Version: 0.6.0git20120822

Guido Guenther

Table of Contents
Introduction
Repository Layout and Terminology
Workflow
Importing Sources
Importing already existing Debian packages
Importing a new upstream version
Converting an existing Git repository
Upstream sources on a branch
Upstream sources not on a branch
Starting a Debian package from scratch
When upstream uses GIT
No upstream tarballs
Upstream tarballs
Building packages from the Git repository
Using a separate build dir
Invoking external programs
Running lintian
Pushing into a remote repository
Running postexport hook
Working with patches
Releases and Snapshots
Customizing snapshot numbers
More on commit messages
Configuration files
Special use cases
Handling non-DFSG clean upstream sources
Importing NMUs
Using Pbuilder
Working on random packages
Command Reference
git-buildpackage -- Build Debian packages from a Git repository
git-import-dsc -- Import Debian packages into a Git repository
git-import-dscs -- Import multiple versions of a Debian source packages into a Git repository
git-import-orig -- Import an upstream source into a git repository
git-dch -- Generate the Debian changelog from git commit messages
gbp-clone -- Clone a repository from remote
gbp-pull -- Safely update a repository from remote
gbp-pq -- Manage quilt patches on patch queue branches in git
gbp-create-remote-repo -- Create remote repositories
gbp.conf -- git-buildpackage configuration file
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