diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Copyright (c) 2012 Simon Hengel <sol@typeful.net>
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+THE SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/Setup.lhs b/Setup.lhs
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+#!/usr/bin/env runhaskell
+> import Distribution.Simple
+> main = defaultMain
diff --git a/driver/Main.hs b/driver/Main.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+module Main where
+
+import           System.Environment
+import           Text.Markdown.Unlit
+
+main :: IO ()
+main = getArgs >>= run
diff --git a/markdown-unlit.cabal b/markdown-unlit.cabal
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+name:             markdown-unlit
+version:          0.1.0
+synopsis:         Literate Haskell support for GitHub's Markdown flavor
+category:         Development
+license:          MIT
+license-file:     LICENSE
+copyright:        (c) 2012 Simon Hengel
+author:           Simon Hengel <sol@typeful.net>
+maintainer:       Simon Hengel <sol@typeful.net>
+build-type:       Simple
+cabal-version:    >= 1.8
+description:      Documentation is here: <https://github.com/sol/markdown-unlit#readme>
+
+source-repository head
+  type: git
+  location: https://github.com/sol/markdown-unlit
+
+library
+  ghc-options:
+      -Wall
+  hs-source-dirs:
+      src
+  exposed-modules:
+      Text.Markdown.Unlit
+  build-depends:
+      base < 5
+
+executable markdown-unlit
+  ghc-options:
+      -Wall
+  hs-source-dirs:
+      driver
+  main-is:
+      Main.hs
+  build-depends:
+      base
+    , markdown-unlit
+
+test-suite spec
+  type:
+      exitcode-stdio-1.0
+  ghc-options:
+      -Wall -Werror
+  cpp-options:
+      -DTEST
+  hs-source-dirs:
+      src, test
+  main-is:
+      Spec.hs
+  build-depends:
+      base
+    , stringbuilder
+    , directory
+    , silently
+    , hspec >= 1.3
+    , QuickCheck
diff --git a/src/Text/Markdown/Unlit.hs b/src/Text/Markdown/Unlit.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
+module Text.Markdown.Unlit (
+  run
+, unlit
+, Selector (..)
+, parseSelector
+, CodeBlock (..)
+, parse
+#ifdef TEST
+, parseClasses
+#endif
+) where
+
+import           Control.Applicative
+import           Data.Maybe
+import           Data.List
+import           Data.Char
+import           Data.String
+import           System.IO
+import           System.Exit
+import           System.Environment
+
+-- | Program entry point.
+run :: [String] -> IO ()
+run args =
+  -- GHC calls unlit like so:
+  --
+  -- > unlit [args] -h label Foo.lhs /tmp/somefile
+  --
+  -- [args] are custom arguments provided with -optL
+  --
+  -- The label is meant to be used in line pragmas, like so:
+  --
+  -- #line 1 "label"
+  --
+  case break (== "-h") args of
+    (xs, ["-h", _, infile, outfile]) ->
+      fmap (unlit $ mkSelector xs) (readFile infile) >>= writeFile outfile
+    _ -> do
+      name <- getProgName
+      hPutStrLn stderr ("usage: " ++ name ++ " [selector] -h label infile outfile")
+      exitFailure
+    where
+      mkSelector = fromMaybe (Class "haskell") . parseSelector . unwords
+
+unlit :: Selector -> String -> String
+unlit selector = unlines . concatMap codeBlockContent . filter (toP selector . codeBlockClasses) . parse
+  where
+    toP :: Selector -> [String] -> Bool
+    toP = go
+      where
+        go s = case s of
+          Class c -> elem c
+          a :&: b -> (&&) <$> go a <*> go b
+          a :|: b -> (||) <$> go a <*> go b
+
+infixr 3 :&:
+infixr 2 :|:
+
+data Selector
+  = Class String
+  | Selector :&: Selector
+  | Selector :|: Selector
+  deriving (Eq, Show)
+
+parseSelector :: String -> Maybe Selector
+parseSelector input = case words input of
+  [] -> Nothing
+  xs -> (Just . foldr1 (:|:) . map parseAnds) xs
+  where
+    parseAnds = foldr1 (:&:) . map Class . split (== '+')
+
+    -- a copy from https://github.com/sol/string
+    split :: (Char -> Bool) -> String -> [String]
+    split p = go
+      where
+        go xs = case break p xs of
+          (ys, [])   -> [ys]
+          (ys, _:zs) -> ys : go zs
+
+instance IsString Selector where
+  fromString = Class
+
+data CodeBlock = CodeBlock {
+  codeBlockClasses :: [String]
+, codeBlockContent :: [String]
+} deriving (Eq, Show)
+
+parse :: String -> [CodeBlock]
+parse = go . lines
+  where
+    go :: [String] -> [CodeBlock]
+    go xs = case break isFence xs of
+      (_, [])   -> []
+      (_, y:ys) -> case takeCB y ys of
+        (cb, rest) -> cb : go rest
+
+    takeCB :: String -> [String] -> (CodeBlock, [String])
+    takeCB fence xs = case break isFence xs of
+      (cb, rest) -> (CodeBlock (parseClasses fence) cb, drop 1 rest)
+
+parseClasses :: String -> [String]
+parseClasses xs = case dropWhile isSpace . dropWhile (== '~') $ xs of
+  '{':ys -> words . replace '.' ' ' . takeWhile (/= '}') $ ys
+  _      -> []
+
+isFence :: String -> Bool
+isFence = isPrefixOf "~~~"
+
+replace :: Char -> Char -> String -> String
+replace x sub = map f
+  where
+    f y | x == y    = sub
+        | otherwise = y
diff --git a/test/Spec.hs b/test/Spec.hs
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+{-# OPTIONS_GHC -F -pgmF hspec-discover #-}
