The debian/upstream/metadata file spec (https://wiki.debian.org/UpstreamMetadata) currently supports a "Repository" field, but does not document a way of specifying what branch in the repository the upstream sources are in. This can be necessary when upstream e.g. has multiple release series and the Debian package is tracking just one. Would it be possible to allow specification of a branch? I can see two possible ways of allowing this: * Add a new "Branch" field in the YAML file that goes along with the Repository field. E.g.: Repository: https://git.samba.org/samba.git Branch: 4.7 * Allow specifying the branch in the Repository header somehow. This would be more consistent with what happens for e.g. the packaging metadata headers in debian/control. E.g.: Repository: https://git.samba.org/samba.git -b 4.7 Jelmer -- Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer@jelmer.uk> PGP Key: https://www.jelmer.uk/D729A457.asc
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