On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 10:47 AM, Ian Jackson
<ijack...@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
> Ian Jackson writes ("Re: Bug#865446: dgit: want improved quilt failure
> messages"):
>> Felipe Sateler writes ("Bug#865446: dgit: want improved quilt failure
>> messages"):
>> > | dgit: quilt differences: src: ## orig ## gitignores: == orig ==
>> > | dgit: quilt differences: HEAD ## o+d/p HEAD == o+d/p
>> > | dgit: --quilt=gbp specified, implying patches-unapplied git tree
>> > | dgit: but git tree differs from orig in upstream files.
> ...
>> > 1. Remove the first two lines. They are very confusing for the
>> > uninitiated. I still don't grok what they mean.
> ...
>> This information is extremely useful to a dgit developer and I don't
>> want to drop it. I'd be open to changing `quilt differences' to
>> something more obviously inclined to have the user ignore it.
>
> How about
>
> | dgit: experts' info: src: ## orig ## gitignores: == orig ==
> | dgit: experts' info: HEAD ## o+d/p HEAD == o+d/p
>
> ?
I've been thinking a bit about this. If this is important to keep, I
guess it's fine if the relevant git diff command is printed too.
Ignoring the part one does not understand seems doable.
Alternatively, dgit could grow a --debug or --verbose flag printing
these details that are useful for debugging.
--
Saludos,
Felipe Sateler
