Package: git-buildpackage
Version: 0.4.11
Severity: minor
Tags: patch

Hi,

The documentation (particularly docs/chapters/building.sgml) recommends to use 
the "build-area" option in gbp.conf files if git-buildpackage should use a 
separate build directory. But since git-buildpackage has no --git-build-area 
option, this does not work. Using "export-dir" instead of "build-area" works 
and has the desired effect. A patch which replaces build-area with export-dir 
in the documentation is attached.

Thanks,
Frank
From 79945a5376183d359118e2075ffa23ec3669c33a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Frank S. Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 13:50:44 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Use export-dir instead of build-area in gbp.conf because git-buildpackage has no --git-build-area option.

---
 docs/chapters/building.sgml |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/chapters/building.sgml b/docs/chapters/building.sgml
index 4fb85fb..ab43125 100644
--- a/docs/chapters/building.sgml
+++ b/docs/chapters/building.sgml
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@
 <programlisting>
 [git-buildpackage]
 # use a build area relative to the git repository
-build-area=../build-area
+export-dir=../build-area
 # to use the same build area for all packages use an absolute path:
-#build-area=/home/debian-packages/build-area
+#export-dir=/home/debian-packages/build-area
 </programlisting>
     </sect1>
 </chapter>
-- 
1.5.3.7

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