---
name: "dch-repeat"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ubuntu-dev-tools"
version: "0.206"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dch-repeat"
---

# dch-repeat(1)

repeats a changelog entry into an older release

## NAME

dch-repeat - repeats a changelog entry into an older release

## SYNOPSIS

**dch-repeat --build-tree \<*PATH*\>**\
 **dch-repeat --source-release \<*RELEASE*\>**\
 **dch-repeat --target-release \<*RELEASE*\>**\
 **dch-repeat --devel-release \<*RELEASE*\>**\
 **dch-repeat --pocket \<*POCKET*\>**\
 **dch-repeat -h**

## DESCRIPTION

**dch-repeat** is used to repeat a changelog into an older release. It expects that --build-tree is laid out with each Ubuntu release as a separate directory ("feisty", "edgy", etc).

For example, if gimp had a security update prepared for Feisty in $TREE/feisty/gimp-2.2.13, running **dch-repeat** in $TREE/edgy/gimp-2.2.13 would pull in the latest changelog from the Feisty build.

## OPTIONS

Listed below are the command line options for **dch-repeat**:

- **-h or --help**

  Display a help message and exit.

- **--build-tree PATH**

  Base of build trees. Default is /scratch/ubuntu/build.

- **-s or --source-release RELEASE**

  Which release to take changelog from.

- **--target-release RELEASE**

  Which release to build into.

- **--devel-release RELEASE**

  Which release is the development release.

- **--pocket POCKET**

  Which pocket to use.

## AUTHOR

**dch-repeat** was written by Kees Cook \<kees@ubuntu.com\>. This manual page was written by Jonathan Patrick Davies \<jpds@ubuntu.com\>.

Both are released under the GNU General Public License, version 2.

## SEE ALSO

**[dch(1)](/dch/1.md).**