NAME
tla - arch command line client tool
SYNOPSIS
tla command [ command_options ]
tla command [-h|--help|-H]
tla [-h|--help|-H|-V|--version]
DESCRIPTION
tla is an implementation of arch .
arch is a version control system, which allows you to keep old versions
of files and directories (usually source code), keep a log of who,
when, and why changes occurred, etc., like SVN, CVS, or RCS.
arch has a number of advantages compared to competing systems. Among
these are:
Works on Whole Trees
arch keeps track of whole trees -- not just individual files. For
example, if you change many files in a tree, arch can record all of
those changes as a group rather than file-by-file; if you rename files
or reorganize a tree, arch can record those tree arrangements along
with your changes to file contents.
Changeset Oriented
arch doesn´t simply "snapshot" your project trees. Instead, arch
associates each revision with a particular changeset: a description of
exactly what has changed. arch provides changeset oriented commands to
help you review changesets, merge trees by applying changesets, examine
the history of a tree by asking what changesets have been applied to
it, and so forth.
Fully Distributed
arch doesn´t rely on a central repository. For example, there is no
need to give write access to a project´s archive to all significant
contributors. Instead, each contributor can have their own archive for
their work. arch seamlessly operates across archive boundaries.
COMMAND OVERVIEW
Help
tla help [options]
provide help with arch
User Commands
tla my-id [options] [id]
print or change your id
tla my-default-archive [options] [archive]
print or change your default archive
tla register-archive [options] [archive] location
change an archive location registration
tla whereis-archive [options] archive
print an archive location registration
tla archives [options] [search regular expression]
report registered archives and their locations
Project Tree Commands
tla init-tree [options] [[archive]/version]
initialize a new project tree
tla tree-root [options] [dir]
find and print the root of a project tree
tla tree-version [options] [dir]
print the default version for a project tree
tla tree-id [options] [dir]
Print the tree identifier for a project tree
tla tree-revision [options] [dir]
Print the tree identifier for a project tree
tla set-tree-version [options] [archive]/version
set the default version for a project tree
tla undo [options] [revision]
undo and save changes in a project tree
tla redo [options] [changeset]
redo changes in project tree
tla changes [options] [revision] [-- limit...]
report about local changes in a project tree
tla file-diff [options] file [revision]
show local changes to a file
tla diff [options] [revision] [-- files...]
report about local changes in a project tree
tla export [options] [revision] dir
export all or some of a tree revision
Project Tree Inventory Commands
tla inventory [options] [--] [dir]*
inventory a source tree
tla tree-lint [options] [dir]
audit a source tree
tla lint [options] [dir]
audit a source tree
tla id [options] file ...
report the inventory id for a file
tla id-tagging-method [options] [method]
print or change a project tree id tagging method
tla add [options] file ...
add an explicit inventory id
tla add-id [options] file ...
add an explicit inventory id
tla delete-id [options] file ...
remove an explicit inventory id
tla move-id [options] from to
move an explicit inventory id
tla touch [options] file ...
add an explicit inventory id, touching the file.
tla rm [options] file...
remove a file (or dir, or symlink) and its explicit inventory
tag
tla mv [options] from to OR from1 from2 ... dir
move a file (or dir, or symlink) and its explicit inventory tag
tla explicit-default [options] [TAG-PREFIX]
print or modify default ids
tla default-id [options] [TAG-PREFIX]
print or modify default ids
tla id-tagging-defaults [options]
print the default =tagging-method contents
Patch Set Commands
tla changeset [options] ORIG MOD DEST [files]
compute a whole-tree changeset
tla mkpatch [options] ORIG MOD DEST [files]
compute a whole-tree changeset
tla apply-changeset [options] CHANGESET [TARGET]
apply a whole-tree changeset
tla dopatch [options] CHANGESET [TARGET]
apply a whole-tree changeset
tla show-changeset [options] [dir]
generate a report from a changeset
Archive Transaction Commands
tla make-archive [options] [name] location
create a new archive directory
tla archive-setup [options] [version ...]
create new categories, branches and versions
tla make-category [options] category
create a new archive category
tla make-branch [options] branch
create a new archive branch
tla make-version [options] version
create a new archive version
tla import [options] [[archive]/version]
archive a full-source base-0 revision
tla commit [options] [[archive]/version] [-- file ...]
