From 6e24ac7bb85e30df00b3d14853b049e3f06b6dec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ian Jackson Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 10:23:30 +0100 Subject: dgit build, by default, uses the archive to find out what the correct -v option is to pass to dpkg-genchanges. --- dgit.1 | 17 ++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'dgit.1') diff --git a/dgit.1 b/dgit.1 index 931b831..c261300 100644 --- a/dgit.1 +++ b/dgit.1 @@ -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 -- cgit v1.2.3