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Bug#1120385: uscan: v5: Git-Modules doesn't seem to work

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On 24/11/2025 15:45, Hugh McMaster wrote:
> On 24/11/2025 5:46 pm, Arnaud Rebillout wrote:
>> [2] is not reachable, maybe it's private?
>
> Sorry, that should be fixed now.

Thanks!

So I `git clone` your repo, then I found out that... I need to pass
--recurse-submodules, of course.

So I `git clone --recurse-submodules` and all looks good. The
`test-data` directory is populated, and I get some output with `git
submodule status`, showing that the submodule was properly initialized.

Now let's try an update this repo, we're going to update from git HEAD
since there's no new upstream release:

```
# create upstream branch
git branch upstream 8b6ffca

# edit d/watch to track git head
Mode: git
Source: https://github.com/oschwald/maxminddb-golang.git
Matching-Pattern: HEAD
Git-Modules: all
Git-Pretty: 2.1.0+git%cd.%h

# commit
git add debian
git commit -m "Update watch file"
```

Then I run `uscan`, it gets me the right tarball, including the
submodule. All good.

Now, I want to import that in my git repo, and also track upstream git
history:

```
# Add and fetch upstream remote
git remote add upstreamvcs https://github.com/oschwald/maxminddb-golang.git
git fetch upstreamvcs

# Import
gbp import-orig
../golang-github-oschwald-maxminddb-golang-v2_2.1.0+git20251120.4d0333b.orig.tar.xz
--upstream-vcs-tag=4d0333b --debian-branch=debian/latest
```

And... Alas! gbp added the test-data directory to the "New upstream
version" commit, and now the submodule is gone, `git submodule status`
returns nothing. We're back to the beginning.

Did I do something wrong?

Off-Topic: I had to be careful to add the upstream vcs only AFTER
running uscan, otherwise I hit #1120533 (uscan doesn't fetch the right
git HEAD), which doesn't seem to be fixed in devscripts 2.25.27.

Best,

Arnaud

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Bug#1120385: uscan: v5: Git-Modules doesn't seem to work Arnaud Rebillout <arnaudr@kali.org> - 2025-11-20 11:10 +0100
  Bug#1120385: uscan: v5: Git-Modules doesn't seem to work Arnaud Rebillout <arnaudr@kali.org> - 2025-11-21 09:40 +0100
    Bug#1120385: uscan: v5: Git-Modules doesn't seem to work Arnaud Rebillout <arnaudr@kali.org> - 2025-11-24 07:50 +0100
      Bug#1120385: uscan: v5: Git-Modules doesn't seem to work Arnaud Rebillout <arnaudr@kali.org> - 2025-11-24 12:10 +0100

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