dopush: Move $upstreamversion setting out to give it wider scope

[dgit.git] / dgit-maint-merge.7.pod

diff --git a/dgit-maint-merge.7.pod b/dgit-maint-merge.7.pod
index 7391daf5995b33b0549f1dc5032eb8c57a77dcb3..f785af7ad97282fb47f14c5e70441fc0ea903799 100644 (file)
--- a/dgit-maint-merge.7.pod
+++ b/dgit-maint-merge.7.pod
@@ -52,16 +52,6 @@ compress orig tarballs:
 
 =head1 INITIAL DEBIANISATION
 
 
 =head1 INITIAL DEBIANISATION
 

-=head2 When upstream tags releases in git and releases identical tarballs
-
-Ideally upstream would make git tags, and tarball releases, which are
-completely identical to each other.  If this is the case then you can
-use the upstream tarballs directly.
-
-If you're not sure, use the procedure below under "When upstream
-releases only tarballs" only with a different upstream tag name.  Then
-use git diff to check that there are no differences.
-

 =head2 When upstream tags releases in git
 
 Suppose that the latest stable upstream release is 1.2.2, and this has
 =head2 When upstream tags releases in git
 
 Suppose that the latest stable upstream release is 1.2.2, and this has


@@ -116,6 +106,23 @@ with 'gz'.
 This tarball is ephemeral and easily regenerated, so we don't commit
 it anywhere (e.g. with tools like pristine-tar(1)).
 
 This tarball is ephemeral and easily regenerated, so we don't commit
 it anywhere (e.g. with tools like pristine-tar(1)).
 

+=head3 Verifying upstream's tarball releases
+
+=over 4
+
+It can be a good idea to compare upstream's released tarballs with the
+release tags, at least for the first upload of the package.  If they
+are different, you might need to add some additional steps to your
+I<debian/rules>, such as running autotools.
+
+A convenient way to perform this check is to import the tarball as
+described in the following section, using a different value for
+'upstream-tag', and then use git-diff(1) to compare the imported
+tarball to the release tag.  If they are the same, you can use
+upstream's tarball instead of running git-archive(1).
+
+=back
+

 =head2 When upstream releases only tarballs
 
 We need a virtual upstream branch with virtual release tags.
 =head2 When upstream releases only tarballs
 
 We need a virtual upstream branch with virtual release tags.


@@ -134,7 +141,7 @@ Now create I<debian/gbp.conf>:
 =over 4
 
     [DEFAULT]
 =over 4
 
     [DEFAULT]

-    upstream-branch = upsteram
+    upstream-branch = upstream

     debian-branch = master
     upstream-tag = %(version)s
 
     debian-branch = master
     upstream-tag = %(version)s
 


@@ -194,7 +201,7 @@ changes to the upstream source:
 
 The Debian packaging of foo is maintained using dgit.  For the sake of
 an efficient workflow, Debian modifications to the upstream source are
 
 The Debian packaging of foo is maintained using dgit.  For the sake of
 an efficient workflow, Debian modifications to the upstream source are

-squashed into a single patch, rather than a series of quilt patches.
+squashed into a single diff, rather than a series of quilt patches.

 To obtain a patch queue for package version 1.2.3-1:
 
 =over 4
 To obtain a patch queue for package version 1.2.3-1:
 
 =over 4


@@ -306,7 +313,12 @@ We create a DFSG-clean tag to merge to master:
 Before merging the new 1.2.3+dfsg tag to master, you should first
 determine whether it would be legally dangerous for the non-free
 material to be publicly accessible in the git history on
 Before merging the new 1.2.3+dfsg tag to master, you should first
 determine whether it would be legally dangerous for the non-free
 material to be publicly accessible in the git history on

-B<dgit-repos>.  If it would be, pass B<--squash> to git-merge(1).
+B<dgit-repos>.
+
+If it would be dangerous, there is a big problem;
+in this case please consult your archive administrators
+(for Debian this is the dgit administrator dgit-owner@debian.org
+and the ftpmasters ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org).

 
 =head2 When upstream releases only tarballs
 
 
 =head2 When upstream releases only tarballs