X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=dgit.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=dgit.1;h=54ed3d362f15e0c85f15ad6417189931c3710975;hp=07eb89c16e651da9582e9c503140f74dd47c0dd0;hb=192d476b8cc487acacd80ec3794f82732f93f346;hpb=5dd559b5eaedf57a1081c03ab8602669c9e72e4a diff --git a/dgit.1 b/dgit.1 index 07eb89c1..54ed3d36 100644 --- a/dgit.1 +++ b/dgit.1 @@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ for the distro to which .I suite belongs. +.I suite +may be a combination of several underlying suites in the form +.IR mainsuite \fB,\fR subsuite ...; +see COMBINED SUITES in dgit(7). + For your convenience, the .B vcs-git remote will be set up from the package's Vcs-Git field, if there is @@ -90,6 +95,7 @@ then dgit fetch defaults to .IR suite ; otherwise it parses debian/changelog and uses the suite specified there. +suite may be a combined suite, as for clone. .TP \fBdgit pull\fR [\fIsuite\fP] Does dgit fetch, and then merges the new head of the remote tracking @@ -181,15 +187,14 @@ 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: +.TS +l l. 1. Clone on build host (dgit clone) -.br 2. Edit code on build host (edit, git commit) -.br 3. Build package on build host (dgit build) -.br 4. Test package on build host or elsewhere (dpkg -i, test) -.br 5. Upload by invoking dgit rpush on host with your GPG key. +.TE 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 @@ -261,6 +266,16 @@ and it therefore does not make a pseudomerge to bind the import into any existing git history. +Because a .dsc can contain a Dgit field naming a git commit +(which you might not have), +and specifying where to find that commit +(and any history rewrite table), +import-dsc might need online access. +If this is a problem +(or dgit's efforts to find the commit fail), +consider --no-chase-dsc-distro +or --force-import-dsc-with-dgit-field. + There is only only sub-option: .B --require-valid-signature @@ -292,11 +307,6 @@ If .I branch does not start with refs/, refs/heads/ is prepended. The specified branch is unconditionally updated. - -If the specified .dsc contains a Dgit field, -dgit will simply make a branch of that commit. -If you cannot manage to find that commit anywhere, -consider --force-import-dsc-with-dgit-field. .TP .B dgit version Prints version information and exits. @@ -304,6 +314,11 @@ Prints version information and exits. .BI "dgit clone-dgit-repos-server" " destdir" Tries to fetch a copy of the source code for the dgit-repos-server, as actually being used on the dgit git server, as a git tree. +.TP +.BI "dgit print-dgit-repos-server-source-url" +Prints the url used by dgit clone-dgit-repos-server. +This is hopefully suitable for use as a git remote url. +It may not be useable in a browser. .SH OPTIONS .TP .BR --dry-run " | " -n @@ -451,6 +466,30 @@ someone should make a suitable dgit push to update the contents of dgit-repos to a version without the controversial changes. .TP +.BR --no-chase-dsc-distro +Tells dgit not to look online +for additional git repositories +containing information about a particular .dsc being imported. +Chasing is the default. + +For most operations +(such as fetch and pull), +disabling chasing +means dgit will access only the git server +for the distro you are directly working with, +even if the .dsc was copied verbatim from another distro. +For import-dsc, +disabling chasing +means dgit will work completely offline. + +Disabling chasing can be hazardous: +if the .dsc names a git commit which has been rewritten +by those in charge of the distro, +this option may prevent that rewrite from being effective. +Also, +using it can mean that +dgit fails to find necessary git commits. +.TP .BR --dgit-view-save= \fIbranch\fR|\fIref\fR Specifies that when a split view quilt mode is in operation, and dgit calculates @@ -660,6 +699,24 @@ By default, dgit looks in the parent directory .BI --no-rm-on-error Do not delete the destination directory if clone fails. .TP +.BI --dep14tag +Generates a DEP-14 tag (eg +.BR debian/ \fIversion\fR) +as well as a dgit tag (eg +.BR archive/debian/ \fIversion\fR) +where possible. This is the default. +.TP +.BI --no-dep14tag +Do not generate a DEP-14 tag, except in split quilt view mode. +(On servers where only the old tag format is supported, +the dgit tag will have the DEP-14 name. +This option does not prevent that.) +.TP +.BI --dep14tag-always +Insist on generating a DEP-14 tag +as well as a dgit tag. +If the server does not support that, dgit push will fail. +.TP .BI -D Prints debugging information to stderr. Repeating the option produces more output (currently, up to -DDDD is meaningfully different). @@ -710,6 +767,8 @@ Specifies a single additional option to pass to .BR sbuild , .BR ssh , .BR dgit , +.BR apt-get , +.BR apt-cache , .BR gbp-pq , .BR gbp-build , or @@ -755,6 +814,8 @@ Specifies alternative programs to use instead of .BR gpg , .BR ssh , .BR dgit , +.BR apt-get , +.BR apt-cache , .BR git , .BR gbp-pq , .BR gbp-build , @@ -886,6 +947,9 @@ may be a glob pattern. .BI dgit.default.distro " distro" The default distro for an unknown suite. .TP +.BI dgit.default.default-suite " suite" +The default suite (eg for clone). +.TP .BR dgit.default. * for each .BR dgit-distro. \fIdistro\fR . *, @@ -958,6 +1022,12 @@ services (archive and git) are provided. These should not normally be adjusted, but are documented for the benefit of distros who wish to adopt dgit. .TP +.BI dgit-distro. distro .nominal-distro +Shown in git tags, Dgit fields, and so on. +.TP +.BI dgit-distro. distro .alias-canon +Used for all access configuration lookup. +.TP .BR dgit-distro. \fIdistro\fR /push. * If set, overrides corresponding non \fB/push\fR config when .BR readonly=false , @@ -990,6 +1060,8 @@ or when pushing and .TP .BI dgit-distro. distro .dgit-tag-format .TP +.BR dgit-distro. \fIdistro\fR .dep14tag " " want | no | always +.TP .BI dgit-distro. distro .ssh .TP .BI dgit-distro. distro .sshpsql-dbname @@ -997,6 +1069,16 @@ or when pushing and .BR dgit-distro. \fIdistro\fR . ( git | sshpsql ) - ( user | host | user-force ) .TP .BI dgit-distro. distro .backports-quirk +.TP +.BI dgit-distro. distro .rewrite-map-enable +.TP +.BI dgit.default.old-dsc-distro +.TP +.BI dgit.dsc-url-proto-ok. protocol +.TP +.BI dgit.dsc-url-proto-ok.bad-syntax +.TP +.BI dgit.default.dsc-url-proto-ok .SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES .TP .BR DGIT_SSH ", " GIT_SSH