WRAP-AND-SORT(1)

NAME
wrap-and-sort - wrap long lines and sort items in Debian packaging files

SYNOPSIS
wrap-and-sort [options]

DESCRIPTION
wrap-and-sort wraps the package lists in Debian control files. By default the lists will only split into multiple lines if the entries are longer than the maximum line length limit of 79 characters. wrap-and-sort sorts the package lists in Debian control files and all .dirs, .docs, .examples, .info, .install, .links, .maintscript, and .manpages files. Beside that wrap-and-sort removes trailing spaces in these files.

This script should be run in the root of a Debian package tree. It searches for control, control*.in, copyright, copyright.in, install, and *.install in the debian directory.

OPTIONS

-h, --help
    Show this help message and exit. Will also print the default values for the options below.

-a, --[no-]wrap-always
    Wrap all package lists in the Debian control file even if they do not exceed the line length limit and could fit in one line.

-s, --[no-]short-indent
    Indent wrapped lines by a single space, instead of in-line with the field name.

-b, --[no-]sort-binary-packages
    Sort binary package paragraphs by name.

-k, --[no-]keep-first
    When sorting binary package paragraphs, leave the first one at the top. Unqualified debhelper(7) configuration files are applied to the first package.

-n, --[no-]cleanup
    Remove trailing whitespaces.

-t, --[no-]trailing-comma
    Add a trailing comma at the end of the sorted fields. This minimizes future differences in the VCS commits when additional dependencies are appended or removed.

-d path, --debian-directory=path
    Location of the debian directory (default: ./debian).

-f file, --file=file
    Wrap and sort only the specified file. You can specify this parameter multiple times. All supported files will be processed if no files are specified.

-v, --verbose
    Print all files that are touched.

--max-line-length=max_line_length
    Set the maximum allowed line length. Package lists in the Debian control file that exceed this length limit will be wrapped. The default maximum line length is 79 characters.

-N, --dry-run
    Do not modify any file, instead only print the files that would be modified.

--experimental-rts-parser
    Temporary option accepted for compatibility with an experiment. It no longer does anything. Please remove any use of it.

AUTHORS
wrap-and-sort and this manpage have been written by Benjamin Drung <bdrung@debian.org>.

Both are released under the ISC license.