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authorMarkus Lehtonen <markus.lehtonen@linux.intel.com>2014-05-09 14:40:25 +0300
committerGuido Günther <agx@sigxcpu.org>2014-06-30 21:03:50 +0200
commit4290a94fcdc34f405184b9fff3d81ee5e090dbb5 (patch)
treef2cbf299b68916e30212fa1cad5222c242cbd309
parent4be93211fe146a884bdbe517e8b2afacb99da4dd (diff)
docs: cosmetic reformat of git-dch manpage sgml source
Makes the sgml source more readable. Fix indentation, tab to space, wrap lines. Signed-off-by: Markus Lehtonen <markus.lehtonen@linux.intel.com>
-rw-r--r--docs/manpages/gbp-dch.sgml354
1 files changed, 207 insertions, 147 deletions
diff --git a/docs/manpages/gbp-dch.sgml b/docs/manpages/gbp-dch.sgml
index 94a535ac..5d539949 100644
--- a/docs/manpages/gbp-dch.sgml
+++ b/docs/manpages/gbp-dch.sgml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
</author>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
- <refentrytitle>gbp-dch</refentrytitle>
+ <refentrytitle>gbp-dch</refentrytitle>
&dhsection;
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
&gbp-dch;
-
<arg><option>--verbose</option></arg>
<arg><option>--debian-branch=</option><replaceable>branch_name</replaceable></arg>
<arg><option>--debian-tag=</option><replaceable>tag-format</replaceable></arg>
@@ -28,18 +27,18 @@
<arg><option>--ignore-branch</option></arg>
<group>
<arg><option>--snapshot</option></arg>
- <arg><option>--release</option></arg>
+ <arg><option>--release</option></arg>
</group>
<group>
- <arg><option>--auto</option></arg>
- <arg><option>--since=</option><replaceable>commitish</replaceable></arg>
+ <arg><option>--auto</option></arg>
+ <arg><option>--since=</option><replaceable>commitish</replaceable></arg>
</group>
<arg><option>--new-version=</option><replaceable>version</replaceable></arg>
<group>
- <arg><option>--bpo</option></arg>
- <arg><option>--nmu</option></arg>
- <arg><option>--qa</option></arg>
- <arg><option>--team</option></arg>
+ <arg><option>--bpo</option></arg>
+ <arg><option>--nmu</option></arg>
+ <arg><option>--qa</option></arg>
+ <arg><option>--team</option></arg>
</group>
<arg><option>--distribution=</option><replaceable>name</replaceable></arg>
<arg><option>--force-distribution</option></arg>
@@ -69,11 +68,14 @@
distribution of the topmost section in
<filename>debian/changelog</filename> is <emphasis>UNRELEASED</emphasis>
the changelog entries will be inserted into this section. Otherwise a new
- section will be created.</para>
- <para>If <option>--auto</option> is given &gbp-dch; tries to guess the
+ section will be created.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ If <option>--auto</option> is given &gbp-dch; tries to guess the
last &git; commit documented in the changelog - this only works in snapshot
mode. Otherwise <option>--since</option> can be used to tell &gbp-dch;
- at which point it should start in the &git; history.</para>
+ at which point it should start in the &git; history.
+ </para>
<para>
The additional path arguments can be used to restrict the repository paths
&gbp-dch; looks at. Setting <replaceable>path</replaceable> to
@@ -81,106 +83,131 @@
all Debian packaging changes are restricted to the
<replaceable>debian/</replaceable> subdir. In more sophisticated cases
(like backports) you can use <option>--git-log</option> to restrict the
- generated changelog entries further. E.g. by using
- <option>--git-log=</option><replaceable>"--author=Foo Bar"</replaceable>.</para>
+ generated changelog entries further. E.g. by using
+ <option>--git-log=</option><replaceable>"--author=Foo Bar"</replaceable>.
+ </para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>OPTIONS</title>
-
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--debian-branch</option>=<replaceable>branch_name</replaceable>
</term>
<listitem>
- <para>The branch in the Git repository the Debian package is being
- developed on, default is <replaceable>master</replaceable>.</para>
+ <para>
+ The branch in the Git repository the Debian package is being
+ developed on, default is <replaceable>master</replaceable>.
