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Bug#966282: devscripts: [uscan] git mode always download latest version

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Control: retitle -1 devscripts: uscan: support --download-version in git mode
Control: severity -1 wishlist

On Sat, Jul 25, 2020 at 11:30:03PM +0200, Jérémy Lal wrote:
> debian/changelog:
> node-formidable (1.2.1+git20200129.8231ea6-1) unstable; urgency=medium
> 
> debian/watch:
> version=4
> opts="mode=git, pgpmode=none, gitmode=full, pretty=1.2.1+git%cd.%h" \
> https://github.com/node-formidable/formidable \
> HEAD debian uupdate
> 
> uscan --download-version 1.2.1+git20200129.8231ea6
> uscan: Newest version of node-formidable on remote site is 1.2.1+git20200529.5110ef8, specified download version is 1.2.1+git20200129.8231ea6
> Leaving ../node-formidable_1.2.1+git20200529.5110ef8.orig.tar.xz where it is.
> uupdate: ../node-formidable-1.2.1+git20200529.5110ef8 directory exists.
> uupdate: remove ../node-formidable-1.2.1+git20200529.5110ef8 directory.
> uupdate: -> Copy to      node-formidable_1.2.1+git20200529.5110ef8-1.debian.tar.xz
> 
> What was expected ?
> building tarball of specified version.

Yes, it's expected.  The manpage mentions that it's a "best effort
feature", and due to the way the git thing works it's kinda of more
tricky than with plain tarballs.

Let's turn this into a wishlist bug.

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Bug#966282: devscripts: [uscan] git mode always download latest version Jérémy Lal <kapouer@melix.org> - 2020-07-25 23:40 +0200
  Bug#966282: devscripts: [uscan] git mode always download latest version mattia@debian.org - 2020-07-27 17:50 +0200

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