On Sun, Apr 25, 2021 at 06:19:18PM -0400, Sandro Tosi wrote: > > It would be useful if it could also be run against a tarball > > this is already supported (but in general by py2dsp and in the context > of --github), f.e.: > > $ ./py2dsp --profile dpt --distribution unstable --revision 1 --gh > https://github.com/indygreg/python-zstandard > ./zstandard_0.14.1.orig.tar.gz > > uses the locally available zstandard_0.14.1.orig.tar.gz tarball (which > is not the latest available on gh) to create the source pkg with the > github customizations > > > or git repository (a directory) that one has already downloaded. > > i dont see how starting from a git repo is useful, can you expand? instead of generating a .dsc first and then importing it into a git repository, it's more logical to me to import an upstream tarball into a git repository first (gbp import-orig), and then generate the debian packaging on top of that.
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