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+# Git Workflow
+
+## Adding a new major version
+
+```
+git checkout --orphan ghostscript-10
+git rm -rf .
+tar -xaf /tmp/ghostscript-10.0.tar.xz -C . --strip-components=1
+find . -name '.gitignore' -delete
+git add .
+git commit -a -m "Import Ghostscript 10.0" --signoff
+git commit --amend --date="$(stat --format='%y' /tmp/ghostscript-10.0.tar.xz)"
+git tag -m "Ghostscript 10.0" -a ghostscript-10.0
+```
+
+## Create patch set
+
+```
+git checkout ghostscript-9.50
+git checkout -b ghostscript-9.50-gentoo
+# Make modifications
+git commit -a --signoff
+git format-patch ghostscript-9.50..
+mkdir /tmp/patches
+mv *.patch /tmp/patches
+
+# As root
+cd /tmp
+chown root:root -R /tmp/patches
+tar -caf ghostscript-gpl-9.50-patchset-01.tar.xz patches/
+```
+
+## Re-spin patch set
+
+```
+# After new version was imported and tagged as ghostscript-9.52,
+# start with checking out latest patch set
+git checkout ghostscript-9.50-gentoo
+# Create a new branch for our new patch set
+git checkout -b ghostscript-9.52-gentoo
+git rebase --onto ghostscript-9 ghostscript-9.52
+```