Hi Goswin,
thanks for the very interesing and profound answer.
On Mi, 20 Jan 2010, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> Bug #557623: Quilt should remember where it first got patches and
> series from
Good idea.
> > $ quilt new
> > ... bummer, there is now ./patches in my git repository
>
> Same as above. Major hassle.
Agreed.
> QUILT_PATCHES=debian/patches quilt new new-patch
> QUILT_PATCHES=debian/patches quilt add file
> edit file
> QUILT_PATCHES=debian/patches quilt refresh
What I am doing.
> The other thing is how to manage the source in version control now.
> Do you commit the source with all patches applied? Or all patches
> unapplied? Who makes sure that all patches are applied/unapplied and
> refresh for a commit?
I have all patches unapplied, and I want it that way. If I develop
and change something I do quilt push/pop/refresh myself. This can
NOT be automated anyway, becasue it needs often human intervention.
So I *really* like quilt for that, and I have converted long time
ago all packages from dpatch to quilt for that.
Again, I keep all the source unpatches. Actually I don't see
*why* they should be patched in the repository. I prefer having
several quilt patches for different thigns, and an automatic system cannot
know which change in which file belongs to which patch.
> I think to really make 3.0 (quilt) format with git comfortable you
> need more infrastructure in git-buildpackage and something like
> topgit. For each patch you create a branch and git-buildpackage would
> convert those into quilt patches and build then. The debian/patches
> dir itself probably shouldn't be in git at all. But that is just an
> idea, not a tried and working solution.
Maybe, but I have no intention to work on that since AFAIS the quilt
by itself does what I needd.
The only advantage that is really nice is the debian.tar.g with binary files.
> Give it time so proper tools for 3.0 (quilt) support can develope and
> then give it another try.
Maybe, ... but not now.
Best wishes
Norbert
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