WIP: Switch default Debian branch to 'debian/latest' (Closes: #829444)

As defined by DEP14, the default Debian packaging branch name should be 'debian/latest' instead of 'master. https://dep-team.pages.debian.net/deps/dep14/
agx · Jan 5, 2024 · 2751a7f · 2751a7f
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diff --git a/docs/chapters/cfgfile.xml b/docs/chapters/cfgfile.xml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
     # the default branch for upstream sources
     upstream-branch=upstream
     # the default branch for the debian patch
-    debian-branch=master
+    debian-branch=debian/latest
 
     [buildpackage]
     upstream-branch=dfsgclean
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
       <programlisting>
 	$ export GBP_CONFI_FILES=/does/not/exist
 	$ gbp config buildpackage.debian-branch
-	master
+	debian/latest
       </programlisting>
     </para>
   </sect1>

diff --git a/docs/chapters/import.xml b/docs/chapters/import.xml
@@ -119,13 +119,13 @@ by version number.
 	gbp:info: Importing '../gif2apng-1.9.tar.gz' to branch 'upstream' (filtering out ["'CVS/*'", "'.bzr/*'", "'.hg/*'", "'.svn/*'"])...
 	gbp:info: Source package is gif2apng
 	gbp:info: Upstream version is 1.9
-	gbp:info: Merging to 'master'
+	gbp:info: Merging to 'debian/latest'
 	gbp:error: Automatic merge failed.
 	gbp:error: Error detected, Will roll back changes.
 	gbp:info: Rolling back branch upstream by resetting it to a6733c1f1e190ac0ed4774abc3466e9986a6df5e
 	gbp:info: Rolling back branch pristine-tar by resetting it to 0ee24ac614c920e30af82d602882c2ee841c88e5
 	gbp:info: Rolling back tag upstream/1.9 by deleting it
-	gbp:info: Rolling back branch master by resetting it to ce99782336e83a56e8e579b3cdadf93b0c19e1a8
+	gbp:info: Rolling back branch debian/latest by resetting it to ce99782336e83a56e8e579b3cdadf93b0c19e1a8
 	gbp:info: Rolling back failed merge of upstream/1.9
 	gbp:error: Rolled back changes after import error.
       </programlisting>
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ EOF
     &gitcmd; branch upstream $(&gitcmd; log --format='%H' | tail -1)
 </programlisting>
     The important thing here is that the <envar>COMMIT_ID</envar> specifies a
-    point on the master branch that carried <emphasis>only</emphasis> the
+    point on the debian/latest branch that carried <emphasis>only</emphasis> the
     upstream sources and not the &debian; modifications. The above example
     assumes that this was the first commit to that repository.
     </para>
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ EOF
   <command>git checkout</command> <option>--orphan</option> <replaceable>upstream</replaceable>
   <command>git rm</command> <option>-rf</option> <replaceable>.</replaceable>
   <command>git commit</command> <option>--allow-empty</option> <option>-m</option> <replaceable>'Initial upstream branch.'</replaceable>
-  <command>git checkout</command> <option>-f</option> <replaceable>master</replaceable>
+  <command>git checkout</command> <option>-f</option> <replaceable>debian/latest</replaceable>
   # When not using 3.0 (quilt) with the default --merge-mode=auto
   <command>git merge</command> <option>--allow-unrelated-histories</option> <replaceable>upstream</replaceable>
 </programlisting>
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ upstream-tag = v%(version%.%_)s
     <sect1 id="gbp.branch.naming">
       <title>Branch layout</title>
       <para>
-	By default, &gbp; uses one branch to keep the &debian; packaging called <emphasis>master</emphasis>
+	By default, &gbp; uses one branch to keep the &debian; packaging called <emphasis>debian/latest</emphasis>
 	and a branch to keep the upstream packaging called <emphasis>upstream</emphasis>.
       </para>
       <para>

diff --git a/docs/chapters/intro.xml b/docs/chapters/intro.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 	</para>
 	<itemizedlist>
 	<listitem><para>The <option>debian-branch</option> (the default branch
-	name used in the &git; repository is <emphasis>master</emphasis>) holds
+	name used in the &git; repository is <emphasis>debian/latest</emphasis>) holds
 	your current development work.  That's the branch you usually cut your
 	releases from and the default branch new upstream releases are merged
 	onto.</para></listitem>
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@
 	<listitem><para> There can be one or more <option>patch-queue</option> branches.
 	Every patch-queue branch is related to a
 	<option>debian-branch</option>. If the <option>debian-branch</option> is called
-	<emphasis>master</emphasis>, the corresponding patch-queue branch is
-	called <emphasis>patch-queue/master</emphasis>. The patch-queue branch is 
+	<emphasis>debian/latest</emphasis>, the corresponding patch-queue branch is
+	called <emphasis>patch-queue/debian/latest</emphasis>. The patch-queue branch is
 	the &debian; branch plus the contents of
 	<emphasis>debian/patches</emphasis> applied. These branches are managed
 	with &gbp-pq;.

