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gbp-pqManage quilt patches on patch queue branches in git
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[auto|on|off]topicnumDESCRIPTION
&gbp-pq helps one to manage quilt patches in Debian packages that are maintained
with &gbp;. This is especially useful with packages using the
3.0 (quilt) source format. With &gbp-pq; you can maintain the quilt patches
that should be applied to a package on a separate branch called patch-queue
branch. So if your Debian package lives on master
the associated patch-queue branch will be called
patch-queue/master.
See for example workflows.
ACTIONS
Create a patch queue branch from quilt patches in debian/patches/ that
are listed in debian/patches/series.
Export the patches on the patch-queue branch associated to the current
branch into a quilt patch series in debian/patches/ and update the
series file.
Switch to the patch-queue branch associated to the current branch and
rebase it against the current branch.
Drop (delete) the patch queue associated to the current branch. So if
you're on branch foo this would drop branch
patch-queue/foo.
Add a single patch to the patch-queue similar to using
git-am. Use if you want
the patch to appear in a separate subdir when exporting the patch queue
using . This can be used to separate upstream
pathes from debian specific patches.
Switch to the patch-queue branch if on the base branch and switch
to base branch if on patch-queue branch.
OPTIONSverbose execution[auto|on|off]Whether to use colored output.Whether the patch files should start with a number or not.topicTopic to use when importing a single patchNUMWhen importing a patch queue fails, go back commit by
commit on the current branch to check if the patch-queue applies
there. Do this at most NUM times. This can
be useful if the patch-queue doesn't apply to the current branch HEAD
anymore, e.g. after importing a new upstream version.
TAGS
When exporting patches from a patch-queue branch &gbp-pq; will look at the
patch header for special tags it recognizes. All tags need to start at the
first column and require at least one whitespace after the colon.
topicMoves the patch into a subdir called
topic when running &gbp-pq;
export. This allows for some structure below
debian/patches. SEE ALSOgbp-buildpackage1,
dpkg-source1,
quilt1,
gbp.conf
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