Summary http://lists.sigxcpu.org/pipermail/git-buildpackage/2016-July/000143.html

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= Git-buildpackage skills exchange =
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Last years BoF summary:
http://lists.sigxcpu.org/pipermail/git-buildpackage/2015-August/000042.html

Toolbox for Debian packages in Git
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* Importing upstream tarballs
* Building
* Changelog generation
* debian/patches handling
* Helpers: clone, pull, import-dsc{,s}, create-remote-repo

Changes in 0.8.0
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* additional tarball support
* import-orig rollbacks
* rpm support: buildpackage-rpm(1), rpm-ch(1), mock
* doc updates
* README.source example


Switch defaults for 0.9.0?
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* Switch to DEP14 branch layout by default (#829444)?

        master   → debian/sid
        upstream → upstream/latest
        
        Yes! 👍
  Reference: http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep14/

* Switch to merge-mode=replace by default (#700411)?
* debian/changelog as source?
     * Imply --git-ignore-new with UNRELEASED
     * Imply --git-debian-branch=vendor/dist-from-changelog
     * Make --git-dist=DEP14 the default
     
         Yes!
         
* make --no-patch-numbers the default - Yes

* Why is pristine-tar not default?
  * should be from now on!
* pristine-tar can filter the upstream release tar (debian/copyright)
* gbp clone also fetches the pristine-tar branch
* --git-pristine-tar-commit generates the orig.tar from the git
* --no-patch-numbers lets you omit number in the patch format in patch queues
* How about a command gbp tag <commit>
  * worinking essentially like gbp buildpackage --git-tag --git-tag-only