Re: create Debian Source from GIT repository without tag
On 15 August 2016 at 17:24, Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 04:58:32PM +0100, Jerome BENOIT wrote:
>> >> So I am considering to create a Debian Source from the GIT repository.
>> >> Unfortunately, the GIT repository contains no tags, so uscan(1) seems
>> >> not be useful here. I have already submitted a ticket to the upstream
>> >> maintainer [3], but he seems to be very busy. Meanwhile, I want to step
>> >> forward.
>> >>
>> >> What is the best way to create a Debian Source from the upstream GIT repository ?
>> > git archive would be enough, you don't need uscan for that.
>> > You can't have a debian/watch in this case, of course.
>> >
>>
>> Do you have a example or a wiki in mind ?
> Um. git archive <commit ID> | xz > foo.tar.xz, I guess.
I did attempt to automate such tasks a couple of time for
Ajenti-related packages (I haven't finished packaging Ajenti itself —
any takers by the way?): python-catcher, python-exconsole,
python-reconfigure (have a look at debian/rules:get-orig-source).
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Cheers,
Andrew
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