SYNOPSIS
       dh_installdocs [debhelperoptions] [-A] [-Xitem] [file...]

DESCRIPTION
       dh_installdocs is a debhelper program that is responsible for
       installing documentation into usr/share/doc/package in package build
       directories.

FILES
       debian/package.docs
           List documentaton files to be installed into package.

       debian/copyright
       debian/README.Debian
       debian/TODO
       debian/package.copyright
       debian/package.README.Debian
       debian/package.TODO
           Each of these files is automatically installed if present. Use the
           package specific name if package needs a different version of the
           file.

           Note that debian/README.debian is also installed as README.Debian,
           and debian/TODO will be installed as TODO.Debian in non-native
           packages.

       debian/package.doc-base
           Installed as doc-base control files. Note that the doc-id will be
           determined from the "Document:" entry in the doc-base control file
           in question.

       debian/package.doc-base.*
           If your package needs to register more than one document, you need
           multiple doc-base files, and can name them like this.

OPTIONS
       -A, --all
           Install all files specified by command line parameters in ALL
           packages acted on.

       -Xitem, --exclude=item
           Exclude files that contain "item" anywhere in their filename from
           being installed. Note that this includes doc-base files.

       --link-doc=package
           Make the documentation directory of all packages acted on be a
           symlink to the documentation directory of package. This has no
           effect when acting on package itself, or if the documentation
           directory to be created already exists when dh_installdocs is run.
           To comply with policy, package must be a binary package that comes
           from the same source package.

           debhelper will try to avoid installing files into linked

EXAMPLES
       This is an example of a debian/package.docs file:

         README
         TODO
         debian/notes-for-maintainers.txt
         docs/manual.txt
         docs/manual.pdf
         docs/manual-html/

NOTES
       Note that dh_installdocs will happily copy entire directory hierarchies
       if you ask it to (similar to cp -a). If it is asked to install a
       directory, it will install the complete contents of the directory.

       note that this command is not idempotent. dh_prep(1) should be called
       between invocations of this command. Otherwise, it may cause multiple
       instances of the same text to be added to maintainer scripts.

SEE ALSO
       debhelper(7)

       This program is a part of debhelper.

AUTHOR
       Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>