Simon Josefsson writes ("Re: Include git commit id and git tree id in *.changes
files when uploading? [and 1 more messages]"):
> Right. I use 'gbp import-orig --uscan' to import new upstreams.
You should perhaps consider switching to gbp import-ref. Thanks to
Gioele Barabucci for the tip. AIUI golang packages are primarily in
git almost by definition.
> Ian Jackson <[email protected]> writes:
> > The only difference betwen the trees is a .VERSION file. It must have
> > been introduced by whatever tool the maintainer used to import the
> > tarball.
>
> This is becaues of .gitattributes.
*sigh* Thanks for the information.
I guess we don't want to get into that dispute (yet again) here.
The best explanation is probably in #1079434, especially here
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1079434#20
(You'll have seen that already, Simon, but I want to provide the link
for others reading the thread.)
Regards,
Ian.
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