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Re: Using git-svn and gbp for DPMT - Was: Re: Joining the DPMT and git.debian.org access



On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 04:51:20PM +0100, Olivier Berger wrote:
> Now, if you both want to track upstream sources from origin/master on
> local upstream/ branch and svn's trunk on local master branch, then,
> yes, a debian/gbp.conf comes handy, and you'll have to do nasty merges
> now and then.

git import-orig --filter=debian helps to avoid nasty merges, as long as you
don't make changes to the upstream sources directly inside your packaging branch
-- there shall be no conflicts if upstream does not touch debian and you do not
touch the upstream sources.

gbp-pq is also wonderful for maintaining quilt patch series.

-- 
Kind regards,
Loong Jin

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