diff --git a/srcpkgs/libgit2-0.27/template b/srcpkgs/libgit2-0.27/template
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+# Template file for 'libgit2-0.27'
+pkgname=libgit2-0.27
+version=0.27.8
+revision=1
+wrksrc="libgit2-${version}"
+build_style=cmake
+configure_args="-DTHREADSAFE=ON"
+hostmakedepends="python git pkg-config"
+makedepends="zlib-devel libressl-devel http-parser-devel libssh2-devel libuv-devel"
+short_desc="Git linkable library"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.org>"
+license="GPL-2.0-or-later WITH GCC-exception-2.0"
+homepage="https://libgit2.org"
+distfiles="https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=8313873d49dc01e8b880ec334d7430ae67496a89aaa8c6e7bbd3affb47a00c76
+
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	*-musl)
+		# Don't use qsort_r, see src/util.c
+		CFLAGS="-D__ANDROID_API__"
+		;;
+esac
+
+post_install() {
+	rm -rf ${DESTDIR}/usr/include
+	rm -rf ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libgit2.so
+	rm -rf ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/pkgconfig
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libgit2-0.27/update b/srcpkgs/libgit2-0.27/update
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+site="https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/tags"
+pattern='archive/v?\K[\d.]+(?=\.tar\.gz)'
+ignore="0.[123456789][12345689]*"