localpkg helper script for fedpkg -- take two

[Jesse Keating]

On 2/14/11 8:51 AM, Martin Langhoff wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 4:11 PM, Martin Langhoff
> <martin.langhoff at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> If you are using or experimenting with fedpkg, I am putting some
>> simple helper bits in an accessory "localpkg" python script (at
>> http://dev.laptop.org/git/users/martin/localpkg
>
> Updated and added a README -
>
> lpkg - some extra commands to complement fedpkg
>
> Getting started
>
>   - You have your fedpkg-style checkouts tracking spec files
>     and patches. We'll put them in ~/fpkg for this tour.
>
>   - You have the actual src code checkouts. They use git.
>     We'll have them in ~/src for this tour.
>
> Install
>
>   - clone localpkg into your ~/src
>   - $ ln -s ~/src/localpkg/lpkg ~/bin/lpkg
>
> Use
>
>   - $ cd ~/src/sugar # hack, commit. lpkg will help you build
>     (with fedpkg) from the tip of HEAD of this checkout.
>     Use git describe to see the "version" that will be set
>     in the resulting RPMs and SRPMs.
>
>   - $ cd ~/fpkg/sugar # make sure you are in the right branch.
>     fedpkg "guesses" the build target based on the name of the
>     remote branch you are tracking.
>
>   - $ git config --set lpkg.checkout ~/src/sugar
>     alternatively, you can pass --git-checkout to lpkg
>
>   - $ lpkg prep # prepares spec and source tarball
>     $ fedpkg local # builds it locally
>     $ lpkg lint # run rpmlint :-)
>     ... # test it! does it work?
>     $ lpkg publish # scp to dev.laptop.org:public_rpms/<dist>/
>
> cheers,
>
>
>
> m

This looks like good stuff.  There is another similar project that even 
predated fedpkg, called Tito.  https://github.com/dgoodwin/tito  There 
might be some things of interest to you there.

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