[ the technical aspect of the problem I'm describing is debian+git
specific, but the conceptual problem is applicable to every
distro/$DVCS, I guess ]
I've a git repository which has been used to version only the debian/
dir thus far [1]. Now that we have git and its space efficiency, I want
to ve
On Wed, 2008-03-19 at 10:28 +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote:
> What I would need is the ability to create a separate history line from
> scratch, call it "usptream", tie it with the master history with a new
> (fake) commit root, and then merge the two into master. Is that possible
> with git or so
also sprach Stefano Zacchiroli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008.03.19.1028 +0100]:
> I've a git repository which has been used to version only the debian/
> dir thus far [1]. Now that we have git and its space efficiency, I want
> to version both upstream sources and the debian dir in the very same
> syst
Thanks to all who have replied, with the branch with no ancestry trick
I've indeed solved the issue.
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