Don’t use apt-get source; use dgit

tl;dr:

If you are a Debian user who knows git, don’t work with Debian source packages. Don’t use apt source, or dpkg-source. Instead, use dgit and work in git.

Also, don’t use: “VCS” links on official Debian web pages, debcheckout, or Debian’s (semi-)official gitlab, Salsa. These are suitable for Debian experts only; for most people they can be beartraps. Instead, use dgit.

• Struggling with Debian source packages?
• Just use dgit
• Objections
  • But I don’t want to learn yet another tool
  • Shouldn’t I be using “official” Debian git repos?
  • Gosh, is Debian really this bad?
  • I’m a Debian maintainer. You tell me dgit is something totally different!

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