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+To build RPM pakcages for Fedora, follow these steps:
+ cp packaging/rpm/libgit2.spec ~/rpmbuild/SPECS
+ cd ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES
+ wget https://github.com/downloads/libgit2/libgit2/libgit2-0.16.0.tar.gz
+ cd ~/rpmbuild/SPECS
+ rpmbuild -ba libgit2.spec
diff --git a/packaging/rpm/libgit2.spec b/packaging/rpm/libgit2.spec
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+#
+# spec file for package libgit2
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2012 Saleem Ansari <tuxdna@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (c) 2012 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2011, Sascha Peilicke <saschpe@gmx.de>
+#
+# All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
+# remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
+# upon. The license for this file, and modifications and additions to the
+# file, is the same license as for the pristine package itself (unless the
+# license for the pristine package is not an Open Source License, in which
+# case the license is the MIT License). An "Open Source License" is a
+# license that conforms to the Open Source Definition (Version 1.9)
+# published by the Open Source Initiative.
+
+# Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
+#
+Name:           libgit2
+Version:        0.16.0
+Release:        1
+Summary:        C git library
+License:        GPL-2.0 with linking
+Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
+Url:            http://libgit2.github.com/
+Source0:        https://github.com/downloads/libgit2/libgit2/libgit2-0.16.0.tar.gz
+BuildRequires:  cmake
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
+BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+%if 0%{?fedora} || 0%{?rhel_version} || 0%{?centos_version}
+BuildRequires:  openssl-devel
+%else
+BuildRequires:  libopenssl-devel
+%endif
+
+%description
+libgit2 is a portable, pure C implementation of the Git core methods
+provided as a re-entrant linkable library with a solid API, allowing
+you to write native speed custom Git applications in any language
+with bindings.
+
+%package -n %{name}-0
+Summary:        C git library
+Group:          System/Libraries
+
+%description -n %{name}-0
+libgit2 is a portable, pure C implementation of the Git core methods
+provided as a re-entrant linkable library with a solid API, allowing
+you to write native speed custom Git applications in any language
+with bindings.
+
+%package devel
+Summary:        C git library
+Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
+Requires:       %{name}-0 >= %{version}
+
+%description devel
+This package contains all necessary include files and libraries needed
+to compile and develop applications that use libgit2.
+
+%prep
+%setup -q
+
+%build
+cmake . \
+    -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS:STRING="%{optflags}" \
+    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=%{_prefix} \
+    -DINSTALL_LIB:PATH=%{_libdir}
+make %{?_smp_mflags}
+
+%install
+%make_install
+
+%post -n %{name}-0 -p /sbin/ldconfig
+%postun -n %{name}-0 -p /sbin/ldconfig
+
+%files -n %{name}-0
+%defattr (-,root,root)
+%doc AUTHORS COPYING README.md
+%{_libdir}/%{name}.so.*
+
+%files devel
+%defattr (-,root,root)
+%doc CONVENTIONS examples
+%{_libdir}/%{name}.so
+%{_includedir}/git2*
+%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/libgit2.pc
+
+%changelog
+* Tue Mar 04 2012 tuxdna@gmail.com
+- Update to version 0.16.0 
+* Tue Jan 31 2012 jengelh@medozas.de
+- Provide pkgconfig symbols
+* Thu Oct 27 2011 saschpe@suse.de
+- Change license to 'GPL-2.0 with linking', fixes bnc#726789
+* Wed Oct 26 2011 saschpe@suse.de
+- Update to version 0.15.0:
+  * Upstream doesn't provide changes
+- Removed outdated %%clean section
+* Tue Jan 18 2011 saschpe@gmx.de
+- Proper Requires for devel package
+* Tue Jan 18 2011 saschpe@gmx.de
+- Set BuildRequires to "openssl-devel" also for RHEL and CentOS
+* Tue Jan 18 2011 saschpe@gmx.de
+- Initial commit (0.0.1)
+- Added patch to fix shared library soname