Charles Plessy writes ("Re: Bug#720507: .dsc field for dgit [and 1 more
messages]"):
> Here is a simplified patch, written under the assumption of "Dgit" for the
> name.
Thanks.
> I made the following changes:
> [stuff]
Right. That all sounds excellent thanks.
(However, did you edit the diff by hand ? I tried to apply it so I
could read the formatted copy and failed. I have attached a fixed
version.)
Ian.
diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 5760a3f..79ebc68 100644
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -2751,6 +2751,7 @@ Package: libc6
<item><qref
id="f-DM-Upload-Allowed"><tt>DM-Upload-Allowed</tt></qref></item>
<item><qref id="f-Homepage"><tt>Homepage</tt></qref></item>
<item><qref id="f-VCS-fields"><tt>Vcs-Browser</tt>, <tt>Vcs-Git</tt>,
et al.</qref></item>
+ <item><qref id="f-Dgit"><tt>Dgit</tt></qref></item>
<item><qref
id="f-Standards-Version"><tt>Standards-Version</tt></qref> (recommended)</item>
<item><qref id="sourcebinarydeps"><tt>Build-Depends</tt> et
al</qref></item>
<item><qref id="f-Checksums"><tt>Checksums-Sha1</tt>
@@ -3812,6 +3813,26 @@ Checksums-Sha256:
</taglist>
</p>
</sect1>
+
+ <sect1 id="f-Dgit">
+ <heading><tt>Dgit</tt></heading>
+
+ <p>
+ Folded field containing a single git commit hash, presented in
+ full, followed optionally by whitespace and other data to be
+ defined in future extensions.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ Declares that the source package corresponds exactly to a
+ referenced commit in a Git repository available at the canonical
+ location called <em>dgit-repos</em>, used by <prgn>dgit</prgn>, a
+ bidirectional gateway between the Debian archive and Git. The
+ commit is reachable from at least one reference whose name matches
+ <tt>refs/dgit/*</tt>. See the manual page of <prgn>dgit</prgn> for
+ further details.
+ </p>
+ </sect1>
</sect>
<sect>
