repocompare

Small CLI tool to compare package names and versions between two APT repositories.

Quickstart

1. Install dependencies:

python -m pip install -r requirements.txt

2. Edit .env or pass CLI flags. Example:

python -m repocompare --repo-a https://repo.vitexsoftware.com/ --repo-b https://repo.multiflexi.eu/ --dist bookworm --component main --arch amd64

Outputs a summary and JSON payload describing missing and differing packages.

Colored output

If rich is installed (it's in requirements.txt), the CLI will print a colored summary and a table of differing packages. If rich is not available the CLI falls back to plain text output.

Packaging (Debian .deb)

To build a Debian package of repocompare using the included debian/ directory:

1. Install Debian build dependencies on a Debian/Ubuntu system:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y debhelper-compat dh-python python3-all python3-setuptools build-essential

2. Build the binary package from the project root:

dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -b

3. The resulting .deb will be in the parent directory. Install with:

sudo dpkg -i ../repocompare_0.1.0-1_all.deb

Note: Building on non-Debian systems or in CI may require additional tooling. The package uses dh-python and setuptools to install the Python module and the repocompare console entry point.