[Debian-astro-maintainers] Move project from Subversion to debian-astro git

[Leo P. Singer]

Ole Streicher <olebole at debian.org> wrote:

>> Are there instructions for creating a new git-buildpackage style repo
>> under debian-astro?
> 
> The basics: The repo should have three branches:
> 
> * upstream - contains the untarred upstream (without a single top dir),
> 
> * master (or debian) - branches off upstream and adds the debian subdir
> 
> * pristine-tar - is handled by the "pristine-tar" command.
> 
> So, the simple start (from scratch) is
> 
> $ mkdir healpiy
> $ cd healpy
> $ git init
> $ git checkout -b upstream
> $ gbp import-orig ../healpy_3.4.orig.tar.gz
> $ git checkout master
> $ mkdir debian; populate debian
> $ git add debian ; git commit -m "Moved to git"
> $ gbp dch -a
> ....
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Ole

Hi Ole,

Thanks for this. I actually have used git-buildpackage for other projects, so I'm familiar with that part. What I need help with is how to create the new remote repo on alioth.

Best,
Leo