Packer and package GIT, SVN etc. upgrading and finding

Hi!
How packer handles (or is it pacman) upgrading git and other packages? I couldn't find answer from AUR or ABS articles with quick look.
Normally packer -Suy --devel would upgrade all packages from git sourcetree. Does this behaviour require AUR or is the PKGBUILD file hidden in my system? Or what is the magic that makes packer to decide let's clone this repo and install a new version? And does packer know anything else than date of compilation? If there isn't any changes does it detect that?
Reason I got curious is that I have one develmachine in the corner with git serving me the sourcecode and few PKGBUILDS I use to upgrade the software. Can packer do this all for me?
Another thing in my mind is how to find packages installed from AUR? Except setting packager in /etc/makepkg.conf?

packer -Syu --devel updates all packages in a normal manner. Additionally all your AUR-Packages containing svn, git, cvs, ... in its name will be downloaded, compiled and reinstalled.
If you want to see all packages installed from AUR (inclding other self-built packages) use pacman -Qm
Last edited by progandy (2012-07-25 22:53:12)

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