Prepare the test data with the following instructions. Create the git repository: $ mkdir hello.git $ git -C hello.git/ init --bare Create the project: $ bdep new -t empty -C @cfg hello $ BDEP_AUTHOR_EMAIL=user@example.org bdep new --package -t lib libhello -d hello $ bdep init -d hello/libhello Edit hello/libhello/manifest setting version to 0.1.0. $ git -C hello remote add origin "$(pwd)/hello.git" $ git -C hello add '*' $ git -C hello commit -m "Create" $ git -C hello push --set-upstream origin master $ tar cf hello.tar.gz hello.git/ Move the archive into tests/submit/ directory. Locally run brep server configured to use submit-dir handler. $ bdep publish \ --control http://example.org/hello.git \ --email user@example.org \ --repository http://localhost/pkg \ --yes \ -d hello Replace the submission data directory in tests/submit/ with the one produced with the above command removing package.manifest and result.manifest files it contains.