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<sect1 id="gbp.repository">
<title>Repository Layout and Terminology</title>
- <para>The only requirement on the repository layout for using
- &gbp; is, that the branch the debian work is
- being done on is different from the branch the upstream sources are
- being maintained on (this, of course, has no meaning for Debian native
- packages). This is necessary to be able to build upstream tarballs and
- to merge in new upstream versions. To distinguish these two branches
- the following terminology <footnote><para>corresponding to the command
+ <para>It is recommended to have the Debian packaging on a seprate
+ branch than the upstream source <footnote><para>this, of course, has
+ no meaning for Debian native packages</para></footnote>.
+ This is necessary to be able to import
+ and merge in new upstream versions via &gbp-import-orig;.
+ To distinguish these two branches the following terminology
+ <footnote><para>corresponding to the command
line and config file options</para></footnote> is used:
</para>
<itemizedlist>