How to package a Git repository
I would like to build (S)RPMs directly from a Git repository (which
contains the .spec file in the top-level directory). This is for a
CI-style project, with a quick release cycle.
I have a Lua script fragment which generates a proper SRPM with the
mock-scm target in COPR, and which is also compatible with “fedpkg
srpm”. But rpmbuild strips leading path components from Source: and
Patch: references, so this only works if all files are in a single
directory.
Are there any alternatives that work in COPR, EPEL and Fedora proper?
I think it's strange that I have to put a tarball somewhere just for
RPM's sake if there is no separate upstream, and there are no upstream
releases as a result. It's just an annoyance and yet another step that
can go wrong in various ways.
Thanks,
Florian