diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sp/spit/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sp/spit/package.nix
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+{
+  stdenv,
+  lib,
+  installShellFiles,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "spit";
+  version = "0.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "leahneukirchen";
+    repo = "spit";
+    tag = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-bvcx+bQyi5tWDwuqdOv2h6q1ZSEHO9bHV2lfvRhL7iw=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    installShellFiles
+  ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+    install -Dm755 spit -t "$out/bin"
+    installManPage spit.1
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Atomically create a file with content";
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
+    license = lib.licenses.cc0;
+    homepage = "https://git.vuxu.org/spit/";
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.sternenseemann ];
+    mainProgram = "spit";
+  };
+}