wrap-and-sort (1)

wrap-and-sort [options]

wrap-and-sort wraps the package lists in Debian control files. By default the lists will only split into multiple lines if the entries are longer than the maximum line length limit of 79 characters. wrap-and-sort sorts the package lists in Debian control files and all .install files. Beside that wrap-and-sort removes trailing spaces in these files.

This script should be run in the root of a Debian package tree. It searches for control, control*.in, copyright, copyright.in, install, and *.install in the debian directory.

-h, --help

Show this help message and exit.

-a, --wrap-always

Wrap all package lists in the Debian control file even if they do not exceed the line length limit and could fit in one line.

-s, --short-indent

Only indent wrapped lines by one space (default is in-line with the field name).

-b, --sort-binary-packages

Sort binary package paragraphs by name.

-k, --keep-first

When sorting binary package paragraphs, leave the first one at the top. Unqualified debhelper(7) configuration files are applied to the first package.

-n, --no-cleanup

Do not remove trailing whitespaces.

-t, --trailing-comma

Add a trailing comma at the end of the sorted fields. This minimizes future differences in the VCS commits when additional dependencies are appended or removed.

-d path, --debian-directory=path

Location of the debian directory (default: ./debian).

-f file, --file=file

Wrap and sort only the specified file. You can specify this parameter multiple times. All supported files will be processed if no files are specified.

-v, --verbose

Print all files that are touched.

--max-line-length=max_line_length

Set the maximum allowed line length. Package lists in the Debian control file that exceed this length limit will be wrapped. The default maximum line length is 79 characters.

wrap-and-sort and this manpage have been written by Benjamin Drung <[email protected]>.

Both are released under the ISC license.