diff --git a/docs/chapters/special.xml b/docs/chapters/special.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     <option>upstream-branch</option> (by default named
     <emphasis>upstream</emphasis>) as usual and just don't merge to the
     <emphasis>debian-branch</emphasis>  (by default named
-    <emphasis>master</emphasis>):
+    <emphasis>debian/latest</emphasis>):
     </para>
 <programlisting>
   &gbp-import-orig; --no-merge <filename>/path/to/nondfsg-clean-package_10.4.orig.tar.gz</filename>
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
   cleanup-script.sh
   &gitcmd; commit -a -m "Make source dfsg clean"
   &gitcmd; tag <replaceable>10.4.dfsg</replaceable>
-  &gitcmd; checkout <replaceable>master</replaceable>
+  &gitcmd; checkout <replaceable>debian/latest</replaceable>
   &gitcmd; pull <replaceable>.</replaceable> <replaceable>dfsg_clean</replaceable>
 </programlisting>
     </sect1>
@@ -44,21 +44,21 @@
     <title>Importing NMUs</title>
     <para>
     First, create a branch that holds the NMUs from the tip of your
-    <option>debian-branch</option> (default is <emphasis>master</emphasis>) once:
+    <option>debian-branch</option> (default is <emphasis>debian/latest</emphasis>) once:
     </para>
 <programlisting>
-  &gitcmd; <option>branch</option> <replaceable>nmu</replaceable> <replaceable>master</replaceable>
+  &gitcmd; <option>branch</option> <replaceable>nmu</replaceable> <replaceable>debian/latest</replaceable>
 </programlisting>
     <para>
     To import an NMU, change into the git repository and use &gbp-import-dsc;:
     </para>
 <programlisting>
-  &gitcmd; checkout <replaceable>master</replaceable>
+  &gitcmd; checkout <replaceable>debian/latest</replaceable>
   &gbp-import-dsc; <option>--debian-branch</option>=<replaceable>nmu</replaceable> <filename>/path/to/package_1.0-1nmu0.dsc</filename>
 </programlisting>
     <para>
     This will import the NMU onto the branched named <emphasis>nmu</emphasis>
-    instead of the default <option>master</option>. This method can also
+    instead of the default <option>debian/latest</option>. This method can also
     be used to import "old" releases into the &git; repository when migrating
     to &git; from another VCS.
     </para>
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ EOF
     This uses <command>apt-get</command> to download the source package,
     puts the orig tarball on the <option>upstream-branch</option> and the
     &debian; changes on the <option>debian-branch</option> (by default
-    <emphasis>master</emphasis>). The second command
+    <emphasis>debian/latest</emphasis>). The second command
     creates a branch called <emphasis>debian</emphasis>. Now you can easily
     modify the package, revert changes you made, create other branches for
     testing, see what changes you made, etc.  When finished, just do</para>

diff --git a/docs/manpages/gbp-buildpackage-rpm.xml b/docs/manpages/gbp-buildpackage-rpm.xml
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>
           If you're not on this branch when invoking &gbp-buildpackage-rpm; it
-          will fail. Default is <replaceable>master</replaceable>. This is done
+          will fail. Default is <replaceable>debian/latest</replaceable>. This is done
           to make sure you don't accidentally release from a topic branch.  Not
           being on this branch will be ignored when using
           <option>--git-ignore-new</option>.

diff --git a/docs/manpages/gbp-buildpackage.xml b/docs/manpages/gbp-buildpackage.xml
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@
           <listitem>
             <para>
               If you're not on this branch when invoking &gbp-buildpackage; it will
-              fail. Default is <replaceable>master</replaceable>. This is done to
+              fail. Default is <replaceable>debian/latest</replaceable>. This is done to
               make sure you don't accidentally release from a topic branch.  Not
               being on this branch will be ignored when using
               <option>--git-ignore-new</option>.

diff --git a/docs/manpages/gbp-clone.xml b/docs/manpages/gbp-clone.xml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
         </term>
         <listitem>
 	  <para>The branch in the Git repository the Debian package is being
-	  developed on, default is <replaceable>master</replaceable>.</para>
+	  developed on, default is <replaceable>debian/latest</replaceable>.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
       <varlistentry>

diff --git a/docs/manpages/gbp-config.xml b/docs/manpages/gbp-config.xml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
     <screen>
     $ gbp config buildpackage
     buildpackage.upstream-branch=upstream
-    buildpackage.debian-branch=master
+    buildpackage.debian-branch=debian/latest
     ...</screen>
   </refsect1>
   <refsect1>

