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NAME

       xpi-repack - repack a xpi file into a tarball

SYNOPSIS

       xpi-repack [options] xpi-file

DESCRIPTION

       xpi-repack  is  a  helper tool for packaging XUL extensions. It repacks
       the given xpi file into a proper tarball that can  be  used  as  source
       tarball  for  the  Debian  package.  It is designed to work with uscan.
       Here is an example for debian/watch:

       version=3
       ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/addons/<id>/<package>-([\d\.]+)-.*\.xpi
       debian xpi-repack

OPTIONS

       -h, --help
              Display a brief help message.

       -p package, --package=package
              The  package name will be used for naming the resulting tarball.
              If this parameter is not provided, the source  package  name  in
              debian/control will be used.

       -u version, --upstream-version=version
              The  version  will be used for naming the resulting tarball. You
              have to specify this parameter.

       -v, --verbose
              Print more information.

AUTHOR

       Benjamin Drung <bdrung@gmail.com>