---
name: "lintian-brush.conf"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "lintian-brush"
version: "0.147"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/lintian-brush.conf"
---

# lintian-brush.conf(5)

per-package configuration for lintian-brush

## NAME

debian/lintian-brush.conf - per-package configuration for lintian-brush

## DESCRIPTION

A lintian-brush per-package configuration file that contains of a series of single key/value pairs. The configuration file should be placed in the package at *debian/lintian-brush.conf*.

The hash sign “**#**” is used as a comment character. Any text after the comment character to the end of the line is ignored.

## VARIABLES

The following variables are currently supported:

```
compat-release = RELEASE
```

-

  **compat-release** specifies the oldest release that the package aims to be compatible with. lintian-brush will not make any changes that require packages or features not present in this release.

-

  Supported values are Debian and Ubuntu code names as well as aliases ("testing", "experimental", "stable", "unstable"). Version numbers are currently not supported.

-

  The default compat release is "stable".

```
allow-reformatting = True|False
```

-

  If **allow-reformatting** is enabled, lintian-brush will make changes to debian files in a way that does not necessarily preserve existing formatting.

-

  If disabled, lintian-brush will not run any fixers that can not preserve formatting.

```
update-changelog = True|False
```

-

  The **update-changelog** setting determines whether new lines in the changelog will be added for the changes that lintian-brush has made to the package.

-

  By default, lintian-brush will automatically (using some basic heuristics, such as checking for the presence of a **\[dch\]** section in *debian/gbp.conf*) determine whether the changelog should be updated.

-

  You may want to set this to *False* if you are using "gbp dch" to generate your changelog entries.

## SEE ALSO

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

## AUTHORS

Jelmer Vernooij \<jelmer@debian.org\>