rbm(1)

Create tarballs for your software using a simple command and a git or mercurial revision.

If your git commits or git tags are gpg signed, the signature can be automatically checked using a specified keyring.

Create binary or source packages from any git or mercurial revision using a simple command.

Build your software on a remote server with ssh, or in a local chroot using a different OS. For instance if you are using rbm on an rpm based distribution, this allows you to build debian packages from the same workspace, using a Debian chroot.

Almost everything rbm do can be changed using some optional settings, globally, or for some selected projects or OSs.

The configuration is done using simple YAML files.

All settings can be set globally, per workspace, project, or target operating system.

All configuration settings are templates. You can reuse other configuration settings, or the output of some commands in those settings. For instance, the version number of your software can be set using a command to grep the README file in your sources tree.

While the configuration is usually done in simple YAML, you can also in the same configuration file use perl to define any of the options. Those options can be defined by a perl function that will be executed when the option is queried, and whose return value will be used as the option value.