* Better error checking when parsing RFC822-style control data.
* Better checking that the supplied .dsc and debian/changes correspond.
* Ordering improvement in push: don't add dsc field until git push done.
+ * New --distro option (helps with unknown suites).
* Bugfixes.
-- Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 22 Aug 2013 13:36:44 +0100
use POSIX;
our $isuite = 'unstable';
+our $idistro;
our $package;
our $sign = 1;
sub access_cfg (@) {
my (@keys) = @_;
- my $distro = access_distro();
+ my $distro = $idistro || access_distro();
my $value = cfg(map { ("dgit-distro.$distro.$_",
"dgit.default.$_") } @keys);
return $value;
push @$om, $2;
} elsif (m/^--existing-package=(.*)/s) {
$existing_package = $1;
+ } elsif (m/^--distro=(.*)/s) {
+ $idistro = $1;
} else {
badusage "unknown long option \`$_'";
}
$new_package=1;
} elsif (s/^-c(.*=.*)//s) {
push @git, '-c', $1;
+ } elsif (s/^-d(.*)//s) {
+ $idistro = $1;
} elsif (s/^-C(.*)//s) {
$changesfile = $1;
} elsif (s/^-k(.*)//s) {
.BR mergechanges .
Can be repeated as necessary.
.TP
+.BR -d "\fIdistro\fR | " --distro= \fIdistro\fR
+Specifies that the suite to be operated on is part of distro
+.IR distro .
+This overrides the default value found from the git config option
+.BR dgit-suite. \fIsuite\fR .distro .
+The only effect is that other configuration variables (used
+for accessing the archive and dgit-repos) used are
+.BR dgit-distro. \fIdistro\fR .* .
+
+If your suite is part of a distro that dgit already knows about, you
+can use this option to make dgit work even if your dgit doesn't know
+about the suite. For example, specifying
+.B -ddebian
+will work when the suite is an unknown suite in the Debian archive.
+
+To define a new distro it is necessary to define methods and URLs
+for fetching (and, for dgit push, altering) a variety of information both
+in the archive and in dgit-repos. How to do this is not yet
+documented, and currently the arrangements are unpleasant. See
+BUGS.
+.TP
.BI -C changesfile
Specifies the .changes file which is to be uploaded. By default
dgit push looks for single .changes file in the parent directory whose