--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Convert a patch-queue branch into a patch series in debian/patches and vice
+# versa.
+#
+# assumes you have your quilt patch queue for $branch on patch-queue/$branch
+#
+# See: https://honk.sigxcpu.org/piki/development/debian_packages_in_git/
+
+is_patch_queue()
+{
+ local branch=$1
+
+ if expr $branch : patch-queue/ >/dev/null; then
+ return 0
+ else
+ return 1
+ fi
+}
+
+pq_export()
+{
+ local branch=$1
+ local pq="patch-queue/$branch"
+
+ if is_patch_queue $branch; then
+ echo "On a patch-queue branch, can't redo patches."
+ return 1
+ fi
+
+ rm -f debian/patches/*
+ PATCHES=`git format-patch -N -o debian/patches $branch...$pq`
+ if [ -n "$PATCHES" ]; then
+ echo "Regenerationg patch queue in \"debian/patches\"."
+ > debian/patches/series
+ for PATCH in $PATCHES; do
+ # delete the first line (from sha1) and last two lines (git version
+ # info) of the patch file
+ sed -i -e '1d' -e 'N;$!P;$!D;$d' $PATCH
+ sed -i -e 's/^-- \n[0-9\.]+$//' $PATCH
+ echo $PATCH | sed -e 's%debian/patches/%%' >> debian/patches/series
+ done
+ git status -- debian/patches
+ else
+ echo "No patches on \"$pq\"."
+ fi
+}
+
+pq_rebase()
+{
+ local branch=$1
+ local pq="patch-queue/$branch"
+
+ if ! is_patch_queue $branch; then
+ echo "Switching to \"$pq\""
+ git checkout $pq
+ else
+ echo "Already on \"$branch\""
+ fi
+ git rebase $branch
+}
+
+pq_import()
+{
+ local branch=$1
+ local pq="patch-queue/$branch"
+ local patches=debian/patches/
+
+ if is_patch_queue $branch; then
+ echo "Already on a patch-queue branch \"$branch\" - doing nothing."
+ return 1
+ fi
+
+ if [ ! -r ${patches}series ]; then
+ echo "Found no series file at \"$patches\"."
+ return 1
+ fi
+
+ if ! git checkout -b $pq; then
+ echo "Cannot create patch-queue branch \"$pq\"."
+ return 1
+ fi
+ QUILT_PATCHES=$patches git quiltimport
+}
+
+usage ()
+{
+ cat <<EOF
+$0 [ACTION]
+
+Options:
+ export Export the associated patch-queue branch into
+ debian/patches and update the series file.
+
+ import Create a patch-queue branch from debian/patches.
+
+ rebase Switch to associated patch-queue branch and rebase
+ against current branch.
+EOF
+}
+
+branch=$(git branch --no-color | awk '/^\*/ { print $2 }')
+
+case "$1" in
+ export)
+ pq_export $branch
+ ;;
+ import)
+ pq_import $branch
+ ;;
+ rebase)
+ pq_rebase $branch
+ ;;
+ *)
+ usage
+ exit 1
+ ;;
+esac
+