New --initiator-tempdir option.

[dgit.git] / dgit.1

diff --git a/dgit.1 b/dgit.1
index b3f8f95351ab63a47dac787754fee690dbd7526b..931b8310823c4a3d9d13e7e821f629cfd96581af 100644 (file)
--- a/dgit.1
+++ b/dgit.1
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ dgit \- git integration with the Debian archive
 [\fIsuite\fP]
 .br
 .B dgit
 [\fIsuite\fP]
 .br
 .B dgit

+[\fIdgit\-opts\fP] \fBrpush\fR \fIbuild-host\fR\fB:\fR\fIbuild-dir\fR
+[\fIpush args...\fR]
+.br
+.B dgit

 [\fIdgit\-opts\fP] \fIaction\fR ...
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B dgit
 [\fIdgit\-opts\fP] \fIaction\fR ...
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B dgit


@@ -145,6 +149,25 @@ specifies a suite then that must match too.
 If dgit push fails while uploading, it is fine to simply retry the
 dput on the .changes file at your leisure.
 .TP
 If dgit push fails while uploading, it is fine to simply retry the
 dput on the .changes file at your leisure.
 .TP

+\fBdgit rpush\fR \fIbuild-host\fR\fB:\fR\fIbuild-dir\fR [\fIpush args...\fR]
+Pushes the contents of the specified directory on a remote machine.
+This is like running dgit push on build-host with build-dir as the
+current directory; however, signing operations are done on the
+invoking host.  This allows you to do a push when the system which has
+the source code and the build outputs has no access to the key.
+
+However, the build-host must be able to ssh to the dgit repos.  If
+this is not already the case, you must organise it separately, for
+example by the use of ssh agent forwarding.
+
+The remaining arguments are treated just as dgit push would handle
+them.
+
+build-host and build\-dir can be passed as separate
+arguments; this is assumed to be the case if the first argument
+contains no : (except perhaps on in [ ], to support IPv6 address
+literals).
+.TP

 .B dgit quilt-fixup
 Looks to see if the tree is one which dpkg-source cannot properly
 represent.  If it isn't, dgit will fix it up for you (in quilt terms,
 .B dgit quilt-fixup
 Looks to see if the tree is one which dpkg-source cannot properly
 represent.  If it isn't, dgit will fix it up for you (in quilt terms,


@@ -163,6 +186,11 @@ actually update the output(s).  For push, dgit does
 the required checks and leaves the new .dsc in a temporary file,
 but does not sign, tag, push or upload.
 .TP
 the required checks and leaves the new .dsc in a temporary file,
 but does not sign, tag, push or upload.
 .TP

+.BR --damp-run | -L
+Go through many more of the motions: do everything that doesn't
+involve either signing things, or making changes on the public
+servers.
+.TP

 .BI -k keyid
 Use
 .I keyid
 .BI -k keyid
 Use
 .I keyid


@@ -236,9 +264,34 @@ Specifies alternative programs to use instead of
 .BR dpkg-buildpackage ,
 .BR dpkg-genchanges ,
 .BR sbuild ,
 .BR dpkg-buildpackage ,
 .BR dpkg-genchanges ,
 .BR sbuild ,

+.BR gpg ,
+.BR ssh ,
+.BR dgit ,

 or
 .BR mergechanges .
 or
 .BR mergechanges .

-This applies only when the program is invoked directly by dgit.
+
+For dpkg-buildpackage, dpkg-genchanges, mergechanges and sbuild,
+this applies only when the program is invoked directly by dgit.
+
+For dgit, specifies the command to run on the remote host when dgit
+rpush needs to invoke a remote copy of itself.  (dgit also reinvokes
+itself as the EDITOR for dpkg-source --commit; this is done using
+argv[0], and is not affected by --dget=).
+
+For ssh, the default value is taken from the
+.B DGIT_SSH
+or
+.B GIT_SSH
+environment variables, if set (see below).  And, for ssh, when accessing the
+archive and dgit-repos, this command line setting is overridden by the
+git config variables
+.BI dgit-distro. distro .ssh
+and
+.B .dgit.default.ssh
+(which can in turn be overridden with -c).  Also, when dgit is using
+git to access dgit-repos, only git's idea of what ssh to use (eg,
+.BR GIT_SSH )
+is relevant.