archive a changeset-based revision
tla get [options] revision [dir]
construct a project tree for a revision
tla get-changeset [options] revision [dir]
retrieve a changeset from an archive
tla lock-revision [options] revision
lock (or unlock) an archive revision
tla archive-mirror [options] [from [to] [limit]]
update an archive mirror
Archive Commands
tla abrowse [options] [limit]
print an outline describing archive contents
tla rbrowse [options] [[ARCHIVE_NAME/]LIMIT_REGEX]
print an outline describing an archive´s contents
tla categories [options] [archive]
list the categories in an archive
tla branches [options] [category]
list the branches in an archive category
tla versions [options] [branch]
list the versions in an archive branch
tla revisions [options] [version]
list the revisions in an archive version
tla ancestry [options] [revision]
display the ancestory of a revision
tla ancestry-graph [options] [revision]
display the ancestory of a revision
tla cat-archive-log [options] revision
print the contents of an archived log entry
tla cacherev [options] [revision]
cache a full source tree in an archive
tla cachedrevs [options] [version]
list cached revisions in an archive
tla uncacherev [options] revision [dir]
remove a cached full source tree from an archive
tla archive-meta-info [options] item-name
report meta-info from an archive
tla archive-snapshot [options] dir [limit]
update an archive snapshot
tla archive-version [options]
list the archive-version in an archive
tla archive-fixup [options]
fix ancillary files in an archive
Patch Log Commands
tla make-log [options] [version]
initialize a new log file entry
tla log-versions [options]
list patch log versions in a project tree
tla add-log-version [options] [archive]/version
add a patch log version to a project tree
tla remove-log-version [options] [archive]/version
remove a version´s patch log from a project tree
tla logs [options] [[archive]/version ...]
list patch logs for a version in a project tree
tla cat-log [options] revision-spec
print the contents of a project tree log entry
tla changelog [options] [[archive]/version]
generate a ChangeLog from a patch log
tla log-for-merge [options] [[archive]/version]
generate a log entry body for a merge
tla merges [options] INTO [FROM]
report where two branches have been merged
tla new-merges [options] [[archive]/version]
list tree patches new to a version
Multi-project Configuration Commands
tla build-config [options] config
instantiate a multi-project config
tla cat-config [options] config
output information about a multi-project config
Commands for Branching and Merging
tla tag [options] SOURCE-REVISION TAG-VERSION
create a continuation revision
tla branch [options] [SOURCE] BRANCH
create a continuation revision
tla switch [options] [package]
change the working trees version
tla update [options] [version/revision]
update a project tree
tla replay [options] [version/revision...]
apply revision changesets to a project tree
tla star-merge [options] [FROM]
merge mutually merged branches
tla apply-delta [options] FROM(REVISION|DIR) TO(REVISION|DIR)
compute a changeset between any two trees or revisions and apply
it to a project tree
tla missing [options] [version]
print patches missing from a project tree
tla join-branch [options] version
add a version as an ancestor of a project tree
tla sync-tree [options] revision
unify a project tree´s patch-log with a given revision
tla delta [options] (REVISION|TREE)-A (REVISION|TREE)-B [DESTDIR]
compute a changeset (or diff) between any two trees or revisions
Local Cache Commands
tla changes [options] [revision] [-- limit...]
report about local changes in a project tree
tla file-diff [options] file [revision]
show local changes to a file
tla file-find [options] file [revision]
find given version of file
tla pristines [options] [limit]
list pristine trees in a project tree
tla lock-pristine [options] revision
lock (or unlock) a pristine tree
tla add-pristine [options] revision
ensure that a project tree has a particular pristine revision
tla find-pristine [options] revision
find and print the path to a pristine revision
Revision Library Commands
tla my-revision-library [options] [dir]
print or change your revision library path
tla library-config [options] library-dir
configure parameters of a revision library
tla library-find [options] revision
find and print the location of a revision in the revision
library
tla library-add [options] revision
add a revision to the revision library
tla library-remove [options] revision
remove a revision from the revision library
tla library-archives [options]
list the archives in your revision library
tla library-categories [options] [archive]
list the categories in your revision library
tla library-branches [options] [category]
list the branches in a library category
tla library-versions [options] [branch]
list the versions in a library branch
tla library-revisions [options] [version]
list the revisions in a library version
tla library-log [options] revision
output a log message from the revision library
tla library-file [options] file revision
find a file in a revision library
Published Revisions Commands
tla grab [options] location
grab a published revision
Miscellaneous Scripting Support
tla parse-package-name [options] name
parse a package name
tla valid-package-name [options] name
test a package name for validity
tla escape [--unescaped] string
print strings in escaped or unescaped form
HELP
tla help
provide help with arch
Usage: tla help [options]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-b, --basic Display basic commands only
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
This command prints a list of the available commands.
To see just a list of the options to a particular command, use:
tla $cmd -h
(where $cmd is the name of the command). For additional explanation
about a given command, use:
tla $cmd -H
USER COMMANDS
tla my-id
print or change your id
Usage: tla my-id [options] [id]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-e, --errname specify program name for errors
-u, --uid print only the UID portion of the ID
With no argument print your arch id.
