=== General Info === Packaging branches for the Ubuntu development release are maintained in upstream git under ubuntu/devel branch. git clone git://git.launchpad.net/cloud-init -b ubuntu/devel Stable release branches are also available in ubuntu/ $ git clone git://git.launchpad.net/cloud-init $ cd cloud-init $ git branch -r origin/HEAD -> origin/master origin/master origin/ubuntu/devel origin/ubuntu/precise origin/ubuntu/trusty origin/ubuntu/xenial Patches in debian/patches are stored un-applied. == New snapshot == Upstream maintains a script to handle new upstream snapshots at: https://github.com/cloud-init/qa-scripts/ Its usage is like: new-upstream-snapshot master == Cherry Pick == To cherry pick an upstream commit: ./debian/cherry-pick That will add a patch to debian/patches/ and debian/patches/series.