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+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'git'
+version = "2.18.0"
+
+homepage = 'http://git-scm.com/'
+description = """Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed
+to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency."""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'dummy', 'version': ''}
+
+source_urls = ['https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/']
+sources = ['%(name)s-%(version)s.tar.gz']
+
+#builddependencies = [
+#    ('Autoconf', '2.69', '', True)
+#]
+
+#dependencies = [
+#    ('cURL', '7.53.1', '', True),
+#    ('expat', '2.2.0', '', True),
+#    ('gettext','0.19.8', '', True),
+#    ('Perl', '5.26.2'),
+#]
+
+preconfigopts = 'make configure && '
+
+# Work around git build system bug.  If LIBS contains -lpthread, then configure
+# will not append -lpthread to LDFLAGS, but Makefile ignores LIBS.
+#configopts = "--with-perl=${EBROOTPERL}/bin/perl --enable-pthreads='-lpthread'"
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['bin/git'],
+    'dirs': [],
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'tools'