Package: git-buildpackage
Version: 0.4.43
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
When using the --auto option, git-dch should try to look for the latest
commit in which debian/changelog was touched and start from there if
there is no snapshot header. The attached patch does this.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages git-buildpackage depends on:
ii devscripts 2.10.43 scripts to make the life of a Debi
ii git-core 1:1.5.6.5-2 fast, scalable, distributed revisi
ii python 2.5.2-3 An interactive high-level object-o
ii python-dateutil 1.4.1-2 powerful extensions to the standar
ii python-support 0.8.7 automated rebuilding support for P
git-buildpackage recommends no packages.
Versions of packages git-buildpackage suggests:
pn git-load-dirs <none> (no description available)
ii pristine-tar 0.19 regenerate pristine tarballs
-- no debconf information
diff --git a/git-dch b/git-dch
index 1b0e34d..94ce59f 100755
--- a/git-dch
+++ b/git-dch
@@ -249,6 +249,11 @@ def guess_snapshot_commit(cp):
sr = re.search(snapshot_re, cp['Changes'])
if sr:
return sr.group('commit')
+ opts = ['--pretty=format:%H', '-1', 'debian/changelog']
+ cmd = ['git', 'log']
+ p = subprocess.Popen(cmd + opts, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+ last = p.stdout.readline()
+ return last
def main(argv):
