From e4cb4198abba08ab41b4076a1e1d90cd17503f01 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2017 14:11:10 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] dgit: Strip initial newline from Changes line from
 dpkg-parsechangelog

so as to avoid blank line in commit messages.  Closes:#853093.

Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
---
 debian/changelog | 2 ++
 dgit             | 1 +
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index b2c520fc..68fb46e0 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ dgit (3.10~) unstable; urgency=medium
   Bugfixes:
   * dgit: Copy several user.* settings from main tree git local config
     to dgit private workarea.  Closes:#853085.
+  * dgit: Strip initial newline from Changes line from dpkg-parsechangelog
+    so as to avoid blank line in commit messages.  Closes:#853093.
 
   Test suite:
   * quilt-useremail: New test for user config copying (#853085).
diff --git a/dgit b/dgit
index 7ffbb89b..9e60cdac 100755
--- a/dgit
+++ b/dgit
@@ -2317,6 +2317,7 @@ sub generate_commits_from_dsc () {
 
     my $authline = clogp_authline $clogp;
     my $changes = getfield $clogp, 'Changes';
+    $changes =~ s/^\n//; # Changes: \n
     my $cversion = getfield $clogp, 'Version';
 
     if (@tartrees) {
-- 
2.30.2