1MERGECHANGES(1)             General Commands Manual            MERGECHANGES(1)
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NAME

6       mergechanges - merge multiple changes files
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SYNOPSIS

9       mergechanges [-d] [-f] [-S] [-i] file1 file2 [file...]
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DESCRIPTION

12       mergechanges  merges  two or more .changes files, merging the Architec‐
13       ture, Description and Files (and Checksums-*, if present) fields of the
14       two.   There  are checks made to ensure that the changes files are from
15       the same source package and version and use the same changes file  For‐
16       mat.   The  first changes file is used as the basis and the information
17       from the later ones is merged into it.
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19       The output is normally written to stdout.  If the -f option  is  given,
20       the  output is written to package_version_multi.changes instead, in the
21       same directory as the first changes file listed.
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23       If the -d option is given and the output is generated successfully, the
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26       If the -i or --indep option is given, source packages and architecture-
27       independent (Architecture: all) packages are included  in  the  output,
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30       If  the  -S  or  --source  option  is  given,  only source packages are
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AUTHOR

34       Gergely Nagy  <algernon@debian.org>,  modifications  by  Julian  Gilbey
35       <jdg@debian.org>,   Mark   Hymers  <mhy@debian.org>,  Adam  D.  Barratt
36       <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>, and Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>.
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