To reproduce: cd `mktemp -d` git clone https://salsa.debian.org/js-team/node-yarnpkg cd node-yarnpkg git fetch origin pristine-tar git checkout pristine-tar git fetch origin upstream git checkout upstream git checkout master gbp import-orig --uscan --pristine-tar
at the end of the process, the master branch is screwed: grep name package.json "name": "v8-compile-cache", the key part of the gbp import-orig is: gbp:info: Launching uscan... gbp:info: Using uscan downloaded tarball ../node-yarnpkg_1.19.0.orig-v8-compile-cache.tar.gz What is the upstream version? [1.19.0] tar: gbp:info: ../node-yarnpkg_1.19.0.orig.tar.gz already exists, moving to ../node-yarnpkg_1.19.0.orig.tar.gz.1570089312 gbp:info: Importing '../node-yarnpkg_1.19.0.orig-v8-compile-cache.tar.gz' to branch 'upstream'... gbp:info: Source package is node-yarnpkg gbp:info: Upstream version is 1.19.0 gbp:info: Replacing upstream source on 'master' gbp:info: Successfully imported version 1.19.0 of ../node-yarnpkg_1.19.0.orig-v8-compile-cache.tar.gz it works if I replace the last command with: uscan gbp import-orig --pristine-tar ../node-yarnpkg_1.19.0.orig.tar.gz the master branch is now OK: grep name package.json "name": "yarn", as the salsa repo will move on, to make sure you can reproduce this later I have saved here: magnet:?xt=urn:btih:4d105a0034654971cb79748a917fd474080df330&dn=node-yarnpkg.tar (173 MB) a snapshot with the status after the two commands above; just download the tar file and extract: tar xf node-yarnpkg.tar P.
