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Diffstat (limited to 'dgit.1')
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@@ -862,6 +862,15 @@ When fixing up source format `3.0 (quilt)' metadata, delete all the existing patches, and then generate a single patch for all the changes made in git. This is not a good idea for an NMU in Debian. + +Use this instead of the +.B single-debian-patch +dpkg-source format option. +That dpkg-source option cannot handle certain changes to the tree +that dpkg-source otherwise permits, +and in some cases it can generate strange source packages +that dpkg-source appears to accept +but which become corrupted when people later try to modify them. .TP .BR --quilt=nofix Check whether source format `3.0 (quilt)' metadata would need fixing |