From: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2017 21:08:51 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: dgit-maint-merge(7): Include instructions to clone existing repo
X-Git-Tag: archive/debian/4.2~37
X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=dgit.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=b405f072572fd2e4e2acaa94562b697bc639b86d

dgit-maint-merge(7): Include instructions to clone existing repo

Signed-off-by: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>
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diff --git a/dgit-maint-merge.7.pod b/dgit-maint-merge.7.pod
index cb9fe4e5..cfbe1c35 100644
--- a/dgit-maint-merge.7.pod
+++ b/dgit-maint-merge.7.pod
@@ -202,7 +202,16 @@ this workflow.  It should be skipped when debianising a new package.
 
 =head2 Existing git history using another workflow
 
-First, dump any existing patch queue:
+First, if you don't already have the git history locally, clone it,
+and obtain the corresponding orig.tar from the archive:
+
+=over 4
+
+    % git clone git.debian.org:collab-maint/foo
+    % cd foo
+    % origtargz
+
+Now dump any existing patch queue:
 
 =over 4