for Keychain - https://github.com/danielrobbins/keychain
 
+## keychain 2.9.8 (2 Nov 2025)
+
+This release fixes the release tarball to include all necessary files for building and using keychain.
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+* Fixed release tarball generation to include bash completion script (`completions/keychain.bash`),
+  Makefile, source files, and other essential components. Previous release (2.9.7) tarball was
+  missing these files.
+* Improved tarball generation to use `git archive` as source of truth, eliminating manual file
+  inventory and preventing future omissions.
+
+Documentation:
+
+* Added bash completion information to keychain man page (NOTES section).
+
 ## keychain 2.9.7 (31 Oct 2025)
 
 This release fixes critical issues with spaces in HOME directories and usernames, and adds official Git Bash on Windows compatibility.

Makefile

@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ Y ?= $(shell date +'%Y')
 PREFIX ?= /usr/local
 COMPLETIONSDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/share/bash-completion/completions
 
-TARBALL_CONTENTS=keychain README.md ChangeLog.md COPYING.txt MAINTAINERS.txt keychain.pod keychain.1 keychain.spec
-
 all: keychain.1 keychain keychain.spec
 
 .PHONY : tmpclean
@@ -61,17 +59,19 @@ keychain: keychain.sh keychain.txt VERSION MAINTAINERS.txt
 keychain.txt: keychain.pod
 	pod2text keychain.pod keychain.txt
 
-keychain-$V.tar.gz: $(TARBALL_CONTENTS)
-	mkdir keychain-$V
-	cp $(TARBALL_CONTENTS) keychain-$V
-	/bin/tar czvf keychain-$V.tar.gz keychain-$V
-	rm -rf keychain-$V
-	ls -l keychain-$V.tar.gz
+keychain-$V.tar.gz: keychain keychain.1 keychain.spec
+	mkdir -p dist
+	rm -rf dist/keychain-$V
+	git archive --format=tar --prefix=keychain-$V/ HEAD | tar -xf - -C dist/
+	cp keychain keychain.1 keychain.spec dist/keychain-$V/
+	tar -C dist -czf dist/keychain-$V.tar.gz keychain-$V
+	rm -rf dist/keychain-$V
+	ls -l dist/keychain-$V.tar.gz
 
 # --- Release Automation Helpers ---
 .PHONY: release release-refresh
 
-RELEASE_ASSETS=keychain-$V.tar.gz keychain keychain.1
+RELEASE_ASSETS=dist/keychain-$V.tar.gz keychain keychain.1
 
 # "release" will orchestrate a tagged release with CI artifact validation & confirmation.
 release: $(RELEASE_ASSETS)

VERSION

@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.9.7
+2.9.8

keychain.pod

@@ -737,5 +737,11 @@ Keychain was created and is currently maintained by Daniel Robbins. To report a
 bug or request an enhancement, use the issue tracker at
 L<https://github.com/danielrobbins/keychain>.
 
+Keychain includes bash completion support for command-line options, SSH keys,
+GPG keys, and extended mode prefixes (C<sshk:>, C<gpgk:>, C<host:>). The
+completion script is included in the source tarball at
+C<completions/keychain.bash>. For installation instructions, see the README
+file or run C<make install-completions>.
+
 The former Funtoo Linux wiki page is preserved only as an historical reference:
 L<https://www.funtoo.org/Funtoo:Keychain>.