NAME

       gbp-pq-rpm - Manage patches and development branches in Git

SYNOPSIS

       gbp pq-rpm [--version] [--help] [--verbose] [--color=[auto|on|off]] [--color-scheme=
                  COLOR_SCHEME] [--packaging-dir= DIRECTORY] [--spec-file= FILEPATH] [--upstream-
                  tag= TAG-FORMAT] [--abbrev= num] [--force] [--[no-]drop] [--[no-]patch-numbers]
                  drop | export | import | rebase | switch | apply

DESCRIPTION

       gbp pq-rpm helps in managing patches and development  branch(es)  for  packages  that  are
       maintained  with  gbp.  It  designed to be used for packages that are maintained using the
       "orphan-packaging" model.  gbp pq-rpm has multiple subcommands, or  actions,  for  working
       with the branches and patches.

       gbp pq-rpm  makes  it  easy to do source code development on a separate development branch
       (patch-queue branch in Debian git-buildpackage terms).   For  example,  if  the  packaging
       files   would   be   stored   in   master  the  associated  development  branch  would  be
       development/master.

ACTIONS

       import Create a  development  (patch-queue)  branch  by  applying  all  patches  from  the
              packaging  branch  on  top  of the upstream version. The patches must apply without
              fuzz.

       export Export patches from the development branch into the packaging branch.  It generates
              patches  (one-per-commit)  from  the  development  branch and updates the spec file
              accordingly. It doesn't automatically commit the changes  though  -  they  need  to
              verified and committed manually.

       rebase Switch to the development branch and rebase it against the current upstream version
              (indicated in the spec file of the associated packaging branch).

       drop   Drop (delete) the development branch associated to the current branch. For example,
              you're on branch foo this would drop branch development/foo.

       apply  Add a single patch to the development branch - similar to using git-am.

       switch Switch between the development branch and the associated packaging branch.

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).

       --packaging-dir=DIRECTORY
              Subdirectory that contains the RPM packaging files.

       --spec-file=FILEPATH
              Relative  path to the spec file to use. Special value auto causes gbp to search and
              guess.  Other values cause the --packaging-dir option to be ignored: the  directory
              of the spec file is used, instead.

       --upstream-tag=TAG-FORMAT
              Use  this  tag  format  when  looking  for  tags  of  upstream versions, default is
              upstream/%(version)s.

       --abbrev=NUM
              When exporting a patch queue abbreviate commit, instead of showing the full 40-byte
              hexadecimal  object name in header lines, show only a partial prefix of length NUM.
              This is useful when existing patches were not generated by gbp pq.

       --force
              Import even if the development (patch-queue) branch already exists.  Only valid for
              the import action.

       --[no-]drop
              Whether to drop (delete) the patch queue branch after a succesful export.

       --[no-]patch-numbers
              Whether the patch files should start with a number or not.

META TAGS

       When  exporting  patches  from  a  patch-queue  branch  gbp pq-rpm will look at the commit
       message for special tags it recognizes. All tags need to start at  the  first  column  and
       require at least one whitespace after the colon.

       Gbp-Rpm: Ignore
              Ignores the commit, no patch is generated out of it.

       Gbp-Rpm: If <expression>
              Conditional patch. Put patch inside "%if <expression>" in the spec file.

       Gbp-Rpm: IfArch<expression>
              Conditional patch. Put patch inside "%ifarch <expression>" in the spec file.

       For example, the following commit message:

             Fix around a problem in Fedora

             which is not applicable elsewhere.

             Gbp-Rpm: If 0%{?fedora}

       Will result something like this in the spec file:

             # 0001-Fix-around-a-problem-in-Fedora.patch
             %if 0%{?fedora}
             %patch0 -p1
             %endif

SEE ALSO

       gbp-buildpackage-rpm(1), gbp-import-srpm(1), gbp.conf(5)

AUTHOR

       Markus Lehtonen <markus.lehtonen@linux.intel.com>

                                           3 April 2018                             gbp-pq-rpm(1)