NAME

       dep3changelog - generate a changelog entry from a DEP3-style patch header

SYNOPSIS

       dep3changelog patch [patch ...] [options] [-- [dch_options]]

DESCRIPTION

       dep3changelog  extracts  the  DEP3  patch  headers from the given patch files and builds a
       changelog entry for each patch.  If the patch author differs from the  one  detected  from
       the  DEBEMAIL,  NAME, DEBEMAIL, or EMAIL environment variables, “Thanks to author <email>”
       is added to the changelog entry for that patch.  Any bug-debian or bug-ubuntu  fields  are
       added  as  “Closes” to the changelog entry.  The generated changelog entries are passed to
       debchange as an argument along with the given dch_options.

OPTIONS

       --help, -h
              Display a help message and exit successfully.

       --version
              Display version and copyright information and exit successfully.

ENVIRONMENT

       DEBEMAIL, EMAIL, DEBFULLNAME, NAME
              See the above description of the use of these environment variables.

AUTHOR

       Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>

SEE ALSO

       debchange(1)