mercurial-port(1)

mercurial-port1

Incorporate an already released version of a package source into a specific porting branch.

Usage

mercurial-port [option] branch

Overview

Switch to the specified branch and merge with the default branch. The specified branch is created if necessary.

Options

--version, -V

Output version and exit.

--verbose, -v

Increase verbosity level. Can be used several times.

--package-version version, -p version

Merge version into branch instead of using the most recent version from debian/changelog.

Examples

mercurial-port -p 3.2-1 lenny

Merge version 3.2-1 of the package in the current directory into the branch lenny.

Releases

5 releases since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 6.0
  2. 9–12

Author

Jens Peter Secher <[email protected]>

From mercurial-buildpackage 0.10.2 in Debian 12 (Bookworm). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.