Bug#1080011: dgit can be very slow compared to apt source

Ian Jackson wrote: > This package contains patches where git and dpkg-source disagree about > the meaning of a patch. The workaround dgit uses is very slow (and I > think probably unavoidably so: the workaround is to actually run > dpkg-source). That made me curious, so I diffed those two tree h

Bug#1080011: dgit can be very slow compared to apt source

Simon Tatham writes ("Bug#1080011: dgit can be very slow compared to apt source"): > warning: > dgit: error: gbp-pq import and dpkg-source disagree! > dgit: gbp-pq import gave commit 588df14f290cd60ff33c416fe71e9e19296dd5b1 > dgit: g

Bug#1080011: dgit can be very slow compared to apt source

Package: dgit Version: 9.15 If I want to download the source of a Debian package to poke around in it, I have two options: 'apt source' and 'dgit'. Ian Jackson's advice is to use dgit (you would surely be surprised if it were not :-): "If you are a Debian user who knows git, don’t work with Deb