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+# Template file for 'gitu'
+pkgname=gitu
+version=0.41.0
+revision=1
+build_style=cargo
+build_helper="rust qemu"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config libgit2-1.9-devel libssh2-devel zlib-devel git"
+makedepends="libgit2-1.9-devel openssl-devel libssh2-devel zlib-devel"
+short_desc="Git client inspired by Magit"
+maintainer="rayfadh <rayfadh@duck.com>"
+license="MIT"
+homepage="https://github.com/altsem/gitu"
+changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/altsem/gitu/refs/heads/master/CHANGELOG.md"
+distfiles="https://github.com/altsem/gitu/archive/refs/tags/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=eba1cd649339ee1c6f02c39bcd9fc3092df8e374bfbcd194750a966b09cb5e55
+
+_setup_env() {
+# workaround the cc-rs mixing CFLAGS for host and target.
+# https://github.com/rust-lang/cc-rs/issues/1469
+export CFLAGS_${RUST_BUILD//-/_}="${CFLAGS_host}" \
+	CXXFLAGS_${RUST_BUILD//-/_}="${CXXFLAGS_host}" \
+	LDFLAGS_${RUST_BUILD//-/_}="${LDFLAGS_host}" \
+	CFLAGS_${RUST_TARGET//-/_}="${CFLAGS}" \
+	CXXFLAGS_${RUST_TARGET//-/_}="${CXXFLAGS}" \
+	LDFLAGS_${RUST_TARGET//-/_}="${LDFLAGS}" \
+	CFLAGS="" CXXFLAGS="" LDFLAGS=""
+}
+
+pre_build() {
+	_setup_env
+}
+
+pre_install() {
+	_setup_env
+}
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense LICENSE
+}