With an argument, record ID-STRING as your id in ~/.arch-params/=id
Your id is recorded in various archives and log messages as you use
arch. It must consist entirely of printable characters and fit on one
line. By convention, it should have the form of an email address, as
in this example:
Jane Hacker <jane.hacker@gnu.org>
The portion of an id string between < and > is called your uid. arch
sometimes uses your uid as a fragment when generating unique file
names.
The option -u (--uid) causes only the uid part of your id string to be
printed.
tla my-default-archive
print or change your default archive
Usage: tla my-default-archive [options] [archive]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
-e, --errname specify program name for errors
-d, --delete unspecify your default archive
-s, --silent suppress reassuring messages
With no argument, and without -d, print the name of your default
archive.
With an argument, record ARCHIVE as your default archive in
~/.arch-params/=default-archive
With the option -d (--delete) and no argument, ensure that you do not
have a default archive set in ~/.arch-params.
Your default archive is determined this way:
If the option -A (--archive) is given and not empty, that archive is
the default (which makes this script useful for processing a -A
argument that was passed to another script).
If -A is not given, but ~/.arch-params/=default-archive exists and is
not empty, that is your default archive.
Otherwise, your default archive is the name of the local archive rooted
at the argument to -R (--root) or specified in the environment variable
ARCHROOT.
If no default archive can be found by any of these means, the program
exits with status 1, printing an error message unless the -s (--silent)
option is given.
tla register-archive
change an archive location registration
Usage: tla register-archive [options] [archive] location
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-f, --force overwrite existing location
--present-ok return 0 even if archive exists
-d, --delete delete archive registration
Record the location of ARCHIVE.
With -d, remove the registration of a previously registered archive.
When accompanied by -f, override permissions on the registration file
and don´t complain if the archive is not registered.
A LOCATION should be either a directory name or a distant URL.
When registering a new archive, if no ARCHIVE´s name is passed on the
command line, then the archive´s name will be read automatically from
the archive´s meta data.
Archive locations are stored in ~/.arch-params/=locations.
You must register the location of a remote archive before you access
it. It is not strictly necessary to register the locations of local
archives (you can always specify their location using command line
arguments and/or environment variables), but registering local archive
locations is recommend (for simplicity).
tla whereis-archive
print an archive location registration
Usage: tla whereis-archive [options] archive
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
Print the registered location of an archive.
Usually the archive must have been previously registered with "tla
register-archive".
As a special exception, the the archive is not registered, but is the
name of the archive rooted at the location given with the option -R
(--root) or in the environment variable ARCHROOT then print that root
directory.
tla archives
report registered archives and their locations
Usage: tla archives [options] [search regular expression]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-n, --names print archive names only
-R, --exclude-remote Exclude MIRROR and SOURCE archives.
Print a list of registered archives and their locations
If [search regex] is given then only archives with names that match
[search regex] will be shown
PROJECT TREE COMMANDS
tla init-tree
initialize a new project tree
Usage: tla init-tree [options] [[archive]/version]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
-d, --dir DIR cd to DIR first
--nested initialize a nested project tree.
Initialize DIR as a new project tree.
An empty patch-log for VERSION will be created, and VERSION will be
made the default location for check-ins.
tla tree-root
find and print the root of a project tree
Usage: tla tree-root [options] [dir]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
--accurate error for mid-txn trees
-s, --silent exit status only
Find and print the root of the project tree that contains DIR (or the
current directory). The option --accurate checks for three
possibilities:
1) The project tree was the subject of a commit that
was killed before the log entry was added to the
tree´s patch log. It is unknown whether or not
the commit took place in the archive. The {arch}
directory contains the log file as "++mid-commit".
2) The project tree was the subject of a killed commit, but
it is certain the commit took place. The log file
is stored as "++commit-definite".
3) The project tree patch log is fully up-to-date (as far as
arch knows).
In case 1, exit with an error and error message.
In case 2, install the log file before printing the tree root and
exiting normally.
In case 3, print the tree root and exit normally.
tla tree-version
print the default version for a project tree
Usage: tla tree-version [options] [dir]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
Print the default version of project tree DIR (or the current
directory).
tla tree-id
Print the tree identifier for a project tree
Usage: tla tree-id [options] [dir]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
Print the patchset identifier that represents the current tree-> I.e.
foo@example.com/demo--1.0--patch-4. Defaults to the tree the current
directory is in.
tla tree-revision
Print the tree identifier for a project tree
Usage: tla tree-revision [options] [dir]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
Print the patchset identifier that represents the current tree-> I.e.
foo@example.com/demo--1.0--patch-4. Defaults to the tree the current
directory is in.
tla set-tree-version
set the default version for a project tree
Usage: tla set-tree-version [options] [archive]/version
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
-d, --dir DIR cd to DIR first
This operation sets the default version on which to check-in the source
tree DIR (default: the current directory) during a commit.
