On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 02:50:48PM -0400, James Vega wrote: >>> For the "upstream" branch I maintain in my git repository for the Debian >>> package, I have a script which simply applies Bram's patches with the >>> patch command and then constructs commit messages based on the short >>> description from the README file on the ftp server and the block >>> description in the actual patch. >>> >> yes, this is what I do too (for many years). It's frustrating to find >> out git does not swallow all types of patches. >> >> Thanks for the explanations. Apparently, we use a similar approach to >> build a git repo. Is yours already available somewhere ? > > Yes, it's available at git.debian.org[0]. update-patches[1] is the script I > use. Lines 55-65 are the parts that update the upstream branch and the rest > is just to ease the process of keeping the Debian branches updated. > > [0] - http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-vim/vim.git > [1] - > http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-vim/vim.git;a=blob;f=debian/update-patches;hb=HEAD
Any chance we can update the downloads section on www.vim.org to provide a link to this? (I see you have an "upstream" branch, so that non-debian users can get the vanilla sources if they so desire.) GI -- American beer is like making love in a canoe. It's #%$&*! close to water.
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