diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3ba7216..9a06e56 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-SOURCES/libinput-1.16.3.tar.xz
-/libinput-1.16.3.tar.xz
+/libinput-*.tar.xz
diff --git a/commitid b/commitid
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb06ca8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commitid
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+58abea394657baba66f6e0cd6c4c27e084bb5b16
diff --git a/make-git-snapshot.sh b/make-git-snapshot.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a61db49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/make-git-snapshot.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+DIRNAME=libinput-$( date +%Y%m%d )
+
+rm -rf $DIRNAME
+git clone git://git.freedesktop.org/git/wayland/libinput $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.xz $DIRNAME
+rm -rf $DIRNAME