Re: Package Fastaq git mess

Hi Charles,

On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 11:30 PM, Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org> wrote:

Le Wed, Oct 08, 2014 at 02:15:59PM +0100, Jorge Sebastião Soares a écrit :
> Hi all,
>
> I've reinitiated work on package Fastaq:
>
> https://github.com/sanger-pathogens/Fastaq
> http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/debian-med/fastaq.git/

…

> I got:
>
> gbp:error:
> Repository does not have branch 'upstream' for upstream sources. If there
> is none see
> file:///usr/share/doc/git-buildpackage/manual-html/gbp.import.html#GBP.IMPORT.CONVERT
> on howto create it otherwise use --upstream-branch to specify it.

Hi Jorge,

for packages where there is an upstream Git repository, and especially when
their release tarballs are identical to their Git tags, I do not use
git-import-orig anymore. I just use the full upstream master branch as gbp
upstream branch (you can either use the name ‘upstream’ or the original name
after editing debian/gbp.conf accordingly), and I register the upstream source
archive using the pristine-tar command directly.

Just to see if I understood this properly.
So essentially the gbp upstream branch will point to the upstream master branch.

Then to push the upstream source you simply:

pristine-tar commit tarball tag

This way we get the best of both worlds: a layout fully compatible with the
use of git-buildpackage with pristine-tar, and the full upstream commit history.

I understand the reason. Otherwise the history of the upstream branch is lost, unless you do some git magic.

I think I'm going to delete the fastaq.git project on git alioth and create a new project. Since the code is python3 only I will call it python3-fastaq.

And use this new strategy.

See http://debian-med.alioth.debian.org/docs/policy.html#updating-git-package if
you are interested in following that way, and feel free to suggests enhancements
to that section.

I think it makes sense and I will follow it.

As for suggestions, maybe later when I'm more experienced. :)

Have a nice day,

Thank you.

It's probably night there already. So have a good night.

Regards,

Jorge