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Re: [Debian PAPT] Question about salsa repo and packaging



On Saturday, September 15 2018, Hilmar Preuße wrote:

> Hi,

Hey,

> I'm maintaining the package rubber in the PAPT. I have a few question:
>
> 1. I'd like to revert some changes to the salsa repo for my package, as
> these changes were never uploaded to Debian and are not superseded by
> new upstream package. Is it OK to do a "git reset --hard xxxx" to make
> them disappear in my repository?

You mean do a "git reset --hard" locally and then "git push" the
modified history?  This is not ideal, but if you're the only one using
the repository, and if there was no Debian release containing the code
you're reverting, then I'd say it's OK.

> 2. My repo contains a stale branch called "svn". It was created during
> the git -> salsa migration. AFAICT this branch contains obsolete
> versions of some files. May I kill that branch?

Sorry, I don't the answer to this one.

> 3. Recently I imported a new upstream version. According to [1] I should
> rebase my patches. Unfortunately this fails:
>
> <snip>
> hille@sid:~/devel/rubber/rubber.git $ gbp pq rebase
> gbp:info: Switching to 'patch-queue/debian/master'
> First, rewinding head to replay your work on top of it...
> Applying: more accurate log messages when deciding whether to rebuild
> some file
> Using index info to reconstruct a base tree...
> M	src/depend.py
> Falling back to patching base and 3-way merge...
> Auto-merging src/depend.py
> CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in src/depend.py
> error: Failed to merge in the changes.
> Patch failed at 0001 more accurate log messages when deciding whether to
> rebuild some file
> hint: Use 'git am --show-current-patch' to see the failed patch
>
> Resolve all conflicts manually, mark them as resolved with
> "git add/rm <conflicted_files>", then run "git rebase --continue".
> You can instead skip this commit: run "git rebase --skip".
> To abort and get back to the state before "git rebase", run "git rebase
> --abort".
>
> gbp:error: Couldn't run git rebase: it exited with 128
> <snip>
>
> Could anybody give me a hint, what it wrong here?

While rebasing the patch-queue, there was a conflict with one of the
files.  A conflict happens when you have two distinct versions of the
same file containing modifications that are not trivial to be
automatically merged by git.  The conflict is marked above as:

  CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in src/depend.py

You now have to resolve this conflict before proceeding.  Basically,
open the file and look for the conflict markers, which look like:

  <<<<<<< HEAD
  some content
  =======
  some other content
  >>>>>>> some-branch

You will then have to decide how to resolve this, either by deleting one
of the changes, or by adapting them, etc.  Once you resolve all of the
conflicts, you will be able to perform a "git rebase --continue".  Note
that you may encounter many conflicts while rebasing.

Thanks,

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