 .TP
 .RI \fB--dget:\fR option |\fB--dput:\fR option |...
 Specifies a single additional option to pass to
 .TP
 .RI \fB--dget:\fR option |\fB--dput:\fR option |...
 Specifies a single additional option to pass to


@@ -249,12 +302,21 @@ Specifies a single additional option to pass to
 .BR dpkg-buildpackage ,
 .BR dpkg-genchanges ,
 .BR sbuild ,
 .BR dpkg-buildpackage ,
 .BR dpkg-genchanges ,
 .BR sbuild ,

+.BR ssh ,
+.BR dgit ,

 or
 .BR mergechanges .
 Can be repeated as necessary.
 or
 .BR mergechanges .
 Can be repeated as necessary.

-This applies only when the program is invoked directly by dgit.
-Usually, for passing options to dpkg-genchanges, use
+
+For dpkg-buildpackage, dpkg-genchanges, mergechanges and sbuild,
+this applies only when the program is invoked directly by dgit.
+Usually, for passing options to dpkg-genchanges, you should use

 .BR --ch: \fIoption\fR.
 .BR --ch: \fIoption\fR.

+
+See notes above regarding ssh and dgit.
+
+NB that --gpg:option is not supported (because debsign does not
+have that facility).  But see -k.

 .TP
 .BR -d "\fIdistro\fR | " --distro= \fIdistro\fR
 Specifies that the suite to be operated on is part of distro
 .TP
 .BR -d "\fIdistro\fR | " --distro= \fIdistro\fR
 Specifies that the suite to be operated on is part of distro


@@ -294,6 +356,15 @@ or use the value of this option.
 .TP
 .BR -h | --help
 Print a usage summary.
 .TP
 .BR -h | --help
 Print a usage summary.

+.TP
+.BI --initiator-tempdir= directory
+dgit rpush uses a temporary directory on the invoking (signing) host.
+This option causes dgit to use
+.I directory
+instead.  Furthermore, the specified directory will be emptied,
+removed and recreated before dgit starts, rather than removed
+after dgit finishes.  The directory specified must be an absolute
+pathname.

 .SH WORKFLOW - SIMPLE
 It is always possible with dgit to clone or fetch a package, make
 changes in git (using git-commit) on the suite branch
 .SH WORKFLOW - SIMPLE
 It is always possible with dgit to clone or fetch a package, make
 changes in git (using git-commit) on the suite branch


@@ -539,6 +610,21 @@ on the dgit command line.
 .BR dgit.default. *
 for each
 .BR dgit-distro. \fIdistro\fR . *
 .BR dgit.default. *
 for each
 .BR dgit-distro. \fIdistro\fR . *

+.SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
+.TP
+.BR DGIT_SSH ", " GIT_SSH
+specify an alternative default program (and perhaps arguments) to use
+instead of ssh.  DGIT_SSH is consulted first and may contain arguments;
+if it contains any whitespace will be passed to the shell.  GIT_SSH
+specifies just the program; no arguments can be specified, so dgit
+interprets it the same way as git does.
+See
+also the --ssh= and --ssh: options.
+.TP
+.BR gpg ", " dpkg- "..., " debsign ", " git ", " dget ", " dput ", " LWP::UserAgent
+and other subprograms and modules used by dgit are affected by various
+environment variables.  Consult the documentaton for those programs
+for details.

 .SH BUGS
 We should be using some kind of vhost/vpath setup for the git repos on
 alioth, so that they can be moved later if and when this turns out to
 .SH BUGS
 We should be using some kind of vhost/vpath setup for the git repos on
 alioth, so that they can be moved later if and when this turns out to