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Re: git packaging workflow notes, diagram



Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@wrar.name> writes:
> On Thu, Apr 04, 2013 at 11:13:05AM +0200, Daniel Pocock wrote:

>> The dual-repository approach remains relevant if upstream is on CVS or
>> SVN and the Debian packages are to be maintained with git.

> You can use git-svn and similar tools to have the upstream VCS history
> in your Debian repo.

You can, but I've not found it particularly useful.  Mileage may vary, of
course, but when upstream isn't using Git, the annoyance of dealing with
the translation layer and the various weird conventions used in other
VCSes has rarely seemeed worth it to me.

-- 
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org)               <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>


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