David Bremner writes ("Bug#908417: dgit does not handle debian/.gitignore
missing from source package"):
> Package: dgit
> Version: 6.11
> Severity: normal
>
> notmuch had until recently "tar-ignore" in debian/source/options so
> that a default set of VCS related things is dropped from the source
> package, and (still has) a debian/.gitignore. This means that dgit is
> sad because the source packagee does not match the git view, and
> e.g. push-source fails.
I'm sorry to be dim, but I don't understand what you think the bug in
dgit is ? dgit's design principle is that the source package and git
tree are idnntical. Are you arguing that this is not correct ?
Or is the problem that dgit cannot be used to nmu a package with
tar-ignore in debian/source/options ? dgit passes an explicit -I
option to dpkg-source which I think should override
debian/source/options. And if the uploader did not use dgit push then
the .gitignore would be missing anyway.
Ian.
