converting the vlc packaging branch to git

[Free Ekanayaka]

Hi,

|--==> On Sun, 28 Dec 2008 22:31:26 +0100, Loïc Minier <lool at dooz.org> said:

  LM> On Sun, Dec 28, 2008, Reinhard Tartler wrote:
  >>- the "upstream branch" should share the history of 
  >>git://git.videolan.org/vlc.git

  LM>  Are you confident with this?  The problem is that autogenerated files
  LM>  such as Makefile.in aren't in the upstream history, these are only in
  LM>  the released tarballs; this means that the tree you manipulate is
  LM>  different from the extracted Debian source package made from upstream
  LM>  tarball + diff.

  LM>  I find it much clearer to import tarballs in the git tree.

Me too. If you have to track the upstream git repository I'd suggest
using a third branch, like:

master (upstream + debian packaging)
upstream (upstream tarball releases, imported with git-import-orig)
upstream-devel (head of upstream git repository)

Ciao!

Free