Provided by: git-buildpackage-rpm_0.9.33_all 
NAME
gbp-rpm-ch; - Generate the RPM changelog from git commit messages
SYNOPSIS
gbp rpm-ch [--version] [--help] [--verbose] [--color=[auto|on|off]] [--color-scheme= COLOR_SCHEME]
[--tmp-dir= DIRECTORY] [--vendor= VENDOR] [--packaging-branch= BRANCH-NAME] [--packaging-tag=
TAG-FORMAT] [--ignore-branch] [--packaging-dir= DIRECTORY] [--changelog-file= FILEPATH]
[--spec-file= FILEPATH] [--since= COMMITISH] [--no-release] [--[no-]git-author] [--[no-]full]
[--id-length= NUMBER] [--ignore-regex= REGEX] [--changelog-revision= REV-FORMAT] [--git-log=
GIT-LOG-OPTIONS] [--spawn-editor=[always|release|no]] [--editor-cmd= EDITOR]
[--customizations= CUSTOMIZATION-FILE] [PATH1 PATH2]
DESCRIPTION
gbp rpm-ch reads git commit messages up to the current tip of the current branch and updates the RPM
changelog from them.
By default, gbp rpm-ch tries to guess the last Git commit documented in the changelog. Alternatively,
--since can be used to tell gbp rpm-ch at which point it should start in the Git history, or, --all to
use all commits from the Git history.
The additional path arguments can be used to restrict the repository paths gbp rpm-ch looks at. For even
more detailed control, you can use --git-log to restrict the generated changelog entries further. E.g. by
using --git-log="--author=Foo Bar".
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>:<in‐
fo>:<warning>:<error>'. Numerical values and color names are accepted, empty fields imply the de‐
fault 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).
--git-tmp-dir=DIRECTORY
Base directory under which temporary directories are created.
--vendor=VENDOR
Distribution vendor name.
--packaging-branch=BRANCH-NAME
The branch in the Git repository the package is being developed on, default is master.
--ignore-branch
Don't check if the current branch matches PACKAGING-BRANCH.
--packaging-tag=TAG-FORMAT
Tag format used, when tagging releases, default is %(vendor)s/%(version)s
--packaging-dir=DIRECTORY
Subdirectory that contains the RPM packaging files.
--changelog-file=FILEPATH
Relative path to the changelog file to use. Special value auto causes gbp to guess, SPEC uses the
spec file, CHANGES uses a separate changelog file (name derived spec file name with .spec suffix
replaced by .changes). Guessing logic is simple: use separate changelog file if it is found, oth‐
erwise use the spec file.
--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, in‐
stead.
--since=COMMITTISH
Start reading commit messages at COMMITTISH.
--no-release
Do not create a new changelog section, just update the last changelog section.
--[no-]full
Include the full commit message in the changelog output.
--git-log=GIT-LOG-OPTIONS
Options passed on verbatim to git-log(1).
--id-length=N
Include N digits of the commit id in the changelog entry. Default is to not include any commit ids
at all.
--ignore-regex=REGEX
Ignore lines in commit message matching REGEX when generating the changelog.
--changelog-revision=REV-FORMAT
Format string to use for revision field in the changelog header. The following string fields are
accepted: %(upstreamversion)s the upstream version; %(release)s the rpm patchlevel, i.e. Release;
%(version)s full rpm package version; %(tagname)s tag/commit, i.e. basically what git-describe
would give. If empty or not defined the default from packaging policy is used.
--ignore-regex=REGEX
Ignore commit lines matching REGEX when generating the changelog.
--[no-]git-author
Use user.name and user.email from git-config(1) for the changelog header.
--spawn-editor=[always|release|no]
Whether to spawn an editor: always, when doing a release or never.
--editor-cmd=EDITOR
The editor to use for editing the changelog.
--customizations=CUSTOMIZATION-FILE
Load Python code from CUSTOMIZATION-FILE. At the moment, the only useful thing the code can do is
define a custom ChangelogEntryFormatter class.
META TAGS
Additional to the above options the formatting of the new changelog entries (one-per-commit) in the
changelog can be modified by special tags (called Meta Tags) given in the git commit message. The tags
must start at the first column of a commit message but can appear on any line. They are of the form Tag‐
name: VALUE. Valid Meta Tags are:
Git-Rpm-Ch: ACTION
Supported actions are: Ignore which will ignore this commit when generating new changelog entries.
Short which will only use the description (the first line) of the commit message when generating
the changelog entry (useful when --full is given) and Full which will use the full commit message
when generating the changelog entry (useful when --full is not given).
[Close|Closes|...]: BUGNUMBER
Indicate in the changelog entry that bug BUGNUMBER was addressed in this commit.
The following git commit message:
Document meta tags
so one doesn't have to consult the manual
Git-Rpm-Ch: Short
Closes: #636088
Results in this changelog entry:
- Document meta tags (Closes: #636088)
CONFIGURATION FILES
Several gbp.conf files are parsed to set defaults for the above command-line arguments. See the
gbp.conf(5) manpage for details.
SEE ALSO
gbp-buildpackage-rpm(1), gbp-import-srpm(1), gbp.conf(5), debuild(1), git(1), pristine-tar(1), The Git-
Buildpackage Manual ⟨file:///usr/share/doc/git-buildpackage/manual-html/index.html⟩ Cl2vcs ⟨https://
honk.sigxcpu.org/cl2vcs⟩ ,
AUTHOR
Markus Lehtonen <markus.lehtonen@linux.intel.com>
15 December 2023 gbp-rpm-ch(1)