On Sat, Jul 07, 2018 at 10:38:51PM -0400, Tong Sun wrote: > Hi, > > I have a question following > https://honk.sigxcpu.org/projects/git-buildpackage/manual-html/gbp.import.upstream-git.html > , > > > If upstream doesn't build upstream tarballs, or you don't care about > them, the simplest way is to clone upstream's repository and create a > separate packaging branch in there. You will not need gbp import-orig at > all with this workflow. gbp buildpackage will handle creating the upstream > tarballs needed for the Debian source package. > > I cannot make it happening, no matter what I tried. > How to make gbp buildpackage create the upstream tarballs and commit the > generated tarball back to the pristine-tar branch? > > Here is my trial log, and you can see that nothing that I tried works: If it would be easy, everbody would do it
... > > *please help. thx. * `gbp clone URL` is only intended for URL which has gbp information. That is why `gbp clone https://github.com/neurobin/shc.git` is a start in the wrong direction. Direction to go: Take a detour Do `gbp clone EXISTING_GBP_REPO` and check which branches it has. Then work on a "fresh git repo" where you add branches. My apology for being terse. Groeten Geert Stappers -- Leven en laten leven