OSTree Developer Colin Walters walters@verbum.org ostree commit 1 ostree-commit Commit a new revision ostree commit OPTIONS --branch=BRANCH PATH This allows you to commit changes to a branch. The specification of the branch is required. If no commit message is specified with --subject then a text editor will be opened. The commit will be aborted if the commit subject is left empty. The command will print the checksum of a successful commit. --subject, -s="SUBJECT" One line subject. --body, -m="BODY" Full description. --branch, -b="BRANCH" Branch. --tree="dir=PATH" or "tar=TARFILE" or "ref=COMMIT" Overlay the given argument as a tree. --add-metadata-string="KEY=VALUE" Add a key/value pair to metadata. --add-detached-metadata-string="KEY=VALUE" Add a key/value pair to detached metadata. --owner-uid="UID" Set file ownership user id. --owner-gid="GID" Set file ownership group id. --no-xattrs Do not import extended attributes. --link-checkout-speedup Optimize for commits of trees composed of hardlinks into the repository. --tar-autocreate-parents When loading tar archives, automatically create parent directories as needed. --skip-if-unchanged If the contents are unchanged from previous commit, do nothing. --statoverride="PATH" File containing list of modifications to make permissions. --table-output Output more information in a KEY: VALUE format. --generate-sizes Generate size information along with commit metadata. --gpg-sign="KEY-ID" GPG Key ID with which to sign the commit (if have GPGME - GNU Privacy Guard Made Easy). --gpg-homedir="HOMEDIR" GPG home directory to use when looking for keyrings (if have GPGME - GNU Privacy Guard Made Easy). --timestamp="TIMESTAMP" Override the timestamp of the commit to TIMESTAMP. $ ostree commit --branch=my-branch --subject="Initial commit" 67e382b11d213a402a5313e61cbc69dfd5ab93cb07fbb8b71c2e84f79fa5d7dc