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+# Maintainer: George Rawlinson <grawlinson@archlinux.org>
+
+_gemname=slop
+pkgname=ruby-$_gemname
+pkgver=4.9.1
+pkgrel=1
+pkgdesc="A simple option parser with an easy to remember syntax and friendly API"
+arch=('any')
+url="https://github.com/leejarvis/slop"
+license=('MIT')
+depends=('ruby')
+makedepends=('ruby-rdoc')
+options=('!emptydirs')
+source=("https://rubygems.org/downloads/$_gemname-$pkgver.gem")
+noextract=("$_gemname-$pkgver.gem")
+b2sums=('88bb3f013846b8574639f28b938845867b4fd22df4a8e20b33a8b1b6178a77f19ddf05d085d514dffd5868c10a7996bf79b53bcf6a6d55e4af69f4f59a591b1a')
+
+package() {
+  local _gemdir="$(ruby -e'puts Gem.default_dir')"
+
+  gem install \
+    --verbose \
+    --ignore-dependencies \
+    --no-user-install \
+    --install-dir "$pkgdir/$_gemdir" \
+    --bindir "$pkgdir/usr/bin" \
+    "$_gemname-$pkgver.gem"
+
+  # delete cache
+  cd "$pkgdir/$_gemdir"
+  rm -vrf cache
+
+  # delete unnecessary files & folders
+  cd "gems/$_gemname-$pkgver"
+  find . -type f -name ".*" -delete
+  rm -vrf test "$_gemname.gemspec" Gemfile Rakefile
+
+  # move documentation
+  install -vd "$pkgdir/usr/share/doc/$pkgname"
+  mv -vt "$pkgdir/usr/share/doc/$pkgname" *.md
+
+  # move license
+  install -vd "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname"
+  mv -vt "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname" LICENSE
+}