From b405f072572fd2e4e2acaa94562b697bc639b86d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sean Whitton Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2017 14:08:51 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] dgit-maint-merge(7): Include instructions to clone existing repo Signed-off-by: Sean Whitton --- dgit-maint-merge.7.pod | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) 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 -- 2.30.2