diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index eebcd85..3bc48ed 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+Changes in version 1.10.0
+Wed Apr 18 2012 Davide Madrisan <davide.madrisan(a)gmail.com>
+
++ improvement
+  * spec-create - Davide Madrisan:
+    Add code to create specfiles directly from git repositories.
+    Example:
+    autospec -s git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/cpu/mce/mcelog.git \
+       -o mcelog.spec
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 Changes in version 1.9.4
 Tue Apr 17 2012 Davide Madrisan <davide.madrisan(a)gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 525aeda..5c305b4 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+List of user visible changes in the release 1.10.0
+
+-- Improvement
+
+ * spec-create - Davide Madrisan:
+   Specfile can now be created directly from a git repository.
+   Here an example:
+     autospec -s git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/cpu/mce/mcelog.git \
+        -o mcelog.spec
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 List of user visible changes in the release 1.9.4
 
 -- Improvement
diff --git a/plugins/spec-create.in b/plugins/spec-create.in
index de43f3d..55faa69 100644
--- a/plugins/spec-create.in
+++ b/plugins/spec-create.in
@@ -467,6 +467,7 @@ function specfile.create() {
 
    # 'pck_tarball' = absolute path of '$1'
    local pck_tarball
+   local pck_name pck_version
 
    case "$2" in
       http://*|https://*|ftp://*)
@@ -480,6 +481,48 @@ ${proxy:+--proxy $proxy} ${proxy_user:+--proxy-user $proxy_user} \
 
          pck_tarball=$source_dir/$pck_tarball
       ;;
+      git://*)
+         tmpgitdir=$(mktemp -q -d -t tmpgit.XXXXXXXX)
+         [ $? -eq 0 ] ||
+            notify.error $"can't create temporary files"
+         notify.debug "$FUNCNAME: tmpgitdir = $tmpgitdir"
+
+         pushd $tmpgitdir &>/dev/null
+
+         # create a tarball by cloning the git repository
+         notify.note "${NOTE}"$"cloning git repository"" <$2>${NORM}""..."
+         git clone --quiet "$2"
+         [ $? -eq 0 ] ||
+          { popd &>/dev/null
+            rm -fr $tmpgitdir
+            notify.error $"cannot clone git repository"; }
+
+         pck_tarball="$(find -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d -printf "%f")"
+
+         # remove git files
+         rm -fr $pck_tarball/.git
+         rm -f $pck_tarball/.gitignore
+
+         pck_version="$(date "+%Y%m%dgit")"
+         mv $pck_tarball ${pck_tarball}-${pck_version}
+         pck_tarball="${pck_tarball}-${pck_version}"
+
+         # create a compressed tarball
+         tar -cvf ${pck_tarball}.tar $pck_tarball/ >/dev/null &&
+         bzip2 ${pck_tarball}.tar &&
+         mv ${pck_tarball}.tar.bz2 $source_dir/
+         [ $? -eq 0 ] ||
+          { popd &>/dev/null
+            rm -fr $tmpgitdir
+            notify.error $"\
+an error occurred while creating"": ${pck_tarball}.tar.bz2"; }
+
+         spec_source="${pck_tarball}.tar.bz2"
+         pck_tarball=$source_dir/${spec_source}
+
+         popd &>/dev/null
+         rm -fr $tmpgitdir
+      ;;
       *://*)
          notify.error $"unsupported protocol"": \`${2//\:*}'"
       ;;
@@ -495,7 +538,7 @@ ${proxy:+--proxy $proxy} ${proxy_user:+--proxy-user $proxy_user} \
       notify.error $"cannot find the package $pck_tarball"
 
    # get the package name from the tarball name
-   local pck_name=${3:-`echo $2 | sed -n "\
+   [ "$pck_name" ] || pck_name=${3:-`echo $2 | sed -n "\
       s/.*\///  # remove directory name, if any
       s/\.[^0-9].*//  # remove trailing stuff (.tar.gz, ...)
       /-[0-9]*/{s/-[0-9].*//p;q}  # <pck_name>-<pck_ver>
@@ -509,7 +552,7 @@ ${proxy:+--proxy $proxy} ${proxy_user:+--proxy-user $proxy_user} \
    [[ "${pck_newver//[0-9\.]/}" ]] &&
       notify.error $"invalid version number"" -- \`$pck_newver'"
 
-   local pck_version=${4:-`echo $2 | sed -n "\
+   [ "$pck_version" ] || pck_version=${4:-`echo $2 | sed -n "\
       /[0-9]/!q  # return nothing if no number is found in the package name
       s,.*/,,  # remove directory name, if any
       s/\.[^0-9].*//  # remove trailing stuff (.tar.gz, ...)
diff --git a/po/it/spec-create.po b/po/it/spec-create.po
index fb6dc4a..5d530b0 100644
--- a/po/it/spec-create.po
+++ b/po/it/spec-create.po
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # translation of it.po to Italiana
-# Copyright (C) 2004-2008 Davide Madrisan
+# Copyright (C) 2004-2008,2012 Davide Madrisan
 # Davide Madrisan <davide.madrisan@gmail.com>
 
 msgid ""
@@ -145,6 +145,12 @@ msgstr "ignorato"
 msgid "cannot download"
 msgstr "impossibile scaricare"
 
+msgid "cloning git repository"
+msgstr "clonazione del repository git"
+
+msgid "cannot clone git repository"
+msgstr "impossibile clonare il repository git"
+
 msgid "unsupported protocol"
 msgstr "protocollo non supportato"