gitattributes: Suppress transformations in our cloned trees

The user wants a checkout of the actual source tree, so that their
checkout and the source package are identical.

Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>

diff --git a/dgit b/dgit
index 0df3f7534a1872b3a11615232679a110ca347b6a..db8d1f72bbbc8ed4aedab90868cc03d21970d6bc 100755 (executable)
--- a/dgit
+++ b/dgit
@@ -3367,6 +3367,7 @@ END
 sub setup_new_tree () {
     setup_mergechangelogs();
     setup_useremail();
 sub setup_new_tree () {
     setup_mergechangelogs();
     setup_useremail();

+    setup_gitattrs();

 }
 
 sub multisuite_suite_child ($$$) {
 }
 
 sub multisuite_suite_child ($$$) {

diff --git a/dgit.7 b/dgit.7
index c3e581853701e1b820d53cdb8be3f52b511cd04b..acc7cc1a36d71f3dfc67b740ff3aa31a4e1663f2 100644 (file)
--- a/dgit.7
+++ b/dgit.7
@@ -221,6 +221,12 @@ they can cause trouble,
 because the working tree files can differ from
 the git revision history
 (and therefore from the source packages).
 because the working tree files can differ from
 the git revision history
 (and therefore from the source packages).

+
+So dgit clone
+and dgit setup-new-tree
+disable transforming gitattributes
+by default,
+by creating a .git/info/attributes.

 .SH PACKAGE SOURCE FORMATS
 If you are not the maintainer, you do not need to worry about the
 source format of the package.  You can just make changes as you like
 .SH PACKAGE SOURCE FORMATS
 If you are not the maintainer, you do not need to worry about the
 source format of the package.  You can just make changes as you like