is thought of as an output format.
For example, we don't spend time curating a series of quilt patches.
-However, the information such a series would contain is readily
+However,
+in straightforward cases,
+the information such a series would contain is readily
available from B<dgit-repos>.
=item
=back
+This workflow is less suitable for some packages.
+When the Debian delta contains multiple pieces which interact,
+or which you aren't going to be able to upstream soon,
+it might be preferable to
+maintain the delta as a rebasing patch series,
+to facilitate
+reviewing/upstreaming/dropping
+individual pieces.
+For such a workflow see for example
+dgit-maint-gbp(7).
+
=head1 INITIAL DEBIANISATION
This section explains how to start using this workflow with a new
=over 4
-The Debian packaging of foo is maintained using dgit. For the sake of
-an efficient workflow, Debian modifications to the upstream source are
-squashed into a single diff, rather than a series of quilt patches.
-To obtain a patch queue for package version 1.2.3-1:
+The Debian packaging of foo is maintained in git,
+using the merging workflow described in dgit-maint-merge(7).
+An automatically generated representation of the Debian changes follows.
+
+A detailed break down of these changes is available from their
+canonical representation -
+git commits in the packaging repository.
+For example, to see the changes made by the Debian maintainer in the
+first upload of upstream version 1.2.3, you could use:
=over 4
- # apt-get install dgit
- % dgit clone foo
+ % git clone https://git.dgit.debian.org/
% cd foo
% git log --oneline 1.2.3..debian/1.2.3-1 -- . ':!debian'
=back
-See dgit(1), dgit(7) and dgit-maint-merge(7) for more information.
+See dgit-maint-merge(7) for more information.
+(If you have dgit, use dgit clone foo,
+rather than plain git clone.)
=back