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authorIan Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>2017-01-21 20:43:18 +0000
committerIan Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>2017-01-22 17:29:36 +0000
commitfda83f39806c1a476e208bb4f454401c063da121 (patch)
tree0f591f721646d46bc114a6bc452e16b7c6227fbb /dgit-maint-merge.7.pod
parentd98e1bbf6968d643e82a4ebb9a07686eaf0aae7c (diff)
dgit-maint-merge(7): updates re #852090: suggestions by me
Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
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@@ -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,