NAME¶

mercurial-port - Incorporate an already released version of a package source into a specific porting branch.

SYNOPSIS¶

mercurial-port [option] branch

DESCRIPTION¶

Switch to the specified branch and merge with the default branch. The specified branch is created if necessary.

OPTIONS¶

--version, -V

Output version and exit.

--verbose, -v

Increase verbosity level. Can be used several times.

--package-version version, -p version

Merge version into branch instead of using the most recent version from debian/changelog.

EXAMPLES¶

mercurial-port -p 3.2-1 lenny

Merge version 3.2-1 of the package in the current directory into the branch lenny.

AUTHOR¶

Jens Peter Secher <jpsecher@gmail.com>

SEE ALSO¶

mercurial-importorig(1), mercurial-importdsc(1), mercurial-buildpackage(1), mercurial-tagversion(1), mercurial-pristinetar(1).