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[dgit.git] / dgit-sponsorship.7.pod

diff --git a/dgit-sponsorship.7.pod b/dgit-sponsorship.7.pod
index 67d064767eb200e5f25c87a12a96c8f7c50d890c..8d5b72daa2de1e42b11820c132cda72c260d3ce9 100644 (file)
--- a/dgit-sponsorship.7.pod
+++ b/dgit-sponsorship.7.pod
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ options to dgit, or
 C<dgit --gbp> or C<dgit --dpm>,
 you must specify that in your handoff email - see below.
 
 C<dgit --gbp> or C<dgit --dpm>,
 you must specify that in your handoff email - see below.
 

-=head1 GIT+ORIGS BASED HANDOFF
+=head2 git+origs based handoff

 
 The elements of the handoff consists of:
 
 
 The elements of the handoff consists of:
 


@@ -71,7 +71,10 @@ The git branch.
 
 =item *
 
 
 =item *
 

-Any .orig tarballs which will be needed.
+Any .orig tarballs which will be needed,
+or sample git-archive(1)
+or gbp-buildpackage(1)
+command(s) to generate them.

 
 =item *
 
 
 =item *
 


@@ -92,7 +95,9 @@ the elements above should be a in a single, signed, message.
 This could be an RFS submission
 against the sponsorship-requests pseudo-package.
 
 This could be an RFS submission
 against the sponsorship-requests pseudo-package.
 

-=head2 git branch
+=head3 git branch
+
+=over 4

 
 The sponsee should push their HEAD as a git branch
 to any suitable git server.
 
 The sponsee should push their HEAD as a git branch
 to any suitable git server.


@@ -102,19 +107,29 @@ alioth is another possibility.
 The branch names used by the sponsee on their local machine,
 and on the server, do not matter.
 
 The branch names used by the sponsee on their local machine,
 and on the server, do not matter.
 

-The sponsee should not make a C<debian/>I<version> tag.
-

 Instead, the sponsee should include the
 git commit id of their HEAD
 in their handover email.
 
 Instead, the sponsee should include the
 git commit id of their HEAD
 in their handover email.
 

-=head2 orig tarballs
+=back
+
+=head3 orig tarballs
+
+=over 4

 
 If there are any .origs that are not in the archive already,
 the sponsor will need them as part of the upload.
 
 
 If there are any .origs that are not in the archive already,
 the sponsor will need them as part of the upload.
 

-The simplest approach is to
-commit them with pristine-tar(1), e.g.
+If the sponsee generated these tarballs with git-archive(1)
+or gbp-buildpackage(1),
+they can simply include a sample invocation of git-archive(1)
+or ensure that a suitable gbp.conf is present
+in the source package
+to generate the tarball.
+
+Otherwise, the simplest approach is to
+commit the orig tarballs
+with pristine-tar(1), e.g.

 
 =over 4
 
 
 =over 4
 


@@ -132,9 +147,14 @@ or attach to the e-mail,
 if they are small.
 
 The sponsee should quote sha256sums of the .origs in their
 if they are small.
 
 The sponsee should quote sha256sums of the .origs in their

-handoff email.
+handoff email,
+unless they supplied commands to generate them.
+
+=back

 
 

-=head2 quilt options
+=head3 quilt options
+
+=over 4

 
 Some workflows involve git branches which are not natively
 dgit-compatible.
 
 Some workflows involve git branches which are not natively
 dgit-compatible.


@@ -168,7 +188,8 @@ Use C<git fetch> or C<git clone> to obtain the git branch
 prepared by your sponsee,
 and obtain any .origs mentioned by the sponsee
 (to extract .origs committed with pristine-tar,
 prepared by your sponsee,
 and obtain any .origs mentioned by the sponsee
 (to extract .origs committed with pristine-tar,

-you can use origtargz(1).)
+you can use origtargz(1),
+or use "gbp clone --pristine-tar".)

 
 Check the git commit ID of the sponsee's branch tip,
 and the sha256sums of the .origs,
 
 Check the git commit ID of the sponsee's branch tip,
 and the sha256sums of the .origs,


@@ -185,9 +206,8 @@ you can convert their tree into the standard dgit view:
 
 =over 4
 
 
 =over 4
 

-    % dgit -wgf quilt-fixup
-    [ Watch for a message about split brain, and if so: ]
-    % git checkout -b dgit-view-for-review refs/dgit-intern/quilt-cache
+    % dgit -wgf --quilt=foo --dgit-view-save=unquilted quilt-fixup
+    % git checkout unquilted

 
 =back
 
 
 =back
 


@@ -217,8 +237,20 @@ or similar, to to the build, and then
 C<dgit -wgf [--quilt=...] push>
 to do the upload.
 
 C<dgit -wgf [--quilt=...] push>
 to do the upload.
 

-(If you switched to the quilt-cache dgit view,
-B<do not> pass the --quilt or --gbp or --dpm option again.)
+Check whether the sponsee made a debian/I<version> tag.
+If they did,
+ensure you have their tag in the repository you are pushing from,
+or pass C<--no-dep14tag>.
+This avoids identically named, non-identical tags,
+which can be confusing.
+
+(It is possible to upload from
+the quilt-cache dgit view.
+If you want to do this,
+B<do not> pass the C<--quilt> or C<--gbp> or C<--dpm> options again,
+and B<do> pass C<--no-dep14tag>,
+since the debian/I<version> tag
+should go on the sponsee's branch.)

 
 If this was the first upload done with dgit,
 you may need to pass
 
 If this was the first upload done with dgit,
 you may need to pass


@@ -248,6 +280,17 @@ Then:
 
 =back
 
 
 =back
 

+Or for an entirely new package:
+
+=over 4
+
+    % mkdir PACKAGE
+    % cd PACKAGE
+    % git init
+    % dgit -pPACKAGE import-dsc /path/to/sponsee's.dsc +sponsee
+
+=back
+

 This will leave you looking at the sponsee's package,
 formatted as a dgit branch.
 
 This will leave you looking at the sponsee's package,
 formatted as a dgit branch.