gbp-buildpackage (1)

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
EXAMPLES
CONFIGURATION FILES
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR

NAME

git-buildpackage, gbp-buildpackage - Build Debian packages from a Git repository

SYNOPSIS

gbp buildpackage [ --git-[no-]ignore-new ] [ --git-tag ] [ --git-verbose ] [ --git-color=[auto|on|off] ] [ --git-notify=[auto|on|off] ] [ --git-upstream-branch=treeish ] [ --git-debian-branch=branch_name ] [ --git-ignore-branch ] [ --git-builder=BUILD_CMD ] [ --git-cleaner=CLEAN_CMD ] [ --git-[no-]pbuilder ] [ --git-[no-]qemubuilder ] [ --git-dist=DIST ] [ --git-arch=ARCH ] [ --git-[no-]pbuilder-autoconf ] [ --git-pbuilder-options ] [ --git-[no-]sign-tags ] [ --git-keyid=gpg-keyid ] [ --git-posttag=command ] [ --git-postbuild=command ] [ --git-postexport=command ] [ --git-prebuild=command ] [ --git-[no-]hooks ] [ --git-debian-tag=tag-format ] [ --git-upstream-tag=tag-format ] [ --git-force-create ] [ --git-no-create-orig ] [ --git-upstream-tree=[TAG|BRANCH|treeish] ] [ --git-tarball-dir=directory ] [ --git-compression=type ] [ --git-compression-level=level ] [ --git-export-dir=directory ] [ --git-export=treeish ] [ --git-[no-]pristine-tar ] [ --git-[no-]pristine-tar-commit ] [ --git-[no-]-purge ] [ --git-dont-purge ] [ --git-tag-only ] [ --git-retag ]

DESCRIPTION

gbp buildpackage is used to build Debian source and .deb packages from a Git repository.

gbp buildpackage will, in order:

•: Verify that it is being executed from the proper location.
•: Verify that the repository doesn't contain any uncommitted source changes.
•: Verify that it is being executed from the correct branch.
•: (Optionally) export the source tree to a separate build area
•: Build an orig tarball if it doesn't exist.
•: Call debuild(1) (or the application specified via --git-builder) with arguments instructing it to ignore Git meta-data in the diff.gz, passing along all arguments given to gbp buildpackage that don't start with --git-.
•: (Optionally) tag the tree after a successful build
•: (Optionally) call a post build hook - e.g. to run lintian
•: (Optionally) call a post tag hook - e.g. to push the results to a remote repository after creating the tag

