gbp(1)

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🌸 gbp — the manual, but make it cute ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to gbp(1) from the git-buildpackage Manual 💖 this is the main character page that ties the whole squad together, so let's get into it.

✨ NAME ✨

gbp — maintain Debian packages in Git 🫶

💅 SYNOPSIS 💅

gbp {--help | --version | --list-cmds | command[args]...}

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so gbp is literally the tool you use to keep Debian source packages comfy inside the Git version control system 🌈

and if you want the full lore — all the concepts, the git repository layout, the recommended workflows — the online manual is sitting right here waiting for you, no cap:

https://gbp.sigxcpu.org/manual/

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • --help — prints help 💖
  • --version — prints the program's version ✨
  • --list-cmds — lists every single available command 👑

🌟 GBP COMMANDS 🌟

these are all the possible commands, bestie. and for the args each one takes? pls go read the matching man page, i'm not doing all that work here 🙈

  • buildpackage — builds Debian source and binary packages straight out of a Git repository 🔥
  • import-orig — imports an upstream source from a tarball, or from a git tag plus a tarball, into a git repository 🌸
  • import-ref — merges upstream git commits onto your debian-branch 💜
  • export-orig — recreates upstream tarballs from a Git repository 🧚
  • import-dsc — imports a Debian source package into a Git repository 🎀
  • import-dscs — imports several Debian source packages into a Git repository, sorted by version number ⭐
  • dch — generates the debian/changelog from your Git commit history ✨
  • pq — manages debian/patches in Git with absolutely zero need for GNU Quilt 💅
  • pull — updates a Git repository from a remote, and it's aware of all the necessary packaging branch tracking 🫶
  • clone — clones a Git repository from a remote and sets up the necessary branch tracking 🌈
  • create-remote-repo — creates a remote Git repository 👑
  • tag — tags a Debian release in a Git repository 🍓
  • push — pushes to a remote Git repository, aware of the necessary packaging branch tracking 💖

🌸 CONFIGURATION FILES 🌸

several gbp.conf files get parsed to set defaults for all those command-line arguments up there. check gbp.conf(5) for the deets — it's all in there, iykyk 💜

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

gbp-buildpackage(1), gbp-clone(1), gbp-create-remote-repo(1), gbp-dch(1), gbp-export-orig(1), gbp-import-dsc(1), gbp-import-dscs(1), gbp-import-orig(1), gbp-import-ref(1), gbp-pq(1), gbp-pristine-tar(1), gbp-pull(1), gbp-push(1), gbp-tag(1), git-pbuilder(1), gbp.conf(5), debuild(1), git(1), pristine-tar(1), The Git-Buildpackage Manual ⟨file:///usr/share/doc/git-buildpackage/manual-html/index.html⟩

⭐ AUTHOR ⭐

Guido Günther <agx@sigxcpu.org> — actual legend, we stan 💖

okay so that's the whole page bestie, and before you go: this version is dated 26 May 2026, and it's all about gbp(1) itself 🎀 go forth and maintain those packages, you absolute icon 💅✨

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