[Pkg-systemd-maintainers] Switching the git repository to git-buildpackage

[Martin Pitt]

Tollef Fog Heen [2014-02-13 14:07 +0100]:
> > Would that also entail moving to a proper 3.0 (quilt) layout? As it is
> > now, it is impossible to see which changes the Debian package has
> > against upstream, grouped by hunks which conceptually belong together
> > (i. e. what pretty much every other package in the archive does).
> 
> It does that already.

If it's possible somehow, I wouldn't know how. This repository does
not seem to use anything like stacked git to maintain the changes that
conceptually belong together (e. g. "adjust to Debian's locale and
timezone config files") in a separate stack which would then become a
debian/patches/mychange.patch on export. But then again, most of
gitpkg is an undiscoverable mystery to me, so I'm curious how you do
that? This would really make some nice debian/README.source.

Moreover, could the source package then be exported in a way to create
readable patches instead of lumping everything together in one single
patch?

Thanks in advance!

Martin
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