On Sun, Jul 05, 2015 at 11:31:19PM +1000, Carlos Maddela wrote: > Package: git-buildpackage > Version: 0.6.31 > Severity: normal > Tags: patch > > Hello, > > After reading the documentation in > file:///usr/share/doc/git-buildpackage/manual-html/gbp.import.html#GBP.IMPORT.CONVERT, > I've been trying to work out why it's necessary to create orphaned branches > with an empty commit, in order to import into an existing git repository, > when no empty commit is necessary in order to import into a newly initialised > repository.
It's only necessary if you already have migrated your SVN packaging to git and it has master already. You then create a detached tree for the upstream sources. Cheers, -- Guido -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
