[Neurodebian-users] Question about gbp.conf

[Yaroslav Halchenko]

NB further discussion will happen in neurodebian-devel

On Mon, 07 May 2012, Hänel Nikolaus Valentin wrote:
> ddc13667cffe822858a325adefcdf2dbe1ef1dd5 tagrefs/tags/release/3.0_beta.20120503.1

> upstream-tag = release/%(version)s
> debian-tag = debian/%(version)s

> However, when I run git buildpackage, I get:

> zsh» git buildpackage
> [...]
> psignifit_3.0~beta.20120503.1.orig.tar.gz does not exist, creating from 'master'
> [...]

hm, my bet would be ~ -> _ git tagging translation obscures it...


> I couldn't find details on the syntax for upstream-tag in:
> http://honk.sigxcpu.org/projects/git-buildpackage/manual-html/gbp.man.git.import.orig.html
> But maybe here someone knows?

I don't think you have missed anything, besides this oddity with ~...
may be more recent version have it addressed...

I believe you can force it to use specific tag with e.g.

--git-upstream-branch=release/3.0_beta.20120503.1

to build you the corresponding .orig.tar.gz

alternatively -- if you have this pushed you could set your debian/watch
so it monitors github's tags, and fetches tarball from there

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