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Raspberry Pi has
announced rpi-image-gen,
a tool to create custom software images for its devices.

rpi-image-gen is a Bash orientated scripting engine capable of
producing software images with different on-disk partition layouts,
file systems and profiles using collections of metadata and a defined
flow of execution. It provides the means to create a highly customised
software image for your Raspberry Pi device. rpi-image-gen is human
readable, auditable and easy to use.

The Git repository for rpi-image-gen has a number of examples
to help users get started making their own custom images.