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[[!meta title="Keyringer: development guidelines and workflow"]]

Preparing the source code:

    make build_man

Commit and tag a release:

    git checkout master
    git commit -m "Keyringer 0.1"
    git tag -s
    git checkout upstream
    git merge master
    git checkout debian
    git merge master
    git push --tags

Creating the `debian/` structure (needed just once):

    dh_make -p keyringer_0.1 --createorig

Creating a release file:

    make tarball

To generate a `keyringer_VERSION.orig.tar.gz` file:

    make dh

Setting up a sid pbuilder chroot:

    DIST=sid sudo pbuilder create --debootstrapopts --variant=buildd

Setting up a sid cowbuilder chroot:

    DIST=sid sudo cowbuilder --create

Building a package from the git three using the upstream branch:

    git-buildpackage

Running lintian (or [add it to your pbuilder hooks](http://askubuntu.com/questions/140697/how-do-i-run-lintian-from-pbuilder-dist):

    lintian ../build-area/keyringer_*.deb

References:

* [Using Git for Debian Packaging](http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/notes/debian/git.html).
* [Building packages from the Git repository](http://honk.sigxcpu.org/projects/git-buildpackage/manual-html/gbp.building.html).
* [Cowbuilder](https://wiki.debian.org/cowbuilder).
* [git-pbuilder](https://wiki.debian.org/git-pbuilder).
* [PackagingWithGit - Debian Wiki](https://wiki.debian.org/PackagingWithGit).