--version

Print version of the program, i.e. version of the git-buildpackage suite

-v, --verbose

Verbose execution

-h, --help

Print help and exit

--color=[auto|on|off]

Whether to use colored output.

--color-scheme=COLOR_SCHEME

Colors to use in output (when color is enabled). The format for COLOR_SCHEME is '<debug>:<info>:<warning>:<error>'. Numerical values and color names are accepted, empty fields imply the default color. For example, --git-color-scheme='cyan:34::' would show debug messages in cyan, info messages in blue and other messages in default (i.e. warning and error messages in red).

--all

Track all branches, not only debian and upstream.

--debian-branch=branch_name

The branch in the Git repository the Debian package is being developed on, default is master.

--upstream-branch=branch_name

The branch in the Git™ repository the upstream sources are put onto. Default is upstream.

--depth=depth

Git history depth, for creating shallow git clones.

--reference=repository

Local repository to use as alternate instead of re-copying data from remote repository.

--pristine-tar

Track pristine tar branch.

--[no-]hooks

Enable running hooks.

--postclone=COMMAND

Execute COMMAND after cloning the source from the remote.

Exported environment variables are: GBP_GIT_DIR (the repository the package is being built from).

Note that if you clone a repository that contains a hook configuration in debian/gbp.conf this hook will not be run automatically to prevent execution of untrusted code.

--defuse-gitattributes=[auto|on|off]

Disable Git attributes that may interfere with building packages. Works by updating .git/info/attributes to override attributes in the upstream sources which may cause files to be transformed on checkout. More specifically, a new macro attribute is defined, [attr]dgit-defuse-attrs, which is then applied to * together with export-subst and export-ignore. This is done to be compatible with dgit and git-deborig which disable Git attributes this way.

If set to auto, first check whether there are any .gitattributes files in the upstream source, and act only if there are some. If set to on, unconditionally there are some. If set to off, does nothing.

--repo-email=[GIT|DEBIAN]

When set to DEBIAN use the DEBEMAIL environment variable to set the user.email Git™ configuration otherwise use Git™'s defaults.

--repo-user=[GIT|DEBIAN]

When set to DEBIAN use the DEBFULLNAME environment variable to set the user.name Git™ configuration otherwise use Git™'s defaults.

--[no-]aliases

Whether to expand gbp specific aliases for remote repos like salsa:.

--[no-]add-upstream-vcs

Whether to add the upstream git repository as additional remote. The repository url is read from the "Repository" field in debian/upstream/metadata.

repository

The (possibly remote) repository to clone from. This is usually a Git™ URL but some shortcuts are supported (see below).

directory

The directory to clone to.