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+# Template file for 'ttyload-git'
+pkgname=ttyload-git
+version=20141117
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+hostmakedepends="git"
+short_desc="An ASCII colour-coded graph of load averages over time"
+maintainer="Thomas Adam <thomas.adam22@gmail.com>"
+license="ISC"
+homepage="http://www.daveltd.com/src/util/ttyload/"
+provides="ttyload-${version}_${revision}"
+replaces="ttyload>=0"
+
+do_fetch() {
+	local url="git://github.com/lindes/ttyload.git"
+	msg_normal "Fetching source from $url ...\n"
+	git clone ${url} ${pkgname}-${version}
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	vbin ttyload
+}