{
  lib,
  buildDubPackage,
  fetchFromGitHub,
}:

buildDubPackage {
  pname = "literate";
  version = "unstable-2021-01-22";

  src = fetchFromGitHub {
    owner = "zyedidia";
    repo = "Literate";
    rev = "7004dffec0cff3068828514eca72172274fd3f7d";
    hash = "sha256-erNFe0+FlrslEENyO/YxYQbmec0voK31UWr5qVt+nXQ=";
    fetchSubmodules = true;
  };

  # as there aren't any non-local dub dependencies, this file just has any empty list
  dubLock = ./dub-lock.json;

  # generate the actual .d source files defined in .lit files
  preBuild = ''
    make d-files
  '';

  installPhase = ''
    runHook preInstall
    install -Dm755 bin/lit -t $out/bin
    runHook preInstall
  '';

  meta = {
    description = "Literate programming tool for any language";
    homepage = "https://zyedidia.github.io/literate/";
    license = lib.licenses.mit;
    mainProgram = "lit";
    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
  };
}