name: cabalg version: 0.1.1 synopsis: alias for cabal install from given git repo license: MIT license-file: LICENSE author: Dmitry Malikov maintainer: malikov.d.y@gmail.com build-type: Simple cabal-version: >=1.10 description: Short alias for installing cabal package from git source repository. . @$> cabalg git://github.com/biegunka/biegunka.git --branch=develop@ . is just a shorthand for . @$> create-dir /temp/directory $> git clone --branch develop --single-branch --depth=1 --quiet git://github.com/biegunka/biegunka.git /temp/directory $> change-dir /temp/directory $> cabal install@ $> change-dir-back $> remove-dir /temp/directory@ . If current directory has '.cabal-sandbox', 'cabalg' will attach the given repo to it. Also notice, that '--single-branch' flag comes with 'git-1.7.10' () only, so you should have it. . It seems to be that 'cabalg' is windows-compatible too. executable cabalg main-is: Main.hs hs-source-dirs: src other-modules: Git, Sandbox build-depends: base >= 4.6 && < 5 , process >= 1.2 , directory >= 1.2 , filepath >= 1.3 , optparse-applicative >= 0.7.0.2 , temporary >= 1.1.2.4 default-language: Haskell2010 source-repository head type: git location: https://github.com/dmalikov/cabalg