git-ubuntu is somewhat documented in ubuntu wiki here.
This script simply adds a git remote for a given package.
Then in the same git repo, you can have upstream and ubuntu package information easily with something like this:
$ git clone -o upstream https://git.launchpad.net/cloud-utils
$ cd cloud-utils
$ git remote-add-ubuntu -v cloud-utils
...
$ git remote -v
pkg https://git.launchpad.net/~usd-import-team/ubuntu/+source/cloud-utils (fetch)
pkg https://git.launchpad.net/~usd-import-team/ubuntu/+source/cloud-utils (push)
upstream https://git.launchpad.net/cloud-utils (fetch)
upstream https://git.launchpad.net/cloud-utils (push)
# show differences other than in debian/ dir
$ git diff pkg/ubuntu/devel..upstream/master -- ':!debian/' | diffstat -p1
bin/ec2metadata | 2 +-
tools/build-deb | 2 +-
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)