prefer git+https over git:// for taking advantage of TLS encryption, also on github don't work since about April 2022
sha256 is the preferred hash check
cut 'v' and other prefixes from pkgver
don't use custom variables when not needed (like use ${pkgname%-git})
pkgrel is for internal use of the PKGBUILD and must not be used in source=() or as part of pkgver
quoting in arch=() license=() depends=() makedepends=() depends=() is pointless and a personal choice, except when needed. optdepends=('gst-libav: additional codecs') license=('custom:WTFPL') license=('custom:corp EULA')
remember to quote variables for avoiding failures due to whitespaces in paths, when Pinta pkgbuild was in the AUR it failed to build with CZ_cz language due to not quoted variables
use source_$ARCH for $ARCH specific sources
use a common source folder, SRCDEST= in /etc/makepkg.conf
add git submodules to source=(), it is a good packaging practice and make sources re-usable, especially with a common SRCDEST
make downloaded sources non-conflicting and re-usable, i.e.
for archives: url/v.${pkgver}.tar.gz
to ${pkgname}-${pkgver}::url/v.${pkgver}.tar.gz
for git repository find a common ground for source name
for git avoid ${pkgname}-${pkgver}::git+url/name.git
(waste as redownload whole source )
for git avoid ${pkgname}::git+url/name.git when pkgname=$NAME-git
(i.e. textosaurus and textosaurus-git use the same source)
for git avoid ${pkgname}::git+url/name.git
when pkgname=name (pointless since source is already called 'name')
for ease of use when git source have uppercase name ${pkgname}::git+url/Name.git ${pkgname%-git}::git+url/Name.git
install not common licenses in ${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}
, not mandatory to install common licenses; see 'licenses' package