Re: topgit patches

From: martin f krafft <madduck@debian.org>
Date: Feb 27, 2009, 12:37 UTC
Message-ID: <20090227123731.GA22696@piper.oerlikon.madduck.net>
In-Reply-To: <20090226141548.GA32439@pengutronix.de>

also sprach Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de> [2009.02.26.1515 +0100]:

> If you need help, I'm also interested to co-maintain the debian
> package. Just an offer ...  (I don't know the exact way to become
> a maintainer, if I need to meet a Debian developer, that's no
> problem, I know one.)

The Debian package is pretty trivial to maintain on top of upstream (thanks to topgit), and I am using it a bit as a test-case for workflow experiments. However, if you are interested in packaging, by all means, join me. In that case I'd suggest that you make the 0.6-1 Debian package after 0.6 is out, and I give you some hints up front and then simply stand by to help out.

>  1 move all or most topgit-topic-branches to a private namespace, say
>    refs/top-heads because the patch branches pollute the output of git
>    branch.

But aren't the topic branches essentially also plain Git branches?

>  2 export method that works like the existing linearize but creates
>    branches for topgit branches living in refs/heads and merges these
>    properly without linearisation.
>    (obviously depends on 1)

I am not sure I understand what you are trying to do.

>  3 address topgit bugs on bugs.debian.org

Awesome. I will try to be available for any support you might need. I just can't come up with a sufficiently long stretch of time to see through the next release right now.

Cheers,

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