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mk-origtargz(1)

NAME

   mk-origtargz - rename upstream tarball, optionally changing the
   compression and removing unwanted files

SYNOPSIS

   mk-origtargz [options] foo-1.0.tar.gz
   mk-origtargz --help

DESCRIPTION

   mk-origtargz renames the given file to match what is expected by dpkg-
   buildpackage, based on the source package name and version in
   debian/changelog. It can convert zip to tar, optionally change the
   compression scheme and remove files according to Files-Excluded and
   Files-Excluded-component in debian/copyright. The resulting file is
   placed in debian/../... (In debian/copyright, the Files-Excluded and
   Files-Excluded-component stanzas are a part of the first paragraph and
   there is a blank line before the following paragraphs which contain
   Files and other stanzas.  See uscan(1) "COPYRIGHT FILE EXAMPLE".)

   The archive type for zip is detected by "file --dereference --brief
   --mime-type" command.  So any zip type archives such as jar are treated
   in the same way.  The xpi archive is detected by its extension and is
   handled properly using the xpi-unpack command.

   If the package name is given via the --package option, no information
   is read from debian/, and the result file is placed in the current
   directory.

   mk-origtargz is commonly called via uscan, which first obtains the
   upstream tarball.

OPTIONS

   Metadata options
   The following options extend or replace information taken from debian/.

   --package package
       Use package as the name of the Debian source package, and do not
       require or use a debian/ directory. This option can only be used
       together with --version.

       The default is to use the package name of the first entry in
       debian/changelog.

   -v, --version version
       Use version as the version of the package. This needs to be the
       upstream version portion of a full Debian version, i.e. no Debian
       revision, no epoch.

       The default is to use the upstream portion of the version of the
       first entry in debian/changelog.

   --exclude-file glob
       Remove files matching the given glob from the tarball, as if it was
       listed in Files-Excluded.

   --copyright-file filename
       Remove files matching the patterns found in filename, which should
       have the format of a Debian copyright file (Format:
       https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
       to be precise). Errors parsing that file are silently ignored,
       exactly as is the case with debian/copyright.

       Unmatched patterns will emit a warning so the user can verify
       whether it is correct.  If there are multiple patterns which match
       a file, only the last one will count as being matched.

       Both the --exclude-file and --copyright-file options amend the list
       of patterns found in debian/copyright. If you do not want to read
       that file, you will have to use --package.

   Action options
   These options specify what exactly mk-origtargz should do. The options
   --copy, --rename and --symlink are mutually exclusive.

   --symlink
       Make the resulting file a symlink to the given original file. (This
       is the default behaviour.)

       If the file has to be modified (because it is a zip, or xpi file,
       because of --repack or Files-Excluded), this option behaves like
       --copy.

   --copy
       Make the resulting file a copy of the original file (unless it has
       to be modified, of course).

   --rename
       Rename the original file.

       If the file has to be modified (because it is a zip, or xpi file,
       because of --repack or Files-Excluded), this implies that the
       original file is deleted afterwards.

   --repack
       If the given file is not compressed using the desired format (see
       --compression), recompress it.

   -S, --repack-suffix suffix
       If the file has to be modified, because of Files-Excluded, append
       suffix to the upstream version.

   -c, --component componentname
       Use <componentname> as the component name for the secondary
       upstream tarball.  Set componentname as the component name.  This
       is used only for the secondary upstream tarball of the Debian
       source package.  Then packagename_version.orig-componentname.tar.gz
       is created.

   --compression [ gzip | bzip2 | lzma | xz ]
       If --repack is used, or if the given file is a zip or xpi file,
       ensure that the resulting file is compressed using the given
       scheme. The default is gzip.

   -C, --directory directory
       Put the resulting file in the given directory.

   --unzipopt options
       Add the extra options to use with the unzip command such as -a,
       -aa, and -b.

AUTHOR

   mk-origtargz and this manpage have been written by Joachim Breitner
   <nomeata@debian.org>.

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