Comments on: git tips
http://tribulaciones.org/2008/12/git-tips/
A blog about me and whatever insterests meMon, 06 Apr 2009 12:59:07 -0700http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4hourly1By: jsogo
http://tribulaciones.org/2008/12/git-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-18
jsogoThu, 25 Dec 2008 23:13:56 +0000http://tribulaciones.org/?p=64#comment-18Well, this is another option. Having get-orig-source is doable, as you say, but using git is also interesting here. You don't lose the ability of use quilt and if you're concerned about keeping upstream tarball as it was got from upstream, you can use pristine-tar.
But of course every option is good as far as you are comfortable with it.Well, this is another option. Having get-orig-source is doable, as you say, but using git is also interesting here. You don’t lose the ability of use quilt and if you’re concerned about keeping upstream tarball as it was got from upstream, you can use pristine-tar.
But of course every option is good as far as you are comfortable with it.
]]>By: Np237
http://tribulaciones.org/2008/12/git-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-17
Np237Thu, 25 Dec 2008 22:45:17 +0000http://tribulaciones.org/?p=64#comment-17You can have the whole source without versioning it. When I want another version, I just edit the changelog, run "debian/rules get-orig-source", and I can start working on my quilt series in a temporary directory.You can have the whole source without versioning it. When I want another version, I just edit the changelog, run “debian/rules get-orig-source”, and I can start working on my quilt series in a temporary directory.
]]>By: jsogo
http://tribulaciones.org/2008/12/git-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-16
jsogoThu, 25 Dec 2008 22:39:04 +0000http://tribulaciones.org/?p=64#comment-16I was not meaning that. If you see every package I have, patches are always in debian/patch (dpatch format). I have even talked about topgit, which is a tool to make using git and quilt easy.
Of course patching directly upstream source is not a good idea, and should be discouraged. But having the whole source available in the dir you're working makes things easier.I was not meaning that. If you see every package I have, patches are always in debian/patch (dpatch format). I have even talked about topgit, which is a tool to make using git and quilt easy.
Of course patching directly upstream source is not a good idea, and should be discouraged. But having the whole source available in the dir you’re working makes things easier.
]]>By: Np237
http://tribulaciones.org/2008/12/git-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-15
Np237Thu, 25 Dec 2008 22:16:07 +0000http://tribulaciones.org/?p=64#comment-15Putting the whole source code in the VCS makes it completely awkward to update the package using "apt-get source", since all changes to the upstream source are merged in a single big diff.
The way most packaging subprojects use SVN is merely as a versioned data store. The source changes are managed by quilt, which makes it much easier to deal with the package outside of the repository.Putting the whole source code in the VCS makes it completely awkward to update the package using “apt-get source”, since all changes to the upstream source are merged in a single big diff.
The way most packaging subprojects use SVN is merely as a versioned data store. The source changes are managed by quilt, which makes it much easier to deal with the package outside of the repository.