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 80 characters. wrap-and-sort sorts  the  package  lists  in
       Debian  control  files and all .install 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 the entries are shorter than 80
              characters 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.

       -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.

AUTHORS

       wrap-and-sort and this manpage have been written by Benjamin Drung <bdrung@debian.org>.

       Both are released under the ISC license.