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Re: create Debian Source from GIT repository without tag



On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 04:19:03PM +0100, Jerome BENOIT wrote:
> it appears that for one of my pacage, libgap-sage not to mention it [1],
> the upstream source tarbal does not contain the required material to be not
> rejected by ftpmaster [2]. 
Your link doesn't seem to support that.


> So I am considering to create a Debian Source from the GIT repository.
> Unfortunately, the GIT repository contains no tags, so uscan(1) seems
> not be useful here. I have already submitted a ticket to the upstream
> maintainer [3], but he seems to be very busy.  Meanwhile, I want to step
> forward.
> 
> What is the best way to create a Debian Source from the upstream GIT repository ?
git archive would be enough, you don't need uscan for that.
You can't have a debian/watch in this case, of course.

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