NAME
hitchhiker - Access locations using Bazaar transports
SYNOPSIS
hitchhiker [URL] [COMMAND] [ARGS]
OPTIONS
None.
DESCRIPTION
A client to access bzr transports, namely the Bazaar version control
repositories. This utility can be used to log into the remote host and
manipulate Bazaar repositoy content like it were a FTP, SFTP client.
Command include cp, mv, rmtree etc. Use Case: command ’bzr upgrade
<URL> <repository format options>’ is run and after the process is over
the backup.bzr needs to be removed. With this tool the task is easy.
If no COMMAND is supplied, interactive mode is launched. If no URL is
supplied, in interactive mode, the "open" command should be used to
connect to a location.
EXAMPLES
COMMAND LINE USE
To run command, like help non-interactively, use URL, e.g. current
directory:
hitchhiker . help
Without options, the command line client starts in interactive mode:
hitchhiker
(Cmd) <cursor here>
Try command help for list of possibilities
(Cmd) help
at
cd
connect-and-wait
edit
exit
get
help
info
ls
lsl
mirror
mkdir
open
put
rename
rm
rmtree
Further help is provided for each command:
(Cmd) help open
Usage: open LOCATION
Open a new location.
The location may be any URL supported by Bazaar.
(Cmd) exit
USE CASES
Upgrade a remote Bazaar baranch at http://launchpad.net Bazaar and
remove the backup
bzr upgrade lp:~user/+brach/name --2a
hitchhiker lp:~user/+brach/name rmtree backup.bzr
ENVIRONMENT
None.
FILES
None.
SEE ALSO
bzr(1) sftp(1)
AUTHORS
Program was written by Aaron Bentley <aaron.bentley@canonical.com>.
This manual page was written by Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>, for
the Debian GNU system (but may be used by others). Updated by Jari
Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>. Released under license GNU GPL v2 or (at
your option) any later version. For more information about license,
visit <http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html>.