X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=git-debpush;h=5ffbd52c9e4b54012be49445ea75742e4df013bb;hb=4a6f56f6197d76a436c63a2794baf3808687fb2e;hp=74cb4aa1ecd665dd0dc8961aa390a83aa7d8d509;hpb=3868d189b3251aa7f0c307d14dbf5280d808d475;p=dgit.git

diff --git a/git-debpush b/git-debpush
index 74cb4aa1..5ffbd52c 100755
--- a/git-debpush
+++ b/git-debpush
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 set -e$DGIT_TEST_DEBPUSH_DEBUG
 set -o pipefail
 
-# PRINCIPLES OF OPERATION
+# DESIGN PRINCIPLES
 #
 # - do not invoke dgit, do anything involving any tarballs, no network
 #   access except `git push` right at the end
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ get_file_from_ref () {
 # ---- Parse command line
 
 getopt=$(getopt -s bash -o 'nfu:' \
-              -l 'no-push,force,branch:,remote:,distro:,quilt:,gbp,dpm,\
+              -l 'no-push,force,branch:,remote:,distro:,upstream:,quilt:,gbp,dpm,\
 baredebian,baredebian+git,baredebian+tarball' \
               -n "$us" -- "$@")
 eval "set - $getopt"
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ while true; do
         '--remote')       remote=$2;               shift 2; continue ;;
         '--distro')       distro=$2;               shift 2; continue ;;
         '--quilt')        quilt_mode=$2;           shift 2; continue ;;
+        '--upstream')     upstream_tag=$2;         shift 2; continue ;;
 
         '--baredebian'|'--baredebian+git')
             quilt_mode=baredebian;         shift; continue ;;
@@ -214,10 +215,11 @@ esac
 
 upstream_info=""
 if $upstream; then
-    # xxx want way to override this
-    upstream_tag=$(git deborig --just-print --version="$version" \
-                       | head -n1)
-    upstream_committish=$(git rev-parse ${upstream_tag}^{})
+    if [ "x$upstream_tag" = x ]; then
+	upstream_tag=$(git deborig --just-print --version="$version" \
+			   | head -n1)
+    fi
+    upstream_committish=$(git rev-parse "refs/tags/${upstream_tag}"^{})
     upstream_info=" upstream-tag=$upstream_tag upstream=$upstream_committish"
 fi