diff --git a/SPECS/make-git-snapshot.sh b/SPECS/make-git-snapshot.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+DIRNAME=libxkbcommon-$( date +%Y%m%d )
+
+rm -rf $DIRNAME
+git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/lib/libxkbcommon $DIRNAME
+cd $DIRNAME
+if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+    git log | head -1
+else
+    git checkout $1
+fi
+git log | head -1 | awk '{ print $2 }' > ../commitid
+git repack -a -d
+cd ..
+tar jcf $DIRNAME.tar.bz2 $DIRNAME
+rm -rf $DIRNAME