From: Ian Jackson Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2016 17:28:26 +0000 (+0100) Subject: dgit-maint-merge(7): Mention what to do if upstream make good tarballs X-Git-Tag: archive/debian/2.5~15 X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=dgit.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=f4abf9e82d21a452741f53bd0ca67c1b087908d4;hp=1cc88d94aef2a09baa3f0cbeb1a1c652f639523b dgit-maint-merge(7): Mention what to do if upstream make good tarballs Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson --- diff --git a/dgit-maint-merge.7.pod b/dgit-maint-merge.7.pod index 6d0db991..7391daf5 100644 --- a/dgit-maint-merge.7.pod +++ b/dgit-maint-merge.7.pod @@ -52,6 +52,16 @@ compress orig tarballs: =head1 INITIAL DEBIANISATION +=head2 When upstream tags releases in git and releases identical tarballs + +Ideally upstream would make git tags, and tarball releases, which are +completely identical to each other. If this is the case then you can +use the upstream tarballs directly. + +If you're not sure, use the procedure below under "When upstream +releases only tarballs" only with a different upstream tag name. Then +use git diff to check that there are no differences. + =head2 When upstream tags releases in git Suppose that the latest stable upstream release is 1.2.2, and this has