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.TH DEBPATCH 1 "Debian Utilities" "DEBIAN"

.SH NAME
debpatch \- apply a debdiff to a Debian source package

.SH SYNOPSIS
.B debpatch
[options] [orig_dsc_or_dir] [patch_file]
.br
.B debpatch
[options] < [patch_file]

.SH DESCRIPTION
.B debpatch
takes a \fIpatchfile\fR that describes the differences between two Debian
source packages \fIold\fR and \fInew\fR, and applies it to a target Debian
source package \fIorig\fR.
.PP
\fIorig\fR could either be the same as \fIold\fR or it could be different.
\fIpatchfile\fR is expected to be a unified diff between two Debian source
trees, as what
.BR debdiff (1)
normally generates.
.PP
Any changes to \fIdebian/changelog\fR are dealt with specially, to avoid the
conflicts that changelog diffs typically produce when applied naively. The
exact behaviour may be tweaked in the future, so one should not rely on it.
.PP
If \fIpatchfile\fR does not apply to \fIorig\fR, even after the special-casing
of \fIdebian/changelog\fR, no changes are made and
.BR debpatch (1)
will exit with a non-zero error code.

.SH ARGUMENTS
.TP
orig_dsc_or_dir
Target to apply the patch to. This can either be an unpacked source tree, or a
\[char46]dsc file. In the former case, the directory is modified in\-place; in
the latter case, a second .dsc is created. Default: \fI.\fP
.TP
patch_file
Patch file to apply, in the format output by
.BR debdiff (1).
Default:
\fI\,/dev/stdin\/\fP

.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
show this help message and exit
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
Output more information
.TP
\fB\-c\fR CHANGELOG, \fB\-\-changelog\fR CHANGELOG
Path to debian/changelog; default: debian/changelog
.TP
\fB\-D\fR DISTRIBUTION, \fB\-\-distribution\fR DISTRIBUTION
Distribution to use, if the patch doesn't already contain a changelog; default:
experimental
.TP
\fB\-\-repl\fR
Run the python REPL after processing.
.TP
\fB\-\-source\-version\fR
Don't apply the patch; instead print out the version of the package that it is
supposed to be applied to, or nothing if the patch does not specify a source
version.
.TP
\fB\-\-target\-version\fR
Don't apply the patch; instead print out the new version of the package
.BR debpatch (1)
would generate, when the patch is applied to the the given target
package, as specified by the other arguments.
.SS "For .dsc patch targets:"
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-clean\fR
Don't clean temporary directories after a failure, so you can examine what
failed.
.TP
\fB\-\-quilt\-refresh\fR
If the building of the new source package fails, try to refresh patches using
.BR quilt (1)
then try building it again.
.TP
\fB\-d\fR DIRECTORY, \fB\-\-directory\fR DIRECTORY
Extract the .dsc into this directory, which won't be cleaned up after
.BR debpatch (1)
exits. If not given, then it will be extracted to a temporary directory.

.SH AUTHORS
\fBdebpatch\fR and this manual page were written by Ximin Luo
<infinity0@debian.org>
.PP
Both are released under the GNU General Public License, version 3 or later.

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR debdiff (1)