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+# Template file for 'forgejo-cli'
+pkgname=forgejo-cli
+version=0.4.1
+revision=1
+build_style=cargo
+build_helper="rust qemu"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config cmake libgit2-1.9-devel libssh2-devel openssl-devel
+	zlib-devel"
+makedepends="libgit2-1.9-devel libssh2-devel openssl-devel zlib-devel"
+short_desc="CLI application for interacting with Forgejo"
+maintainer="rayfadh <rayfadh@duck.com>"
+license="Apache-2.0 OR MIT"
+homepage="https://codeberg.org/forgejo-contrib/forgejo-cli"
+changelog="https://codeberg.org/forgejo-contrib/forgejo-cli/releases"
+distfiles="https://codeberg.org/forgejo-contrib/forgejo-cli/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=8f6a93c5f97e45308aead0154d4ec53e672ca90ab0809db543cde6be8078729e
+
+_setup_env() {
+# workaround the cc-rs mixing CFLAGS for host and target.
+# https://github.com/rust-lang/cc-rs/issues/1469
+export CFLAGS_${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-APACHE
+	vlicense LICENSE-MIT
+
+	for _shell in bash fish zsh; do
+		vtargetrun ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/fj completion ${_shell} > fj.${_shell}
+		vcompletion fj.${_shell} ${_shell} fj
+	done
+}