DEBIAN-SVP

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

debian-svp run [-h] [--refresh] [--label LABEL] [--name NAME] [--mode
{push,attempt-push,propose}] [--dry-run] [--commit-pending {auto,yes,no}]
package script

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.

debian-svp new-upstream [-h] [--snapshot] [--no-build-verify] [--pre-check
PRE_CHECK] [--dry-run] [--mode {push,attempt-push,propose}] packages
[packages ...]

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).

debian-svp upload-pending

Upload pending commits in a packaging branch.

debian-svp lintian-brush [--fixers FIXERS] [--dry-run]
[--propose-addon-only PROPOSE_ADDON_ONLY] [--pre-check PRE_CHECK]
[--post-check POST_CHECK] [--build-verify] [--refresh] [--committer
COMMITTER] [--mode {push,attempt-push,propose}] [--no-update-changelog]
[--update-changelog] [packages [packages ...]]

Create a merge proposal fixing lintian issues.

optional arguments:

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

--version

show program’s version number and exit

EXAMPLES

debian-svp lintian-brush
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.

debian-svp lintian-brush dulwich

Run lintian-brush(1) on the dulwich package and create a merge proposal with the resulting changes.

debian-svp new-upstream dulwich

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>