On October 12, 2015 1:27:41 AM EDT, Brian May <br...@microcomaustralia.com.au> wrote: >As far as I know this actually did work despite the complaining about >no >parent commit... What does that mean? > >git-dpm import-new-upstream --ptc --rebase-patched >../django-model-utils_2.3.1.orig.tar.gz >There were no patches recorded, so merging the new state directly (no >git-dpm rebase-patched needed). >git-dpm: WARNING: No parent commit specified. >This means the upstream branch was created from the .orig.tar with only >theold upstream branch as parent (but not any possible upstream git >history). >Use 'git config dpm.importWithoutParent true' to no longer show this >warning. >or 'git config dpm.importWithoutParent false' to make this an hard >error. >calling pristine-tar commit '../django-model-utils_2.3.1.orig.tar.gz' >'1b7b962b83568d87570e8865fb02b1d3331deda2'... >pristine-tar: committed django-model-utils_2.3.1.orig.tar.gz.delta to >branch pristine-tar
All this means is that the upstream release came from a tarball and not a git repository. It's harmless. Scott K