Sean Whitton writes ("Re: Bug#812721: gbp could filter out Files-Excluded:
entries when committing to the pristine-tar branch"):
> It is useful to provide the full upstream git history to users because
> they can use tools like `git bisect` to figure out how to fix bugs. The
> packaging history alone is much more coarse grained.
Also, tools like "git blame somefile.c" etc. will work properly. A
user who is trying to fix bugs may want the history for precisely the
same reason as the Debian upstream and maintainers want it.
Personally, I think we do our users a huge disservice when we treat
the git history as something "internal to Debian" or "for the
maintainer's use".
Ian.
