git-buildpackage

Suite to help with maintaining Debian packages in Git repositories.

Tools

GBP ships the following tools:

gbp import-{dsc,dscs}: import existing Debian source packages into a git repository
gbp import-orig: import a new upstream version into the git repository
gbp buildpackage: build a package out of a git repository, check for local modifications and tag appropriately
gbp dch: generate Debian changelog entries from Git commit messages
gbp pq: maintain debian/patches on a patch queue branch
gbp clone: clone a remote repository and make it ready for gbp buildpackage
gbp pull: pull from a remote repository and update the necessary branches
gbp create-remote-repo: mirror your git repository to a remote side
gbp config: print configuration values

There are some helpers in /usr/share/doc/git-buildpackage/examples/:

gbp-posttag-push: posttag hook for gbp buildpackage to push out the necessary changes to a remote repository after a release
gbp-add-patch: Commits a patch to the current branch and uses the Path Header for the commit message, useful after gbp pq export.

git-buildpackage's official manual.
A possible workflow for maintaining debian packages in git.
The current api documentation in case you want to extend git-buildpackage. The usage of the GitRepository class is shown (and tested) in test_GitRepository.

The source code is available via:

git clone https://git.sigxcpu.org/cgit/git-buildpackage

and can be browsed here.

There's also a clone on github.

Debian packages of git-buildpackage can be downloaded from the Debian Archive.

If not on a Debian system you can fetch the package from pypi:

pip install gbp

For enhancements and feature requests you can either use the Debian bugtracking system or email me directly.

git-buildpackage has it's own mailing list for general discussion and patches.

Here's my current gbp.conf.

Git-pbuilder by Russ Allbery is included in gbp but a newer version might be available.
Chef Cookbook for gbp
git-buildpackage-rpm by Markus Lehtonen. A fork of gbp adding RPM support. Large parts merged into gbp already.

git-buildpackage was written by Guido Günther with contributions from many individuals. See the changelog for attributions.

git-buildpackage is free software and licensed under the GPL Version 2.