Re: Debianized upstream source branch name

On Tue, 2025-11-18 at 16:20 +0500, Andrey Rakhmatullin wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 18, 2025 at 11:13:42AM +0000, Nick Morrott wrote:
> > > > If in doubt, always check to see if debian/gbp.conf exists and
> > > > what
> > > > debian-branch is set to.
> > > 
> > > And in which branch would you look for this file?
> > 
> > I generally check the default gbp clone branch first! 
> 
> In most cases this already answers the question.
> It doesn't only when the maintainer forgot (or most likely didn't
> know 
> how/didn't know they need it) to change it on salsa when changing the
> debian-branch from one to another.
> 
> > For each of those 3 repos, I seemingly end up on the default branch
> > (which is different for each repo), which seems to be what the OP
> > wants. 
> 
> > That's the branch I would look in for a d/gbp.conf file.
> 
> As I said, this step is unnecessary because you alreadu have the
> answer. 
> Also, it will always contain the name of current branch or none (or
> be 
> incorrect).
> 
> > Additionally, the OP could also:
> > 
> > i) inspect the repo on the salsa web interface and see which branch
> > is
> > marked as default
> > ii) download the debian source package and inspect the gbp.conf
> > file if present
> > iii) check Peter's remote interrogation solution
> 
> True.
> Though it depends on the problem being solved.
> 


Thanks all, I'll update the wiki to clarify that each project has their
own branches definitions and what can one do to learn them.

Cheers,
Aeliton