git-buildpackage and topgit (was: Introductory mail)

[martin f krafft]

also sprach Guido Günther <agx at sigxcpu.org> [2008.09.29.1053 +0200]:
> > If git-buildpackage expects master, then it is inflexible; you
> > should be able to tell it to build from build.
> git-buildpackage builds from any branch you tell it to.

I will have to look at git-buildpackage one of these days.

Have you looked at topgit:debian/README.source? Do you think
git-buildpackage could help automate this process?

Can git-buildpackage use information stored in the repository, such
as which branch to build from? It would be handy to be able to tell
people just to use git-buildpackage without expecting them to pass
the right branch name.

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