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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)