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6 debcommit - commit changes to a package
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9 debcommit [options] [--all | files to commit]
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12 debcommit generates a commit message based on new text in
13 debian/changelog, and commits the change to a package's repository. It
14 must be run in a working copy for the package. Supported version
15 control systems are: cvs, git, hg (mercurial), svk, svn (Subversion),
16 baz, bzr, tla (arch), darcs.
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19 -c, --changelog path
20 Specify an alternate location for the changelog. By default
21 debian/changelog is used.
22 -r, --release
24 Commit a release of the package. The version number is determined
25 from debian/changelog, and is used to tag the package in the
26 repository.
27 Note that svn/svk tagging conventions vary, so debcommit uses
29 svnpath(1) to determine where the tag should be placed in the
30 repository.
31 -R, --release-use-changelog
33 When used in conjunction with --release, if there are uncommitted
34 changes to the changelog then derive the commit message from those
35 changes rather than using the default message.
36 -m text, --message text
38 Specify a commit message to use. Useful if the program cannot
39 determine a commit message on its own based on debian/changelog, or
40 if you want to override the default message.
41 -n, --noact
43 Do not actually do anything, but do print the commands that would
44 be run.
45 -d, --diff
47 Instead of committing, do print the diff of what would have been
48 committed if this option were not given. A typical usage scenario
49 of this option is the generation of patches against the current
50 working copy (e.g. when you don't have commit access right).
51 -C, --confirm
53 Display the generated commit message and ask for confirmation
54 before committing it. It is also possible to edit the message at
55 this stage; in this case, the confirmation prompt will be re-
56 displayed after the editing has been performed.
57 -e, --edit
59 Edit the generated commit message in your favorite editor before
60 committing it.
61 -a, --all
63 Commit all files. This is the default operation when using a VCS
64 other than git.
65 -s, --strip-message, --no-strip-message
67 If this option is set and the commit message has been derived from
68 the changelog, the characters "* " will be stripped from the
69 beginning of the message.
70 This option is set by default and ignored if more than one line of
72 the message begins with "[*+-] ".
73 --sign-commit, --no-sign-commit
75 If this option is set, then the commits that debcommit creates will
76 be signed using gnupg. Currently this is only supported by git, hg,
77 and bzr.
78 --sign-tags, --no-sign-tags
80 If this option is set, then tags that debcommit creates will be
81 signed using gnupg. Currently this is only supported by git.
82 --changelog-info
84 If this option is set, the commit author and date will be
85 determined from the Maintainer and Date field of the first
86 paragraph in debian/changelog. This is mainly useful when using
87 debchange(1) with the --no-mainttrailer option.
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90 The two configuration files /etc/devscripts.conf and ~/.devscripts are
91 sourced by a shell in that order to set configuration variables.
92 Command line options can be used to override configuration file
93 settings. Environment variable settings are ignored for this purpose.
94 The currently recognised variables are:
95 DEBCOMMIT_STRIP_MESSAGE
97 If this is set to no, then it is the same as the --no-strip-message
98 command line parameter being used. The default is yes.
99 DEBCOMMIT_SIGN_TAGS
101 If this is set to yes, then it is the same as the --sign-tags
102 command line parameter being used. The default is no.
103 DEBCOMMIT_SIGN_COMMITS
105 If this is set to yes, then it is the same as the --sign-commit
106 command line parameter being used. The default is no.
107 DEBCOMMIT_RELEASE_USE_CHANGELOG
109 If this is set to yes, then it is the same as the
110 --release-use-changelog command line parameter being used. The
111 default is no.
112 DEBSIGN_KEYID
114 This is the key id used for signing tags. If not set, a default
115 will be chosen by the revision control system.
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118 tla / baz
119 If the commit message contains more than 72 characters, a summary
120 will be created containing as many full words from the message as
121 will fit within 72 characters, followed by an ellipsis.
122 Each of the features described below is applicable only if the commit
124 message has been automatically determined from the changelog.
125 git If only a single change is detected in the changelog, debcommit
127 will unfold it to a single line and behave as if --strip-message
128 was used.
129 Otherwise, the first change will be unfolded and stripped to form a
131 summary line and a commit message formed using the summary line
132 followed by a blank line and the changes as extracted from the
133 changelog. debcommit will then spawn an editor so that the message
134 may be fine-tuned before committing.
135 hg / darcs
137 The first change detected in the changelog will be unfolded to form
138 a single line summary. If multiple changes were detected then an
139 editor will be spawned to allow the message to be fine-tuned.
140 bzr If the changelog entry used for the commit message closes any bugs
142 then --fixes options to "bzr commit" will be generated to associate
143 the revision and the bugs.
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146 This code is copyright by Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>, all rights
147 reserved. This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. You are
148 free to redistribute this code under the terms of the GNU General
149 Public License, version 2 or later.
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152 Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
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155 debchange(1), svnpath(1)
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