X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=dgit.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=dgit-sponsorship.7.pod;h=ed37ff5f1107956f49536a93850d52778ea28b81;hp=67d064767eb200e5f25c87a12a96c8f7c50d890c;hb=476be97f847c7dd52a98647ed9f4240791ff380e;hpb=7b057ccd4fca9ada5be78a3a92513f7734d51aff

diff --git a/dgit-sponsorship.7.pod b/dgit-sponsorship.7.pod
index 67d06476..ed37ff5f 100644
--- 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.
 
-=head1 GIT+ORIGS BASED HANDOFF
+=head2 git+origs based handoff
 
 The elements of the handoff consists of:
 
@@ -71,7 +71,10 @@ The git branch.
 
 =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 *
 
@@ -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.
 
-=head2 git branch
+=head3 git branch
+
+=over 4
 
 The sponsee should push their HEAD as a git branch
 to any suitable git server.
@@ -108,13 +113,25 @@ 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.
 
-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
 
@@ -132,9 +149,14 @@ or attach to the e-mail,
 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.
 
-=head2 quilt options
+=back
+
+=head3 quilt options
+
+=over 4
 
 Some workflows involve git branches which are not natively
 dgit-compatible.
@@ -168,12 +190,19 @@ 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,
-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,
 against the handoff email.
 
+Confirm that the sponsee has not made
+a debian/1.2.3-1 tag.
+If they have,
+it is best to ask them to delete it now,
+as it can cause confusion later when dgit push produces its own tag.
+
 Now you can check out the branch tip,
 and do your substantive review.
 
@@ -185,9 +214,8 @@ you can convert their tree into the standard dgit view:
 
 =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
 
@@ -248,6 +276,17 @@ Then:
 
 =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.