Bug#896676: pristine-tar: more convenient automatic mode please

2018-04-24 Thread Ian Jackson
Sean Whitton writes ("Re: Bug#896676: pristine-tar: more convenient automatic mode please"): > On Mon, Apr 23 2018, Ian Jackson wrote: > > I don't think origtargz is good for my usecase because it's too > > automatic. In particular, if I know I want to use a local > &

Bug#896676: pristine-tar: more convenient automatic mode please

2018-04-23 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello, On Mon, Apr 23 2018, Sean Whitton wrote: > So long as I am its (de facto) maintainer, I do not want git-deborig > to have that functionality, for two reasons. For some reason I wrote my e-mail very defensively. Please imagine I had instead written "IMO git-deborig should not have that

Bug#896676: pristine-tar: more convenient automatic mode please

2018-04-23 Thread Sean Whitton
control: tag -1 -moreinfo Hello, On Mon, Apr 23 2018, Ian Jackson wrote: >> origtargz is "a tarball has been settled on for this upload, get it >> for me please." > > I have just read the manpage for origtargz. > > I don't think origtargz is good for my usecase because it's too > automatic. In

Bug#896676: pristine-tar: more convenient automatic mode please

2018-04-23 Thread Ian Jackson
Sean Whitton writes ("Re: Bug#896676: pristine-tar: more convenient automatic mode please"): > On Mon, Apr 23 2018, Ian Jackson wrote: > > I tried `git-deborig' (which Sean had mentioned to me before) and it > > didn't invoke pristine-tar at all. > > Yes. I thin

Bug#896676: pristine-tar: more convenient automatic mode please

2018-04-23 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello Ian, On Mon, Apr 23 2018, Ian Jackson wrote: > I tried `git-deborig' (which Sean had mentioned to me before) and it > didn't invoke pristine-tar at all. Yes. I think that git-deborig and pristine-tar are orthogonal -- pristine-tar is when you care about having the tarball with precisely

Bug#896676: pristine-tar: more convenient automatic mode please

2018-04-23 Thread Ian Jackson
Sean Whitton writes ("Re: Bug#896676: pristine-tar: more convenient automatic mode please"): > control: severity -1 wishlist > control: tag -1 +moreinfo ... > If you type `origtargz` it will invoke pristine-tar correctly. Oh! I tried `git-deborig' (which Sean had men

Bug#896676: pristine-tar: more convenient automatic mode please

2018-04-23 Thread Sean Whitton
control: severity -1 wishlist control: tag -1 +moreinfo Hello Ian, On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 01:55:30PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > When I want to regenerate the .orig, I have to specify the whole > filename. Ie, I have to say > > pristine-tar checkout

Bug#896676: pristine-tar: more convenient automatic mode please

2018-04-23 Thread Ian Jackson
Package: pristine-tar Version: 1.38 Severity: wishlit I received a sponsorship request. My sponsee provided a git repository with the appropriate debian/ tag and a pristine-tar branch. When I want to regenerate the .orig, I have to specify the whole filename. Ie, I have to say pristine-tar