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+# Template file for 'compton-git'
+pkgname=compton-git
+version=$(date +%Y%m%d)
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+hostmakedepends="git"
+makedepends="libGL pkg-config dbus-devel libXcomposite-devel libXdamage-devel libXrandr-devel pcre-devel libconfig-devel libdrm-devel MesaLib-devel asciidoc"
+nofetch=yes
+noextract=yes
+only_for_archs="i686 x86_64"
+maintainer="Steven R <strob AT styez DOT com>"
+homepage="https://github.com/chjj/compton"
+license="MIT"
+short_desc="Compton is a compositor for X, and a fork of xcompmgr-dana."
+
+do_fetch() {
+	local url="git://github.com/chjj/compton.git"
+	msg_normal "Fetching source from $url ...\n"
+	git clone ${url} ${pkgname}-${version}
+}
+
+compton-git_package() {
+	depends="libGL dbus libXcomposite libXdamage libXrandr pcre libconfig MesaLib"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove all
+	}
+}