dgit: Always print canonical suite name

[dgit.git] / dgit-sponsorship.7.pod

diff --git a/dgit-sponsorship.7.pod b/dgit-sponsorship.7.pod
index 9fe8abc7809e37efa90f56b568f45211d4e5b05a..ed37ff5f1107956f49536a93850d52778ea28b81 100644 (file)
--- a/dgit-sponsorship.7.pod
+++ b/dgit-sponsorship.7.pod
@@ -71,7 +71,10 @@ The git branch.
 
 =item *
 
 
 =item *
 

-Any .orig tarballs which will be needed.
+Any .orig tarballs which will be needed,
+or sample git-archive(1)
+or gbp-buildpackage(1)
+command(s) to generate them.

 
 =item *
 
 
 =item *
 


@@ -119,8 +122,16 @@ in their handover email.
 If there are any .origs that are not in the archive already,
 the sponsor will need them as part of the upload.
 
 If there are any .origs that are not in the archive already,
 the sponsor will need them as part of the upload.
 

-The simplest approach is to
-commit them with pristine-tar(1), e.g.
+If the sponsee generated these tarballs with git-archive(1)
+or gbp-buildpackage(1),
+they can simply include a sample invocation of git-archive(1)
+or ensure that a suitable gbp.conf is present
+in the source package
+to generate the tarball.
+
+Otherwise, the simplest approach is to
+commit the orig tarballs
+with pristine-tar(1), e.g.

 
 =over 4
 
 
 =over 4
 


@@ -138,7 +149,8 @@ or attach to the e-mail,
 if they are small.
 
 The sponsee should quote sha256sums of the .origs in their
 if they are small.
 
 The sponsee should quote sha256sums of the .origs in their

-handoff email.
+handoff email,
+unless they supplied commands to generate them.

 
 =back
 
 
 =back
 


@@ -185,6 +197,12 @@ Check the git commit ID of the sponsee's branch tip,
 and the sha256sums of the .origs,
 against the handoff email.
 
 and the sha256sums of the .origs,
 against the handoff email.
 

+Confirm that the sponsee has not made
+a debian/1.2.3-1 tag.
+If they have,
+it is best to ask them to delete it now,
+as it can cause confusion later when dgit push produces its own tag.
+

 Now you can check out the branch tip,
 and do your substantive review.
 
 Now you can check out the branch tip,
 and do your substantive review.
 


@@ -196,9 +214,8 @@ you can convert their tree into the standard dgit view:
 
 =over 4
 
 
 =over 4
 

-    % dgit -wgf quilt-fixup
-    [ Watch for a message about split brain, and if so: ]
-    % git checkout -b dgit-view-for-review refs/dgit-intern/quilt-cache
+    % dgit -wgf --quilt=foo --dgit-view-save=unquilted quilt-fixup
+    % git checkout unquilted

 
 =back
 
 
 =back
 


@@ -259,6 +276,17 @@ Then:
 
 =back
 
 
 =back
 

+Or for an entirely new package:
+
+=over 4
+
+    % mkdir PACKAGE
+    % cd PACKAGE
+    % git init
+    % dgit -pPACKAGE import-dsc /path/to/sponsee's.dsc +sponsee
+
+=back
+

 This will leave you looking at the sponsee's package,
 formatted as a dgit branch.
 
 This will leave you looking at the sponsee's package,
 formatted as a dgit branch.