Bug#625940: /usr/bin/debcheckout: [debcheckout] make “--git-track='*'” the default ?

[Charles Plessy]

Le Sat, May 12, 2012 at 07:38:36AM +0200, Andreas Tille a écrit :
> 
> we have some record on our Debian Med mailing lists that I several times
> endet up with a clone that did not contained pristine-tar branch and I
> admit that I will forget this additional detail also in the future.  I
> have no idea about internals but IMHO it would be a very good idea if
> git-buildpackage would work out of the box without specifying additional
> options.

Dear devscripts maintainer,

I would like to ask again if it would be acceptable to make --git-track='*' the
default for debcheckout, since it does not consume more disk space or bandwith.

If yes, shall I commit the change ?

If no, how about closing that bug ?

Cheers,

-- 
Charles Plessy
Debian Med packaging team,
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-med
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan