Package: git-buildpackage Version: 0.4.62 Severity: wishlist Hi,
I've started using git-buildpackage recentely and have encountered the need for explicitly marking git commits to be ignored by git-dch. While working with the package, there are some commits which are really trivial or so specific to the buildsystem, that I don't think they should end up in the Debian changelog. For example, I just committed a .gbp.conf file to a branch, which is really not interesting to end users of the package. I could of course remove the entry after generating the final changelog, but marking it as uninteresting up-front makes more sense to me. This request seems similar to #523751, but that wishlist bug really addresses a different issue. I would propose adding an extra meta header "Git-Dch: Ignore" (or "Exclude"?). Alternatively, a header like "Git-Dch-Exclude" or "Git-Dch-Ignore" without a value could be used, though that's less consistent with Closes: and Thanks. My preference would be a "Git-Dch: Ignore" header. I think a (commandline) option like --meta-closes is not needed for this header? Implementation of this feature should be simple, if there is interest I could whip up a patch. Gr. Matthijs -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-rc8 (PREEMPT) 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 2.10.59 scripts to make the life of a Debi ii git-core 1:1.6.5.4-1 fast, scalable, distributed revisi ii python 2.5.4-4 An interactive high-level object-o ii python-dateutil 1.4.1-3 powerful extensions to the standar ii python-support 1.0.6 automated rebuilding support for P Versions of packages git-buildpackage recommends: ii pristine-tar 1.00 regenerate pristine tarballs Versions of packages git-buildpackage suggests: pn git-load-dirs <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
