Sean Whitton writes ("Bug#841383: dgit: splitbrain push fails if package was
previously pushed without splitbrain"):
> Package: dgit
> Version: 2.3
> Severity: normal
>
> classic-theme-restorer is maintained in a team gbp repository. It
> didn't have any quilt patches before, so I'd made an upload using dgit.
> I just added a new quilt patch, and now I can't upload with --quilt=gbp.
>
> hephaestus ~/src/classic-theme-restorer % dgit --quilt=gbp push
^^^^^^^^^^^
> canonical suite name for unstable is sid
> warning: git fetch
> +refs/tags/archive/debian/*:refs/dgit-fetch/sid/tags/archive/debian/*
> +refs/tags/debian/*:refs/dgit-fetch/sid/tags/debian/*
> +refs/dgit/sid:refs/dgit-fetch/sid/dgit/sid created
> refs/dgit-fetch/sid/heads/master; this is silly, deleting it.
What ?!
> dgit: split brain (separate dgit view) may be needed (--quilt=gbp).
This message is slightly comedic in context.
> Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at /usr/bin/dgit
> line 4364.
This is probably due to the git second-guessing above.
> On a second try, I get slightly different output:
>
> hephaestus ~/src/classic-theme-restorer % dgit --quilt=gbp push
> canonical suite name for unstable is sid
> downloading
> http://ftp.debian.org/debian//pool/main/c/classic-theme-restorer/classic-theme-restorer_1.5.7-1.dsc...
> last upload to archive specified git hash
> using existing classic-theme-restorer_1.5.7.orig.tar.xz
> Format `3.0 (quilt)', need to check/update patch stack
> dgit: split brain (separate dgit view) may be needed (--quilt=gbp).
> Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at /usr/bin/dgit
> line 4364.
> ! Push failed, while preparing your push.
> ! You can retry the push, after fixing the problem, if you like.
>
> `debcheckout classic-theme-restorer` will get you what I'm trying to
> push, if that helps, including a pristine-tar branch.
Thanks.
I will look at this later today.
Ian.
