Re: switching versioning from distro only to distro+upstream
Thanks to all who have replied, with the branch with no ancestry trick I've indeed solved the issue. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science ... now what? [EMAIL PROTECTED],cs.unibo.it,debian.org} -<%>- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ (15:56:48) Zack: e la demo dema ?/\All one has to do is hit the (15:57:15) Bac: no, la demo scema\/right keys at the right time signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ vcs-pkg-discuss mailing list vcs-pkg-discuss@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/vcs-pkg-discuss
Re: switching versioning from distro only to distro+upstream
also sprach Stefano Zacchiroli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008.03.19.1028 +0100]: > I've a git repository which has been used to version only the debian/ > dir thus far [1]. Now that we have git and its space efficiency, I want > to version both upstream sources and the debian dir in the very same > system. Doesn't http://madduck.net/blog/2007.10.03:packaging-with-git/ do exactly this? It doesn't use git-buildpackage though. > What I would need is the ability to create a separate history line > from scratch, call it "usptream", tie it with the master history > with a new (fake) commit root, and then merge the two into master. > Is that possible with git or some other $DVCS? http://madduck.net/blog/2007.07.11:creating-a-git-branch-without-ancestry/ -- .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' : proud Debian developer, author, administrator, and user `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck - http://debiansystem.info `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems "stab it and steer" -- sailor digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/) ___ vcs-pkg-discuss mailing list vcs-pkg-discuss@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/vcs-pkg-discuss
Re: switching versioning from distro only to distro+upstream
On Wed, 2008-03-19 at 10:28 +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > What I would need is the ability to create a separate history line from > scratch, call it "usptream", tie it with the master history with a new > (fake) commit root, and then merge the two into master. Is that possible > with git or some other $DVCS? git itself has this in it's history with the "todo" branch. Unfortunately, I can't find you a reference to the instructions to do this at the moment, perhaps someone else can provide them. Thanks, James ___ vcs-pkg-discuss mailing list vcs-pkg-discuss@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/vcs-pkg-discuss
