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author | Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> | 2017-01-21 20:43:18 +0000 |
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committer | Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> | 2017-01-22 17:29:36 +0000 |
commit | fda83f39806c1a476e208bb4f454401c063da121 (patch) | |
tree | 0f591f721646d46bc114a6bc452e16b7c6227fbb | |
parent | d98e1bbf6968d643e82a4ebb9a07686eaf0aae7c (diff) |
dgit-maint-merge(7): updates re #852090: suggestions by me
Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
-rw-r--r-- | dgit-maint-merge.7.pod | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/dgit-maint-merge.7.pod b/dgit-maint-merge.7.pod index 47ac4a0..b0f395d 100644 --- a/dgit-maint-merge.7.pod +++ b/dgit-maint-merge.7.pod @@ -238,16 +238,16 @@ source package format. =head2 Sample text for debian/source/patch-header -It is a good idea to explain how a user can obtain a break down of the +It is a good idea to explain how a user can obtain a breakdown of the changes to the upstream source: =over 4 The Debian packaging of foo is maintained in git, using the merging workflow described in dgit-maint-merge(7). -An automatically generated representation of the Debian changes follows. +There isn't a patch queue that can be represented as a quilt series. -A detailed break down of these changes is available from their +A detailed breakdown of the changes is available from their canonical representation - git commits in the packaging repository. For example, to see the changes made by the Debian maintainer in the @@ -265,6 +265,8 @@ See dgit-maint-merge(7) for more information. (If you have dgit, use dgit clone foo, rather than plain git clone.) +A single combined diff, representating all the changes, follows. + =back Alternatively, this text could be added to README.source. However, |