dep3changelog(1)

NAME

   dep3changelog  -  generate  a  changelog  entry from a DEP3-style patch
   header

SYNOPSIS

   dep3changelog patch [patch ...] [options] [-- [dch_options]]

DESCRIPTION

   dep3changelog extracts the DEP3 patch  headers  from  the  given  patch
   files and builds a changelog entry for each patch.  If the patch author
   differs from the one detected from the  DEBEMAIL,  NAME,  DEBEMAIL,  or
   EMAIL environment variables, "Thanks to author <email>" is added to the
   changelog entry for that patch.  Any bug-debian  or  bug-ubuntu  fields
   are  added as "Closes" to the changelog entry.  The generated changelog
   entries are passed to debchange as an argument  along  with  the  given
   dch_options.

OPTIONS

   --help, -h
          Display a help message and exit successfully.

   --version
          Display version and copyright information and exit successfully.

ENVIRONMENT

   DEBEMAIL, EMAIL, DEBFULLNAME, NAME
          See  the  above  description  of  the  use  of these environment
          variables.

AUTHOR

   Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>

SEE ALSO

   debchange(1)

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