diff --git a/.groovylintrc.json b/.groovylintrc.json
index e30e5f6..f5b873d 100644
--- a/.groovylintrc.json
+++ b/.groovylintrc.json
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 {
     "extends": "recommended",
     "rules": {
+        "DuplicateStringLiteral": {
+            "enabled": false
+        },
         "Indentation": {
             "enabled": false
         }
diff --git a/vars/getCurrentTag.groovy b/vars/addCurrentGitTag.groovy
similarity index 61%
rename from vars/getCurrentTag.groovy
rename to vars/addCurrentGitTag.groovy
index 71776aa..52ca9b5 100644
--- a/vars/getCurrentTag.groovy
+++ b/vars/addCurrentGitTag.groovy
@@ -10,5 +10,14 @@ String call(Map config = [:]) {
         script: "git describe --tags --always --dirty=${runConfig.dirtyFlag}",
         returnStdout: true
       ).trim()
-    return gitTag
+
+    gitHash = sh(
+        script: 'git rev-parse --short HEAD',
+        returnStdout: true
+    ).trim()
+
+    runConfig.tag = gitTag
+    runConfig.hash = gitHash
+
+    return runConfig
 }
diff --git a/vars/buildStep.groovy b/vars/buildStep.groovy
index 2c282de..c5ffc53 100644
--- a/vars/buildStep.groovy
+++ b/vars/buildStep.groovy
@@ -1,24 +1,29 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env groovy
 
-void call(Map config = [:]) {
+void call(Map config = [:], Closure body = { }) {
     Map defaults = [
         saveArtifaces: false,
         buildTest: 'Makefile',
-        buildCmd: 'make all'
+        buildCmd: 'make all',
+        stepName: 'Build'
     ]
     Map runConfig = defaults + config
-    if (runConfig.saveArtifacts) {
-        assert runConfig.artifacts : 'Error: saveArtifacts is set to true; must specify artifacts!'
-    }
-    if ( fileExists(runConfig.buildTest)) {
-        sh """
-            ${runConfig.buildCmd}
-        """
-    } else {
-        error("ERROR: File ${runConfig.buildTest} does not exist in workspace.")
-    }
-    if (runConfig.saveArtifacts) {
-        artifactsList = runConfig.artifacts.inspect().replaceAll('[\\[\\]\'\"]', '')
-        archiveArtifacts artifacts: artifactsList, followSymlinks: false
+    stage(runConfig.stepName) {
+        printBanner(runConfig.stepName)
+        if (runConfig.saveArtifacts) {
+            assert runConfig.artifacts : 'Error: saveArtifacts is set to true; must specify artifacts!'
+        }
+        if ( fileExists(runConfig.buildTest)) {
+            sh """
+                ${runConfig.buildCmd}
+            """
+        } else {
+            error("ERROR: File ${runConfig.buildTest} does not exist in workspace.")
+        }
+        if (runConfig.saveArtifacts) {
+            artifactsList = runConfig.artifacts.join(',')
+            archiveArtifacts artifacts: artifactsList, followSymlinks: false
+        }
+        body()
     }
 }
diff --git a/vars/checkoutStep.groovy b/vars/checkoutStep.groovy
index 88d620d..569c87d 100644
--- a/vars/checkoutStep.groovy
+++ b/vars/checkoutStep.groovy
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env groovy
 
-void call() {
-    checkout scm
+void call(Map config = [:], Closure body = { }) {
+    Map defaults = [
+        stepName: 'Checkout',
+        useJobSCM: true
+    ]
+    runConfig = defaults + config
+    stage(runConfig.stepName) {
+        printBanner(runConfig.stepName)
+        if (runConfig.useJobSCM) {
+            checkout scm
+        }
+        body()
+    }
 }
diff --git a/vars/packageStep.groovy b/vars/packageStep.groovy
index 09c2bf6..7553a92 100644
--- a/vars/packageStep.groovy
+++ b/vars/packageStep.groovy
@@ -1,21 +1,33 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env groovy
 
-void call(Map config = [:]) {
+void call(Map config = [:], Closure body = { }) {
     Map defaults = [
         name: env.BUILD_TAG,
-        archiveCmd: 'tar zcvf',
+        archiveCmd: 'tar',
+        archiveParams: 'zcvf',
         extension: 'tgz',
-        artifacts: []
+        artifacts: [],
+        stepName: 'Package',
+        separator: '-'
     ]
-
     Map runConfig = defaults + config
+    stage(runConfig.stepName) {
+        printBanner(runConfig.stepName)
+        if (runConfig.artifacts.size() < 1) {
+            assert runConfig.artifacts : 'Error: No named artifacts to package!'
+        }
+        archiveName = runConfig.name + runConfig.separator + runConfig.tag + runConfig.separator + runConfig.extension
+        echo "Will tag result as: ${archiveName}"
 
-    String archiveName = "${runConfig.name}-${runConfig.tag}.${runConfig.extension}"
-
-    echo "Will tag result as: ${archiveName}"
-
-    sh """
-        ${runConfig.archiveCmd} ${archiveName} ${runConfig.artifacts.join(' ')}
-    """
-    archiveArtifacts artifacts: archiveName, followSymlinks: false
+        sh """
+            if command -v "${runConfig.archiveCmd}"; then
+                ${runConfig.archiveCmd} ${runConfig.archiveParams} ${archiveName} ${runConfig.artifacts.join(' ')}
+            else
+                echo "Error: ${runConfig.archiveCmd} is not a valid executable!"
+                exit 2
+            fi
+        """
+        archiveArtifacts artifacts: archiveName, followSymlinks: false
+        body()
+    }
 }
diff --git a/vars/printBanner.groovy b/vars/printBanner.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30f4565
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vars/printBanner.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+
+void call(String stepName) {
+    red = '\033[31m'
+    blue = '\033[34m'
+    normal = '\033[0m'
+
+    stepBanner = "║   $blue$stepName$red   ║"
+    bannerWidth = stepName.length() + 6
+
+    top = '╔' + ('═' * bannerWidth) + '╗'
+    bottom = '╚' + ('═' * bannerWidth) + '╝'
+    ansiColor('xterm') {
+        echo "$red$top\n$stepBanner\n$bottom$normal"
+    }
+}
+
+    // fg_black   = '\x1b[30m'
+    // fg_red     = "\x1b[31m"
+    // fg_green   = "\x1b[32m"
+    // fg_yellow  = "\x1b[33m"
+    // fg_blue    = "\x1b[34m"
+    // fg_magenta = "\x1b[35m"
+    // fg_cyan    = "\x1b[36m"
+    // fg_white   = "\x1b[37m"
+    // fg_default = "\x1b39m"
+    // fg_reset   = "\x1b[0m"
+
+// ═ ║ ╒ ╓ ╔ ╕ ╖ ╗ ╘ ╙ ╚ ╛ ╜ ╝ ╞ ╟ ╠ ╡ ╢ ╣ ╤ ╥ ╦ ╧ ╨ ╩ ╪ ╫ ╬
diff --git a/vars/publishStep.groovy b/vars/publishStep.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..623366b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vars/publishStep.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env groovy
+
+void call(Map config = [:], Closure body = { }) {
+    Map defaults = [
+        stepName: 'Publish'
+    ]
+    runConfig = defaults + config
+    stage(runConfig.stepName) {
+        printBanner(runConfig.stepName)
+        body()
+    }
+}