.TH "mercurial-port" "1" "December 2009" "mercurial-port 0.10.1 (Debian)" "User Commands"

.SH NAME

mercurial-port - Incorporate an already released version of a package source
into a specific porting branch.

.SH SYNOPSIS

\fBmercurial-port\fR [\fIoption\fR] \fIbranch\fR

.SH DESCRIPTION

Switch to the specified branch and merge with the default branch.  The
specified branch is created if necessary.

.SH OPTIONS

.HP
\fB\-\-version\fR, \fB\-V\fR
.IP
Output version and exit.

.HP
\fB\-\-verbose\fR, \fB\-v\fR
.IP
Increase verbosity level.  Can be used several times.

.HP
\fB\-\-package\-version\fR \fIversion\fR, \fB\-p\fR \fIversion\fR
.IP
Merge \fIversion\fR into \fIbranch\fR instead of using the
most recent version from \fBdebian/changelog\fR.

.SH EXAMPLES

.HP
\fBmercurial-port\fR \fB\-p\fR 3.2\-1 lenny 
.IP
Merge version 3.2\-1 of the package in the current directory into
the branch lenny.

.SH AUTHOR

Jens Peter Secher <jpsecher@gmail.com>

.SH SEE ALSO

\fBmercurial-importorig\fR(1),
\fBmercurial-importdsc\fR(1),
\fBmercurial-buildpackage\fR(1),
\fBmercurial-tagversion\fR(1),
\fBmercurial-pristinetar\fR(1).