--- /dev/null
+#! /bin/sh
+# This file is used by gitpkg to extract a byte identical .orig.tar.gz
+# file using pristine-tar. To use it you need pristine-tar, and to
+# configure HOOK_FILE=debian/gitpkg-hook.sh in one of the places that
+# gitpkg looks (currently _not_ the environment).
+set -x
+ORIGTGZ="${DEB_DIR}/${DEB_SOURCE}/${DEB_SOURCE}_${DEB_VERSION%-*}.orig.tar.gz"
+echo "(cd $REPO_ROOT && pristine-tar checkout ${ORIGTGZ})"
+(cd $REPO_ROOT && pristine-tar checkout ${ORIGTGZ})