[ please Cc me, I am not subscribed ] Hey,
I'm planning to work on #888313 (add upstream git remotes automatically with gbp clone) today. Since the discussions on the bug I've learned a bit more about the upstream metadata spec https://wiki.debian.org/UpstreamMetadata I think a slight gap there is that the "Repository:" field is just a URL: it's not really enough information to tell if it's a git repository we could add a remote for. To solve that I'm proposing a new "Repository-Type" field, which would have values like "git, svn, hg, ...". Opinions? In terms of the git-buildpackage implementation, I'm thinking of adding and fetching the upstream repository but *not* creating any tracking branches by default - that would avoid some of the discussions we've had in the bug and I think should be enough for most Debian packaging workflows (dealing with tags). Probably together with an option in gbp.conf to disable this behaviour too. Feedback on that appreciated (or on the patch when I send it [will go just to the bug, not -qa@]). Cheers, -- Iain Lane [ i...@orangesquash.org.uk ] Debian Developer [ la...@debian.org ] Ubuntu Developer [ la...@ubuntu.com ]
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