diff --git a/srcpkgs/git-lfs/INSTALL.msg b/srcpkgs/git-lfs/INSTALL.msg
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+++ b/srcpkgs/git-lfs/INSTALL.msg
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Run 'git-lfs install' to configure git to use git-lfs
diff --git a/srcpkgs/git-lfs/template b/srcpkgs/git-lfs/template
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+# Template file for 'git-lfs'
+pkgname=git-lfs
+version=2.0.2
+revision=1
+nocross=1
+build_style=go
+go_import_path="github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs"
+hostmakedepends="go"
+depends="git"
+short_desc="Git extension for versioning large files"
+maintainer="Nicklaus McClendon <nicklaus@kulinacs.com>"
+license="MIT"
+homepage="https://git-lfs.github.com/"
+distfiles="https://github.com/git-lfs/${pkgname}/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=e266bdffa53e947ba1d0bf8944d73029384bad2ed05af92bc10918d07eec6b63
+
+pre_build() {
+	chmod +x script/bootstrap
+	mkdir -p src/github.com/git-lfs
+	ln -s $(pwd) src/github.com/git-lfs/${pkgname}
+}
+
+do_build() {
+	GOPATH=$(pwd) ./script/bootstrap
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	vbin bin/git-lfs
+	vlicense LICENSE.md
+}