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# `debian-watch-file-uses-deprecated-githubredir`

The watch file specifies a githubredir.debian.net URL, which is deprecated Instead, use direct links to the tags page:

    version=3
    https://github.com/<user>/<project>/tags .*/(.*).tar.gz

replacing `<user>` and `<project>` with the Github username and project respectively.

Severity: | `error`
Experimental: | `false`

## See also

- https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2014/10/msg00000.html

- list of all the affected packages
- the source of this tag