diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bf631d9..2c6eedc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-/xkeyboard-config-2.28.tar.bz2
+/xkeyboard-config-.*.tar.bz2
diff --git a/commitid b/commitid
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..572511e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commitid
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+19a0026b5a8bd01cfc21bc8c7342e1c4f4567161
diff --git a/make-git-snapshot.sh b/make-git-snapshot.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..86476ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/make-git-snapshot.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+MODULE=xkeyboard-config
+DIRNAME=$MODULE-$( date +%Y%m%d )
+
+rm -rf $DIRNAME
+git clone git://git.freedesktop.org/git/$MODULE $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