[med-svn] r17454 - trunk/community/website/docs

[Charles Plessy]

Author: plessy
Date: 2014-07-12 12:48:44 +0000 (Sat, 12 Jul 2014)
New Revision: 17454

Modified:
   trunk/community/website/docs/policy.xml
Log:
Mention gbp-clone side-to-side with debcheckout.


Modified: trunk/community/website/docs/policy.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/community/website/docs/policy.xml	2014-07-12 05:13:50 UTC (rev 17453)
+++ trunk/community/website/docs/policy.xml	2014-07-12 12:48:44 UTC (rev 17454)
@@ -136,10 +136,21 @@
 <command>debcheckout</command> <option>--user</option> <replaceable><username></replaceable> <replaceable>svn://svn.debian.org/debian-med/trunk/packages/<package>/trunk</replaceable> <replaceable><package></replaceable>
 <command>debcheckout</command> <option>--user</option> <replaceable><username></replaceable> <replaceable>git://git.debian.org/debian-med/<package>.git</replaceable> <option>--git-track <replaceable>'*'</replaceable></option></programlisting> 
 						</para>
+						<para>
+						  For packages managed with Git, the option <option>--git-track</option>
+						  ensures that the clone has all the branches tracked.  This is
+						  needed when using the <link linkend="git-buildpackage">git-buildpackage</link>
+						  helper.  Alternatively to <command>debcheckout</command>, the command
+						  <command>gbp-clone</command> will also track the relevant branches:<programlisting>
+<command>gbp-clone</command> <replaceable>git+ssh://git.debian.org/git/debian-med/<package>.git</replaceable></programlisting>
+						</para>
 					</listitem>
 					<listitem>
 						<para>
-							For read-only access, remove the <option>--user</option> option.
+							For read-only access with <command>debcheckout</command>, remove
+							the <option>--user</option> option.  With <command>gbp-clone</command>,
+							use an anonymous URL like the following:<programlisting>
+<command>gbp-clone</command> <replaceable>git://anonscm.debian.org/debian-med/<package>.git</replaceable></programlisting>
 						</para>
 					</listitem>
 				</itemizedlist>