It's possible to add user-defined fields in the debian/control file using the `XBS-` method, as defined in the Policy Manual[1].
Something like this before calling dpkg-buildpackage will work to inject a new field into both the Source and Binary packages. But some packages don't contain debian/control as they generate it (kernel etc) so this is not always reliable.
```
sed -i "0,/^\s*$/s//XBS-Git-Branch: ${CI_COMMIT_BRANCH}\n/" debian/control
dpkg-buildpackage
```
It's possible to inject the user-defined field into the generated source package using options passed to dpkg-source[2]:
```
dpkg-buildpackage --source-option=-DGit-Branch=${CI_COMMIT_BRANCH}
```
However, that will only inject the field into the generated source package, not the generated binary packages. Is there a method to reliably inject fields into the binary packages?
Thanks,