--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).

--upstream-version=version, -uversion

The upstream version number. With --uscan, passed to uscan as --download-debversion

--[no-]merge

Merge the upstream branch to the Debian™ branch after import

--merge-mode=[auto|merge|replace]

How to fold the newly imported upstream source to the Debian™ packaging branch after import.

merge does a Git merge leaving you on your own in case of merge conflict resolution.

replace mode on the other hand makes the head of the Debian™ packaging branch identical to the newly imported tree but preserves the content of the debian/ directory while keeping the current head as well as the newly imported tree as parents of the generated commit. This is similar to a theirs merge strategy while preserving debian/.

The default is auto which uses replace for 3.0 (quilt) packages and merge otherwise.

--upstream-branch=branch_name

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

--debian-branch=branch_name

The branch in the Git repository the Debian™ package is being developed on, default is master. After importing the new sources on the upstream branch, gbp import-orig will try to merge the new version onto this branch.

--upstream-vcs-tag=tag-format

Add tag-format as additional parent to the commit of the upstream tarball. Useful when upstream uses git and you want to link to its revision history. The tag-format can be a pattern similar to what --upstream-tag supports.

--[no-]sign-tags

GPG sign all created tags.

--keyid=gpg-keyid

Use this keyid for gpg signing tags.

--upstream-tag=tag-format

Use this tag format when tagging upstream versions, default is upstream/%(version)s.

--import-msg=msg-format

Use this format string for the commit message when importing upstream versions, default is New upstream version %(version)s.

--filter=pattern

Filter out files glob-matching pattern. This option can be given multiple times.

--component=COMPONENT

When importing the upstream tarball also look for an additional tarball with component name COMPONENT. E.g. in hello-debhelper_1.0.orig-foo.tar.gz the component would be foo. The additional tarball is expected to be in the same directory than the upstream tarball and to use the same compression type. You also need to specify the components when using --uscan.

Using additional original tarballs is a feature of the 3.0 (quilt) source format. See the dpkg-source manpage for details. This is currently considered an experimental feature and might change incompatibly.

--[no-]pristine-tar

Generate pristine-tar delta file.

--[no-]filter-pristine-tar

If using a filter, also filter the files out of the tarball passed to pristine-tar.

--[no-]symlink-orig

Whether to create and keep a symlink from the upstream tarball to a Debian™ policy conformant upstream tarball name located in ../.

This is a good idea if not using pristine-tar since it avoids creating a new tarball with a different md5sum.

--postimport=cmd

Run cmd after the import. The hook gets the following environment variables passed:

--postunpack=cmd

Run cmd after the import. This can be useful to e.g. convert or remove certain files prior to the import. The hook gets passed the following environment variables:

--uscan

Use uscan to fetch new upstream version. The version can be specified with --upstream-version

--[no-]interactive

Run command interactively, i.e. ask package name and version if needed.

--[no-]rollback

Rollback changes in case of an error.

--upstream-signatures=[auto|on|off]

Whether upstream signatures should be imported as well (when using pristine-tar). off turns this off completely while on always tries to import a signature (which can be useful if you want to fail if e.g. uscan did not fetch a signature). The default auto means to import a signature file if present but do nothing otherwise.