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--ignore-branch</option>
</term>
<listitem>
- <para>Don't check if the current branch matches
- <replaceable>debian-branch</replaceable>.</para>
+ <para>
+ Don't check if the current branch matches
+ <replaceable>debian-branch</replaceable>.
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>--verbose</option></term>
- <term><option>-v</option></term>
+ <term><option>--verbose</option></term>
+ <term><option>-v</option></term>
<listitem>
- <para>verbose execution</para>
+ <para>
+ verbose execution
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--debian-tag=</option><replaceable>tag-format</replaceable>
</term>
<listitem>
- <para>tag format used, when tagging debian versions,
- default is <replaceable>debian/%(version)s</replaceable></para>
+ <para>
+ tag format used, when tagging debian versions,
+ default is <replaceable>debian/%(version)s</replaceable>
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--since=</option><replaceable>committish</replaceable>
</term>
<listitem>
- <para>Start reading commit messages at <replaceable>committish</replaceable>.</para>
+ <para>
+ Start reading commit messages at
+ <replaceable>committish</replaceable>.
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--auto</option>,
- <option>-a</option></term>
+ <option>-a</option></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Guess the last commit documented in the changelog from the
- snapshot banner (or from the last tag if no snapshot banner exists).
- </para>
+ <para>
+ Guess the last commit documented in the changelog from the
+ snapshot banner (or from the last tag if no snapshot banner exists).
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--[no-]meta</option></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Parse meta tags like <option>Closes:</option>,
- <option>Thanks:</option> and <option>Git-Dch:</option>. See META TAGS below.</para>
+ <para>
+ Parse meta tags like <option>Closes:</option>,
+ <option>Thanks:</option> and <option>Git-Dch:</option>. See META TAGS
+ below.
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--meta-closes=</option><replaceable>bug-close-tags</replaceable>
</term>
<listitem>
- <para>What meta tags to look for to generate bug-closing changelog
- entries. The default is 'Closes|LP' to support Debian and
- Launchpad.</para>
+ <para>
+ What meta tags to look for to generate bug-closing changelog entries.
+ The default is 'Closes|LP' to support Debian and Launchpad.
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>--[no-]full</option></term>
+ <term><option>--[no-]full</option>
+ </term>
<listitem>
- <para>Include the full commit message in the changelog output.</para>
+ <para>
+ Include the full commit message in the changelog output.
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--snapshot</option>,
<option>-S</option></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Create a snapshot release entry. This adds a snapshot release
- number and a warning banner to the changelog entry. The release
- version number is being auto incremented with every new snapshot
- release to avoid packages downgrades during snapshot testing.</para>
+ <para>
+ Create a snapshot release entry. This adds a snapshot release
+ number and a warning banner to the changelog entry. The release
+ version number is being auto incremented with every new snapshot
+ release to avoid packages downgrades during snapshot testing.
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--snapshot-number=</option><replaceable>expression</replaceable>
</term>
<listitem>
- <para>Python expression that gets eval()ed to the new snapshot number.</para>
+ <para>
+ Python expression that gets eval()ed to the new snapshot number.
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--release</option>,
<option>-R</option></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Remove any snapshot release banners and version suffixes, set
- the current distribution to <replaceable>unstable</replaceable> and
- open the changelog for final tweaking.</para>
+ <para>
+ Remove any snapshot release banners and version suffixes, set
+ the current distribution to <replaceable>unstable</replaceable> and
+ open the changelog for final tweaking.
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@@ -188,129 +215,157 @@
<option>-N</option> <replaceable>version</replaceable>
</term>
<listitem>
- <para>Add a new changelog section with version
- <replaceable>newversion</replaceable>. Together with
- <option>--snapshot</option> the snapshot number will be appended to
- <replaceable>newversion</replaceable>.</para>
+ <para>
+ Add a new changelog section with version
+ <replaceable>newversion</replaceable>. Together with
+ <option>--snapshot</option> the snapshot number will be appended to
+ <replaceable>newversion</replaceable>.
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>--team</option></term>
+ <term><option>--team</option>
+ </term>
<listitem>
- <para>Create a Team upload changelog entry.</para>
+ <para>
+ Create a Team upload changelog entry.
