As per message "Please consider filing a bug report so the delta size
can be improved":
$ git-import-orig --verbose --upstream-version=2009.0810 ../procmail-lib_2009.0810.orig.tar.gz
Upstream version is 2009.0810
tar ['-C', '../tmpgBv9W9', '--gzip', '-xf', '../procmail-lib_2009.0810.orig.tar.gz'] []
Unpacked ../procmail-lib_2009.0810.orig.tar.gz to '../tmpgBv9W9'
Importing '../procmail-lib_2009.0810.orig.tar.gz' to branch 'upstream'...
git ['checkout', 'upstream'] []
Switched to branch 'upstream'
git ['add'] ['-f', '.']
git ['commit', '-a'] ['-m', 'Imported Upstream version 2009.0810']
[upstream 39ea96a] Imported Upstream version 2009.0810
71 files changed, 882 insertions(+), 779 deletions(-)
/usr/bin/pristine-tar [] ['commit', '../procmail-lib_2009.0810.orig.tar.gz', 'refs/heads/upstream']
warning: pristine-gz cannot reproduce build of ../procmail-lib_2009.0810.orig.tar.gz; storing 97% size diff in delta
(Please consider filing a bug report so the delta size can be improved.)
pristine-tar: committed procmail-lib_2009.0810.orig.tar.gz.delta to branch pristine-tar
git ['tag'] ['-m', 'Upstream version 2009.0810', 'upstream/2009.0810']
Merging to 'master'
git ['checkout', 'master'] []
Switched to branch 'master'
git ['merge', 'upstream/2009.0810', '--no-summary'] []
Merge made by recursive.
dch ['-v', '1:2009.0810-1', 'New Upstream Version'] []
rm ['-rf', '../tmpgBv9W9'] []
Succesfully merged version 2009.0810 of ../procmail-lib_2009.0810.orig.tar.gz into .
Attached files for testing:
- original git repo; in state before the git-import-orig command
- upstream tar file