diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c286982..7194d27 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,7 @@
+xf86-input-libinput-0.25.0.tar.bz2
+/xf86-input-libinput-0.25.1.tar.bz2
+/xf86-input-libinput-0.26.0.tar.bz2
+/xf86-input-libinput-0.27.0.tar.bz2
+/xf86-input-libinput-0.27.1.tar.bz2
+/xf86-input-libinput-0.28.0.tar.bz2
 /xf86-input-libinput-0.29.0.tar.bz2
diff --git a/make-git-snapshot.sh b/make-git-snapshot.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2025d54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/make-git-snapshot.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Usage: ./make-git-snapshot.sh [COMMIT]
+#
+# to make a snapshot of the given tag/branch.  Defaults to HEAD.
+# Point env var REF to a local mesa repo to reduce clone time.
+
+DIRNAME=xf86-input-libinput-$( date +%Y%m%d )
+
+echo REF ${REF:+--reference $REF}
+echo DIRNAME $DIRNAME
+echo HEAD ${1:-HEAD}
+
+rm -rf $DIRNAME
+
+git clone ${REF:+--reference $REF} \
+	git://git.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/driver/xf86-input-libinput $DIRNAME
+
+GIT_DIR=$DIRNAME/.git git archive --format=tar --prefix=$DIRNAME/ ${1:-HEAD} \
+	| xz > $DIRNAME.tar.xz
+
+# rm -rf $DIRNAME