diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 0000000000..55f93d26f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+.cproject
+.project
+.pydevproject
+.repo
+.settings
+out/*
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
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+++ b/build.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2013 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+# found in the LICENSE file.
+#
+# ./build.sh {BuildType} {Module}
+#
+# The two parameters are optional, e.g.
+#
+# ./build.sh               # build all modules in Debug mode.
+# ./build.sh Release       # build all modules in Release mode.
+# ./build.sh Debug mp4     # build mp4 module in Debug mode.
+#
+# We use Ninja from Chrome to build our code. It's very very fast.
+#
+# A re-run of build.sh is required if there is any GYP file or build type
+# change. Otherwise, you may just run Ninja directly:
+#
+# ninja -C out/Debug   {Module}       # Again, Module is optional.
+# ninja -C out/Release {Module}       # Again, Module is optional.
+
+function setup_packager_env() {
+  if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
+    local type="Debug"
+  else
+    local type="$1"
+    if [[ "${type}" != "Release" &&
+          "${type}" != "Debug" ]]; then
+      echo "Incorrect BUILDTYPE ${type}"
+      return
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  export GYP_DEFINES="linux_use_gold_flags=0 use_openssl=1"
+  export BUILDTYPE="${type}"
+
+  export BUILD_OUT="."
+  export GYP_GENERATOR_FLAGS="output_dir=${BUILD_OUT}"
+  tools/gyp/gyp --depth=. --generator-output=out -I build/common.gypi --no-circular-check packager.gyp
+}
+
+export GYP_GENERATORS="ninja"
+setup_packager_env $@
+ninja -C "out/${BUILDTYPE}" $2
diff --git a/packager.gyp b/packager.gyp
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+# Copyright (c) 2013 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+# found in the LICENSE file.
+{
+  'target_defaults': {
+    'include_dirs': [
+      '.',
+    ],
+  },
+  'targets': [
+  ],
+}