diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+/gitdb-0.5.2-17d9d13.tar.gz
diff --git a/python-gitdb.spec b/python-gitdb.spec
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index 0000000..9db039b
--- /dev/null
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+# sitelib for noarch packages, sitearch for others (remove the unneeded one)
+%{!?python_sitearch: %global python_sitearch %(%{__python} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print(get_python_lib(1))")}
+
+%global gitver 17d9d13
+
+Name:           python-gitdb
+Version:        0.5.2
+Release:        3.20110613git%{gitver}%{?dist}
+Summary:        A pure-Python git object database
+
+Group:          Development/Languages
+License:        BSD
+URL:            https://github.com/gitpython-developers/gitdb
+# Get source:  git clone git://github.com/gitpython-developers/gitdb.git
+# cd gitdb; git checkout 17d9d13; cd ../;
+# tar czvpf gitdb-0.5.2-17d9d13.tar.gz gitdb/
+Source0:        gitdb-%{version}-%{gitver}.tar.gz
+BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
+Requires:       python-async >= 0.6.1
+
+# python-async is needed for the check section
+BuildRequires:  python-devel, python-nose, python-async
+
+# Filter the private provide
+%{?filter_setup:
+%filter_provides_in %{python_sitearch}/gitdb/_perf.so
+%filter_setup
+}
+
+%description
+GitDB allows you to access bare git repositories for reading and writing. It
+aims at allowing full access to loose objects as well as packs with performance
+and scalability in mind. It operates exclusively on streams, allowing to
+operate on large objects with a small memory footprint.
+
+
+%prep
+%setup -q -n gitdb
+
+
+%build
+# Remove CFLAGS=... for noarch packages (unneeded)
+CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" %{__python} setup.py build
+
+%check
+nosetests
+
+
+%install
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+%{__python} setup.py install -O1 --skip-build --root $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+chmod 0755 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{python_sitearch}/gitdb/_perf.so
+
+ 
+%clean
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%doc README.rst AUTHORS LICENSE
+# For arch-specific packages: sitearch
+%{python_sitearch}/*
+
+%changelog
+* Tue Jun 14 2011 Jesse Keating <jkeating@redhat.com> - 0.5.2-3.20110613git17d9d13
+- Add a br on python-async
+
+* Mon Jun 13 2011 Jesse Keating <jkeating@redhat.com> - 0.5.2-2.20110613git17d9d13
+- Fix perms and add a date to the release field.
+
+* Sat May 28 2011 Jesse Keating <jkeating@redhat.com> - 0.5.2-1.git17d9d13
+- Initial package
+
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index e69de29..e7c299e 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
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+fb4d1ffa06d61ef7e4102f115e3f455f  gitdb-0.5.2-17d9d13.tar.gz