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packit pull-from-upstream

This is a detailed documentation for the update functionality of packit. The command creates a new pull request in Fedora (or CentOS Stream) using the selected or the latest upstream release. This command is meant to be called from dist-git repository.

Requirements​

  • Packit config file placed in the dist-git repository.
  • Pagure API tokens for Fedora (or CentOS Stream) Dist-git.
  • Valid Fedora (or CentOS Stream) Kerberos ticket.
  • If upstream_project_url is configured in Packit config:
    • Upstream project is expected to be a git repository on GitHub/GitLab.
    • Upstream release (git tag) where version in spec file is equivalent to the name of the git tag (or upstream_tag_template is configured).

Help​

Usage: packit pull-from-upstream [OPTIONS] [PATH_OR_URL] [VERSION]

  Land a new upstream release in Fedora using downstream packit config.

  PATH_OR_URL argument is a local path or a URL to the dist-git repository, it
  defaults to the current working directory

  VERSION argument is optional, the latest upstream version will be used by
  default

Options:
  --dist-git-branch TEXT  Comma separated list of target branches in dist-git
                          to release into. (defaults to all branches)
  --dist-git-path TEXT    Path to dist-git repo to work in. Otherwise clone
                          the repo in a temporary directory.
  --force-new-sources     Upload the new sources also when the archive is
                          already in the lookaside cache.
  --pr / --no-pr          Create a pull request to downstream repository or
                          push directly. If not set, defaults to value set in
                          configuration.
  -f, --force             Don't discard changes in the git repo by default,
                          unless this is set.
  -b, --resolve-bug TEXT  Bug(s) that are resolved with the update, e.g.,
                          rhbz#123 (multiple can be specified)
  --sync-acls             Sync ACLs between dist-git repo and the fork, is
                          considered only with --pr option.
  -p, --package TEXT      Package to sync downstream, if more than one
                          available, like in a monorepo configuration. Use it
                          multiple times to select multiple packages.Defaults
                          to all the packages listed inside the config.
  -h, --help              Show this message and exit.