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@@ -197,6 +197,17 @@ import existing vcs history (which might not be faithful to dgit's invariants) or previous non-Dgit uploads (which would not provide a very rich history). + +git represents only file executability. +git does not represent empty directories, +or any leaf objects other than plain files and symlinks. +The behaviour of Debian source package formats +on objects with unusual permissions is complicated. +Some pathological Debian source packages will no longer build +if empty directories are pruned +(or if other things not reproduced by git are changed). +Such sources cannot be worked with properly in git, +and therefore not with dgit either. .SH READ-ONLY DISTROS Distros which do not maintain a set of dgit history git repositories can still be used in a read-only mode with dgit. Currently Ubuntu |