(Re-posted back on list. Sorry ScottK.) On 21/02/2013 12:37, Scott Kitterman wrote: > With git (I've never used gpb, and maybe that's my problem) I end up having to > do things like: > > git clone git://git.debian.org/….git > for branch in pristine-tar debian/unstable ; do git branch --track $branch > origin/$branch ; done > > That's the sort of thing that convinces me it's too hard. The fact that I > have to manually make the association between individual local and remove > branches is just insane. That's what gbp-clone does for you -- it clones, and creates master/pristine-tar/upstream. pristine-tar is the most important, because if this branch isn't present then git-buildpackage silently builds a brand new tarball for you. Aside from that, git (as of 1.7.10.4, not sure when it was introduced) also automatically does that set up for you when you git checkout $branch where $branch doesn't exist but origin/$branch does. -- Kind regards, Loong Jin
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