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DETECT-CHANGELOG-BEHAVIOUR(1) User Commands DETECT-CHANGELOG-BEHAVIOUR(1)

NAME

detect-changelog-behaviour - Detect changelog update behaviour

SYNOPSIS

detect-changelog-behaviour [OPTIONS] [DIRECTORY]

DESCRIPTION

detect-changelog-behaviour inspects a Debian package's version control configuration (e.g. gbp.conf) and heuristics to determine whether the changelog is managed automatically (e.g. by "gbp dch") or manually updated. It prints "true" if the changelog should be updated, or "false" if it is managed automatically, and exits with a non-zero status if it cannot determine the behaviour.

positional arguments:

The directory to check. Defaults to the current directory.

optional arguments:

Show this help message and exit.
Show program's version number and exit.
Be verbose.

SEE ALSO

lintian-brush(1)

AUTHORS

Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer@debian.org>

February 2026 detect-changelog-behaviour