positional arguments:¶

TAGS

Lintian tag for which to apply fixer.

optional arguments:¶

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

--no-update-changelog

Whether to update the changelog.

--version

show program's version number and exit

--list-fixers

List available fixers.

--list-tags

List lintian tags for which fixers are available.

--fixers-dir DIRECTORY

Override the fixers directory.

--diff

After running all fixers, display the changes made as a single unified diff.

--modern

Use features that require packages that are not yet available in Debian stable.

--identity

Print the identity (name and e-mailaddress) that lintian-brush will use when committing changes, and exit.

--disable-net-access

Do not attempt to use the network to e.g. retrieve additional package metadata from hosting sites, or to check whether a homepage is also available over HTTPS.

--dry-run

Run fixers but do not actually make changes to the repository. Useful in particular in combination with --diff.

Note that this currently will create a temporary clone of the repository, which may be slow for large repositories.

--verbose

Print list of fixers that was run and print tracebacks for failed fixers.

--uncertain

Make changes with lower certain than normal. This will potentially fix more issues, but is more likely to get things wrong. If changes with lower certainty were made, lintian-brush will let you know in its output.