# pristine-tar

**Repository Path**: XXTXTOP/pristine-tar

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: pristine-tar
- **Description**: pristine-tar
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: GPL-2.0
- **Default Branch**: main
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2024-01-15
- **Last Updated**: 2024-05-30

## Categories & Tags

**Categories**: Uncategorized

**Tags**: None

## README

pristine-tar can regenerate a pristine upstream tarball using only a small
binary delta file and a revision control checkout of the upstream branch.

The package also includes a pristine-gz command, which can regenerate a
pristine .gz file, a pristine-bz2 for .bz2 files, and a pristine-xz for .xz
files.

The delta file is designed to be checked into revision control along-side the
upstream branch, thus allowing Debian packages to be built entirely using
sources in revision control, without the need to keep copies of upstream
tarballs. See `delta-format.txt` for details on the format of the delta file.

An optional upstream signature may be attached to tarballs for verification
by, for example, dpkg-source(1).