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NAME
gbp-pq - Manage quilt patches on patch queue branches in git
SYNOPSIS
gbp pq [--version] [--help] [--verbose] [--color=[auto|on|off]] [--color-scheme= COLOR_SCHEME]
[--[no-]patch-numbers] [--patch-num-format= format] [--[no-]renumber] [--topic= topic] [--time-
machine= num] [--[no-]drop] [--abbrev= num] [--force] [--commit] [--meta-closes=bug-close-tags]
[--meta-closes-bugnum=bug-number-format] [--pq-from= [DEBIAN|TAG]] [--upstream-tag= tag-format]
drop | export | import | rebase | switch
DESCRIPTION
gbp pq helps one to manage quilt patches in Debian packages that are maintained with gbp. This is
especially useful with packages using the 3.0 (quilt) source format. With gbp pq, you can maintain the
quilt patches that should be applied to a package on a separate branch called patch-queue branch. So if
your Debian package lives on master, the associated patch-queue branch will be called patch-queue/master.
See ⟨https://honk.sigxcpu.org/piki/development/debian_packages_in_git/⟩ for example workflows.
ACTIONS
import Create a patch queue branch from quilt patches in debian/patches/ that are listed in
debian/patches/series. The patches must apply without fuzz.
export Export the patches on the patch-queue branch associated to the current branch into a quilt patch
series in debian/patches/ and update the series file.
rebase Switch to the patch-queue branch associated to the current branch and rebase it against the
current branch.
drop Drop (delete) the patch queue associated to the current branch. So if you're on branch foo, this
would drop branch patch-queue/foo.
apply Add a single patch to the patch-queue similar to using git-am. Use --topic if you want the patch
to appear in a separate subdir when exporting the patch queue using export. This can be used to
separate upstream patches from Debian specific patches.
switch Switch to the patch-queue branch if on the base branch and switch to base branch if on patch-queue
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).
--[no-]patch-numbers
Whether or not the patch files should be prefixed with a number. The default is to export patches
with patch numbers. Note, however, that this normally affects patches whose names are
automatically generated, and has no effect on exporting patches which have a Gbp[-Pq]: Name tag,
since the name specified is preserved unless the --renumber option is used.
--patch-num-format=format
The format specifier for patch number prefixes. The default format is '%04d-'.
--[no-]renumber
Whether or not to renumber patches exported from the patch queue, instead of preserving numbers
specified in Gbp-Pq: Name tags. The default is not to renumber patches. Useful when patches need
to be renamed for the sake of uniformity. For example, using --renumber with --no-patch-num will
strip all numeric prefixes from exported patches.
--topic=topic
Topic to use when importing a single patch
--time-machine=NUM
When importing a patch queue fails, go back commit-by-commit on the current branch to check if the
patch-queue applies there. Do this at most NUM times. This can be useful if the patch-queue
doesn't apply to the current branch HEAD anymore, e.g. after importing a new upstream version.
--[no-]drop
Whether to automatically drop (delete) the patch queue branch after a successful export
--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
In case of import, import even if the patch-queue branch already exists and overwrite its content
with debian/patches.
--export
In case of export, commit debian/patchesthe changes to Git after exporting the patches.
--meta-closes=bug-close-tags
What meta tags to look for to generate a commit message when using export --commit. The default
is 'Closes|LP' to support Debian and Launchpad.
--meta-closes-bugnum=bug-number-format
What regular expression should be used to parse out the bug number when using export --commit. The
default is '(?:bug|issue)?\#?\s?\d+'. See gbp-dch(1) for details.
--pq-from=[DEBIAN|TAG]
How to find the starting point for the patch queue base. The options are DEBIAN, that will use the
Debian branch as the base for the patch queue branch, and TAG, that will use the corresponding
upstream tag as a base for the patch queue branch.
This is only needed if your upstream branch is not merged in the Debian branch. The default is
DEBIAN.
--upstream-tag=TAG-FORMAT
Use this tag format when looking for tags of upstream versions, default is upstream/%(version)s.
TAGS
When exporting patches from a patch-queue branch, gbp pq will look at the patch header for special tags
it recognizes. All tags need to start at the first column and require at least one whitespace after the
colon.
Gbp[-Pq]: Ignore
Ignores the commit, no patch is generated out of it.
Gbp[-Pq]: Name name
The name to use for the patch when running
gbp pq export
If unset, it will be formatted like git am would format it.
Gbp[-Pq]: Topic topic
Moves the patch into a subdir called topic when running
gbp pq export
This allows for some structure below debian/patches.
Gbp-Pq-Topic: topic
Deprecated: use Gbp[-Pq]: Topic topic instead.
SEE ALSO
gbp-buildpackage(1), dpkg-source(1), quilt(1), gbp.conf(5)
AUTHOR
Guido Günther <agx@sigxcpu.org>
5 November 2021 gbp-pq(1)