Re: create Debian Source from GIT repository without tag
Hi,
On 15/08/16 17:46, Andrew Shadura wrote:
> 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).
>
The three of them have a d/wath file .
Jerome
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