diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3da1f70..b7c9100 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
+libdmx-1.1.0.tar.bz2
+/libdmx-1.1.1.tar.bz2
+/libdmx-1.1.2.tar.bz2
+/libdmx-20130524.tar.bz2
+/libdmx-1.1.3.tar.bz2
 /libdmx-1.1.4.tar.bz2
diff --git a/commitid b/commitid
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca093e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commitid
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+5074d9d64192bd04519a438062b7d5bf216d06ee
diff --git a/make-git-snapshot.sh b/make-git-snapshot.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d578b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/make-git-snapshot.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+DIRNAME=libdmx-$( date +%Y%m%d )
+
+rm -rf $DIRNAME
+git clone git://git.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/lib/libdmx $DIRNAME
+cd $DIRNAME
+if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+    git log | head -1
+else
+    git checkout $1
+fi
+git log | head -1 | awk '{ print $2 }' > ../commitid
+git repack -a -d
+cd ..
+tar jcf $DIRNAME.tar.bz2 $DIRNAME
+rm -rf $DIRNAME