diff -Nru diffutils-3.8/debian/changelog diffutils-3.8/debian/changelog
--- diffutils-3.8/debian/changelog	2022-12-15 20:45:00.000000000 +0000
+++ diffutils-3.8/debian/changelog	2022-12-20 22:45:00.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+diffutils (1:3.8-3) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Use a common debian/watch file which is valid for most GNU packages.
+
+ -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Tue, 20 Dec 2022 23:45:00 +0100
+
 diffutils (1:3.8-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Convert debian/copyright to DEP-5 format. Closes: #1020560.
diff -Nru diffutils-3.8/debian/watch diffutils-3.8/debian/watch
--- diffutils-3.8/debian/watch	2022-12-15 20:45:00.000000000 +0000
+++ diffutils-3.8/debian/watch	2022-12-20 21:00:00.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 version=4
-opts=pgpsigurlmangle=s/$/.sig/ https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/diffutils diffutils-(\d.+)\.tar\.xz
+opts=pgpsigurlmangle=s/$/.sig/ https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/@PACKAGE@/@PACKAGE@@ANY_VERSION@@ARCHIVE_EXT@