-TODO
- reference docs
- git-debrebase(5) data model
- git-debrebase(1) command line
- tutorial
- dgit-maint-debrebase(7)
- someone should set branch.<name>.mergeOptions to include --ff-only ?
+# problems / outstanding questions:
+#
+# * new-upstream has an awkward UI for multiple upstream pieces.
+# You end up with giant runic command lines. Does this matter /
+# One consequence of the lack of richness it can need -f in
+# fairly sensible situations.
+#
+# * There should be a good convention for the version number,
+# and unfinalised or not changelog, after new-upstream.
+#
+# * Handing of multi-orig dgit new-upstream .dsc imports is known to
+# be broken. They may be not recognised, improperly converted, or
+# their conversion may be unrecognised.
+#
+# * We need to develop a plausible model that works for derivatives,
+# who probably want to maintain their stack on top of Debian's.
+# downstream-rebase-launder-v0 may be a starting point?
+# maybe the hypothetical git-ffqrebase is part of it too.
+
+
+# undocumented usages:
+#
+# git-debrebase [<options>] downstream-rebase-launder-v0 # experimental
- clean up remains of README
-
- arrange for dgit to automatically stitch on push
-
-=======================================
-
-special commit tags
-overall format
- [git-debrebase[ COMMIT-TYPE [ ARGS...]]: PROSE, MORE PROSE]
-
-[git-debrebase: split mixed commit, debian part]
-[git-debrebase: split mixed commit, upstream-part]
-[git-debrebase: convert dgit import, debian changes]
-[git-debrebase anchor: convert dgit import, upstream changes]
-
-[git-debrebase upstream-combine . PIECE[ PIECE...]: new upstream]
-[git-debrebase anchor: new upstream NEW-UPSTREAM-VERSION, merge]
-[git-debrebase: new upstream NEW-UPSTREAM-VERSION, changelog]
-
-[git-debrebase convert-from-gbp: drop patches]
-[git-debrebase anchor: declare upstream]
-[git-debrebase pseudomerge: stitch]
-
-[git-debrebase convert-to-gbp: commit patches]
-
-m{^\[git-debrebase (?:\w*-)?upstream combine \.((?: $extra_orig_namepart_re)+)\]}
-
-Every anchor commit must be a merge. In principle, this is not
-necessary. After all, we are relying on the
- [git-debrebase anchor: ...]
-commit message annotation in "declare" anchor merges (which
-do not have any upstream changes), to distinguish those anchor
-merges from ordinary pseudomerges (which we might just try to strip).
-
-However, the user is going to be doing git-rebase a lot. We really
-don't want them to rewrite an anchor commit. git-rebase
-trips up on merges, so that is a useful safety catch.
-
-=======================================
-
-workflow
-
- git-debrebase blah [implies start] strips pseudomerge(s)
-
- commit / git-debrebase / etc.
-
- dgit --damp-run push
- hook: call git-debrebase prep-push dgit push does not update remote
- or something, must add patches at least
-
- commit / git-debrebase / etc. strips patches
-
- dgit push
- hook: call git-debrebase prep-push dgit push DOES update remote
-
- commit / git-debrebase / etc. strips last pm, but arranges
- that remade pm will incorporate it
========================================
We check we are ff from remotes before recording new ffq-prev
- ---------- now follows much the same info in different words ----------
-
-1. git-debrebase [-i etc.]
-
- should:
- check for ffq-prev
- if is already a ffq-prev, fine, do no more
- if not:
-
- check our origin branch exists and we are ff from it
- if not fail
-
- check our other might-be-pushed to branches
- check we are ff from them
- if not fail
-
- set ffq-prev to something which is ff from
- all above branches
-
- we use our tip, as discussed above
- (optionally, can use some other commit which is ff
- from all of the above, eg one of them)
-
-N. git-debrebase [--noop-ok] record-ffq-prev
-
- does what is described above
-
-2. git-debrebase [--noop-ok] stitch
-
- makes pseudomerge with ffq-prev
- deletes ffq-prev
-
- we will teach dgit to do
- git-debrebase stitch
- or some such ?
-
-following parts are not implemented and maybe aren't the
-best subcommand names etc.
-
-3. git-debrebase push
-
- like git push only does stitch first
- ??? command line parsing!
-
-4. git-debrebase release
-
- stiches, finalises changelog, signs tags, pushes everything
- for the future, when there is some automatic builder
-
-========================================
-
-import from gbp
-
-what about dgit view branch ?
-ideally, would make pseudomerge over dgit view
-would need to check that dgit view is actually dgit view of
- ond of our ancestors
-failing that first push will need --overwrite
-that is what is currently implemented
-
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how to handle divergence and merges (if not detected soon enough)
~ianmdlvl / dgit.git / blobdiff