NAME¶

gbp-import-orig - Import an upstream source into a git repository

SYNOPSIS¶

gbp import-orig
[--version] [--help] [--verbose] [--color=[auto|on|off]] [--color-scheme= COLOR_SCHEME] [--upstream-version= version] [--[no-]merge] [--merge-mode= [auto|merge|replace]] [--upstream-branch= branch_name] [--debian-branch= branch_name] [--upstream-vcs-tag= tag-format] [--[no-]sign-tags] [--keyid= gpg-keyid] [--upstream-tag= tag-format] [--filter= pattern]... [--component= component]... [--[no-]pristine-tar] [--[no-]filter-pristine-tar] [--[no-]symlink-orig] [--postimport=cmd] [--postunpack=cmd] [--[no-]interactive] [--[no-]rollback] [--upstream-signatures=[auto|on|off]] filename | url | --uscan

DESCRIPTION¶

gbp import-orig imports upstream sources into a Git repository. It can import from three sources:

1.

filename: A file in the local file system. Gzip, bzip2, lzma and xz compressed tar archives, zip archives and already unpacked source trees are supported.

2.

url: The tarball is downloaded from a http or https url. This needs the python3-request package installed.

3.

--uscan: The latest upstream or specified version is fetched via uscan relying on debian/watch.

If the tarballs name is already of the form package-name_version.orig.tar.gz, the version information is determined from the tarball's filename, otherwise it can be given on the command line via --upstream-version. If the source package name or version can't be determined, gbp import-orig will prompt for it unless --no-interactive is given.

The sources are placed on the upstream branch (default: upstream), tagged and merged onto the debian branch (default: master). This is either done using plain git merge or by creating a new tree that consists of the new upstream version plus the debian/ directory. The later is used for source format 3.0 (quilt) packages since direct modifications of the upstream sources are not allowed in that format and so a 1:1 replacement of the upstream sources is almost always desired. It can be tweaked via the --merge-mode.

In case of an error gbp import-orig will rollback (undo) all changes it has done to the repository (see the --rollback option).

Note that for projects using multiple tarballs the name of the additional components needs to be specified via the --component command line option or via gbp.conf (see below for details).

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).

--upstream-version=version, -uversion

The upstream version number. With --uscan, passed to uscan as --download-debversion

--[no-]merge

Merge the upstream branch to the Debian branch after import

--merge-mode=[auto|merge|replace]

How to fold the newly imported upstream source to the Debian packaging branch after import.

merge does a Git merge leaving you on your own in case of merge conflict resolution.

replace mode on the other hand makes the head of the Debian packaging branch identical to the newly imported tree but preserves the content of the debian/ directory while keeping the current head as well as the newly imported tree as parents of the generated commit. This is similar to a theirs merge strategy while preserving debian/.

The default is auto which uses replace for 3.0 (quilt) packages and merge otherwise.

--upstream-branch=branch_name

The branch in the Git repository the upstream sources are put onto. Default is upstream.

--debian-branch=branch_name

The branch in the Git repository the Debian package is being developed on, default is master. After importing the new sources on the upstream branch, gbp import-orig will try to merge the new version onto this branch.

--upstream-vcs-tag=tag-format

Add tag-format as additional parent to the commit of the upstream tarball. Useful when upstream uses git and you want to link to its revision history. The tag-format can be a pattern similar to what --upstream-tag supports.

--[no-]sign-tags

GPG sign all created tags.

--keyid=gpg-keyid

Use this keyid for gpg signing tags.

--upstream-tag=tag-format

Use this tag format when tagging upstream versions, default is upstream/%(version)s.

--import-msg=msg-format

Use this format string for the commit message when importing upstream versions, default is New upstream version %(version)s.

--filter=pattern

Filter out files glob-matching pattern. This option can be given multiple times.

--component=COMPONENT

When importing the upstream tarball also look for an additional tarball with component name COMPONENT. E.g. in hello-debhelper_1.0.orig-foo.tar.gz the component would be foo. The additional tarball is expected to be in the same directory than the upstream tarball and to use the same compression type. You also need to specify the components when using --uscan.

Using additional original tarballs is a feature of the 3.0 (quilt) source format. See the dpkg-source manpage for details. This is currently considered an experimental feature and might change incompatibly.

--[no-]pristine-tar

Generate pristine-tar delta file.

--[no-]filter-pristine-tar

If using a filter, also filter the files out of the tarball passed to pristine-tar.

--[no-]symlink-orig

Whether to create and keep a symlink from the upstream tarball to a Debian policy conformant upstream tarball name located in ../.

This is a good idea if not using pristine-tar since it avoids creating a new tarball with a different md5sum.

--postimport=cmd

Run cmd after the import. The hook gets the following environment variables passed:

--postunpack=cmd

Run cmd after the import. This can be useful to e.g. convert or remove certain files prior to the import. The hook gets passed the following environment variables:

--uscan

Use uscan to fetch new upstream version. The version can be specified with --upstream-version

--[no-]interactive

Run command interactively, i.e. ask package name and version if needed.

--[no-]rollback

Rollback changes in case of an error.

--upstream-signatures=[auto|on|off]

Whether upstream signatures should be imported as well (when using pristine-tar). off turns this off completely while on always tries to import a signature (which can be useful if you want to fail if e.g. uscan did not fetch a signature). The default auto means to import a signature file if present but do nothing otherwise.

EXAMPLES¶

Download and import a new upstream version using the information from debian/watch

      gbp import-orig --uscan

Fetch tarball from an URL

      gbp import-orig https://debian.example.com/sid/upstream-tarball-0.1.tar.gz

Import a local tarball

      gbp import-orig ../upstream-tarball-0.1.tar.gz

CONFIGURATION FILES¶

Several gbp.conf files are parsed to set defaults for the above command-line arguments. See the gbp.conf(5) manpage for details.

SEE ALSO¶

gbp-buildpackage(1), gbp-import-dsc(1), gbp-import-dscs(1), gbp-dch(1), gbp.conf(5), uscan(1), debuild(1), git(1), pristine-tar(1),
The Git-Buildpackage Manual ⟨file:///usr/share/doc/git-buildpackage/manual-html/index.html⟩

AUTHOR¶

Guido Günther <agx@sigxcpu.org>