NAME¶
wrap-and-sort - wrap long lines and sort items in Debian packaging files
SYNOPSIS¶
wrap-and-sort [
options]
DESCRIPTION¶
wrap-and-sort wraps the package lists in Debian control files. By default
the lists will only split into multiple lines if the entries are longer than
the maximum line length limit of 79 characters.
wrap-and-sort sorts the
package lists in Debian control files and all
.install files. Beside
that
wrap-and-sort removes trailing spaces in these files.
This script should be run in the root of a Debian package tree. It searches for
control,
control*.in,
copyright,
copyright.in,
install, and
*.install in the
debian directory.
OPTIONS¶
- -h, --help
- Show this help message and exit.
- -a, --wrap-always
- Wrap all package lists in the Debian control file
even if they do not exceed the line length limit and could fit in one
line.
- -s, --short-indent
- Only indent wrapped lines by one space (default is in-line
with the field name).
- -b, --sort-binary-packages
- Sort binary package paragraphs by name.
- -k, --keep-first
- When sorting binary package paragraphs, leave the first one
at the top. Unqualified debhelper(7) configuration files are
applied to the first package.
- -n, --no-cleanup
- Do not remove trailing whitespaces.
- -t, --trailing-comma
- Add a trailing comma at the end of the sorted fields. This
minimizes future differences in the VCS commits when additional
dependencies are appended or removed.
- -d path,
--debian-directory=path
- Location of the debian directory (default:
./debian).
- -f file, --file=file
- Wrap and sort only the specified file. You can
specify this parameter multiple times. All supported files will be
processed if no files are specified.
- -v, --verbose
- Print all files that are touched.
- --max-line-length=max_line_length
- Set the maximum allowed line length. Package lists in the
Debian control file that exceed this length limit will be wrapped.
The default maximum line length is 79 characters.
AUTHORS¶
wrap-and-sort and this manpage have been written by Benjamin Drung
<bdrung@debian.org>.
Both are released under the ISC license.
