Comment 6 for bug 1887823

> this is an unfortunate interaction and not a bug in git-ubuntu

that's fine, i was only cc'ing you in case you thought it was something that should be fixed

> or the imported qemu package

well IMHO it is a bug to have the file in the orig tarball

> If the build requires that, then it's not going to work

well again IMHO any package that requires a working git repo is fundamentally broken

> what behaviour do you want from git-ubuntu instead

i'd suggest removing the .git file/dir instead of renaming it. Is there actually a package that contains a .git file/dir and requires it for build?