From f316a0664332390488b93909d4c61c26a5dce364 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "martin@piware.de" <>
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 17:38:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] request-sync: support specifying a basever

---
 requestsync | 16 +++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/requestsync b/requestsync
index f964d8a..a5b35ad 100755
--- a/requestsync
+++ b/requestsync
@@ -37,11 +37,18 @@ def debian_changelog(sourcepkg, version):
 # entry point
 #
 
-if len(sys.argv) != 3:
-    print 'Usage: requestsync <source package> <target release>'
+if len(sys.argv) < 3:
+    print '''Usage: requestsync <source package> <target release> [basever]
+
+In some cases, the base version (fork point from Debian) cannot be determined
+automatically, and you'll get a complete Debian changelog. Specify the correct
+base version in that case.'''
     sys.exit (1)
 
-(srcpkg, release) = sys.argv[1:]
+(srcpkg, release) = sys.argv[1:3]
+force_base_ver = None
+if len(sys.argv) >= 4:
+    force_base_ver = sys.argv[3]
 (cur_ver, component) = cur_version_component(srcpkg, release)
 
 # TODO: figure this out from packages.qa.debian.org; changelogs.d.n only works
@@ -71,6 +78,9 @@ if changelog:
     if uidx > 0:
 	base_ver = base_ver[:uidx]
 
+    if force_base_ver:
+	base_ver = force_base_ver
+    
     report += '\nChangelog since current %s version %s:\n\n' % (release, cur_ver)
     report += debian_changelog(srcpkg, base_ver) + '\n'
 
-- 
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