Hello, On Thu, 17 May 2012 16:52:02 +0200 Gergely Nagy <algernon@balabit.hu> wrote: > Git does have a complete view. What the above does, is tell > dpkg-source to fold any changes made to the upstream sources into a > single patch. Since the git tree already has the patches applied > (with upstream sources on a different branch, most probably), it has > a full view. > This basically folds whatever patches the git tree has over upstream, > outside of debian/ into a single file. That's about it. Since that > file is generated, it has no business staying in git. I find it a very bad idea, as then it's very hard to track what patches we have applied. And no, VCS history doesn't help at all as we see *all* the patches ever applied or not, and also upstream changes sometimes. For that reason I prefer keeping patches themselves tracked as well, or I even (mostly) unapply them so the source in the VCS is clean. -- WBR, Andrew
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