Is there a system in Ubuntu which simplify the process of getting the sources from git, compile and package it into a deb?
I'm looking for something similar to the PKGBUILD in ArchLinux which can be configured with any kind of vcs repo as source and then packaged as that distributions package format.
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You might want to have a look at git-buildpackage.
There are similar tools, one for each VCS:
$ aptitude search buildpackage p arch-buildpackage - tools for maintaining Debian packages using arch v bzr-buildpackage - p cvs-buildpackage - A set of Debian package scripts for CVS source trees. p darcs-buildpackage - Suite to help with Debian packages in Darcs archives p git-buildpackage - Suite to help with Debian packages in Git repositories p mercurial-buildpackage - Suite to maintain Debian packages in Mercurial repository p svn-buildpackage - helper programs to maintain Debian packages with Subversion p tla-buildpackage - Suite to help with Debian packages in Arch archives 
