Sean Whitton writes ("Bug#905573: dgit-maint-debrebase(7): improve "Converting
an existing package""):
> Ian, could you explain why you recommended convert-from-gbp in #905433?
> Then I can write a patch for this.
convert-from-gbp does the right thing if there are no patches.
Because if there are no patches, then the tree is both
patches-unapplied and patches-applied.
convert-from-dgit-view does a more clumsy thing so -from-gbp (ie
-from-unapplied) is to be preferred when it will work.
> Secondly, Johannes has pointed out that if you are using dgit with no
> git history on salsa, then "No existing git history" applies to you.
If you have been using dgit as the maintainer you probably have a
local git branch. It's a bit weird that the dgit-maint-debrebase
gives you instructions for obtaining a copy of your own existing git
history. After all presumably you already know where it is...
Does that help ?
Ian.
