git-import-orig1

Usage

Overview

gbp import-orig imports upstream-source into the Git repository. upstream-source can either be a gzip, bzip2, lzma or xz compressed tar archive, a zip archive or an already unpacked source tree. If it is already of the form package-name_version.orig.tar.gz, the version information is read from the tarball's filename otherwise it can be given on the command line via --upstream-version. If the source package name or version can't be determined gbp import-orig will prompt for it unless --no-interactive is given.

The sources are placed on the upstream branch (default: upstream), tagged and merged onto the debian branch (default: master).

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).

--upstream-version=version

-uversion

The upstream version number

--[no-]merge

Merge the upstream branch to the debian branch after import

--upstream-branch=branch_name

The branch in the Git repository the upstream sources are put onto. Default is upstream.

--debian-branch=branch_name

The branch in the Git repository the Debian package is being developed on, default is master. After importing the new sources on the upstream branch, gbp import-orig will try to merge the new version onto this branch.

--upstream-vcs-tag=tag_name

Add tag_name as additional parent to the commit of the upstream tarball. Useful when upstream uses git and you want to link to it's revision history.

--[no-]sign-tags

GPG sign all created tags

--keyid=gpg-keyid

use this keyid for gpg signing tags

--upstream-tag=tag-format

use this tag format when tagging upstream versions, default is upstream/%(version)s

--import-msg=msg-format

use this format string for the commit message when importing upstream versions, default is Imported Upstream version %(version)s

--filter=pattern

filter out files glob-matching pattern. Can be given multiple times.

--[no-]pristine-tar

generate pristine-tar delta file

--[no-]filter-pristine-tar

if using a filter also filter the files out of the tarball passed to pristine-tar

--[no-]symlink-orig

Whether to create and keep a symlink from the upstream tarball to a Debian policy conformant upstream tarball name located in ../.

This is a good idea if not using pristine-tar since it avoids creating a new tarball with a different md5sum.

--postimport=cmd

run cmd after the import.

--uscan

Use uscan to fetch new upstream version.

--[no-]interactive

Run command interactively, i.e. ask package name and version if needed.

Examples

Download and import a new upstream version using the informantion from debian/watch

      gbp import-orig --uscan

After downloading an upstream tarball by hand import it

      gbp import-orig ../upstream-tarball-0.1.tar.gz

Configuration files

Several gbp.conf files are parsed to set defaults for the above commandline arguments. See the gbp.conf(5) manpage for details.