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+PITCH
+
+[manpage]
+
+uniform operation
+
+interacts with archive, not just with out-of-archive git trees
+
+NMUer, derivatives
+  clone any package, work on it, and upload, all in git
+  no need to know maintainer's workflow
+
+for maintainer
+  any fast forwarding patches-applied git workflow
+  full upstream git history in our git history
+
+demo
+
+
+PRINCIPLES OF OPERATION
+
+  data model
+
+    .dsc contains git hash
+
+    git hash specifies a commit whose tree is identical to the
+      results of dpkg-source -x
+
+    actual git data obtained from git server via git protool, not
+      from the archive
+
+  fetch
+
+    1. get .dsc information from archive
+    2. get previous dgit git history from git server
+    3. if necessary, synthesise a commit to represent non-dgit upload
+
+  push
+
+    user has done build already (need for this may go away with
+      source-only uploads)
+
+    1. if `3.0 (quilt)', dpkg-source commit
+    2. fetch and check for ff-ness
+    3. check .dsc from build corresponds to git tree
+    4. insert git commit hash into .dsc, sign everything,
+       git push, dput
+
+QUILTY WORKFLOW
+
+NON-FAST-FORWARDING ( not well support
+
+
+ACCESS PROBLEMS
+
+  works well for DDs
+  works badly for everyone else :-/
+    serious problem, needs escalating
+
+  access limitations
+
+    ssh cocca psql -c SELECT BLAH
+
+      ftpmaster have a plan to help with this but has not been implemented
+
+    alioth collab-maint
+
+      push by signed tag
+
+      need to abandon alioth because of collab-maint security issues
+
+