The foo branch format is ...
Branch format
- A git clone of the packaging branch contains
- ...
If Debian has patched any of the upstream files, e.g. README.md,
- ...
- There is no particular git history required, so long as ... / The
- git history must have the form specified by ...
- The upstream source is obtained from ...
The .dsc format is ...
dgit push supports this workflow with ...
Common workflow elements
Often there are multiple ways of doing the same task.
New upstream version
Editing the delta queue
Adding new patches
Building source and binary packages
Forwarding patches upstream
Incorporating NMUs
Advantages