ostree/man/ostree.repo.xml

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<refentry id="ostree.repo">
<refentryinfo>
<title>ostree.repo</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.repo</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>ostree.repo</refname>
<refpurpose>OSTree repository configuration and layout</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para>
An OSTree repository is structurally similar to a
git repository; it is a content-addressed object
store containing filesystem trees. However, unlike
git, ostree is designed to store operating system
binaries. It records the Unix uid and gid,
permissions, as well as extended attributes.
</para>
<para>
A repository can be in one of three modes;
<literal>bare</literal>, which is designed as a hard
link source for operating system checkouts,
<literal>bare-user</literal>, which is like
<literal>bare</literal> but works on systems that
run as non-root as well as non-root containers, and
<literal>archive-z2</literal>, which is designed for
static HTTP servers.
</para>
<para>
There is a system repository located at
<filename>/ostree/repo</filename>. If no repository
is specified -- either by a command-line option or the
<envar>OSTREE_REPO</envar> environment variable --
the <command>ostree</command> as well as many API
calls will use it by default.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Components of a repository</title>
<para>
The only user-editable component is the
<filename>config</filename> file. For more
information, see <citerefentry><refentrytitle>ostree.repo-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>ostree</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>ostree.repo-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>