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DEBIAN-SVP(1) User Commands DEBIAN-SVP(1)

NAME

debian-svp - create and manage changes against Debian packaging branches

SYNOPSIS

debian-svp [-h] [--version] {run,new-upstream,upload-pending,lintian-brush} ...

DESCRIPTION

debian-svp is a specialized version of svp(1) that automatically resolves Debian package names to the URLs of packaging branches. It also provides support for a couple of Debian-specific operations.

COMMAND OVERVIEW

Make a change by running a script. URL should be the URL of a repository to make changes to. Script will be run in a checkout of the URL, with the opportunity to make changes. Depending on the specified mode, the changes will be committed and pushed back to the repository at the original URL or proposed as a change to the repository at the original URL.
Create a merge proposal merging a new upstream version. The location of the upstream repository is retrieved from the debian/upstream/metadata file, and the tarball is fetched using uscan(1).
Upload pending commits in a packaging branch.
Create a merge proposal fixing lintian issues.

optional arguments:

show this help message and exit
show program's version number and exit

EXAMPLES

https://salsa.debian.org/python-team/packages/dulwich
Run lintian-brush(1) on the dulwich package and create a merge proposal with the resulting changes.
Run lintian-brush(1) on the dulwich package and create a merge proposal with the resulting changes.
Create a new merge proposal merging the latest upstream version of dulwich into the packaging branch.

SEE ALSO

svp(1), git(1), brz(1), lintian-brush(1)

LICENSE

GNU General Public License, version 2 or later.

AUTHORS

Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer@jelmer.uk>

February 2019 debian-svp 0.0.1