On Sun, 02 Dec 2012 18:04:45 +0100, Thomas Koch wrote: > gregor herrmann: > > > run pristine-tar commit with the downloaded tarball against > > > upstream/$VERSION > > What's the advantage of this approach over just using > > git-import-orig? > As I said, that the debian packaging shares git history with upstreams master > branch.
Ah, sorry for missing this. I was just a bit surprised by the manual untarring/removing/copying steps. > I don't see any disadvantage with this approach, only that there's no > automated toolset yet AFAIK. Having upstreams history included shouldn't > consume much more disk space then the git-import-orig approach. > > Actually I just filled wishbug #694955 to let git-import-orig support this > workflow. Hm, isn't this (at least partially) already covered by git-import-orig's --upstream-vcs-tag option or git-build-package's --git-upstream-tag? Cf. file:///usr/share/doc/git-buildpackage/manual-html/gbp.import.html#GBP.IMPORT.UPSTREAM-GIT Cheers, gregor -- .''`. Homepage: http://info.comodo.priv.at/ - OpenPGP key 0xBB3A68018649AA06 : :' : Debian GNU/Linux user, admin, and developer - http://www.debian.org/ `. `' Member of VIBE!AT & SPI, fellow of the Free Software Foundation Europe `- NP: Dawn Landes: Dig Me A Hole
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