.gitignore (was Re: Help offered with xwax package)

[Jaromír Mikeš]

2016-08-11 10:43 GMT+02:00 IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU)
<umlaeute at debian.org>:

Hi IOhannes and others,

> - add ".gitignore" to the Files-Excluded stanza in d/copyright *without*
> warranting a "~repack" suffix in the version (i guess this is justified,
> since dpkg-source ignores the file anyhow).
> even better would be to nag the developers of gbp to just not include
> this file on import-orig (i'm not sure about the prospects of this
> suggestion though).
> - suggest (in [3] to use a postclone hook that ignores Debian-toolchain
> artefacts via .git/info/exclude
> even better would be to nag the developers of gbp to automatically
> ignore /.pc/ if the source-format is "3.0 quilt"  (i've already done
> that [4], but it seems that with the advent of postclone hooks they
> think this is none-of-their-business).
>
> what do others think*?

to simplify work with upstream .gitignore file would by very welcome.
In many cases is only reason for repacking.
I'm not sure which approach is technically best,
but "Files-Excluded stanza in d/copyright *without* warranting a
"~repack" suffix"
seam to be easiest and totally acceptable for me.
Of course if git-import-orig would ignore upstream .gitignore file it
would be even better.

best regards

mira