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| author | Guido Günther <agx@sigxcpu.org> | 2009-09-16 23:47:44 +0200 |
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| committer | Guido Günther <agx@sigxcpu.org> | 2009-09-16 23:59:56 +0200 |
| commit | 8a9b81302edcf0bc23c365f13432dc21b77fbdad (patch) | |
| tree | ce74fceed4953fb5846521be8ed1a402bd6560e0 /docs/chapters/building.sgml | |
| parent | 78bcf5e946c0c7237ab2cbf97f82d75f5bb34d79 (diff) | |
mention pristine-tar branch and pristine-tar
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/chapters/building.sgml | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/docs/chapters/building.sgml b/docs/chapters/building.sgml index 5b8326a..d0687e9 100644 --- a/docs/chapters/building.sgml +++ b/docs/chapters/building.sgml @@ -16,7 +16,14 @@ one by looking at the tag matching the upstream version, if no tag can be found it uses the tip of the current <option>upstream-branch</option>. Any other treeish object to create the upstream tarball from can be given with - the <option>--upstream-branch</option> option.</para> + the <option>--upstream-branch</option> option. + </para><para> + If you want to recreate the original tarball using the additional + information from the <option>pristine-tar branch</option> you have to + specify the <option>--pristine-tar</option> option. This will make sure the + upstream tarball matches exactly the one imported. Using this option is the + recommended way of recreating the upstream tarball. + </para> <para>Once you're satisfied with the build and want to do a release you commit all your changes and issue:</para> <screen> |