diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/build.yaml b/.forgejo/workflows/build.yaml
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+on: [push]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: docker
+    container:
+      image: fedora:40
+    steps:
+      - run: dnf install -y nodejs rpmdevtools 
+      - name: set up base build env
+        run: rpmdev-setuptree
+      - uses: https://code.forgejo.org/actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: build dwarfs rpm package
+        run: rpmbuild -bb dwarfs.spec
+
+      - uses: forgejo/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: dwarfs.rpm
+          path: $(find $HOME/rpmbuild/RPMS/$(rpm -E '%{_arch}')/ -type f) # le bodge but should work
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 293972e..2bff70b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
-# rpmtemplate
+# fedora-dwarfs
 
-rpm package template
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+a makeshift [dwarfs](https://github.com/mhx/dwarfs) package for fedora
+
+i know that this isn't the correct way to package things but i don't have the energy right now to do it correctly
+
+contents of this repo are under the MIT license, package is GPLv3 as dwarfs is GPLv3
+
+i think this should be okay as the contents in this repo don't modify the source or binaries
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diff --git a/dwarfs.spec b/dwarfs.spec
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+Name:       dwarfs
+Version:    0.9.9
+Release:    1%{?dist}
+Summary:    A fast high compression read-only file system
+URL:        https://github.com/mhx/dwarfs
+License:    GPLv3
+BuildArch:  %{_arch}
+
+BuildRequires: wget
+BuildRequires: tar
+
+Requires: fuse3
+Requires: lz4
+Requires: zstd
+Requires: liblzma
+
+%description
+A fast high compression read-only file system
+
+%prep
+wget https://github.com/mhx/dwarfs/releases/download/v%{version}/dwarfs-%{version}-Linux-%{_arch}-clang.tar.xz
+tar -xvf dwarfs-%{version}-Linux-%{_arch}-clang.tar.xz
+
+%install
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_mandir}
+
+cp -vr dwarfs-%{version}-Linux-%{_arch}-clang/bin/ %{buildroot}%{_bindir}
+cp -vr dwarfs-%{version}-Linux-%{_arch}-clang/sbin/* %{buildroot}%{_bindir} # bin and sbin are the same in fedora
+cp -vr dwarfs-%{version}-Linux-%{_arch}-clang/share/man/* %{buildroot}%{_mandir} # bin and sbin are the same in fedora
+
+%files
+%{_bindir}/dwarfsbench
+%{_bindir}/dwarfsck
+%{_bindir}/dwarfsextract
+%{_bindir}/mkdwarfs
+%{_bindir}/dwarfs
+%{_bindir}/dwarfs2
+%{_bindir}/mount.dwarfs
+%{_bindir}/mount.dwarfs2
+
+%{_mandir}/man1/dwarfs.1.gz
+%{_mandir}/man1/dwarfsck.1.gz
+%{_mandir}/man1/dwarfsextract.1.gz
+%{_mandir}/man1/mkdwarfs.1.gz
+
+%{_mandir}/man5/dwarfs-format.5.gz
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diff --git a/rpmtemplate.spec b/rpmtemplate.spec
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@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-Name:       rpmtemplate
-Version:    1
-Release:    1
-Summary:    basic rpm package template
-License:    MIT
-BuildArch:  noarch
-
-Requires: bash
-
-%description
-basic rpm package template
-
-%prep
-echo "prep here"
-
-%build
-echo "#!/bin/bash" > rpmtemplate
-echo "echo Hello World!" >> rpmtemplate
-
-%install
-mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_bindir}
-install -m 755 rpmtemplate %{buildroot}%{_bindir}
-
-%files
-%{_bindir}/rpmtemplate
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