Hello Nikolaus, On Tue, Jan 03, 2017 at 10:29:49AM -0800, Nikolaus Rath wrote: > On Jan 03 2017, Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> wrote: > > You mentioned previously that you're trying to use the > > dgit-maint-merge(7) workflow. In that case, why do you want git-dpm? > > I don't. I was just trying to get a better overall > understanding. However, the part about stitching in existing dgit > history seemed relevant even when not using git-dpm - did I misunderstand? `dgit push` will force you to do any stitching that you haven't already done (by telling you to pass --overwrite). So it's not really something you have to think too much about. On Tue, Jan 03, 2017 at 10:36:22AM -0800, Nikolaus Rath wrote: > I still haven't really made up my mind if I want to use git-maint-merge > or git-dpm. Russ recently raised a valid point with the Debian > modifications over-time becoming all tangled up and impossible to > separate. I also read Russ's e-mail, but I'm not yet convinced that powerful tools like `git diff` and `git log` won't be able to give you the information you need pretty quickly. It might take a little time to craft the right command, but that is easily outweighed by the time saved curating a patch series. -- Sean Whitton
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