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diff --git a/doc/dev_manual.rst b/doc/dev_manual.rst index 5671e8dae..1c61e3a70 100644 --- a/doc/dev_manual.rst +++ b/doc/dev_manual.rst @@ -1314,6 +1314,12 @@ Finally, call ``git ptx-patches`` to regenerate the patch series in the ``patches/foo-1.1.0`` folder. This way they don't get lost when cleaning the package. +.. note:: PTXdist will only create a Git repository for packages with + patches. To use Git to generate the first patch, create an empty series + file ``patches/foobar-1.1.0/series`` before extracting the packages. This + will tell PTXdist to use Git anyways and ``git ptx-patches`` will put the + patches there. + Both approaches (Git and quilt) are not suitable for modifying files that are autogenerated in autotools-based buildsystems. Refer to section :ref:`configure_rebuild` on how PTXdist can |