diff --git a/buildbot.conf b/buildbot.conf
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+libretro-bsnes https://github.com/libretro/bsnes-libretro.git project NO GENERIC Makefile .
+libretro-mame https://github.com/libretro/bsnes-libretro.git project NO GENERIC Makefile .
+libretro-tgbdual https://github.com/libretro/tgbdual-libretro.git project YES GENERIC Makefile .
+
diff --git a/libretro-fetch-and-build.sh b/libretro-fetch-and-build.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+. ./libretro-config.sh
+
+#usage:
+# ./libretro-fetch-and-build.sh configfile
+# if you want to force all enabled cores to rebuild prepend FORCE=YES
+# you may need to specify your make command by prepending it to the commandline, for instance MAKE=mingw32-make
+#
+# eg: FORCE=YES MAKE=mingw32-make ./libretro-fetch-and-build.sh buildbot.conf
+
+
+#build commands
+build_libretro_generic_makefile() {
+
+
+    DIR=$1
+    SUBDIR=$2
+    MAKEFILE=$3
+    PLATFORM=$4
+    SILENT=$5
+
+    cd $DIR
+    cd $SUBDIR
+    if [ -z "${NOCLEAN}" ]; 
+    then
+	echo "cleaning up..."
+	"${MAKE}" "${SILENT}" platform="${4}" ${COMPILER} "-j${JOBS}" clean
+	if [ $? -eq 0 ];
+        then 
+            echo success!
+        else
+            echo error while cleaning up
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    echo "compiling..."
+
+    "${MAKE}" "${SILENT}" platform="${4}" ${COMPILER} "-j${JOBS}"
+    if [ $? -eq 0 ];
+    then 
+        echo success!
+    else
+        echo error while compiling $1
+    fi
+	
+}
+
+
+#fetch a project and mark it for building if there have been any changes
+
+while read line; do
+    NAME=`echo $line | cut --fields=1 --delimiter=" "`
+    URL=`echo $line | cut --fields=2 --delimiter=" "`
+    TYPE=`echo $line | cut --fields=3 --delimiter=" "`
+    ENABLED=`echo $line | cut --fields=4 --delimiter=" "`
+    COMMAND=`echo $line | cut --fields=5 --delimiter=" "`
+    MAKEFILE=`echo $line | cut --fields=6 --delimiter=" "`
+    SUBDIR=`echo $line | cut --fields=7 --delimiter=" "`
+    
+    if [ "${ENABLED}" == "YES" ];
+    then
+        echo "Processing $NAME"
+        echo ====================================
+        if [ -d "${NAME}/.git" ];
+        then
+            cd $NAME
+            echo "pulling from repo... "
+            OUT=`git pull`
+
+            if [[ $OUT == *up-to-date* ]]
+            then
+                BUILD="NO"
+	    else
+		BUILD="YES"
+            fi
+
+            cd ..
+
+	else
+            echo "cloning repo..."
+            git clone --depth=1 "$URL" "$NAME"
+        fi
+
+        if [ "${BUILD}" == "YES" -o "${FORCE}" == "YES" ];
+	then
+	    echo building core...
+	    build_libretro_generic_makefile $NAME $SUBDIR $MAKEFILE ${FORMAT_COMPILER_TARGET} "-s"
+	else
+	    echo core already up-to-date...
+	fi
+
+    fi
+
+done  < $1
+