>> I saw many people are stop using the "pristine-tar" branch, since the >> "pristine-tar" tool can do just that. > >To add more content, this is where the idea comes from: >https://joeyh.name/blog/entry/generating_pristine_tarballs_from_git_repositories/ I do not understand what you are trying to say. You can use pristine-tar or not. You cannot use pristine-tar without a pristine-tar branch. -nik