fail "-p specified $package but changelog specified $clogpackage"
unless $package eq $clogpackage;
my $cversion = getfield $clogp, 'Version';
- my $tag = debiantag($cversion, access_nomdistro);
- runcmd @git, qw(check-ref-format), $tag;
+
+ if (!$we_are_initiator) {
+ # rpush initiator can't do this because it doesn't have $isuite yet
+ my $tag = debiantag($cversion, access_nomdistro);
+ runcmd @git, qw(check-ref-format), $tag;
+ }
my $dscfn = dscfn($cversion);