dep3changelog - generate a changelog entry from a DEP3-style patch header
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Description
dep3changelog extracts the DEP3 patch headers from the given patch files and builds a changelog entry for
each patch. If the patch author differs from the one detected from the DEBEMAIL, NAME, DEBEMAIL, or
EMAIL environment variables, “Thanks to author <email>” is added to the changelog entry for that patch.
Any bug-debian or bug-ubuntu fields are added as “Closes” to the changelog entry. The generated
changelog entries are passed to debchange as an argument along with the given dch_options.
Environment
DEBEMAIL, EMAIL, DEBFULLNAME, NAME
See the above description of the use of these environment variables.
Name
dep3changelog - generate a changelog entry from a DEP3-style patch header
Options
--help, -h
Display a help message and exit successfully.
--version
Display version and copyright information and exit successfully.
See Also
debchange(1) DEBIAN Debian Utilities DEP3CHANGELOG(1)
Synopsis
dep3changelogpatch [patch ...] [options] [-- [dch_options]]
