From 312ee445b371c7cb30e9e9f97ebce5137c93eafb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrei Gherzan <andrei.gherzan@canonical.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2026 21:42:52 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] build: add snap packaging support

Allows gitlance to be distributed via the Snap Store.

Signed-off-by: Andrei Gherzan <andrei.gherzan@canonical.com>
---
 .gitignore          |  3 +++
 README.md           | 10 ++++++++++
 snap/snapcraft.yaml | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 52 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 snap/snapcraft.yaml

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cd8c4c0..aab0cbd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,3 +18,6 @@
 
 # Coverage reports
 /coverage/
+
+# Snap build artifacts
+*.snap
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 570159f..429d742 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -219,10 +219,20 @@ steps:
 
 ## Installation
 
+### GitHub Action
+
 The action automatically downloads the pre-built binary for the specified version. No additional setup is required.
 
 **Note:** Prebuilt binaries are only available for immutable release tags (e.g., `@v1.2.3`). Major tags like `@v1` will build from source on each run.
 
+### Snap Package
+
+Install from the Snap Store:
+
+```bash
+sudo snap install gitlance
+```
+
 ## Building Locally
 
 ### Using Task
diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d6f429f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Canonical Ltd.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+name: gitlance
+base: core24
+version: git
+summary: Vigilance for your Git commits
+description: |
+  A tool for validating Git commit messages.
+
+title: gitlance
+contact: https://github.com/canonical/gitlance/issues
+issues: https://github.com/canonical/gitlance/issues
+source-code: https://github.com/canonical/gitlance
+website: https://github.com/canonical/gitlance
+
+grade: stable
+confinement: strict
+license: Apache-2.0
+
+platforms:
+  amd64:
+
+apps:
+  gitlance:
+    command: bin/gitlance
+    plugs:
+      - home
+
+parts:
+  gitlance:
+    plugin: rust
+    source: .
+    rust-channel: stable
+    build-packages:
+      # Required by git2 crate's libgit2-sys dependency
+      - pkg-config
+      - libssl-dev