From: mh+debian-packages@zugschlus.de   
      
   On Sat, Feb 21, 2026 at 09:21:32AM +0000, Ian Jackson wrote:   
   >Marc, do you set both export-dir and tarball-dir ?  We (dgit) should   
   >probably align our behaviour with gbp's and there will be corner cases   
   >to consider.   
      
   Yes, you should. I set both. To my understanding, export-dir is only   
   written to¹, and tarball-dir is only read from. There is some   
   inconsistency even in the "legacy" tools regarding the tarball, and with   
   dgit having such an option, I have more "standing" with a wishlist   
   bug against other software to also have a tarball dir. Sadly, at the   
   moment I don't remember which other software insists on the tarball   
   being in ..   
      
   ¹ I'd love to have export-dir templatable (for example, writing build   
   artifacts to ../build-area---), but gbp upstream   
   was not excited about that.   
      
   Greetings   
   Marc   
      
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