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

# merge-changelog(1)

merges two changelogs with a common base

## NAME

merge-changelog - merges two changelogs with a common base

## SYNOPSIS

**merge-changelog** \<*left changelog*\> \<*right changelog*\>

## DESCRIPTION

**merge-changelog** takes two changelogs that once shared a common source, merges them back together, and prints the merged result to stdout.  This is useful if you need to manually merge a ubuntu package with a new Debian release of the package.

## AUTHORS

**merge-changelog** was written by Scott James Remnant \<scott@ubuntu.com\> and Bryce Harrington \<bryce@ubuntu.com\>. This manpage was written by Ryan Kavanagh \<ryanakca@kubuntu.org\>.

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