diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
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+# Maintainer: Sébastien Luttringer
+
+pkgname=archivetools-git
+pkgver="$(git log --pretty=format:''|wc -l)"
+pkgrel=1
+pkgdesc='Archlinux Archive Tools (Git version)'
+arch=('any')
+url='https://github.com/seblu/archivetools'
+license=('GPL2')
+depends=('rsync' 'openssh' 'hardlink' 'xz' 'util-linux')
+backup=('etc/archive.conf')
+install=archivetools.install
+
+package() {
+  cd "$startdir"
+  install -Dm644 archive.conf "$pkgdir/etc/archive.conf"
+  install -Dm755 archive.sh "$pkgdir/usr/bin/archive"
+  # systemd stuff
+  install -Dm644 archive.sysusers "$pkgdir/usr/lib/sysusers.d/archive.conf"
+  install -Dm644 archive.tmpfiles "$pkgdir/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/archive.conf"
+  install -Dm644 archive.service "$pkgdir/usr/lib/systemd/system/archive.service"
+  install -Dm644 archive.timer "$pkgdir/usr/lib/systemd/system/archive.timer"
+}
+
+# vim:set ts=2 sw=2 et:
diff --git a/archive.service b/archive.service
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+[Unit]
+Description=Archive Update
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+User=archive
+Group=archive
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/archive
diff --git a/archive.sysusers b/archive.sysusers
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+u archive - -
diff --git a/archive.timer b/archive.timer
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+[Unit]
+Description=Daily Archive update
+
+[Timer]
+OnCalendar=12:42:00
+AccuracySec=1m
+Persistent=true
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=timers.target
diff --git a/archive.tmpfiles b/archive.tmpfiles
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+++ b/archive.tmpfiles
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+d /srv/archive 0755 archive archive
diff --git a/archivetools.install b/archivetools.install
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+#/bin/bash
+
+# arg 1:  the new package version
+post_install() {
+  systemd-sysusers archive.conf
+  systemd-tmpfiles --create archive.conf
+  :
+}
+
+# vim:set ts=2 sw=2 ft=sh et: