Hi Gioele,
On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 10:45:38AM +0200, Gioele Barabucci wrote:
> Package: git-buildpackage
> Version: 0.9.28
> 
> Running `gbp dch` in a non-native package will add tons of commit messages
> from the upstream project to the Debian changelog, leading to the creation
> of huge files like stress-ng's 640k changelog [1].
> 
> In non-native packages, it would be more sensible to default to processing
> only commits related to the `debian/` directory.

We were discussing just that at debconf. To add some detail I think we
want to

- look changes debian/ *and* merge commits on the debian branch for 3.0
  source format packages
- look at all commits on the debian branch for 1.0 source format packages

by default. Patches would be welcome.

Cheers,
 -- Guido

> 
> Regards,
> 
> [1] 
> https://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs/main/s/stress-ng/stable_changelog
> 
> --
> Gioele Barabucci

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