OPTIONS

--git-[no-]ignore-new: Don't abort if there are uncommitted changes in the source tree or the current branch doesn't match the debian-branch.
--git-tag: Add a git tag after a successful build.
--git-builder=BUILD_CMD: Use BUILD_CMD instead of debuild -i -I
--git-cleaner=CLEAN_CMD: Use CLEAN_CMD instead of debuild clean
--git-pbuilder: Build package using git-pbuilder. Note that this overwrites any --git-builder and --git-cleaner options.
--git-qemubuilder: Build package using git-pbuilder with qemubuilder. Note that this overwrites any --git-builder and --git-cleaner options.
--git-dist=DIST: Build for distribution DIST when using --git-pbuilder. If unset build for the unstable distribution.
--git-arch=ARCH: Build for architecture ARCH when using --git-pbuilder. If unset no architecture is passed to git-pbuilder.
--git-pbuilder-autoconf: Whether to try to autoconfigure git-pbuilder or to rely on the settings in .pbuilderrc. See the git-pbuilder manpage for details.
--git-pbuilder-options: Options to pass to pbuilder
--git-verbose: verbose execution
--git-color=[auto|on|off]: Whether to use colored output.
--git-notify=[auto|on|off]: Whether to send a desktop notification after the build.
--git-upstream-branch=branch_name: Branch to build the orig tarball from if --git-upstream-tree is set to BRANCH. Default is upstream.
--git-debian-branch=branch_name: If you're not on this branch when invoking gbp buildpackage it will fail. Default is master. This is done to make sure you don't accidentally release from a topic branch. Not being on this branch will be ignored when using --git-ignore-new.
--git-ignore-branch: Don't check if the current branch matches debian-branch.
--git-[no-]sign-tags: GPG sign all created tags
--git-keyid=gpg-keyid: use this keyid for gpg signing tags
--git-posttag=command: excecute command after tagging a new version.
Exported environment variables are: GBP_TAG (the name of the generated tag), GBP_BRANCH (the branch the package was build from) and GBP_SHA1 (the sha1 of the commit the tag was created at).
--git-postbuild=command: execute command after successful build.
Exported environment variables are: GBP_CHANGES_FILE (the name of the generated changes file), GBP_BUILD_DIR (the build dir).
--git-postexport=command: execute command after exporting the source tree - valid only if --git-export-dir has been specified.
Exported environment variables are: GBP_GIT_DIR (the repository the package is being built from), GBP_TMP_DIR (the temporary directory where the sources have been initially exported).
--git-prebuild=command: execute command from the build directory before calling debuild or the application specified via --git-builder.
Exported environment variables are: GBP_GIT_DIR (the repository the package is being built from), GBP_BUILD_DIR (the build dir).
--git-[no-]hooks: Enable running all (cleaner, postexport, prebuild, postbuild, and posttag) hooks. Note: the --git-builder command is not affected by this option.
--git-debian-tag=tag-format: use this tag format when tagging Debian versions, default is debian/%(version)s
--git-upstream-tag=tag-format: use this tag format when looking for tags of upstream versions, default is upstream/%(version)s.
--git-force-create: Force creation of an orig tarball (overwriting a pre-existing one if present)
--git-no-create-orig: Don't try to create any orig tarball
--git-overlay: Extract orig tarball when using export-dir option (analog to mergeWithUpstream in svn-bp)
--git-export-dir=directory: Export the current branch head (or the treeish object given via --git-export to directory before building.
--git-export=treeish: Instead of exporting the current branch head, export the treeish object treeish. The special name INDEX exports the current index whereas the special name WC exports the current working copy as is.
--git-upstream-tree=[tag|branch]: How to find the upstream sources used to generate the tarball. TAG looks at a tag corresponding to the version in the changelog. BRANCH looks at the upstream branch given via the --git-upstream-branch option. Other values are interpreted as treeishs.
This doesn't have any effect if --git-pristine-tar is being used.
--git-tarball-dir=directory: Search for original tarballs in directory instead of generating them
--git-compression=type: Specifies the upstream tarball compression type. This will be used to locate and build the upstream tarball if necessary. The default is auto which derives the compression type from the pristine-tar branch if available and falls back to gzip otherwise. Other options are gzip, bzip2, lzma and xz.
--git-compression-level=level: Specifies the upstream tarball compression level if an upstream tarball needs to be built.
--git[-no]-purge: Purge (remove) temporary build directory after build
--git-dont-purge: Deprecated, use --git-no-purge instead.
--git-tag-only: don't build, only tag and run post-tag hooks
--git-retag: don't fail tag operations if a tag with the same version already exists
--git-pristine-tar: Use pristine-tar when generating the upstream tarball if it doesn't exist.
--git-pristine-tar-commit: Commit the pristine-tar delta to the pristine-tar branch if a new tarball was generated and the pristine-tar data isn't already there.

EXAMPLES

Build a Debian package using git pbuilder which in turn invokes cowbuilder. Instruct cowbuilder to build within a Wheezy chroot for i386.

      gbp buildpackage --git-pbuilder --git-arch=i386 --git-dist=wheezy

Note that the above needs a cowbuilder chroot already. This can be created using:

      DIST=wheezy ARCH=i386 git pbuilder create

CONFIGURATION FILES

Several gbp.conf files are parsed to set defaults for the above commandline arguments. See the gbp.conf(5) manpage for details.

All options in the config files are specified without the 'git-' prefix.

AUTHOR

Guido Guenther <agx@sigxcpu.org>