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On Fri, 21 Nov 2025 15:29:22 +0700 Arnaud Rebillout wrote:
> Background: initially this repository was created with the idea of
> keeping upstream git history, so it was a git clone of upstream, however
> the git submodule was NOT included. Later on I found out that the
> submodule was needed for the tests. So I edited d/watch to switch to git
> mode, and I imported a new upstream version. As a result, gbp/uscan
> imported the content of this git submodule, however it came in under the
> form of this extra commit that sits between the upstream branch and the
> debian packaging branch. It's this commit:
> 11b4dcb8fb045b8a31f32f26b5a5e5ca8f55e2d7.
> [...]
> I tried to find a way out of this situation, but surprisingly it's very
> hard, didn't even manage after an hour, I'm giving up for now.
>
> I hope that sheds some light on the issue. If you have any
> recommendation, I'm happy to hear it.
I have spent a lot of time investigating this issue and had the same
problem, even with my own packages.
The solution is to use a Git clone of the upstream repository as the
starting point for creating Debian packaging.
Otto Kekäläinen has a written a guide that works well, even with
submodules. [1]
Note that when calling `git clone`, you need to add
`--recurse-submodules` to the command line too.
I did a quick test using Otto's instructions on your repository. The
result is at [2] and work as expected with uscan.
Let me know how you go.
Hugh
[1] https://optimizedbyotto.com/post/debian-packaging-from-git/
[2] https://salsa.debian.org/hmc/golang-github-oschwald-maxminddb-golang-v2
