.TH DEP3CHANGELOG 1 "Debian Utilities" "DEBIAN" \" -*- nroff -*-
.SH NAME
dep3changelog \- generate a changelog entry from a DEP3-style patch header
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBdep3changelog\fR \fIpatch\fR [\fIpatch\fR ...] [\fIoptions\fR] [\-\- [\fIdch_options\fR]]
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBdep3changelog\fR extracts the DEP3 patch headers from the given \fIpatch\fR
files and builds a changelog entry for each patch.  If the patch author
differs from the one detected from the \fBDEBEMAIL\fR, \fBNAME\fR,
\fBDEBEMAIL\fR, or \fBEMAIL\fR environment variables, \*(lqThanks to
\fIauthor\fR <\fIemail\fR>\*(rq is added to the changelog entry for that patch.
Any \fBbug-debian\fR or \fBbug-ubuntu\fR fields are added as \*(lqCloses\*(rq to
the changelog entry.  The generated changelog entries are passed to
\fBdebchange\fR as an argument along with the given \fIdch_options\fR.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.BR \-\-help ", " \-h
Display a help message and exit successfully.
.TP
.B \-\-version
Display version and copyright information and exit successfully.
.SH ENVIRONMENT
.TP
.BR DEBEMAIL ", " EMAIL ", " DEBFULLNAME ", " NAME
See the above description of the use of these environment variables.
.SH AUTHOR
Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR debchange (1)