Re: Converting dnstop to track upstream git

[Ahmad Khalifa <ahmad@khalifa.ws>]

On 30/05/2025 19:10, Marc Haber wrote:
> Now, how do I tell gbp from which commit on upstream/latest I want to 
> base my next Debian version? How can I tell gbp to take HEAD of 
> upstream/latest as the base of my current debian work AND allow gbp 
> buildpackage to not complain about the out-of-debian/ changes?

If there are no tags, you can change d/watch to track HEAD in git mode, 
then it's
$ gbp import-orig --uscan

That will import d/watch HEAD as a new commit on upstream branch, tag 
upstream commit, then merge it into debian branch.
(I believe uscan does a shallow clone to get a tarball)

Example d/watch with version mangling looks like this:
https://salsa.debian.org/debian/openrgb/-/blob/debian/latest/debian/watch


PS, since you don't have a gbp.conf file, you may need to pass 
--upstream-branch and --debian-branch to all gbp commands.
Otherwise, the defaults are master and upstream.

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Regards,
Ahmad