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diff --git a/docs/chapters/import.sgml b/docs/chapters/import.sgml index 89d15b83..c42279c9 100644 --- a/docs/chapters/import.sgml +++ b/docs/chapters/import.sgml @@ -274,8 +274,9 @@ upstream-tag = v%(version)s numbers by dots but rather by underscore(<replaceable>_</replaceable>), hyphen(<replaceable>-</replaceable>) or anything else. In - order to cope with that you can use version mangling via - substitution. The substitution works as follows: + order to cope with that you can use version mangling of these + characters via substitution. The substitution works as + follows: </para> <programlisting> [buildpackage] @@ -292,9 +293,10 @@ upstream-tag = v%(version%.%_)s &gbp-buildpackage;. </para> <para> - If you need to use the <replaceable>%</replaceable> character in either of the substitution strings, + If you want the substitution to be the <replaceable>%</replaceable> character you have to escape it. E.g. <replaceable>%(version%-%\%)s</replaceable> will replace <replaceable>-</replaceable> with <replaceable>%</replaceable>, transforming <replaceable>1-A.B.C</replaceable> to <replaceable>1%A.B.C</replaceable>. + Only a single replacement is supported and it can only replace a single character. </para> <para>If you're using &pristine-tar;, you can make &gbp-buildpackage; commit the generated tarball back to the |