On 11/11/19 1:02 AM, Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote: > On Sun, Nov 10, 2019 at 11:20:45PM +0100, Thomas Goirand wrote: >> >> Please, *never* do that. It's generally a very bad idea to write >> anything to debian/gbp.conf. It's as if you were adding your text editor >> preferences in the package. Instead, please prefer writing in ~/.gbp.conf. > > I keep most of my git-buildpackage settings which are specific to my > developer environment in ~/.gbp.conf. However, there are some gbp > settings which are specific to the repository set up, and those I > think, IMHO, *are* appropriate for debian/gbp.conf. For example: > > [DEFAULT] > pristine-tar = True > upstream-tag='v%(version)s' > debian-branch=debian/master
The first 2, yes. The last one, it's my opinion that it's useless, and that you only need it because "ignore-branch = True" isn't the default in git-buildpackage. It's ok as long as you always keep the same packagig branch, but if, like in my team, we need a new branch name every 6 months, and for 400+ repositories, then keeping the branch name declared in debian/gbp.conf becomes super annoying (as it forces one to change the "debian-branch" each time). Cheers, Thomas Goirand (zigo)