diff --git a/docs/manpages/gbp-create-remote-repo.xml b/docs/manpages/gbp-create-remote-repo.xml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
         </term>
         <listitem>
 	  <para>The branch in the &git; repository the &debian; package is being
-	  developed on, default is <replaceable>master</replaceable>.</para>
+	  developed on, default is <replaceable>debian/latest</replaceable>.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
       <varlistentry>

diff --git a/docs/manpages/gbp-dch.xml b/docs/manpages/gbp-dch.xml
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>
           The branch in the Git repository the Debian package is being
-          developed on, default is <replaceable>master</replaceable>.
+          developed on, default is <replaceable>debian/latest</replaceable>.
           </para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>

diff --git a/docs/manpages/gbp-import-dsc.xml b/docs/manpages/gbp-import-dsc.xml
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>
           The branch in the &git; repository the debian sources are put
-          onto. Default is <replaceable>master</replaceable>.
+          onto. Default is <replaceable>debian/latest</replaceable>.
           </para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>

diff --git a/docs/manpages/gbp-import-orig.xml b/docs/manpages/gbp-import-orig.xml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
     <para>
       The sources are placed on the upstream branch (default:
       <replaceable>upstream</replaceable>), tagged and merged onto the
-      debian branch (default: <replaceable>master</replaceable>).  This
+      debian branch (default: <replaceable>debian/latest</replaceable>).  This
       is either done using plain <command>git merge</command>
       or by creating a new tree that consists of the new
       upstream version plus the <filename>debian/</filename>
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>
           The branch in the &git; repository the &debian; package is being
-          developed on, default is <replaceable>master</replaceable>. After
+          developed on, default is <replaceable>debian/latest</replaceable>. After
           importing the new sources on the upstream branch, &gbp-import-orig;
           will try to merge the new version onto this branch.
           </para>

diff --git a/docs/manpages/gbp-import-ref.xml b/docs/manpages/gbp-import-ref.xml
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>
             The branch in the &git; repository the &debian; package is being
-            developed on, default is <replaceable>master</replaceable>.
+            developed on, default is <replaceable>debian/latest</replaceable>.
           </para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>

diff --git a/docs/manpages/gbp-import-srpm.xml b/docs/manpages/gbp-import-srpm.xml
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>
           The branch in the &git; repository the packaging files are put
-          onto. Default is <replaceable>master</replaceable>.
+          onto. Default is <replaceable>debian/latest</replaceable>.
           </para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>

diff --git a/docs/manpages/gbp-pq-rpm.xml b/docs/manpages/gbp-pq-rpm.xml
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@
     &gbp-pq-rpm; makes it easy to do source code development on a separate
     development branch (patch-queue branch in Debian git-buildpackage terms).
     For example, if the packaging files would be stored in
-    <replaceable>master</replaceable> the associated development branch would
-    be <replaceable>development/master</replaceable>.
+    <replaceable>debian/latest</replaceable> the associated development branch would
+    be <replaceable>development/debian/latest</replaceable>.
     </para>
   </refsect1>
   <refsect1>

diff --git a/docs/manpages/gbp-pq.xml b/docs/manpages/gbp-pq.xml
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@
     3.0 (quilt) source format. With &gbp-pq;, you can maintain the quilt patches
     that should be applied to a package on a separate branch called patch-queue
     branch. So if your &debian; package lives on
-    <replaceable>master</replaceable>, the associated patch-queue branch will be
-    called <replaceable>patch-queue/master</replaceable>.
+    <replaceable>debian/latest</replaceable>, the associated patch-queue branch will be
+    called <replaceable>patch-queue/debian/latest</replaceable>.
     </para>
     <para>
     See <ulink url="https://honk.sigxcpu.org/projects/git-buildpackage/manual-html/gbp.patches.html"></ulink>

diff --git a/docs/manpages/gbp-pull.xml b/docs/manpages/gbp-pull.xml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
         </term>
         <listitem>
 	  <para>The branch in the Git repository the Debian package is being
-	  developed on, default is <replaceable>master</replaceable>.</para>
+	  developed on, default is <replaceable>debian/latest</replaceable>.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
       <varlistentry>

diff --git a/docs/manpages/gbp-rpm-ch.xml b/docs/manpages/gbp-rpm-ch.xml
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>
           The branch in the Git repository the package is being developed on,
-          default is <replaceable>master</replaceable>.
+          default is <replaceable>debian/latest</replaceable>.
           </para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>

diff --git a/docs/manpages/gbp-tag.xml b/docs/manpages/gbp-tag.xml
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>
             If you're not on this branch when invoking &gbp-tag; it will
-            fail. Default is <replaceable>master</replaceable>. This is done to
+            fail. Default is <replaceable>debian/latest</replaceable>. This is done to
             make sure you don't accidentally tag on the wrong branch.  Not
             being on this branch will be ignored when using
             <option>--ignore-branch</option>.