Re: Standardizing the layout of git packaging repositories
On 16/08/14 17:09, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Aug 2014, Simon McVittie wrote:
>> It is possible to use git-buildpackage with --git-export (either
>> explicitly, or configured in debian/gbp.conf) for packages that only
>> keep debian/ in git.
>
> Are you sure that --git-export is the right option?
...
> Looking at the doc it's --git-overlay that is the important option,
> obviously you need to combine this with --git-export-dir=../build-area/
> to mimick what svn-buildpackage does.
Yes, you're right. In my only package that needs it (openarena-data,
which consists of large binaries that can't be patched) I configured it
in debian/gbp.conf, so I've never actually needed to remember the right
option :-)
S
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