--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 to merge. The upstream tag to use will be determined via the --upstream-tag.

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

How to fold the upstream commits onto the Debian™ packaging branch.

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 on. Default is upstream.

--upstream-tag=tag-format

Use this tag format when looking up upstream tags, default is upstream/%(version)s.

--upstream-tree=[BRANCH|VERSION|commit-id]

What to merge into the debian-branch. BRANCH merges from the upstream branch. VERSION (the default) looks for a tag determined from the given upstream version number via the --upstream-version option.

Other values are interpreted as git commit id to merge from.

--debian-branch=branch_name

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

--[no-]sign-tags

GPG sign all created tags.

--keyid=gpg-keyid

Use this keyid for gpg signing tags.

--import-msg=msg-format

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

--postimport=cmd

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

--[no-]rollback

Rollback changes in case of an error.