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authorSean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>2018-04-19 13:14:19 -0700
committerSean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>2018-04-19 13:15:15 -0700
commit091802332c7d7f3aee0f514b9a9e44b6105163c5 (patch)
treefc40865911ec5a9b48e04e9b66b5f82130d48043 /dgit-maint-debrebase.7.pod
parentab8ef34948962d7f30f4ea31a0ea8f5e59b3b742 (diff)
dgit-maint-debrebase(7): rewrite "Upstream branches" again
Suggested-by: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>
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@@ -567,15 +567,22 @@ than sending files from I<debian/patches>.
=head2 Upstream branches
-Except in the case where upstream releases only tarballs, or we
-require DFSG filtering, we do not maintain a separate 'upstream'
-branch (unless you also happen to be involved in upstream
-development). We work with upstream tags rather than any branches
-(except temporary branches used to prepare patches for forwarding
-upstream, for example).
+In this workflow, we specify upstream tags rather than any branches.
+
+Except when (i) upstream releases only tarballs, (ii) we require DFSG
+filtering, or (iii) you also happen to be involved in upstream
+development, we do not maintain any local branch corresponding to
+upstream, except temporary branches used to prepare patches for
+forwarding, and the like.
The idea here is that from Debian's point of view, upstream releases
-are immutable points in history, and so better represented by tags.
+are immutable points in history. We want to make sure that we are
+basing our Debian package on a properly identified upstream version,
+rather than some arbitrary commit on some branch. Tags are more
+useful for this.
+
+Upstream's branches remain available as the git remote tracking
+branches for your upstream remote, e.g. I<remotes/upstream/master>.
=head2 The first ever dgit push