gbp-pq(1)
NAME
gbp-pq - Manage quilt patches on patch queue branches in git
SYNOPSIS
gbp pq [ --version ] [ --help ] [ --verbose ] [ --color=[auto|on|off] ] [ --color-scheme=COLOR_SCHEME ] [ --[no-]patch-numbers ] [ --patch-num- format=format ] [ --[no-]renumber ] [ --topic=topic ] [ --time- machine=num ] [ --[no-]drop ] [ --force ] [ --meta-closes=bug-close- tags ] [ --meta-closes-bugnum=bug-number-format ] [ --pq- from=[DEBIAN|TAG] ] [ --upstream-tag=tag-format ] drop | export | import | rebase | switch
DESCRIPTION
gbp pq helps one to manage quilt patches in Debian packages that are maintained with gbp. This is especially useful with packages using the 3.0 (quilt) source format. With gbp pq, you can maintain the quilt patches that should be applied to a package on a separate branch called patch-queue branch. So if your Debian package lives on master, the associated patch-queue branch will be called patch-queue/master. See <URL:https://honk.sigxcpu.org/piki/development/debian_packages_in_git/> for example workflows.
ACTIONS
import Create a patch queue branch from quilt patches in
debian/patches/ that are listed in debian/patches/series. The
patches must apply without fuzz.
export Export the patches on the patch-queue branch associated to the
current branch into a quilt patch series in debian/patches/ and
update the series file.
rebase Switch to the patch-queue branch associated to the current
branch and rebase it against the current branch.
drop Drop (delete) the patch queue associated to the current branch.
So if you're on branch foo, this would drop branch patch-
queue/foo.
apply Add a single patch to the patch-queue similar to using git-am.
Use --topic if you want the patch to appear in a separate subdir
when exporting the patch queue using export. This can be used to
separate upstream patches from Debian specific patches.
switch Switch to the patch-queue branch if on the base branch and
switch to base branch if on patch-queue branch.
OPTIONS
--version
Print version of the program, i.e. version of the git-
buildpackage suite
-v
--verbose
Verbose execution
-h
--help Print help and exit
--color=[auto|on|off]
Whether to use colored output.
--color-scheme=COLOR_SCHEME
Colors to use in output (when color is enabled). The format for
COLOR_SCHEME is '<debug>:<info>:<warning>:<error>'. Numerical
values and color names are accepted, empty fields imply the
default color. For example, --git-color-scheme='cyan:34::' would
show debug messages in cyan, info messages in blue and other
messages in default (i.e. warning and error messages in red).
--[no-]patch-numbers
Whether or not the patch files should be prefixed with a number.
The default is to export patches with patch numbers. Note,
however, that this normally affects patches whose names are
automatically generated, and has no effect on exporting patches
which have a Gbp[-Pq]: Name tag, since the name specified is
preserved unless the --renumber option is used.
--patch-num-format=format
The format specifier for patch number prefixes. The default
format is '%04d-'.
--[no-]renumber
Whether or not to renumber patches exported from the patch
queue, instead of preserving numbers specified in Gbp-Pq: Name
tags. The default is not to renumber patches. Useful when
patches need to be renamed for the sake of uniformity. For
example, using --renumber with --no-patch-num will strip all
numeric prefixes from exported patches.
--topic=topic
Topic to use when importing a single patch
--time-machine=NUM
When importing a patch queue fails, go back commit-by-commit on
the current branch to check if the patch-queue applies there. Do
this at most NUM times. This can be useful if the patch-queue
doesn't apply to the current branch HEAD anymore, e.g. after
importing a new upstream version.
--[no-]drop
Whether to automatically drop (delete) the patch queue branch
after a successful export
--force
In case of import, import even if the patch-queue branch already
exists and overwrite its content with debian/patches.
--meta-closes=bug-close-tags
What meta tags to look for to generate a commit message when
using export --commit. The default is 'Closes|LP' to support
Debian and Launchpad.
--meta-closes-bugnum=bug-number-format
What regular expression should be used to parse out the bug
number when using export --commit. The default is
'(?:bug|issue)?\#?\s?\d+'. See gbp-dch(1)> for details.
--pq-from=[DEBIAN|TAG]
How to find the starting point for the patch queue base. The
options are DEBIAN, that will use the Debian branch as the base
for the patch queue branch, and TAG, that will use the
corresponding upstream tag as a base for the patch queue branch.
This is only needed if your upstream branch is not merged in the
Debian branch. The default is DEBIAN.
--upstream-tag=TAG-FORMAT
Use this tag format when looking for tags of upstream versions,
default is upstream/%(version)s.
TAGS
When exporting patches from a patch-queue branch, gbp pq will look at
the patch header for special tags it recognizes. All tags need to start
at the first column and require at least one whitespace after the
colon.
Gbp[-Pq]: Ignore
Ignores the commit, no patch is generated out of it.
Gbp[-Pq]: Name name
The name to use for the patch when running
gbp pq export
If unset, it will be formatted like git am would format it.
Gbp[-Pq]: Topic topic
Moves the patch into a subdir called topic when running
gbp pq export
This allows for some structure below debian/patches.
Gbp-Pq-Topic: topic
Deprecated: use Gbp[-Pq]: Topic topic instead.
SEE ALSO
gbp-buildpackage(1)>, dpkg-source(1), quilt(1), gbp.conf(5)>
AUTHOR
Guido Guenther <agx@sigxcpu.org>
31 December 2016 GBP-PQ(1)
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