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+# Template build file for "chroot-git".
+pkgname=chroot-git
+version=2.0.3
+revision=1
+bootstrap=yes
+wrksrc="git-$version"
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--without-curl --without-openssl
+ --without-python --without-expat --without-tcltk
+ ac_cv_lib_curl_curl_global_init=no ac_cv_lib_expat_XML_ParserCreate=no
+ ac_cv_fread_reads_directories=no ac_cv_snprintf_returns_bogus=no"
+makedepends="zlib-devel"
+make_build_args="CC_LD_DYNPATH=-L"
+make_install_args="NO_INSTALL_HARDLINKS=1"
+short_desc="GIT Tree History Storage Tool -- for xbps-src use"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+homepage="http://git-scm.com/"
+license="GPL-2"
+distfiles="https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-${version}.tar.xz"
+checksum=cdbc015996052e83b9ecd7bd1f43b2772f7916f7688857836b0980a34234b69f
+
+if [ "$CHROOT_READY" ]; then
+	hostmakedepends="perl"
+else
+	configure_args+=" --with-zlib=${XBPS_MASTERDIR}/usr"
+fi
+
+do_install() {
+	# remove unneeded stuff.
+	make DESTDIR=${wrksrc}/build-tmp install
+	vmkdir usr/bin
+	vbin ${wrksrc}/build-tmp/usr/bin/git chroot-git
+}