git, debian/<version> tags, dgit - namespace proposal

[Raphael Hertzog]

Hi,

On Sun, 15 Nov 2015, Ian Jackson wrote:
> * A request for anyone to say if they know of a reason I shouldn't do
>   this.

I have to agree with Ben. A namespace differing only by the case
is not very helpful.

In DEP-14 we have already "debian/patches/<version>" for the upstream
branch with Debian patches (the kind of thing that you want to submit to
upstream).

You should probably follow this with your own intermediate identifier,
here are some ideas:
- debian/patches-applied/<version>
- debian/unpacked/<version> (referring to the fact that it's an unpacked
  source package)
- debian/source/<version> (same idea)
- debian/raw/<version> (same idea)

Cheers,
-- 
Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer

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