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--bpo</option>
</term>
<listitem>
- <para>Increment the Debian release number for an upload to
- backports, and add a backport upload changelog comment.</para>
+ <para>
+ Increment the Debian release number for an upload to backports, and
+ add a backport upload changelog comment.
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--nmu</option>
</term>
<listitem>
- <para>Increment the Debian release number for a non-maintainer upload.</para>
+ <para>
+ Increment the Debian release number for a non-maintainer upload.
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--qa</option>
</term>
<listitem>
- <para>Increment the Debian release number for a Debian QA Team
- upload, and add a QA upload changelog comment.</para>
+ <para>
+ Increment the Debian release number for a Debian QA Team upload, and
+ add a QA upload changelog comment.
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>--distribution=</option><replaceable>name</replaceable>
- </term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Set the distribution field
- to <replaceable>name</replaceable>.</para>
- </listitem>
+ <term><option>--distribution=</option><replaceable>name</replaceable>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Set the distribution field to <replaceable>name</replaceable>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>--force-distribution</option>
- </term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Force the distribution specified
- with <option>--distribution</option> to be used, even if it
- doesn't match the list of known distributions.</para>
- </listitem>
+ <term><option>--force-distribution</option>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Force the distribution specified with <option>--distribution</option>
+ to be used, even if it doesn't match the list of known distributions.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>--urgency=</option><replaceable>level</replaceable>
- </term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Set the urgency field
- to <replaceable>level</replaceable>.</para>
- </listitem>
+ <term><option>--urgency=</option><replaceable>level</replaceable>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Set the urgency field to <replaceable>level</replaceable>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--git-log=</option><replaceable>git-log-options</replaceable>
</term>
<listitem>
- <para>Options passed on verbatim to git-log(1).</para>
+ <para>
+ Options passed on verbatim to git-log(1).
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--id-length=</option><replaceable>N</replaceable>
</term>
<listitem>
- <para>Include <replaceable>N</replaceable> digits of the commit id in
- the changelog entry. Default is to not include any commit ids at
- all.</para>
+ <para>
+ Include <replaceable>N</replaceable> digits of the commit id in the
+ changelog entry. Default is to not include any commit ids at all.
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--ignore-regex=</option><replaceable>regex</replaceable>
</term>
<listitem>
- <para>Ignore commit lines matching <replaceable>regex</replaceable>
- when generating the changelog.
- </para>
+ <para>
+ Ignore commit lines matching <replaceable>regex</replaceable>
+ when generating the changelog.
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--git-author</option>
</term>
<listitem>
- <para>Use user.name and user.email from <application>git-config</application>(1) for changelog trailer.</para>
+ <para>
+ Use user.name and user.email from
+ <application>git-config</application>(1) for changelog trailer.
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--[no-]multimaint-merge</option>
</term>
<listitem>
- <para>Merge commits by maintainer.</para>
+ <para>
+ Merge commits by maintainer.
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--spawn-editor=<replaceable>[always|snapshot|release]</replaceable></option>
</term>
<listitem>
- <para>Whether to spawn an editor: always, when doing snapshots or
- when doing a release.</para>
+ <para>
+ Whether to spawn an editor: always, when doing snapshots or when
+ doing a release.
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--commit-msg=</option><replaceable>msg-format</replaceable>
</term>
<listitem>
- <para>use this format string for the commit message when
- committing the generated changelog file (when
- <option>--commit</option> is given). Default is
- <replaceable>Update changelog for %(version)s
- release</replaceable></para>
+ <para>
+ use this format string for the commit message when committing the
+ generated changelog file (when <option>--commit</option> is given).
+ Default is
+ <replaceable>Update changelog for %(version)s release</replaceable>
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--commit</option>
</term>
<listitem>
- <para>Commit the generated changelog.</para>
+ <para>
+ Commit the generated changelog.
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@@ -327,27 +382,29 @@
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
- <title>Snapshot mode</title>
- <para>
- Snapshot mode can be used for quick test and install cycles without
- having to worry about version numbers or changelog entries.
- </para><para>
- When using <option>--snapshot</option> or <option>-S</option> &gbp-dch;
- uses a pseudo header in the Debian changelog to remember the last git
- commit it added a changelog entry for. It also sets a version number
- ending in
- <replaceable>~&lt;snaspshotnumber&gt;.gbp&lt;commitid&gt;</replaceable>.
