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author | Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> | 2013-10-25 10:23:30 +0100 |
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committer | Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> | 2013-10-25 10:23:30 +0100 |
commit | 6e24ac7bb85e30df00b3d14853b049e3f06b6dec (patch) | |
tree | ed6278c39c22d95da63519f06251c8be2614c12b /dgit.1 | |
parent | 7ca3064a13b1fd2e541acc77ff11a3e6f4f8a970 (diff) |
dgit build, by default, uses the archive to find out what the correct -v<version> option is to pass to dpkg-genchanges.
Diffstat (limited to 'dgit.1')
-rw-r--r-- | dgit.1 | 17 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -248,7 +248,22 @@ more output (currently, up to -DD is meaningfully different). Specifies a git configuration option. dgit itself is also controlled by git configuration options. .TP -.RI \fB-v\fR version |\fB-m\fR maintaineraddress +.RI \fB-v\fR version "|\fB_\fR | " \fB--since-version=\fR version |\fB_\fR +Specifies the +.BI -v version +option to pass to dpkg-genchanges, during builds. Changes (from +debian/changelog) since this version will be included in the built +changes file, and hence in the upload. If this option is not +specified, dgit will query the archive and use the latest version +uploaded to the intended suite. + +Specifying +.B _ +inhibits this, so that no -v option will be passed to dpkg-genchanges +(and as a result, only the last stanza from debian/changelog will +be used for the build and upload). +.TP +.RI \fB-m\fR maintaineraddress Passed to dpkg-genchanges (eventually). .TP .RI \fB--ch:\fR option |