# `gbp.deb.pristinetar.DebianPristineTar(PristineTar)` class documentation

Part of `gbp.deb.pristinetar` (View In Hierarchy)

The pristine-tar branch in a Debian git repository

Method | has_commit | Do we have a pristine-tar commit for package package at version {version} with compression type comp_type?
Method | checkout | Checkout the orig tarball for package package of version and compression type comp_type to output_dir

Inherited from PristineTar:

Class Variable | branch | Undocumented
Method | __init__ | Undocumented
Instance Variable | repo | Undocumented
Method | has_feature_verify | Does this pristine-tar support tarball verification
Method | has_feature_sig | Does this pristine-tar support detached upstream signatures
Method | get_commit | Get the pristine-tar commit of a package matching archive_regexp. Checks also whether the commit contains a signature file.
Instance Variable | run_error | Undocumented
Method | commit | Commit an archive archive to the pristine tar branch using upstream branch ${upstream}.
Method | verify | Verify an archive's archive checksum using to the pristine tar branch
Method | _has_in_output | Check if pristine_tar has a certain feature enabled.
Method | _commit_contains_file | Does the given commit contain a file with the given regex

Inherited from Command (via PristineTar):

Instance Variable | cmd | Undocumented
Instance Variable | args | Undocumented
Instance Variable | shell | Undocumented
Instance Variable | capture_stdout | Undocumented
Instance Variable | capture_stderr | Undocumented
Instance Variable | cwd | Undocumented
Instance Variable | env | Undocumented
Instance Variable | retcode | Undocumented
Instance Variable | stdout | Undocumented
Instance Variable | stderr | Undocumented
Instance Variable | err_reason | Undocumented
Method | __call__ | Run the command and raise exception on errors
Method | call | Like `__call__` but let the caller handle the return status.
Static Method | _f | Build error string template
Method | _reset_state | Undocumented
Method | __call | Wraps subprocess.call so we can be verbose and fix Python's SIGPIPE handling
Method | _log_err | Log an error message
Method | _format_err | Log an error message

def has_commit(self, package, version, comp_type=None):
overrides gbp.pkg.pristinetar.PristineTar.has_commit

Do we have a pristine-tar commit for package package at version {version} with compression type comp_type?

Parameters | package | the package to look for (type: `str`)
| version | the upstream version to look for (type: `str`)
| comp_type | the compression type (type: `str`)

def checkout(self, package, version, comp_type, output_dir, component=None, quiet=(False), signature=(False)):
overrides gbp.pkg.pristinetar.PristineTar.checkout

Checkout the orig tarball for package package of version and compression type comp_type to output_dir

Parameters | package | the package to generate the orig tarball for (type: `str`)
| version | the version to check generate the orig tarball for (type: `str`)
| comp_type | the compression type of the tarball (type: `str`)
| output_dir | the directory to put the tarball into (type: `str`)