Tagging, signing and actually uploading should be left to dgit push.
.TP
-\fBdgit git-build\fR ...
+\fBdgit gbp-build\fR ...
Runs
.B git-buildpackage
-with some suitable options. Options and arguments after git-build
+with some suitable options. Options and arguments after gbp-build
will be passed on to git-buildpackage.
Tagging, signing and actually uploading should be left to dgit push.
the invocation host. The build-host needs gnupg installed, with your
public key in its keyring (but not your private key, obviously).
.TP
+.B dgit setup-new-tree
+Configure the current working tree the way that dgit clone would have
+set it up. Like running
+.B dgit setup-useremail
+and
+.B setup-mergechangelogs
+(but only does each thing if dgit is configured to do it automatically).
+You can use these in any git repository, not just ones used with
+the other dgit operations.
+.TP
+.B dgit setup-useremail
+Set the working tree's user.name and user.email from the
+distro-specific dgit configuration
+.RB ( dgit-distro. \fIdistro\fR .user-name " and " .user-email ),
+or DEBFULLNAME or DEBEMAIL.
+.TP
.B dgit setup-mergechangelogs
Configures a git merge helper for the file
.B debian/changelog
which uses
.BR dpkg-mergechangelogs .
-You can use this in any git repository, not just ones used with
-the other dgit operations.
.TP
.B dgit quilt-fixup
`3.0 (quilt)' format source packages need changes representing not
for signing the tag and the upload. The default comes from the
distro's
.B keyid
-config setting (see CONFIGURATION, below), or failing that, gnupg's
-default.
+config setting (see CONFIGURATION, below), or failing that, the
+uploader trailer line in debian/changelog.
.TP
.BR --no-sign
does not sign tags or uploads (meaningful only with push).
.TP
.BI -D
Prints debugging information to stderr. Repeating the option produces
-more output (currently, up to -DDD is meaningfully different).
+more output (currently, up to -DDDD is meaningfully different).
.TP
.BI -c name = value
Specifies a git configuration option, to be used for this run.
.BR gpg ,
.BR ssh ,
.BR dgit ,
+.BR git ,
or
.BR mergechanges .
Usually, for passing options to dpkg-genchanges, you should use
.BR --ch: \fIoption\fR.
+Specifying --git not effective for some lower-level read-only git
+operations performed by dgit, and also not when git is invoked by
+another program run by dgit.
+
See notes above regarding ssh and dgit.
NB that --gpg:option is not supported (because debsign does not
plus appropriate diffs and cherry picks from the dgit remote tracking
branch, construct a git commit whose tree corresponds to the tree to use for the
next upload. If that commit-to-be-uploaded is not a descendant of the
-dig remote tracking branch, check it out and say
+dgit remote tracking branch, check it out and say
.BR "git merge -s ours remotes/dgit/dgit/" \fIsuite\fR;
that tells git that we are deliberately throwing away any differences
between what's in the archive and what you intend to upload.
.BI dgit.default.distro " distro"
The default distro for an unknown suite.
.TP
+.BR dgit.default. *
+for each
+.BR dgit-distro. \fIdistro\fR . *,
+the default value used if there is no distro-specific setting.
+.TP
+.BR dgit-distro. \fIdistro\fR .clean-mode
+One of the values for the command line --clean= option; used if
+--clean is not specified.
+.TP
.BR dgit-distro. \fIdistro\fR .readonly " " auto | a " | " true | t | y | 1 " | " false | f | n | 0
Whether you have push access to the distro.
For Debian, it is OK to use auto, which uses readonly mode if you are
.TP
.BI dgit-distro. distro .upload-host
Might be useful if you have an intermediate queue server.
+.TP
+.BI dgit-distro. distro .user-name " " dgit-distro. distro .user-email
+Values to configure for user.name and user.email in new git trees. If
+not specified, the DEBFULLNAME and DEBEMAIL environment variables are
+used, respectively. Only used if .setup-usermail is not disabled.
+.TP
+.BI dgit-distro. distro .setup-useremail
+Whether to set user.name and user.email in new git trees.
+True by default. Ignored for dgit setup-setup-useremail, which does it anyway.
+.TP
+.BI dgit-distro. distro .setup-mergechangelogs
+Whether to setup a merge driver which uses dpkg-mergechangelogs for
+debian/changelog. True by default. Ignored for dgit
+setup-mergechangelogs, which does it anyway.
+.TP
+.BI dgit-distro. distro .cmd- cmd
+Program to use instead of
+.IR cmd .
+Works like
+.BR -- \fIcmd\fR = "... ."
+.TP
+.BI dgit-distro. distro .opts- cmd
+Extra options to pass to
+.IR cmd .
+Works like
+.BR -- \fIcmd\fR : "... ."
+To pass several options, configure multiple values in git config
+(with git config --add). The options for
+.BI dgit.default.opts- cmd
+.BI dgit-distro. distro /push.opts- cmd
+and are all used, followed by options from dgit's command line.
.SH ACCESS CONFIGURATION
There are many other settings which specify how a particular distro's
services (archive and git) are provided. These should not normally be
.BR dgit-distro. \fIdistro\fR . ( git | sshpsql ) - ( user | host | user-force )
.TP
.BI dgit-distro. distro .backports-quirk
-.TP
-.BR dgit.default. *
-for each
-.BR dgit-distro. \fIdistro\fR . *
.SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
.TP
.BR DGIT_SSH ", " GIT_SSH
See
also the --ssh= and --ssh: options.
.TP
+.BR DEBEMAIL ", " DEBFULLNAME
+Default git user.email and user.name for new trees. See
+.BR "dgit setup-new-tree" .
+.TP
.BR gpg ", " dpkg- "..., " debsign ", " git ", " curl ", " dput ", " LWP::UserAgent
and other subprograms and modules used by dgit are affected by various
environment variables. Consult the documentaton for those programs
autocommit(s) to not appear on your HEAD, but instead only in the
remote tracking suite branch.
-The option parser requires values to be cuddled to the option name.
-
--dry-run does not always work properly, as not doing some of the git
fetches may result in subsequent actions being different. Doing a
non-dry-run dgit fetch first will help.
\fBgit-buildpackage\fP(1),
\fBdpkg-buildpackage\fP(1),
.br
-https://wiki.debian.org/Alioth
+https://browse.dgit.debian.org/
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