[git-buildpackage] gbp push without upstream branch

[Markus Blatt]

Hi,

Am Wed, Jan 28, 2026 at 02:59:53PM +0100 schrieb Guido Günther:
>On Wed, Jan 28, 2026 at 01:52:06PM +0100, Markus Blatt wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am trying to convert some of Packages to git-buildpackage and am struggling a bit about how to do that
>> with an upstream branch.
>
>You implicitly still have an upstream branch when you track upstream
>git: The branch you get from upstream the tags are on. Just use that as
>`upstream/latest`

No, I don't. Upstream uses different release branches for their releases e.g. 2.10.* is on releases/2.10, 2.11.* on releases 2.11.*,
while development is in master.

Hence I would need to create such a branch. I actually started with such a branch when experimenting with another package
and the merged the upstream releases there and resolved conflicts.

Then I read that I don't need such a branch if upstream uses git. Maybe that only holds of all releases are done
on one branch, though.

So I guess that I should create an upstream-branch to save fellow developers from surprises.

Best,

Markus