dgit: branch_is_gdr: Add a cautionary comment

Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>

diff --git a/dgit b/dgit
index 1f42dd3349bd7298b730b585ac90e98dd1cacbcd..396213475b9cc38ce8d8a63a44231ffe60e329b4 100755 (executable)
--- a/dgit
+++ b/dgit
@@ -322,6 +322,11 @@ sub branch_is_gdr ($) {
     # We have our own implementation because:
     #  - our algorighm can do fewer tests so is faster
     #  - it saves testing to see if gdr is installed
     # We have our own implementation because:
     #  - our algorighm can do fewer tests so is faster
     #  - it saves testing to see if gdr is installed

+
+    # NB we use this jsut for deciding whether to run gdr make-patches
+    # Before reusing this algorithm for somthing else, its
+    # suitability should be reconsidered.
+

     my $walk = $head;
     local $Debian::Dgit::debugcmd_when_debuglevel = 3;
     printdebug "branch_is_gdr $head...\n";
     my $walk = $head;
     local $Debian::Dgit::debugcmd_when_debuglevel = 3;
     printdebug "branch_is_gdr $head...\n";