On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 05:11:15AM -0800, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: > >>>>> "Roger" == Roger Leigh <rleigh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > Roger> Except in this case I'm storing the content of *tarballs* (along with > Roger> pristine-tar). I'm committing exactly what's in the tarball with > Roger> no changes (this is a requirement). I can't change the source prior > Roger> to commit. > > If you're not doing distributed source code development, why are you using > git? It's hard to be angry at a screwdriver for not pounding in nails > properly. Err, it *is* being used for distributed development... of Debian packaging. We track upstream releases on one branch, merge this periodically onto the master branch containing the Debian packaging infrastructure, and also have other bits such as a continually-rebased patches branch to generate quilt patch series from. I think you'll find we do actually need to use git. > Sounds like you want rsync or something. I think not! Perhaps if you read my original mail, you might understand the reasoning behind this (whether you consider that valid reasoning or not is another matter). Regards, Roger -- .''`. Roger Leigh : :' : Debian GNU/Linux http://people.debian.org/~rleigh/ `. `' Printing on GNU/Linux? http://gutenprint.sourceforge.net/ `- GPG Public Key: 0x25BFB848 Please GPG sign your mail. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
