Explanation

• What exactly is git-ubuntu?
  • Components
  • Importer service
    • Sources only
    • git-ubuntu and Launchpad
  • CLI
    • Why use the CLI? Why does it even exist?
• Design Goals and Principles
  • Consistency and tool unification
  • Single source of truth
  • Integrity requirements
  • How uploads map to commits
  • Rich History
  • Determining the parent
• Round tripping
  • Empty directories
  • Other uses of git in Ubuntu source package development
• Testing
  • General mechanisms used by git-ubuntu tests
  • General approach to testing
  • Commonly used fixtures
  • Example
• Keyring integration
  • Implementation details