diff --git a/neovim-qt-git/.SRCINFO b/neovim-qt-git/.SRCINFO
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+++ b/neovim-qt-git/.SRCINFO
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Generated by mksrcinfo v8
+# Thu Sep 14 06:17:53 UTC 2017
+pkgbase = neovim-qt-git
+	pkgdesc = A Qt gui for Neovim (Neovim RPC and GUI using Qt5).
+	pkgver = v0.2.8.r0.g6e54e82
+	pkgrel = 1
+	url = https://github.com/equalsraf/neovim-qt
+	install = neovim-qt-git.install
+	arch = i686
+	arch = x86_64
+	license = custom
+	makedepends = git
+	makedepends = cmake
+	depends = neovim
+	depends = qt5-base
+	depends = msgpack-c
+	depends = libxkbcommon-x11
+	conflicts = neovim-qt
+	source = neovim-qt-git::git+https://github.com/equalsraf/neovim-qt.git
+	md5sums = SKIP
+
+pkgname = neovim-qt-git
+
diff --git a/neovim-qt-git/.gitrepo b/neovim-qt-git/.gitrepo
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index 0000000..7e38ec4
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+++ b/neovim-qt-git/.gitrepo
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+; DO NOT EDIT (unless you know what you are doing)
+;
+; This subdirectory is a git "subrepo", and this file is maintained by the
+; git-subrepo command. See https://github.com/git-commands/git-subrepo#readme
+;
+[subrepo]
+	remote = https://aur.archlinux.org/neovim-qt-git.git
+	branch = master
+	commit = 767875bc74d6d58ac011cdb097982492d87dddeb
+	parent = 594dca0d0b7758921e4c4c8f36a8de6a88626f59
+	method = merge
+	cmdver = 0.4.3
diff --git a/neovim-qt-git/PKGBUILD b/neovim-qt-git/PKGBUILD
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index 0000000..5a4ce5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/neovim-qt-git/PKGBUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+# Maintainer: Aaron Abbott <aabmass at gmail dot com>
+pkgname=neovim-qt-git
+pkgver=v0.2.8.r0.g6e54e82
+pkgrel=1
+pkgdesc="A Qt gui for Neovim (Neovim RPC and GUI using Qt5)."
+arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
+url="https://github.com/equalsraf/neovim-qt"
+license=('custom')
+groups=()
+# not sure which qt5 dependency to add
+depends=('neovim' 'qt5-base' 'msgpack-c' 'libxkbcommon-x11')
+makedepends=('git' 'cmake')
+provides=()
+conflicts=('neovim-qt')
+replaces=()
+backup=()
+options=()
+install=neovim-qt-git.install
+source=("${pkgname}::git+${url}.git")
+noextract=()
+md5sums=('SKIP')
+
+pkgver() {
+  cd "$pkgname"
+  ( set -o pipefail
+    git describe --long 2>/dev/null | sed 's/\([^-]*-g\)/r\1/;s/-/./g' ||
+    printf "r%s.%s" "$(git rev-list --count HEAD)" "$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
+  )
+}
+
+build() {
+  mkdir -p "${pkgname}/build"
+  cd "${pkgname}/build"
+
+  cmake -G 'Unix Makefiles' -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+    -DUSE_SYSTEM_MSGPACK=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr ..
+
+  make ${MAKEFLAGS}
+}
+
+package() {
+  cd "${pkgname}/build"
+
+  ## cmake isn't configured to install anything, do it on our own
+  # install the binaries and libs
+  install -D -m755 bin/nvim-qt "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/nvim-qt"
+  install -D -m644 lib/libneovim-qt.a "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/libneovim-qt.a"
+
+  ## install any plugins packaged with nvim-qt
+  # need to cd so find outputs regular paths
+  cd ../src/gui/runtime
+
+  # find .vim and .txt files and install them into pkgdir
+  find . -type f -regex ".*\.\(vim\|txt\)" \
+      -exec install -D -m644 {} ${pkgdir}/usr/share/nvim/runtime/{} \;
+
+  # go back to the previous dir
+  cd -
+
+  ## other files to install
+  # install the custom license
+  install -D -m644 ../LICENSE "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}/LICENSE"
+  
+  # install desktop files
+  install -D -m644 ../src/gui/nvim-qt.desktop "${pkgdir}"/usr/share/applications/nvim-qt.desktop
+  install -D -m644 ../third-party/neovim.png "${pkgdir}"/usr/share/pixmaps/nvim-qt.png
+}
diff --git a/neovim-qt-git/neovim-qt-git.install b/neovim-qt-git/neovim-qt-git.install
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index 0000000..46c1bf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/neovim-qt-git/neovim-qt-git.install
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+post_install() {
+  echo -n ":: Updating nvim help tags..."
+
+  # updates the nvim help tags index to include the doc files that were
+  # just installed with neovim-qt-git, e.g. nvim_gui_shim.txt
+  /usr/bin/nvim --noplugin -u NONE -U NONE \
+    --cmd ":helptags /usr/share/nvim/runtime/doc" --cmd ":q" > /dev/null 2>&1
+  echo "done."
+}
+
+post_upgrade() {
+  post_install $1
+}
+
+post_remove() {
+  post_install
+}