X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=git-debrebase.1.pod;h=cbdf292b2812e616248c06cfb8908374680d8c06;hb=e473bf523d358431f9eac1356b3807636a951f85;hp=a964180d7890491398ac93116edb3f528d09a476;hpb=8521ee9155c24772c1cc0c3c8b6fa00d7d742e2d;p=dgit.git diff --git a/git-debrebase.1.pod b/git-debrebase.1.pod index a964180d..cbdf292b 100644 --- a/git-debrebase.1.pod +++ b/git-debrebase.1.pod @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ L. For background, theory of operation, and definitions see L. -You should read this manpage in cojnunction with +You should read this manpage in conjunction with L, which defines many important terms used here. @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ It is hazardous to use plain git-rebase on a git-debrebase branch, because git-rebase has a tendency to start the rebase too far back in history, and then drop important commits. -Soo L +See L =item git-debrebase status @@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ the whole new upstream operation is aborted, except for the laundering. -may be whole new Debian version, including revision, +may be a whole new Debian version, including revision, or just the upstream part, in which case -1 will be appended to make the new Debian version. @@ -249,14 +249,16 @@ If the patches implied by the current branch are not a simple superset of those already in debian/patches, make-patches will fail with exit status 7, and an error message. -(The message can be suppress with --quiet-would-amend.) +(The message can be suppressed with --quiet-would-amend.) If the problem is simply that the existing patches were not made by git-debrebase, using dgit quilt-fixup instead should succeed. +=item git-debrebase convert-from-unapplied [] + =item git-debrebase convert-from-gbp [] -Cnnverts any of the following into a git-debrebase interchange branch: +Converts any of the following into a git-debrebase interchange branch: =over @@ -277,6 +279,8 @@ so there are no patches =back +(These two commands operate identically and are simply aliases.) + The conversion is done by generating a new anchor merge, converting any quilt patches as a delta queue, and dropping the patches from the tree. @@ -366,7 +370,7 @@ and any ffq-prev is deleted. This is provided mostly for the test suite and for unusual situations. -It should only be used with a care and +It should only be used with care and with a proper understanding of the underlying theory. Be sure to not accidentally treat the result as