gregor herrmann writes ("Bug#1106071: closed by Debian FTP Masters <ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org> (reply to Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>) (Bug#1106071: fixed in dgit 16.1~exp1)"):

Hi.  I suppose I should have guessed that someone would see the BTS
traffic and try it out :-).  There are still some minor rough edges to
sort out before a public announcement (which I'll make on d-d-a),
notably the large number of harmless warnigns in the email report.

Yes, it's basically magical.  If your local pristine-tar branch has
data for the version you're uploading, it is used.  There are
downstream checks that would detect and prevent usage of tarballs that
don't match your HEAD, so this is not as risky as it sounds.

I agree some of this should be documented.  It would fit into
git-debpush(1) I think.  The docs ought also to state what the inputs
are.  In particular, it is a (soft) principle of git-debpush that it
only uses locally available information to generate the tag.  Remote
information is only used to check that you're not making a mistake.

So probably there should be a "what does this command do" section.

Ah yes.

These are harmless.  got-debpush prefers using that for temporary
working areas, rather than /tmp.  /tmp is very bad for lots of
reasons.  If things succeed, it will normally delete it again.  On
failure, it's deliberately left behind for diangosis.

This should be documented in FILES in git-debpush(1).

Ian.

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
dgit, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 1142508@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> (supplier of updated dgit package)

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Format: 1.8
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2026 12:18:04 +0100
Source: dgit
Architecture: source
Version: 16.1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian tag2upload Delegates <dgit-owner@debian.org>
Changed-By: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
Closes: 1106071 1142508
Changes:
 dgit (16.1) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   git-debpush:
   * git-debpush(1): New FILES and BEHAVIOUR sections;
     remove mention of no-longer-relevant --force-pristine-tar.
     [Report from gregor herrmann]  Closes: #1142508.
 .
 dgit (16.1~exp1) experimental; urgency=medium
 .
   git-debpush:
   * Implement pristine-tar support.  Closes: #1106071.
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