Re: git-buildpackage pattern question

2016-03-26 Thread Ross Vandegrift
On 03/21/2016 09:43 PM, Sean Whitton wrote: > When there's a new release, I fetch upstraem's tags and then run > something like `git merge 1.1.1 && dch -v1.1.1`. In the case you > describe where 1.1.1 cannot be cleanly merged with 1.0.2, I would just > run `git merge --strategy recursive

Re: git-buildpackage pattern question

2016-03-21 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 06:43:58PM -0700, Sean Whitton a écrit : > > In my usage of git-buildpackage, I've been using a different approach to > that suggested by Russ and I thought it might be useful to share it in > this thread. > > I think of (local) branches as things that I expect to make

Re: git-buildpackage pattern question

2016-03-21 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello, On Sun, Mar 20, 2016 at 04:35:27PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Ross Vandegrift writes: > > > In my packaging, I've worked on 1.0.0, and updated for 1.0.1 and 1.0.2. > > So my packaging looks like this: > > > o---ooooo master > >

Re: git-buildpackage pattern question

2016-03-20 Thread Russ Allbery
Ross Vandegrift writes: > In my packaging, I've worked on 1.0.0, and updated for 1.0.1 and 1.0.2. > So my packaging looks like this: > o---ooooo master > \ \ > o---o 1.0.0o---o 1.1.0 >

git-buildpackage pattern question

2016-03-20 Thread Ross Vandegrift
Hello all, I've been working on packages using git-buildpackage, and have been wondering if there's a better pattern out there. Upstream makes periodic releases, which often receive a few maintenance updates. For upstream, often looks like this: o---ooooo