Debian dpkg-source version 1.18.4. This is free software; see the GNU General Public License version 2 or later for copying conditions. There is NO warranty.

Usage: dpkg-source [<option>...] <command> Commands: -x, --extract <filename>.dsc [<output-dir>] extract source package. -b, --build <dir> build source package. --print-format <dir> print the format to be used for the source package. --commit [<dir> [<patch-name>]] store upstream changes in a new patch. Build options: -c<control-file> get control info from this file. -l<changelog-file> get per-version info from this file. -F<changelog-format> force changelog format. --format=<source-format> set the format to be used for the source package. -V<name>=<value> set a substitution variable. -T<substvars-file> read variables here. -D<field>=<value> override or add a .dsc field and value. -U<field> remove a field. -q quiet mode. -i[<regex>] filter out files to ignore diffs of (defaults to: '(?:^|/).*~$|(?:^|/)\.#.*$|(?:^|/)\..*\.sw.$|(?:^|/),,.*(?:$|/.*$)|(?:^|/)(?:DEADJOE|\.arch-inventory|\.(?:bzr|cvs|hg|git)ignore)$|(?:^|/)(?:CVS|RCS|\.deps|\{arch\}|\.arch-ids|\.svn|\.hg(?:tags|sigs)?|_darcs|\.git(?:attributes|modules|review)?|\.mailmap|\.shelf|_MTN|\.be|\.bzr(?:\.backup|tags)?)(?:$|/.*$)'). -I[<pattern>] filter out files when building tarballs (defaults to: -I*.a -I*.la -I*.o -I*.so -I.*.sw? -I*/*~ -I,,* -I.[#~]* -I.arch-ids -I.arch-inventory -I.be -I.bzr -I.bzr.backup -I.bzr.tags -I.bzrignore -I.cvsignore -I.deps -I.git -I.gitattributes -I.gitignore -I.gitmodules -I.gitreview -I.hg -I.hgignore -I.hgsigs -I.hgtags -I.mailmap -I.shelf -I.svn -ICVS -IDEADJOE -IRCS -I_MTN -I_darcs -I{arch}). -Z<compression> select compression to use (defaults to 'xz', supported are: bzip2 gzip lzma xz). -z<level> compression level to use (defaults to '6', supported are: '1'-'9', 'best', 'fast') Extract options: --no-copy don't copy .orig tarballs --no-check don't check signature and checksums before unpacking --require-valid-signature abort if the package doesn't have a valid signature --ignore-bad-version allow bad source package versions. General options: -?, --help show this help message. --version show the version. More options are available but they depend on the source package format. See dpkg-source(1) for more info.