- It automatically increments the snapshot number on subsequent invocations
- of &gbp-dch; <option>-S</option> so that later snapshots automatically
- have a higher version number. To leave snapshot mode invoke &gbp-dch;
- with the <option>--release</option> option. This removes the pseudo
- header and unmangles the version number so the released version has a
- higher version number than the snapshots.
- </para>
+ <title>Snapshot mode</title>
+ <para>
+ Snapshot mode can be used for quick test and install cycles without
+ having to worry about version numbers or changelog entries.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ When using <option>--snapshot</option> or <option>-S</option> &gbp-dch;
+ uses a pseudo header in the Debian changelog to remember the last git
+ commit it added a changelog entry for. It also sets a version number
+ ending in
+ <replaceable>~&lt;snaspshotnumber&gt;.gbp&lt;commitid&gt;</replaceable>.
+ It automatically increments the snapshot number on subsequent invocations
+ of &gbp-dch; <option>-S</option> so that later snapshots automatically
+ have a higher version number. To leave snapshot mode invoke &gbp-dch;
+ with the <option>--release</option> option. This removes the pseudo
+ header and unmangles the version number so the released version has a
+ higher version number than the snapshots.
+ </para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>META TAGS</title>
- <para>Additional to the above options the formatting of the commit message
+ <para>
+ Additional to the above options the formatting of the commit message
in <filename>debian/changelog</filename> can be modified by special tags
(called Meta Tags)
given in the git commit message. Meta Tag processing can be activated via
@@ -360,40 +417,44 @@
<varlistentry>
<term><option>Git-Dch</option>: <replaceable>action</replaceable>
</term>
- <listitem><para>
- Supported actions are: <replaceable>Ignore</replaceable> which will ignore
- this commit when generating <filename>debian/changelog</filename>,
- <replaceable>Short</replaceable> which will only use the
- description (the first line) of the commit message when
- generating the changelog entry (useful when
- <option>--full</option> is given) and
- <replaceable>Full</replaceable> which will use the full commit
- message when generating the changelog entry (useful when
- <option>--full</option> is not given).
- </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>Thanks</option>: <replaceable>msg</replaceable>
- </term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Add a thanks message after the commit message.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>Closes</option>: <replaceable>bugnumber</replaceable>
- </term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Indicate in the <filename>debian/changelog</filename> that the bug was
- closed by this commit. See the <option>--meta-closes</option>
- on how to extend this for other bugtrackers.
- </para>
- </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Supported actions are: <replaceable>Ignore</replaceable> which will
+ ignore this commit when generating
+ <filename>debian/changelog</filename>,
+ <replaceable>Short</replaceable> which will only use the description
+ (the first line) of the commit message when generating the changelog
+ entry (useful when <option>--full</option> is given) and
+ <replaceable>Full</replaceable> which will use the full commit
+ message when generating the changelog entry (useful when
+ <option>--full</option> is not given).
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>Thanks</option>: <replaceable>msg</replaceable>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Add a thanks message after the commit message.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>Closes</option>: <replaceable>bugnumber</replaceable>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Indicate in the <filename>debian/changelog</filename> that the bug
+ was closed by this commit. See the <option>--meta-closes</option> on
+ how to extend this for other bugtrackers.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
- <para>The following git commit message:</para>
+ <para>
+ The following git commit message:
+ </para>
<screen>
Document meta tags
@@ -404,7 +465,7 @@
Thanks: Raphaël Hertzog for the suggestion
</screen>
<para>
- Results in this <filename>debian/changelog</filename> entry:
+ Results in this <filename>debian/changelog</filename> entry:
</para>
<screen>
* Document meta tags.
@@ -412,11 +473,10 @@
</screen>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
- &man.gbp.config-files;
+ &man.gbp.config-files;
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>SEE ALSO</title>
-
<para>
<xref linkend="man.gbp.buildpackage">,
<xref linkend="man.gbp.import.dsc">,
@@ -430,8 +490,8 @@
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>AUTHOR</title>
-
- <para>&dhusername; &dhemail;</para>
-
+ <para>
+ &dhusername; &dhemail;
+ </para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>