---
name: "deb-janitor"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "devscripts"
version: "2.25.15+deb13u1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/deb-janitor"
---

# deb-janitor(1)

interact with the Debian Janitor service

## NAME

deb-janitor - interact with the Debian Janitor service

## SYNOPSIS

- **deb-janitor status CAMPAIGN SOURCE?**

  - **deb-janitor diff CAMPAIGN SOURCE?**

  - **deb-janitor schedule CAMPAIGN SOURCE?**

  - **deb-janitor merge \[--force\] CAMPAIGN**

  - **deb-janitor review CAMPAIGN \[--source SOURCE\] rejected\|approved\|reschedule COMMENT?**

  ## DESCRIPTION

**deb-janitor** is a command-line client for the Debian Janitor service, interacting with the API. It currently allows retrieving the diff for specific packages or scheduling new runs.

**CAMPAIGN** is the name of one of the campaigns supported by the janitor. Common values include *lintian-fixes* and *multiarch-fixes*. See the homepage for a full list.

**SOURCE** is the name of a source package. If no source package name is specified, the source name is retrieved from debian/changelog in the current directory.

## OPTIONS

- **-h**, **--help**

  show this help message and exit

- **-v**, **--verbose**

  Output more information

- **--api-url**

  Override the API endpoint to communicate with, rather than using the main Debian Janitor instance. E.g. --api-url=https://janitor.kali.org/api/.

## EXAMPLES

```
# Schedule a new run fixing lintian issues in the "dulwich" package:
$ deb-janitor schedule dulwich lintian-fixes
Scheduled. Estimated duration: 236.32s, queue position: 1 (wait time: 0.00)
# Retrieve the diff for fontmake
$ deb-janitor diff fontmake lintian-fixes
=== added file 'debian/upstream/metadata'
--- a/debian/upstream/metadata	1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
+++ b/debian/upstream/metadata	2020-11-28 11:58:34 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+Bug-Database: https://github.com/googlei18n/fontmake/issues
+Bug-Submit: https://github.com/googlei18n/fontmake/issues/new
+Repository: https://github.com/googlei18n/fontmake.git
+Repository-Browse: https://github.com/googlei18n/fontmake
# Leave a review for a package
$ deb-janitor review fontmake lintian-fixes rejected "Some fonts are no longer installed"
# Merge lintian-fixes for a package
$ debcheckout a56
$ cd a56
$ deb-janitor merge lintian-fixes
Adding debian-janitor remote
```

## AUTHORS

**deb-janitor** and this manual page were written by Jelmer Vernooij \<jelmer@debian.org\>

Both are released under the GNU General Public License, version 3 or later.

## SEE ALSO

[**lintian-brush**(1)](/lintian-brush/1.md)