#977352 origtargz: use gbp export-orig --pristine-tar as fallback when pristine-tar checkout fails

Package:
devscripts
Source:
devscripts
Description:
scripts to make the life of a Debian Package maintainer easier
Submitter:
Pirate Praveen
Date:
2020-12-14 10:27:04 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
#977352#5
Date:
2020-12-14 10:23:23 UTC
From:
To:
See https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=977083#34 for
context (trying to clone that bug did not work so creating a new bug)

On Fri, 11 Dec 2020 02:35:07 +0530 Pirate Praveen <praveen@onenetbeyond.org> wrote:
 > Can't origtargz use gbp export-orig --pristine-tar when it can detect
 > gbp is used and has multiple tarballs? (when there is a
debian/gbp.conf
 > which has components listed in them). I expect origtargz to create
the
 > origtar files one way or the other. It does not have to use
 > pristine-tar if it can detect pristine-tar does not work and instead
 > has to use gbp.

Cloning this as a separate wishlist bug (especially since the
git-buildpackage bug is remaining unfixed for a long time).