Hello zigo, On Wed 25 Aug 2021 at 04:11PM +02, Thomas Goirand wrote: > I wrote this many times, but I don't see why we should use any "upstream > tarball" when the Git repository itself contains the tarball with: > > git archive --prefix=$(DEBPKGNAME)-$(VERSION)/ $(GIT_TAG) \ > | xz >../$(DEBPKGNAME)_$(VERSION).orig.tar.xz > > (which leads to a .xz, which is nicer) > > Not only then, only only has to merge the upstream tag in the Debian > branch to get the new release, but on top, no need to "gbp import" or > "pristine-tar commit", and a single packaging branch becomes enough. > > I very much wish this packaging workflow gained more traction, and the > pristine-tar abomination dies... I agree. I'd like to suggest using 'git deborig' which is much shorter to type :) -- Sean Whitton
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