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For future reference: edit-patch, sbuild

Patch source package, commit patch, and upload to PPA for testing

Test locally First

• Add the patch with: patch -p1 < ../mypatch

• Build package for local testing (without signing): dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -nc

Ready to upload

• Commit changes and make it a patch: dpkg-source --commit
• Edit Changelog: dch -i
• Build new source for upload: debuild -S -sd (Use -k if keysign failed)

• Upload to ppa: dput ppa:your-lp-id/ppa ../<new_source.changes>

If there was an upload error, and you need to do it again, delete the ppa files found in the same folder as the source.change file.