Re: Status of dgit (good for NMUs and fast-forwarding Debian branches) [LWN.net]

From:		Ian Jackson <ijackson-AT-chiark.greenend.org.uk>
To:		Ben Hutchings <ben-AT-decadent.org.uk>
Subject:		Re: Status of dgit (good for NMUs and fast-forwarding Debian branches)
Date:		Wed, 18 Sep 2013 14:49:47 +0100
Message-ID:		<21049.44923.481572.470840@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
Cc:		Julien Cristau <jcristau-AT-debian.org>, debian-devel-AT-lists.debian.org
Archive-link:		Article, Thread

Ben Hutchings writes ("Re: Status of dgit (good for NMUs and fast-forwarding Debian branches)"):
> Example from sgt-puzzles:
> 
> override_dh_auto_clean:
> 	! [ -f Makefile ] || $(MAKE) clean
> 	$(MAKE) -f Makefile.doc clean
> 	if [ -d .git ]; then				\
> 		git checkout HEAD $(AUTOGEN_FILES);	\
> 	else						\
> 		rm -f $(AUTOGEN_FILES);			\
> 	fi
> 	rm -f po
> 	dh_clean debian/substvars gamedesc.txt version2.def

OMG WTF BBQ

Although I can see that it will work, and work with dgit too.  Hmmm.
Maybe my initial reaction is overblown and I should be thinking "neat
hack".

IWBNI Policy had something to say about what assumptions a package's
build system is allowed to make about the contents of any .git it may
find.

Ian.

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