[Git-dpm-user] What is the official git-dpm way to delete a patch?; I have found another bug.

[Paul Elliott]

On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 09:44:56PM +0200, Bernhard R. Link wrote:
> * Paul Elliott <pelliott at blackpatchpanel.com> [130828 06:25]:
> > What is the official git-dpm way to delete a patch
> > that is not wanted anymore? The public branches
> > have been pushed and so cannot be changed, only added
> > to.
> >
> > The way I have been doing it is
> >  git-dpm checkout-patched  #checkout patched branch
> >  rebase -i                 #remove commit that coresponds to the patch
> >  git-dpm update-patches    #go back to master with patch deleted in new commits
> >
> >
> > Is this the correct way to remove an unwanted patch?
> 
> Yes, it is indeed the correct one. (Except when you drop the last patch
> then you need a --allow-revert to update-patches to avoid the
> child-proof).

In that case, I have found another bug.

If you have a patch that deletes a file, and then
delete that patch, the file should reappear.
It does on the patched branch, but when update-patches
happens the deleted file does not reappear on the master
branch.

If you do a dpkg-source -b on the master branch directory, dpkg-source
notices the discrepancy of the deleted file and gives you a warning.


I have an example of this that I can send you on request.



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