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debtags-submit-patch

DEBTAGS-SUBMIT-PATCH(1) 					   User Commands					   DEBTAGS-SUBMIT-PATCH(1)

NAME

       debtags-submit-patch - submit tag patches to http://debtags.debian.net

SYNOPSIS

       debtags-submit-patch [-t TAG] [options] [patchfile [patchfile...]]

DESCRIPTION

       Submits a tag patch to the Debtags website. Each patch file is submitted in a different query.

OPTIONS

       --version
	      show program's version number and exit

       -h, --help
	      show this help message and exit

       -t tag, --tag=tag
	      tag the patch with the given string (default: 24f895dcbabc389804e5).

       -q, --quiet
	      quiet mode: only output errors.

       -v, --verbose
	      verbose mode: output progress and non-essential information.

       --stdin
	      read patch from standard input.

       --url=url
	      URL to submit to (default: http://debtags.debian.net/api/patch).

       --dump-http-error=file
	      if the server returns an error, dump the contentsof the error page to the given file (default:discard the error page).

       Patch files can be generated with 'debtags diff' or 'tagcoll diff'.

       Patch  submissions  are	marked with a tag of your choice. It does not need to identify yourself (but feel free to use your email address),
       but reusing your tag allows to handle all your edits as if they were a single one. This helps greatly when tags are reviewed.

       By default, a mostly persistent but anonymous tag is generated by hashing your passwd entry.

debtags-submit-patch 1.8					     June 2012						   DEBTAGS-SUBMIT-PATCH(1)