From: Ian Jackson Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2017 20:43:18 +0000 (+0000) Subject: dgit-maint-merge(7): updates re #852090: suggestions by me X-Git-Tag: archive/debian/3.7~4 X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=dgit.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=fda83f39806c1a476e208bb4f454401c063da121;ds=sidebyside dgit-maint-merge(7): updates re #852090: suggestions by me Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson --- diff --git a/dgit-maint-merge.7.pod b/dgit-maint-merge.7.pod index 47ac4a07..b0f395d9 100644 --- a/dgit-maint-merge.7.pod +++ b/dgit-maint-merge.7.pod @@ -238,16 +238,16 @@ source package format. =head2 Sample text for debian/source/patch-header -It is a good idea to explain how a user can obtain a break down of the +It is a good idea to explain how a user can obtain a breakdown of the changes to the upstream source: =over 4 The Debian packaging of foo is maintained in git, using the merging workflow described in dgit-maint-merge(7). -An automatically generated representation of the Debian changes follows. +There isn't a patch queue that can be represented as a quilt series. -A detailed break down of these changes is available from their +A detailed breakdown of the changes is available from their canonical representation - git commits in the packaging repository. For example, to see the changes made by the Debian maintainer in the @@ -265,6 +265,8 @@ See dgit-maint-merge(7) for more information. (If you have dgit, use dgit clone foo, rather than plain git clone.) +A single combined diff, representating all the changes, follows. + =back Alternatively, this text could be added to README.source. However,