debcommit(1)
NAME
debcommit - commit changes to a package
SYNOPSIS
debcommit [options] [--all | files to commit]
DESCRIPTION
debcommit generates a commit message based on new text in debian/changelog, and commits the change to a package's repository. It must be run in a working copy for the package. Supported version control systems are: cvs, git, hg (mercurial), svk, svn (Subversion), baz, bzr, tla (arch), darcs.
OPTIONS
-c, --changelog path
Specify an alternate location for the changelog. By default
debian/changelog is used.
-r, --release
Commit a release of the package. The version number is determined
from debian/changelog, and is used to tag the package in the
repository.
Note that svn/svk tagging conventions vary, so debcommit uses
svnpath(1) to determine where the tag should be placed in the
repository.
-R, --release-use-changelog
When used in conjunction with --release, if there are uncommitted
changes to the changelog then derive the commit message from those
changes rather than using the default message.
-m text, --message text
Specify a commit message to use. Useful if the program cannot
determine a commit message on its own based on debian/changelog, or
if you want to override the default message.
-n, --noact
Do not actually do anything, but do print the commands that would
be run.
-d, --diff
Instead of committing, do print the diff of what would have been
committed if this option were not given. A typical usage scenario
of this option is the generation of patches against the current
working copy (e.g. when you don't have commit access right).
-C, --confirm
Display the generated commit message and ask for confirmation
before committing it. It is also possible to edit the message at
this stage; in this case, the confirmation prompt will be re-
displayed after the editing has been performed.
-e, --edit
Edit the generated commit message in your favorite editor before
committing it.
-a, --all
Commit all files. This is the default operation when using a VCS
other than git.
-s, --strip-message, --no-strip-message
If this option is set and the commit message has been derived from
the changelog, the characters "* " will be stripped from the
beginning of the message.
This option is set by default and ignored if more than one line of
the message begins with "[*+-] ".
--sign-commit, --no-sign-commit
If this option is set, then the commits that debcommit creates will
be signed using gnupg. Currently this is only supported by git, hg,
and bzr.
--sign-tags, --no-sign-tags
If this option is set, then tags that debcommit creates will be
signed using gnupg. Currently this is only supported by git.
--changelog-info
If this option is set, the commit author and date will be
determined from the Maintainer and Date field of the first
paragraph in debian/changelog. This is mainly useful when using
debchange(1) with the --no-mainttrailer option.
CONFIGURATION VARIABLES
The two configuration files /etc/devscripts.conf and ~/.devscripts are
sourced by a shell in that order to set configuration variables.
Command line options can be used to override configuration file
settings. Environment variable settings are ignored for this purpose.
The currently recognised variables are:
DEBCOMMIT_STRIP_MESSAGE
If this is set to no, then it is the same as the --no-strip-message
command line parameter being used. The default is yes.
DEBCOMMIT_SIGN_TAGS
If this is set to yes, then it is the same as the --sign-tags
command line parameter being used. The default is no.
DEBCOMMIT_SIGN_COMMITS
If this is set to yes, then it is the same as the --sign-commit
command line parameter being used. The default is no.
DEBCOMMIT_RELEASE_USE_CHANGELOG
If this is set to yes, then it is the same as the
--release-use-changelog command line parameter being used. The
default is no.
DEBSIGN_KEYID
This is the key id used for signing tags. If not set, a default
will be chosen by the revision control system.
VCS SPECIFIC FEATURES
tla / baz
If the commit message contains more than 72 characters, a summary
will be created containing as many full words from the message as
will fit within 72 characters, followed by an ellipsis.
Each of the features described below is applicable only if the commit
message has been automatically determined from the changelog.
git If only a single change is detected in the changelog, debcommit
will unfold it to a single line and behave as if --strip-message
was used.
Otherwise, the first change will be unfolded and stripped to form a
summary line and a commit message formed using the summary line
followed by a blank line and the changes as extracted from the
changelog. debcommit will then spawn an editor so that the message
may be fine-tuned before committing.
hg / darcs
The first change detected in the changelog will be unfolded to form
a single line summary. If multiple changes were detected then an
editor will be spawned to allow the message to be fine-tuned.
bzr If the changelog entry used for the commit message closes any bugs
then --fixes options to "bzr commit" will be generated to associate
the revision and the bugs.
LICENSE
This code is copyright by Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>, all rights reserved. This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. You are free to redistribute this code under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later.
AUTHOR
Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
SEE ALSO
debchange(1), svnpath(1)
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