Andrew's git for dummies notes

Make a new feature branch

git checkout -b debian/sid3 upstream/debian/sid

Pull release branch into feature branch

git pull upstream release-1_0

Push to my forked repo on Github

git push origin debian/sid3

On Github make a pull request to sync debian/sid3 to upstream debian/sid

Make sure it comes back cleanly

git pull upstream debian/sid

Make my changes

git checkout -b release_1.0

Push to origin

git push origin release_1.0

Make a pull request on Github to sync my feature branch to debian/sid