From 804bfec6be70bf9198938c3f87792aaabe3b4426 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ian Jackson Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2018 23:46:33 +0000 Subject: dgit(7): Discuss git-unrepresentable properties of source trees. Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson --- dgit.7 | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) (limited to 'dgit.7') diff --git a/dgit.7 b/dgit.7 index ca11535..7ad5aba 100644 --- a/dgit.7 +++ b/dgit.7 @@ -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 -- cgit v1.2.3