Simon McVittie <s...@debian.org> writes: > Having played with gitpkg some more, I'm reminded that the answer to > this is that unlike (AIUI) both gbp-pq and git-dpm, it did not meet my > assumption that the contents of the git tree were in a suitable form to > run dpkg-buildpackage and have a 3.0 (quilt) Debian package fall out. I > realise that's partly a property of 3.0 (quilt). > > For gitpkg, you can commit in the normal git way, but the cost is that > you have to build in a way that isn't the normal dpkg thing (exporting > with gitpkg and building the result). > > gbp-pq and git-dpm are the other way round: the tree can be built with > dpkg-buildpackage, but the cost is that you have to commit in a way that > isn't the normal git thing (either using a specific tool, or for the > gbp-pq layout, dropping in pre-prepared patches and hoping they don't > have conflicts, in the same way you might for svn-buildpackage).
This is such a nice summary that I have to quote it again just to make it more visible. I've been very confused by the proliferation of git packaging tools, but this makes it a lot clearer. Thanks! -Nikolaus -- GPG encrypted emails preferred. Key id: 0xD113FCAC3C4E599F Fingerprint: ED31 791B 2C5C 1613 AF38 8B8A D113 FCAC 3C4E 599F »Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a Banana.« -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/8761egufce.fsf...@vostro.rath.org