Tool for maintenance of the debian/changelog - debchange

Tool for maintenance of the debian/changelog file in a Debian source package. More information: debchange(1) — devscripts — Debian bookworm — Debian Manpages.

  • Add a new version for a non-maintainer upload to the changelog:

debchange --nmu

  • Add a changelog entry to the current version:

debchange --append

  • Add a changelog entry to close the bug with specified ID:

debchange --closes {{bug_id}}