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and subject line Re: Bug#1119950: devscripts: [uscan] Github template - does
not handle Matching-Pattern like expected (no end marker)
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Matching-Pattern like expected (no end marker)
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: devscripts
Version: 2.25.22
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]
Hey,
I try to replace the watch 4 file for Nextcloud-desktop with a version 5
one. And this does not make the whole syntax better even more clumsy.
The problem here is that I need to limit the tags to v(\d[\d.]+) as
there are also v(\d[\d.]+)-rc.1 tags ( that should not match).
my old one was:
version=4
https://github.com/nextcloud/desktop/tags \
(?:.*?/)?v?(\d[\d.]*)\.tar\.gz
The expected one actully is limiting the urls correctly:
Version: 5
Template: GitHub
Owner: nextcloud
Project: desktop
Matching-Pattern:
https://api.github.com/repos/[^/]+/[^/]+/git/refs/tags/v(\d[\d\.]+)(?:")
I need this (?:") at the end, as otherwise v6.0.0-rc.1 would still
match, but the -rc.1 would be ignored silently and uscan would try to
download v6.0.0.
but with this uscan tries to download ( with a ending "):
https://api.github.com/repos/nextcloud/desktop/tarball/refs/tags/v4.0.1";
Sure I now can mangle the version afterwards too.
What I'm missing, is that there is look ahaed support (?=") and/or by
default a definded start/end for the Matching-Pattern. As this pattern
is executed inside a json stream beginnig/ending " should be existing.
Or that there is defined Version-Pattern entry to define how versions
look like.
It is still possible that I simpl< overseen a feature in uscan.
Regards,
hefee
-- Package-specific info:
--- /etc/devscripts.conf ---
DEBCHANGE_RELEASE_HEURISTIC=changelog
DEBCHANGE_MULTIMAINT_MERGE=yes
DEBCHANGE_MAINTTRAILER=yes
--- ~/.devscripts ---
RMADISON_DEFAULT_URL=debian,ubuntu
-- System Information:
Debian Release: forky/sid
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500,
'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (500, 'oldstable'), (100,
'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 6.16.12+deb14-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_WARN
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages devscripts depends on:
ii dpkg-dev 1.22.21
ii file 1:5.46-5
ii gpg 2.4.8-4
ii gpg-agent 2.4.8-4
hc gpg-from-sq [gpg] 0.9.0-1
ii gpgv 2.4.8-4
hc gpgv-from-sq [gpgv] 0.9.0-1
ii libdpkg-perl 1.22.21
ii libfile-dirlist-perl 0.05-3
ii libfile-homedir-perl 1.006-2
ii libfile-touch-perl 0.12-2
ii libio-string-perl 1.08-4
ii libmoo-perl 2.005005-1
ii libwww-perl 6.81-1
ii patchutils 0.4.3-1
ii perl 5.40.1-6
ii python3 3.13.7-1
ii sensible-utils 0.0.26
ii sqop [sopv] 0.37.2-2
ii wdiff 1.2.2-9
Versions of packages devscripts recommends:
ii apt 3.1.11
ii curl 8.17.0~rc3-1
ii dctrl-tools 2.24-3+b1
ii debian-keyring 2025.09.18
ii debian-tag2upload-keyring 1.1
ii dput-ng [dput] 1.44
ii equivs 2.3.2
ii git-debpush 13.17
ii libdistro-info-perl 1.14
ii libencode-locale-perl 1.05-3
ii libgitlab-api-v4-perl 0.27-1
ii libjson-perl 4.10000-1
ii liblwp-protocol-https-perl 6.14-1
ii libmetacpan-client-perl 2.033000-1
ii libsoap-lite-perl 1.27-3
ii libstring-shellquote-perl 1.04-3
ii liburi-perl 5.34-2
ii licensecheck 3.3.9-1
ii lintian 2.127.0
ii lzip 1.25-3
ii man-db 2.13.1-1
ii patch 2.8-2
ii pristine-tar 1.50+nmu2
ii python3-apt 3.0.0
ii python3-debian 1.0.1
ii python3-magic 2:0.4.27-3
ii python3-requests 2.32.5+dfsg-1
ii python3-unidiff 0.7.5-2
ii python3-xdg 0.28-2
ii strace 6.16+ds-2
ii unzip 6.0-29
ii wget 1.25.0-2
ii xz-utils 5.8.1-2
Versions of packages devscripts suggests:
ii adequate 0.17.6+b1
ii at 3.2.5-2.2
ii autopkgtest 5.51
pn bls-standalone <none>
ii bsd-mailx [mailx] 8.1.2-0.20220412cvs-1.1
ii build-essential 12.12
pn check-all-the-things <none>
ii debhelper 13.28
ii diffoscope 307
pn disorderfs <none>
ii docker.io 27.5.1+dfsg3-6
pn dose-extra <none>
pn duck <none>
pn elpa-devscripts <none>
ii faketime 0.9.10+2024-06-05+gba9ed5b2-0.6
ii gnuplot 6.0.3+dfsg1-1
ii gnuplot-qt [gnuplot] 6.0.3+dfsg1-1
pn how-can-i-help <none>
ii libauthen-sasl-perl 2.1900-1
ii libdbd-pg-perl 3.18.0-2
ii libgitlab-api-v4-perl 0.27-1
pn libterm-size-perl <none>
ii libtimedate-perl 2.3300-2
ii libyaml-libyaml-perl 0.904.0+ds-1
ii mmdebstrap 1.5.7-3
ii mutt 2.2.13-1
ii openssh-client [ssh-client] 1:10.2p1-2
ii piuparts 1.6.0
ii postgresql-client-17 [postgresql-client] 17.6-1
ii postgresql-client-18 [postgresql-client] 18.0-1
pn pristine-lfs <none>
ii python3-debianbts 4.1.1
ii python3-pycurl 7.45.7-2
ii quilt 0.68-1
pn ratt <none>
pn reprotest <none>
pn svn-buildpackage <none>
ii w3m 0.5.3+git20230121-2.1
-- no debconf information
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
Version: 2.26.8
El mar, 5 may 2026 a las 18:03, Agustin Martin (<[email protected]>) escribió:
>
> On Sun, Nov 02, 2025 at 07:51:56PM +0100, Hefee wrote:
> > Package: devscripts
> > Version: 2.25.22
> > Severity: normal
> > X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]
> >
> > The expected one actully is limiting the urls correctly:
> >
> > Version: 5
> >
> > Template: GitHub
> > Owner: nextcloud
> > Project: desktop
> > Matching-Pattern:
> > https://api.github.com/repos/[^/]+/[^/]+/git/refs/tags/v(\d[\d\.]+)(?:")
> >
> > I need this (?:") at the end, as otherwise v6.0.0-rc.1 would still
> > match, but the -rc.1 would be ignored silently and uscan would try to
> > download v6.0.0.
Hi,
I have checked that
Matching-Pattern:
https://api.github.com/repos/[^/]+/[^/]+/git/refs/tags/v(\d[\d\.]+)(?:(?=")|$)
seems to work well (is what is used internally for Matching-Pattern in Github
template when Matching-Pattern is not explicitly set). I am thus
closing this bug report (with version 2.26.8, where "Custom-Version"
was introduced). Using Release-Only as you currently do seems a better
option.
Thanks for ponting out this problem,
--
Agustin
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