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Necktwi
Asked: 2014-09-21 12:51:18 +0800 CST

can i build ubuntu package without an upstream tar ball using bzr?

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I don't want to tar ball my C++ source. I think a good Makefile is sufficient to build an ubuntu package. Can't I bzr dh-make with out making a tar.gz of my source code.

My problem is that I initiated git on my project folder. In order to make tar ball I need to make a copy of the project with out .git folder and then use bzr dh-make. I want to use bzr-git plugin to right away use bzr on my git repository.

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  1. bzr dh-make requires a source tarball per its help text:

    $ bzr dh-make -h
Purpose: Helps you create a new package.
Usage:   bzr dh-make PACKAGE_NAME VERSION TARBALL

    If your main issue is to avoid including the git metadata in your tarball, just create a .bzrignore (next to your .bzr folder) with the following content:

    # Ignore git meta-data
.git
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