1ORIGTARGZ(1)                                                      ORIGTARGZ(1)
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NAME

6       origtargz - fetch the orig tarball of a Debian package from various
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SYNOPSIS

10       origtargz [OPTIONS] [--unpack[=no|once|yes]]
11       origtargz --help
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DESCRIPTION

14       origtargz downloads the orig tarball of a Debian package, and also
15       unpacks it into the current directory, if it just contains a debian
16       directory. The main use for origtargz is with debian-dir-only
17       repository checkouts, but it is useful as a general tarball download
18       wrapper. The version number for the tarball to be downloaded is
19       determined from debian/changelog. It should be invoked from the top
20       level directory of an unpacked Debian source package.
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22       Various download locations are tried:
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24       ·   First, an existing file is looked for.
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26       ·   Directories given with --path are searched.
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28       ·   pristine-tar is tried.
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30       ·   apt-get source is tried when apt-cache showsrc reports a matching
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33       ·   Finally, uscan --download --download-current-version is tried.
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35       When asked to unpack the orig tarball, origtargz will remove all files
36       and directories from the current directory, except the debian
37       directory, and the VCS repository directories. Note that this will drop
38       all non-committed changes for the patch system in use (e.g. source
39       format "3.0 (quilt)"), and will even remove all patches from the
40       package when no patch system is in use (the original "1.0" source
41       format). Some VCS control files outside debian/ preserved
42       (.bzr-builddeb, .bzr-ignore, .gitignore, .hgignore), if stored in VCS.
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44       The default behavior is to unpack the orig tarball if the current
45       directory is empty except for a debian directory and the VCS files
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NOTES

49       Despite origtargz being called "targz", it will work with any
50       compression scheme used for the tarball.
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52       A similar tool to unpack orig tarballs is uupdate(1). uupdate creates a
53       new working directory, unpacks the tarball, and applies the Debian
54       .diff.gz changes. In contrast, origtargz uses the current directory,
55       keeping VCS metadata.
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57       For Debian package repositories that keep the full upstream source,
58       other tools should be used to upgrade the repository from the new
59       tarball. See gbp-import-orig(1) and svn-upgrade(1) for examples.
60       origtargz is still useful for downloading the current tarball.
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OPTIONS

63       -p, --path directory
64           Add directory to the list of locations to search for an existing
65           tarball.  When found, a hardlink is created if possible, otherwise
66           a symlink.
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68       -u, --unpack[=no|once|yes]
69           Unpack the downloaded orig tarball to the current directory,
70           replacing everything except the debian directory. Existing files
71           are removed, except for debian/ and VCS files. Preserved are: .bzr,
72           .bzrignore, .bzr-builddeb, .git, .gitignore, .hg, .hgignore, _darcs
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75           no  Do not unpack the orig tarball.
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77           once (default when --unpack is not used)
78               If the current directory contains only a debian directory (and
79               possibly some dotfiles), unpack the orig tarball. This is the
80               default behavior.
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82           yes (default for --unpack without argument)
83               Always unpack the orig tarball.
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85       -d, --download-only
86           Alias for --unpack=no.
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88       -t, --tar-only
89           When using apt-get source, pass --tar-only to it. The default is to
90           download the full source package including .dsc and .diff.gz or
91           .debian.tar.gz components so debdiff can be used to diff the last
92           upload to the next one. With --tar-only, only download the
93           .orig.tar.* file.
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95       --clean
96           Remove existing files as with --unpack. Note that like --unpack,
97           this will remove upstream files even if they are stored in VCS.
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SEE ALSO

100       debcheckout(1), gbp-import-orig(1), pristine-tar(1), svn-upgrade(1),
101       uupdate(1)
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AUTHOR

104       origtargz and this manpage have been written by Christoph Berg
105       <myon@debian.org>.
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109Debian Utilities                  2020-07-27                      ORIGTARGZ(1)
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