2 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index fb17175..4c354a4 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ dgit (2.9~) unstable; urgency=low
   * New option --dgit-view-save= for split view quilt modes.
     In particular, means that the output of a split view quilt-fixup
     is left somewhere useful.
+  * dgit clone: Set timestamps in cloned tree to a single unified time.
+    This makes it less likely that the user will trip over any
+    timestamp-dependent FTBFS bugs (eg #842452).
 
  --
 
diff --git a/dgit b/dgit
index 3e746d2..efd8963 100755
--- a/dgit
+++ b/dgit
@@ -2869,6 +2869,11 @@ sub clone ($) {
     }
     setup_new_tree();
     runcmd @git, qw(reset --hard), lrref();
+    runcmd qw(bash -ec), <<'END';
+        set -o pipefail
+        git ls-tree -r --name-only -z HEAD | \
+        xargs -0r touch -r . --
+END
     printdone "ready for work in $dstdir";
 }