Allow dh addons to pass options to debhelper commands

[debhelper.git] / doc / PROGRAMMING

diff --git a/doc/PROGRAMMING b/doc/PROGRAMMING
index 4e7ea463dfed10678a65e62bba35998c501d4b85..211e57eef9570472a0c32fe8705f4d8a19a5c51f 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/PROGRAMMING
+++ b/doc/PROGRAMMING
@@ -263,7 +263,26 @@ insert_after($existing_command, $new_command)
        Insert $new_command in sequences after $existing_command
 
 remove_command($existing_command)
-       Remove $existing_command from the list of commands to run.
+       Remove $existing_command from the list of commands to run
+       in all sequences.
+
+add_command($new_command, $sequence)
+       Add $new_command to the beginning of the specified sequence.
+       If the sequence does not exist, it will be created.
+
+add_command_options($command, $opt1, $opt2, ...)
+       Append $opt1, $opt2 etc. to the list of additional options which
+       dh passes when running the specified $command. These options are
+       not relayed to debhelper commands called via $command override.
+
+remove_command_options($command)
+       Clear all additional $command options previously added with
+       add_command_options().
+
+remove_command_options($command, $opt1, $opt2, ...)
+       Remove $opt1, $opt2 etc. from the list of additional options which
+       dh passes when running the specified $command. $optX might be a string
+       or a regular expresion.
 
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