mk-snapshot.sh

#!/bin/bash -e

# Create a snapshot of the libffi repository from github, as a workaround for
# the lack of recent releases of libffi (see https://github.com/libffi/libffi/issues/296)

GVERS=3.99999 # see configure.ac / AC_INIT

# make a temporary directory and perform operations in there.
TMPD=$(mktemp -d)
TDIR=$(pwd)

# clone the repository (shallow is sufficient)
git -C ${TMPD} clone --depth 1 https://github.com/bgamari/libffi.git
REPO="${TMPD}/libffi"

# record the revision and create a copy of only the files
# contained in the repository at libffi-<revision>
GHASH=$(git -C ${REPO} rev-parse --short HEAD)
GDATE=$(git -C ${REPO} log -1 --pretty=format:%cd --date=format:%Y%m%d)
SUFFIX="${GVERS}+git${GDATE}+${GHASH}"

# run autogen and generate distribution tarball.
(cd "$REPO" && ./autogen.sh && ./configure && make dist)

# package it up
DISTLIB="libffi-${GVERS}.tar.gz"
FINALLIB="libffi-${SUFFIX}.tar.gz"
mv "$REPO/$DISTLIB" ./$FINALLIB

# create orphan libffi-tarballs branch
git checkout --orphan "libffi-${SUFFIX}"
git add $FINALLIB
cat >README.md <<EOF
# libffi snapshot tarball for GHC

This source snapshot was produced from
[libffi](https://github.com/libffi/libffi) commit
[${GHASH}](https://github.com/libffi/libffi/commit/${GHASH}) for GHC. See the
\`master\` branch of this repository for more information about the rationale
and tools for producing these snapshots.
EOF
git add README.md
git rm --cached mk-snapshot.sh
git commit -m "Snapshot of libffi ${GHASH}"
git checkout -f master

echo "Created branch libffi-${SUFFIX}"