From afe62f515927bdedb8bd0b9cb5fe3230b3ae28c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ian Jackson Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2017 01:07:50 +0000 Subject: gitattributes: dgit(7): Document our approach and rationale This is not properly implemented yet. Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson --- dgit.7 | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) (limited to 'dgit.7') diff --git a/dgit.7 b/dgit.7 index 635dc13..284fcf6 100644 --- a/dgit.7 +++ b/dgit.7 @@ -201,6 +201,22 @@ or previous non-Dgit uploads 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 is configured this way. +.SH GITATTRIBUTES +git has features which can automatically transform files +as they are being copied between the working tree +and the git history. +See \fBgitattributes\fP(5). + +These transformations are context-sensitive +and not, in general, reversible, +so dgit operates on the principle that +the dgit git history contains the actual contents of the package. + +If transforming gitattributes used, +they can cause trouble, +because the working tree files can differ from +the git revision history +(and therefore from the source packages). .SH PACKAGE SOURCE FORMATS If you are not the maintainer, you do not need to worry about the source format of the package. You can just make changes as you like -- cgit v1.2.3