ostree/man/ostree-commit.xml

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    <refentryinfo>
        <title>ostree commit</title>
        <productname>OSTree</productname>

        <authorgroup>
            <author>
                <contrib>Developer</contrib>
                <firstname>Colin</firstname>
                <surname>Walters</surname>
                <email>walters@verbum.org</email>
            </author>
        </authorgroup>
    </refentryinfo>

    <refmeta>
        <refentrytitle>ostree commit</refentrytitle>
        <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
    </refmeta>

    <refnamediv>
        <refname>ostree-commit</refname>
        <refpurpose>Commit a new revision</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>

    <refsynopsisdiv>
            <cmdsynopsis>
                <command>ostree commit</command> <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> --branch=<arg choice="req">BRANCH</arg> <arg choice="opt">PATH</arg>
            </cmdsynopsis>
    </refsynopsisdiv>

    <refsect1>
        <title>Description</title>

        <para>
            This allows you to commit changes to a branch.  The specification of the branch is required.  The command will print the checksum of a successful commit.
        </para>
    </refsect1>

    <refsect1>
        <title>Options</title>
        <variablelist>
            <varlistentry>
                <term><option>--subject</option>, <option>-s</option>="SUBJECT"</term>

                <listitem><para>
                    One line subject. (optional)
                </para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>

            <varlistentry>
                <term><option>--body</option>, <option>-m</option>="BODY"</term>

                <listitem><para>
                    Full description. (optional)
                </para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>

            <varlistentry>
                <term><option>--editor</option>, <option>-e</option></term>

                <listitem><para>
                    Open a text editor for the commit description.  It will use OSTREE_EDITOR, VISUAL, EDITOR, or vi, in descending order of preference.  The commit will be aborted if the message is left empty.
                </para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>

            <varlistentry>
                <term><option>--branch</option>, <option>-b</option>="BRANCH"</term>

                <listitem><para>
                    Branch.  Required, unless --orphan is given.
                </para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>

            <varlistentry>
                <term><option>--tree</option>="dir=PATH" or "tar=TARFILE" or "ref=COMMIT"</term>

                <listitem><para>
                    Overlay the given argument as a tree.
                </para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>

            <varlistentry>
                <term><option>--add-metadata-string</option>="KEY=VALUE"</term>

                <listitem><para>
                    Add a key/value pair to metadata.
                </para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>

            <varlistentry>
                <term><option>--add-detached-metadata-string</option>="KEY=VALUE"</term>

                <listitem><para>
                    Add a key/value pair to detached metadata.
                </para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>

            <varlistentry>
                <term><option>--owner-uid</option>="UID"</term>

                <listitem><para>
                    Set file ownership user id.
                </para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>

            <varlistentry>
                <term><option>--owner-gid</option>="GID"</term>

                <listitem><para>
                    Set file ownership group id.
                </para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>

            <varlistentry>
                <term><option>--no-xattrs</option></term>
                <listitem><para>
                    Do not import extended attributes.
                </para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>

            <varlistentry>
                <term><option>--link-checkout-speedup</option></term>

                <listitem><para>
                    Optimize for commits of trees composed of hardlinks into the repository.
                </para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>

            <varlistentry>
                <term><option>--tar-autocreate-parents</option></term>

                <listitem><para>
                    When loading tar archives, automatically create parent directories as needed.
                </para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>

            <varlistentry>
                <term><option>--skip-if-unchanged</option></term>

                <listitem><para>
                    If the contents are unchanged from previous commit, do nothing.
                </para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>

            <varlistentry>
                <term><option>--statoverride</option>="PATH"</term>

                <listitem><para>
                    File containing list of modifications to make permissions (file mode, followed by space, followed by file path).
                </para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>

            <varlistentry>
                <term><option>--skip-list</option>="PATH"</term>

                <listitem><para>
                    File containing list of file paths to skip (one path per line).
                </para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>

            <varlistentry>
                <term><option>--table-output</option></term>

                <listitem><para>
                    Output more information in  a KEY: VALUE format.
                </para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>

            <varlistentry>
                <term><option>--generate-sizes</option></term>

                <listitem><para>
                    Generate size information along with commit metadata.
                </para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>

            <varlistentry>
                <term><option>--gpg-sign</option>="KEY-ID"</term>

                <listitem><para>
                    GPG Key ID with which to sign the commit (if have GPGME - GNU Privacy Guard Made Easy).
                </para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>

            <varlistentry>
                <term><option>--gpg-homedir</option>="HOMEDIR"</term>

                <listitem><para>
                    GPG home directory to use when looking for keyrings (if have GPGME - GNU Privacy Guard Made Easy).
                </para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>

            <varlistentry>
                <term><option>--timestamp</option>="TIMESTAMP"</term>

                <listitem><para>
                    Override the timestamp of the commit to TIMESTAMP.
                </para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>

            <varlistentry>
                <term><option>--orphan</option></term>

                <listitem><para>
                    Create a commit without writing to a ref (branch)
                </para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>

            <varlistentry>
                <term><option>--fsync</option>="POLICY"</term>

                <listitem><para>
                    POLICY is a boolean which specifies whether fsync should be used or not.  Default to true.
                </para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>
        </variablelist>
    </refsect1>

    <refsect1>
        <title>Example</title>
        <para><command>$ ostree commit --branch=my-branch --subject="Initial commit"</command></para>
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    </refsect1>
</refentry>