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+# Template file for 'ipfs-cluster'
+pkgname=ipfs-cluster
+version=0.1.0
+revision=1
+build_style=go
+go_import_path="github.com/ipfs/ipfs-cluster"
+go_package="github.com/ipfs/ipfs-cluster/ipfs-cluster-ctl github.com/ipfs/ipfs-cluster/ipfs-cluster-service"
+hostmakedepends="git wget"
+depends="go-ipfs"
+short_desc="Collective pinning and composition for IPFS"
+maintainer="Toyam Cox <Vaelatern@gmail.com>"
+license="MIT"
+homepage="https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs-cluster"
+distfiles="https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs-cluster/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=cd7ac1c97f5365a5592d502d7b21dfe8453afea37331028dcce98c1a6534b4f4
+
+# regular go mechanisms don't work, and upstream says to do this
+pre_build() {
+	make deps
+}
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense LICENSE
+	vdoc README.md
+}