Build .debs from CVS without getting the CVS/ directories in the source
If you build packages from source based on the source in CVS, you will
discover that your source tarball will include the CVS/ directories.
If you want to avoid this, try to create ~/.devscripts with the
following content:
# Avoid cruft in tarball. Do not work on Debian Woody.
DEBUILD_DPKG_BUILDPACKAGE_OPTS="-ICVS -ICVS/* -I'.#*' -I.cvsignore"
This will tell debuild to avoid the CVS directory and several other
CVS related files as well.
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