ostree/man/ostree-commit.xml
Colin Walters 857587615d Add an API+CLI to inject metadata for bootable OSTree commits
I was doing some rpm-ostree work and I wanted to compare two
OSTree commits to see if the kernel has changed.  I think
this should be a lot more natural.

Add `ostree commit --bootable` which calls into a new generic
library API `ostree_commit_metadata_for_bootable()` that
discovers the kernel version and injects it as an `ostree.linux`
metadata key.  And for extra clarity, add an `ostree.bootable`
key.

It's interesting because the "core" OSTree layer is all about
generic files, but this is adding special APIs around bootable
OSTree commits (as opposed to e.g. flatpak as well as
things like rpm-ostree's pkgcache refs).

Eventually, I'd like to ensure everyone is using this and
hard require this metadata key for the `ostree admin deploy`
flow - mainly to prevent accidents.
2021-03-12 19:01:42 +00:00

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<refentry id="ostree">
<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>--body-file</option>, <option>-F</option>="FILE"</term>
<listitem><para>
Full commit description from a file. (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>--parent</option>="COMMIT"</term>
<listitem><para>
Parent checksum or "none" to explicitly use no parent. If not specified, <literal>BRANCH</literal> is used as parent (no parent in case <literal>BRANCH</literal> does not exist).
</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. When committing an archive, the TARFILE can be specified as <literal>-</literal> to read the archive from standard input.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--base</option>="REV"</term>
<listitem><para>
Start from the content in a commit. This differs from <literal>--tree=ref=REV</literal> in that no commit modifiers are applied. This is usually what you want when
creating a derived commit. This is also used for <literal>--selinux-policy-from-base</literal>.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--add-metadata-string</option>="KEY=VALUE"</term>
<listitem><para>
Add a key/value pair to metadata. Can be specified multiple times.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--add-metadata</option>="KEY=VALUE"</term>
<listitem><para>
Add a key/value pair to metadata, where the KEY is a string, and VALUE is g_variant_parse() formatted. Can be specified multiple times.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--keep-metadata</option>="KEY"</term>
<listitem><para>
Keep metadata KEY and its associated VALUE from parent. Can be specified multiple times.
</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>--bootable</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Inject standard metadata for a bootable Linux filesystem tree.
</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>--consume</option></term>
<listitem><para>
When committing from a local directory (i.e. not an archive or --tree=ref),
assume ownership of the content. This may simply involve deleting it,
but if possible, the content may simply be <literal>rename()</literal>ed
into the repository rather than creating a new copy.
</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>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-s, --sign-type</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Use particular signature engine. Currently
available <arg choice="plain">ed25519</arg> and <arg choice="plain">dummy</arg>
signature types.
The default is <arg choice="plain">ed25519</arg>.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--sign</option>="KEY-ID"</term>
<listitem><para>
There <literal>KEY-ID</literal> is:
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>for ed25519:</option></term>
<listitem><para>
<literal>base64</literal>-encoded secret key for commit signing.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>for dummy:</option></term>
<listitem><para>
ASCII-string used as secret key.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Example</title>
<para><command>$ ostree commit --branch=my-branch --subject="Initial commit"</command></para>
<programlisting>
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</programlisting>
</refsect1>
</refentry>