Split brain: Start work on generating gitignore patch

Generate a patch header, for now.  Still not finished.

diff --git a/dgit b/dgit
index 73432bce8970ec4384feb0eed9fb2eb4841c2334..50c8dd06b177e64fd3d46872f887a42a0c690836 100755 (executable)
--- a/dgit
+++ b/dgit
@@ -2576,6 +2576,20 @@ sub quiltify_splitbrain ($$) {
        !($diffbits->{O2A} & 02)) { # patches do not change .gitignore
        quiltify_splitbrain_needed();
        progress "creating patch to represent .gitignore changes";
        !($diffbits->{O2A} & 02)) { # patches do not change .gitignore
        quiltify_splitbrain_needed();
        progress "creating patch to represent .gitignore changes";

+       my $gipatch = "debian/patches/auto-gitignore";
+       open GIPATCH, ">>", "$gipatch" or die "$gipatch: $!";
+       stat GIPATCH or die "$gipatch: $!";
+       fail "$gipatch already exists; but want to create it".
+           " to record .gitignore changes" if (stat _)[7];
+       print GIPATCH <<END or die "$gipatch: $!";
+Subject: Update .gitignore from Debian packaging branch
+
+The Debian packaging git branch contains these updates to the upstream
+.gitignore file(s).  This patch is autogenerated, to provide these
+updates to users of the official Debian archive view of the package.
+
+---
+END

     die 'xxx gitignore';
        
     }
     die 'xxx gitignore';
        
     }