> On 2 May 2012, Timothy Pearson told this:
>
>>> In the source packages, patches have kept separately from the original
>>> sources
>>> (in debian/patches/bp*.diff). I was hoping they might be incorporated
>>> into
>>> Git branch for 3.5.13. I understand that you wanted a big diff instead
>>> of
>>> the
>>> set of patches?
>>
>> Honestly I'm not sure how to do this in anything resembling a sane
>> manner
>> in GIT.  I was considering distribution of the large patch file as an
>> update to the existing 3.5.13 sources, but comments and discussion are
>> definitely welcome on this subject!
>
> I'm not quite sure what 'this' is. If you want to apply a bunch of
> patches to a git repo, there are multiple options:
>
> git am -- Apply a series of patches from a mailbox
> git quiltimport -- Applies a quilt patchset onto the current branch
> git apply -- Apply a patch to files and/or to the index
>
> and others.
>
> For a set of Debian diffs, 'git quiltimport' is probably what you're
> looking for.
>
> --
> NULL && (void)

I know that. :-)  The problem is "How do I apply patches to an existing
tagged branch to create a new tagged branch that is completely independent
of the main development branch".

Tim