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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 ] [ --force ] [
       --meta-closes=bug-close-tags ] [ --meta-closes-bugnum=bug-number-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   <URL: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 drop (delete) the patch queue branch after a successful export

       --force
              In case of import, import even if the branch already exists

       --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.

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 Guenther <agx@sigxcpu.org>

                                         29 January 2016                                GBP-PQ(1)