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NAME
wrap-and-sort - wrap long lines and sort items in Debian packaging files
SYNOPSIS
wrap-and-sort [options]
DESCRIPTION
wrap-and-sort wraps the package lists in Debian control files. By default the lists will only split into
multiple lines if the entries are longer than the maximum line length limit of 79 characters.
wrap-and-sort sorts the package lists in Debian control files and all .dirs, .docs, .examples, .info,
.install, .links, .maintscript, and .manpages files. Beside that wrap-and-sort removes trailing spaces in
these files.
This script should be run in the root of a Debian package tree. It searches for control, control*.in,
copyright, copyright.in, install, and *.install in the debian directory.
OPTIONS
-h, --help
Show this help message and exit.
-a, --wrap-always
Wrap all package lists in the Debian control file even if they do not exceed the line length limit
and could fit in one line.
-s, --short-indent
Only indent wrapped lines by one space (default is in-line with the field name).
-b, --sort-binary-packages
Sort binary package paragraphs by name.
-k, --keep-first
When sorting binary package paragraphs, leave the first one at the top.
Unqualified debhelper(7) configuration files are applied to the first package.
--no-keep-first
When sorting binary package paragraphs, do not treat the first package specially (opposite of
--keep-first)
-n, --no-cleanup
Do not remove trailing whitespaces.
-t, --trailing-comma
Add a trailing comma at the end of the sorted fields. This minimizes future differences in the
VCS commits when additional dependencies are appended or removed.
-d path, --debian-directory=path
Location of the debian directory (default: ./debian).
-f file, --file=file
Wrap and sort only the specified file. You can specify this parameter multiple times. All
supported files will be processed if no files are specified.
-v, --verbose
Print all files that are touched.
--max-line-length=max_line_length
Set the maximum allowed line length. Package lists in the Debian control file that exceed this
length limit will be wrapped.
The default maximum line length is 79 characters.
-N, --dry-run
Do not modify any file, instead only print the files that would be modified.
--experimental-rts-parser
Temporary option accepted for compatibility with an experiment. It no longer does anything. Please
remove any use of it.
AUTHORS
wrap-and-sort and this manpage have been written by Benjamin Drung <bdrung@debian.org>. Both are released under the ISC license.