Suite to help with maintaining Debian packages in Git repositories.

Tools
GBP ships the following tools:
- gbp buildpackage: build a package out of a git repository, check for local modifications and tag appropriately
- 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 export-orig: export an upstream tarball from the git repository
- 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
- gbp push: push content to remote repositories
- gbp tag: tag a Debian package in git
- gbp pristine-tar: create pristine-tar commits
There's also some support for maintaining RPMs in (gbp buildpackage-rpm, gbp import-srpm, gbp pq-rpm, gbp rpm-ch). and helpers in /usr/share/doc/git-buildpackage/examples/:
- gbp-add-patch: Commits a patch to the current branch and uses the patch header for the commit message, useful after gbp pq export.
Documentation
- 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.
Download
Source Code
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
Debian packages of git-buildpackage can be downloaded from the Debian Archive.
Pypi
If not on a Debian system you can fetch the package from pypi:
pip install gbp
Bugreports
For enhancements and feature requests you can either use the Debian bugtracking system or email me directly.
Mailing List
git-buildpackage has it's own mailing list for general discussion and patches.
If you encounter a security issue please report it via the above channels.
gbp.conf
Here's my current gbp.conf.
Related Tools
- 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 have been merged into gbp.
- ansible-role-gbp - an ansible role to configure git-buildpackge and pbuilder/cowbuilder.
Todo
- templating for gbp dch (Debian bug #536719. Debian bug #529332)
- translate the manual
- bugs filed in the Debian bugtracking system
Author
git-buildpackage was written by Guido Günther with contributions from many individuals. See the changelog for attributions.
License
git-buildpackage is free software and licensed under the GPL Version 2.