diff --git a/uv-release/.gitignore b/uv-release/.gitignore
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index 00000000..fe727d8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/uv-release/.gitignore
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+*.tar.gz
+*.tar.gz.sha256
+linux-gnu/**
diff --git a/uv-release/VERSION b/uv-release/VERSION
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+++ b/uv-release/VERSION
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+0.9.5
diff --git a/uv-release/get.sh b/uv-release/get.sh
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+++ b/uv-release/get.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+THIS_VERSION="1.1.0"
+THIS=$(basename $0)
+
+ARG=$1
+OS=$2
+
+# https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/releases/download/0.9.5/uv-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
+# https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/releases/download/0.9.5/uv-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz.sha256
+
+REPONAME="astral-sh"
+BINNAME="uv"
+BINEXTENSION=""
+PROGNAME="uv"
+if [ -z "$OS" ]
+then
+  OS="linux-gnu"
+fi
+if [[ "$OS" != "linux-gnu" ]] && [[ "$OS" != "windows" ]] && [[ "$OS" != "darwin" ]]
+then
+  echo "* invalid $OS, exiting"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+PLATFORM="x86_64-unknown"
+URL="https://github.com/$REPONAME/$BINNAME/releases/download/%%VERSION%%/${PROGNAME}-${PLATFORM}-${OS}.tar.gz"
+SHA256_URL="https://github.com/$REPONAME/$BINNAME/releases/download/%%VERSION%%/${PROGNAME}-${PLATFORM}-${OS}.tar.gz.sha256"
+
+if [ -z $VERSION ]
+then
+  version=$(cat VERSION)
+fi
+v_major=$(echo $version| awk -F\. '{print $1 "." $2}')
+v_minor=$(echo $version| awk -F\. '{print $3}')
+v_minor_next=$(( $v_minor + 1 ))
+version_next="${v_major}.${v_minor_next}"
+
+if [[ $ARG == "current" ]]
+then
+  version_next=$version
+fi
+
+S_URL=$(echo $SHA256_URL | sed -e "s/%%VERSION%%/$version_next/g")
+sfile=$(basename $S_URL)
+if [ ! -r "$sfile" ]
+then
+  echo "* downloading SHA256sum for $version_next"
+  curl -L -s -f -k "$S_URL" -o $sfile 2> /dev/null
+fi
+
+if [[ -z $ARG ]] || [[ $ARG == "get" ]] || [[ $ARG == "current" ]]
+then
+  T_URL=$(echo $URL | sed -e "s/%%VERSION%%/$version_next/g")
+  file=$(basename $T_URL)
+  echo "* old $version, attempting next version $version_next"
+  curl -L -s -f -k "$T_URL" -o $file 2> /dev/null
+  status=$?
+
+  GT_URL=$(echo $GPG_URL | sed -e "s/%%VERSION%%/$version_next/g")
+  if [ ! -z "$GT_URL" ]
+  then
+    gfile=$(basename $GT_URL)
+    echo "* old $version, attempting next version $version_next gpgsig"
+    curl -L -s -f -k "$GT_URL" -o $gfile 2> /dev/null
+    gstatus=$?
+  else
+    gstatus=0
+  fi
+
+  if [ $status == 0 ]
+  then
+#    cp $file ${BINNAME}_${version_next}${BINEXTENSION}
+#    chmod 700 $file
+#    chmod 700 ${BINNAME}_${version_next}${BINEXTENSION}
+    test -d $OS/$version_next || mkdir -p $OS/$version_next
+#    unzip $file -d $OS/$version_next/
+    tar -xzf $file --directory $OS/$version_next/
+
+    echo $version_next > VERSION
+    echo "* downloaded new version $version_next"
+    echo "* install new version with:"
+    echo "  ./$THIS install"
+  else
+    T_URL=$(echo $URL | sed -e "s/%%VERSION%%/$version/g")
+    echo "* version $version is current"
+    file=$(basename $T_URL)
+    if [ ! -r $file ]
+    then
+      echo "* downloading current version $version"
+      curl -L -s -f -k "$T_URL" -o $file 2> /dev/null
+      status=$?
+
+      echo "* downloading current version $version gpgsig"
+      curl -L -s -f -k "$GT_URL" -o $gfile 2> /dev/null
+      gstatus=$?
+
+      if [ $status == 0 ]
+      then
+#         cp $file ${BINNAME}_${version}${BINEXTENSION}
+        test -d $version || mkdir -p $version
+#        unzip $file -d $version/
+        tar -xzf $file --directory $version/
+      else
+        echo "x unable to download ${BINNAME}_${version}${BINEXTENSION} status=$status"
+        exit $status
+      fi
+    fi
+  fi
+fi
+
+if [[ $ARG == "install" ]] && [[ "$OS" == "linux" ]]
+then
+  whichbin=$(which $PROGNAME 2> /dev/null)
+  if [ ! -z $whichbin ]
+  then
+    BINDIR=$(dirname $whichbin)
+  elif [ -z $BINDIR ]
+  then
+    echo "x unable to locate current $BINNAME binary, use BINDIR=path to install"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  echo "* installing $PROGNAME $version into $BINDIR"
+  umask 022
+  cp ${OS}/$version/${PROGNAME} $BINDIR/${PROGNAME}_$version && ln -sf ${PROGNAME}_${version} $BINDIR/$PROGNAME
+  chmod 755 $BINDIR/${PROGNAME}_${version}
+fi