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authorSean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>2018-04-18 14:29:24 -0700
committerSean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>2018-04-19 09:43:51 -0700
commit1dc6dbb264507f20e0afa3217583c0bfe1dd635f (patch)
tree1c6b0d86e9f29869a6f5d69ac47af0ed3ead23b4 /dgit-maint-debrebase.7.pod
parent70e66ac5c689cf699f3d7577a3d0b74ef16bb300 (diff)
dgit-maint-debrebase(7): first commit to new package must introduce debian/ and nothing else
Signed-off-by: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>
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diff --git a/dgit-maint-debrebase.7.pod b/dgit-maint-debrebase.7.pod
index bdfdc8b..6c0cf17 100644
--- a/dgit-maint-debrebase.7.pod
+++ b/dgit-maint-debrebase.7.pod
@@ -92,9 +92,12 @@ something like this:
=back
-Now go ahead and Debianise your package. Just make commits on the
-master branch, adding things in the I<debian/> directory, or patching
-the upstream source.
+Now go ahead and Debianise your package. Make commits on the master
+branch, adding things in the I<debian/> directory, or patching the
+upstream source. For technical reasons, B<it is essential that your
+first commit introduces the debian/ directory containing at least one
+file, and does nothing else.> In other words, make a commit
+introducing I<debian/> before patching the upstream source.
Finally, you need an orig tarball:
@@ -189,7 +192,12 @@ it somewhere. The usual choice is B<salsa.debian.org>:
=back
You are now ready to proceed as above, making commits to the
-I<debian/> directory and to the upstream source.
+I<debian/> directory and to the upstream source. As above, for
+technical reasons, B<it is essential that your first commit introduces
+the debian/ directory containing at least one file, and does nothing
+else.> In other words, make a commit introducing I<debian/> before
+patching the upstream source.
+
=head1 CONVERTING AN EXISTING PACKAGE