diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+# ignore local developer settings
+/.vscode/
+
+# ignore temporary build artifacts
+_build
+*~
+
+# ignore built binaries
+/schemas/gschemas.compiled
+*.mo
+*.zip
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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+# Makefile of the Arch Linux Updates Indicator GNOME Shell Extension
+# (adapted from https://gitlab.com/skrewball/openweather/)
+
+PKG_NAME = arch-update
+UUID = arch-update@RaphaelRochet
+BASE_MODULES = metadata.json LICENCE.txt prefs.xml
+SRC_MODULES = extension.js prefs.js stylesheet.css
+EXTRA_DIRECTORIES = icons
+TOLOCALIZE = extension.js prefs.js
+MSGSRC = $(wildcard locale/*/arch-update.po)
+
+# Packagers: Use DESTDIR for system wide installation
+ifeq ($(strip $(DESTDIR)),)
+	INSTALLTYPE = local
+	INSTALLBASE = $(HOME)/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions
+else
+	INSTALLTYPE = system
+	SHARE_PREFIX = $(DESTDIR)/usr/share
+	INSTALLBASE = $(SHARE_PREFIX)/gnome-shell/extensions
+endif
+# Set a git version for self builds from the latest git tag with the revision
+# (a monotonically increasing number that uniquely identifies the source tree)
+# and the current short commit SHA1. (Note: not set if VERSION passed)
+GIT_VER = $(shell git describe --long --tags | sed 's/^v//;s/\([^-]*-g\)/r\1/;s/-/./g')
+# The command line passed variable VERSION is used to set the version integer
+# in the metadata and in the generated zip file. If no VERSION is passed, we
+# won't touch the metadata version and instead use that for the zip file.
+ifdef VERSION
+	ZIPVER = -v$(VERSION)
+else
+	ZIPVER = -v$(shell cat metadata.json | sed '/"version"/!d' | sed s/\"version\"://g | sed s/\ //g)
+endif
+
+.PHONY: all clean extension potfile mergepo install install-local zip-file
+
+all: extension
+
+clean:
+	rm -f ./schemas/gschemas.compiled
+	rm -f ./locale/*/arch-update.po~
+	rm -f ./locale/*/LC_MESSAGES/arch-update.mo
+
+extension: ./schemas/gschemas.compiled $(MSGSRC:arch-update.po=LC_MESSAGES/arch-update.mo)
+
+./schemas/gschemas.compiled: ./schemas/org.gnome.shell.extensions.arch-update.gschema.xml
+	glib-compile-schemas ./schemas/
+
+# TODO: disabled, since xgettext is not able to include prefs.xml to the pot file
+# We have to update the arch-update.pot manually.
+#potfile: ./locale/arch-update.pot
+
+mergepo: potfile
+	for l in $(MSGSRC); do \
+		msgmerge -U $$l ./locale/arch-update.pot; \
+	done;
+
+./locale/arch-update.pot: $(TOLOCALIZE)
+	mkdir -p locale
+	xgettext -k_ -kN_ --from-code utf-8 -o locale/arch-update.pot --package-name $(PKG_NAME) $(TOLOCALIZE)
+
+./locale/%/LC_MESSAGES/arch-update.mo: ./locale/%/arch-update.po
+	msgfmt -c $< -o $@
+
+install: install-local
+
+install-local: _build
+	rm -rf $(INSTALLBASE)/$(UUID)
+	mkdir -p $(INSTALLBASE)/$(UUID)
+	cp -r ./_build/* $(INSTALLBASE)/$(UUID)/
+ifeq ($(INSTALLTYPE),system)
+	# system-wide settings and locale files
+	rm -r  $(addprefix $(INSTALLBASE)/$(UUID)/, schemas locale COPYING)
+	mkdir -p $(SHARE_PREFIX)/glib-2.0/schemas \
+		$(SHARE_PREFIX)/locale \
+		$(SHARE_PREFIX)/licenses/$(PKG_NAME)
+	cp -r ./schemas/*gschema.xml $(SHARE_PREFIX)/glib-2.0/schemas
+	cp -r ./_build/locale/* $(SHARE_PREFIX)/locale
+	cp -r ./_build/COPYING $(SHARE_PREFIX)/licenses/$(PKG_NAME)
+endif
+	-rm -fR _build
+	echo done
+
+zip-file: _build
+	cd _build ; \
+	zip -qr "$(PKG_NAME)$(ZIPVER).zip" .
+	mv _build/$(PKG_NAME)$(ZIPVER).zip ./
+	-rm -fR _build
+
+_build: all
+	-rm -fR ./_build
+	mkdir -p _build
+	cp $(BASE_MODULES) $(SRC_MODULES) _build
+	cp -r $(EXTRA_DIRECTORIES) _build
+	mkdir -p _build/schemas
+	cp schemas/*.xml _build/schemas
+	cp schemas/gschemas.compiled _build/schemas
+	for l in $(MSGSRC:arch-update.po=LC_MESSAGES/arch-update.mo) ; do \
+		cp -au --parents $$l _build; \
+	done;
+ifdef VERSION
+	sed -i 's/"version": .*/"version": $(VERSION)/' _build/metadata.json;
+else ifneq ($(strip $(GIT_VER)),)
+	sed -i '/"version": .*/i\ \ "git-version": "$(GIT_VER)",' _build/metadata.json;
+endif
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