As upstream maintainer, I do all development in master, and sometimes update release.

* use git from the upstream repo
	git clone ssh://common-lisp.net/project/asdf/git/asdf.git

* checkout the release branch
	git checkout release

* do dark magic to create a release, merging with master.
	git merge master

* Don't forget to renumber the version, if needed

	./bin/bump-version.sh 2.xx

* Commit any relevant files, if needed
	git add ...
	git add -u

	git commit

* do the releasing:

	git tag 2.xx ; make archive-copy ; make website ;

        make push

* edit debian files, then:
	git commit

* create debian package:
	make debian-package

* if unsatisfied, edit debian files some more then
	git commit --amend
  then goto previous point.

If ever debian diverges from upstream, you should adapt accordingly.

The below notes are obsolete, but might give you ideas how to do it.

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NB: old instructions, not currently valid since all debian development
currently happens in the upstream git.

To build this package you need to get the git repository:

git clone git://git.debian.org/git/pkg-common-lisp/cl-asdf.git

Get the upstream branch too:

cd cl-asdf
git checkout -t -b upstream remotes/origin/upstream

Then you need to setup the following remotes:

git remote add upstream git://common-lisp.net/projects/asdf/asdf.git

To update the package from upstream do:

git checkout upstream

git pull upstream release:upstream

git whatchanged

#git tag upstream/<date> # not necessary anymore, now that we use the same as upstream.