Bug#884870: lintian: vcs-field-has-unexpected-spaces and vcswatch don't agree

[Chris Lamb <lamby@debian.org>]

Hi Jeremy,

> Now, I think (lintian's website is recovering from a typo) that this
> now causes lintian to emit vcs-field-has-unexpected-spaces
> 
> I think the " -b BRANCHNAME" suffix should be considered valid syntax
> for Vcs-Git.

Something else must be going on as this is indeed supported. Here is the
code in question:

    # git uri followed by optional " -b " + branchname:
    git     => sub { return shift =~ /^(.+?)(?:\s+-b\s+(\S*))?$/;},

… and I've even just committed a (passing) test for this:

  https://anonscm.debian.org/git/lintian/lintian.git/commit/?id=8e1ba53fa85469ab4f2e67e7514b3a800c0a6004

:)


Best wishes,

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