The git history made by git-debrebase can seem complicated.
Here are some suggestions for helpful invocations of gitk and git.
-They can be adapted for other tools like tig, git log, etc.
+They can be adapted for other tools like tig(1), git-log(1), magit, etc.
-=over
+History of package in Debian, disregarding history from upstream:
-=item History of package in Debian (disregarding history from upstream):
+=over
% gitk --first-parent
In a laundered branch, the delta queue is at the top.
-=item History of the packaging (excluding the delta queue)
+=back
+
+History of the packaging, excluding the delta queue:
% gitk :/debian :!/debian/patches
-=item Just the delta queue (ie, Debian's changes to upstream):
+Just the delta queue (i.e. Debian's changes to upstream):
% gitk --first-parent -- :/ :!/debian
-=item Full history including old versions of the delta queue:
+Full history including old versions of the delta queue:
+
+=over
% gitk --date-order
and a newer history as the other.
--date-order makes gitk show the delta queues in the right order.
-=item Show complete diff since the last upload:
+=back
+
+Complete diff since the last upload:
+
+=over
% git diff dgit/dgit/sid..HEAD -- :/ :!/debian/patches
-(Includes changes to upstream files.)
-=item Interdiff of delta queue since last upload, if you really want that:
+This includes changes to upstream files.
+
+=back
+
+Interdiff of delta queue since last upload, if you really want it:
% git debrebase make-patches
% git diff dgit/dgit/sid..HEAD -- debian/patches
-=back
-
-Also of course there is
+And of course there is:
% git debrebase status