diff --git a/srcpkgs/git-annex/template b/srcpkgs/git-annex/template
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+# Template file for 'git-annex'
+pkgname=git-annex
+version=5.20150824
+revision=1
+_stackage="lts-3.0"
+nocross=yes
+create_wrksrc=yes
+hostmakedepends="ghc stack pkg-config"
+makedepends="gsasl-devel gnutls-devel libxml2-devel rsync curl lsof gnupg2"
+# depends are utilities required by git-annex
+depends="git rsync curl lsof gnupg2"
+short_desc="Git addon for managing large files"
+maintainer="Evan Deaubl <evan@deaubl.name>"
+license="GPL-3"
+homepage="http://git-annex.branchable.com"
+distfiles="http://hackage.haskell.org/package/${pkgname}-${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum="45088dd5ff5a63ca38965e60843e42c1b8424b3437b58af68929cf61ef0819e4"
+
+do_build() {
+	export STACK_ROOT=$wrksrc/.stack
+	rm -rf $wrksrc/${pkgname}-${version}/standalone/android/tmp
+	stack init --force --resolver ${_stackage}
+	stack ${makejobs} build
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	export STACK_ROOT=$wrksrc/.stack
+	vmkdir usr/bin
+	stack install --local-bin-path=${DESTDIR}/usr/bin
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/git-annex/update b/srcpkgs/git-annex/update
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+site='http://hackage.haskell.org/package/git-annex'
+pattern='Readme for git-annex-\K[\d.]+(?=</h2>)'