You can specify the archive for this version as an ordinary command
line argument (ARCHIVE/VERSION) or via -R, -A and the environment as
usual (try "tla my-default-archive --help").
tla undo
undo and save changes in a project tree
Usage: tla undo [options] [revision]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
-d, --dir DIR cd to DIR first
-o, --output PATCH-DIR save changeset in PATCH-DIR
-n, --no-output do not save the changeset
-N, --forward pass the --forward option to `patch´
-q, --quiet no progress reports while computing changeset
--unescaped show filenames in unescaped form
Compute a patch set describing the changes from REVISION to the project
tree containing DIR. Save the patch in PATCH-DIR (which must not
already exist) and apply the patch in reverse to the project tree
containing DIR.
The effect is to remove local changes in the DIR project tree but save
them in a convenient form.
If REVISION is not specified, the latest ancestor of the default
version of project tree is used.
If REVISION is specified as a VERSION, the latest ancestor of the
project tree in that VERSION is used.
If DIR is not specified, "." is assumed.
If PATCH-DIR is not specified, a temporary file-name of the matching
,,undo-* is used.
If --no-output is specified, the patch set is not saved.
See also "tla redo -H" and "tla changes -H".
tla redo
redo changes in project tree
Usage: tla redo [options] [changeset]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-N, --forward pass the --forward option to `patch´
-k, --keep do not delete the patch
-q, --quiet no progress reports while computing changeset
-d, --dir DIR Operate on project tree in DIR (default `.´)
--unescaped show filenames in unescaped form
Apply CHANGESET to the project tree and then delete CHANGESET.
If CHANGESET is not specified, the highest numbered ,,undo-N directory
in the project tree root is used.
If --keep is given, the changeset directory is not deleted.
See also "tla undo --help" and "tla apply-changeset --help".
tla changes
report about local changes in a project tree
Usage: tla changes [options] [revision] [-- limit...]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´.
-d, --dir DIR Change to DIR first.
-o, --output DIR Save changeset in DIR (implies --keep).
-v, --verbose Verbose changeset report.
-q, --quiet Suppress progress information
--diffs Include diffs in the output.
-k, --keep Don´t remove the output directory on termination.
--link hardlink unchanged files to revision library
--unescaped show filenames in unescaped form
Generate a patch report describing the differences between the project
tree containing DIR (or the current directory) and REVISION.
The default patch level for a given version is the latest level for
which the project tree has a patch. The default archive and version is
as printed by "tla tree-version".
tla file-diff
show local changes to a file
Usage: tla file-diff [options] file [revision]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
-N, --new-file Treat missing file as empty
Print diffs between FILE and the corresponding file in a cached copy of
REVISION.
The default patch level for a given version is the latest level for
which the project tree has a patch. The default archive and version is
as printed by "tla tree-version".
tla diff
report about local changes in a project tree
Usage: tla diff [options] [revision] [-- files...]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´.
-d, --dir DIR Change to DIR first.
-o, --output DIR Save changeset in DIR.
-v, --verbose Verbose changeset report.
-q, --quiet Suppress progress information
-s, --summary Do not include diffs in the output.
-k, --keep Don´t remove the output directory on termination.
-L, --latest compare against the latest revision (HEAD) in
branch
--link hardlink unchanged files to revision library
--unescaped show filenames in unescaped form
--limit LIMITS limit the diff to LIMITS
-D, --diff-options specify options for `diff´ (for display only)
Generate a patch report describing the differences between the project
tree containing DIR (or the current directory) and REVISION.
The default patch level for a given version is the latest level for
which the project tree has a patch. The default archive and version is
as printed by "tla tree-version".
tla export
export all or some of a tree revision
Usage: tla export [options] [revision] dir
-d, --dir DIR Change to DIR first.
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-s, --silent no output
Extract REVISION from an archive, creating a new source tree with no
control information. Note if export the local tree revision, local
modifications will not be included; the exported file will only be
copies in the repository
PROJECT TREE INVENTORY COMMANDS
tla inventory
inventory a source tree
Usage: tla inventory [options] [--] [dir]*
-h, --help display help
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version display version info
-s, --source list source files
-p, --precious list precious files
-b, --backups list backup files
-j, --junk list junk files
-u, --unrecognized list unrecognized files
-t, --trees list roots of nested trees
-d, --directories list only directories
-f, --files list only non-directories
-B, --both list both dirs and files
--kind indicate file kinds
--all include arch control files
--nested include nested trees
--ids list with ids (source files only)
--untagged include files that are missing ids
--explicit use explicit file ids
--implicit permit implicit file ids
--tagline permit tagline file ids
--names use name-based file ids
--unescaped show filenames in unescaped form
With no arguments, print a human-readable inventory report.
With category options (--source etc) limit the report to just those
files. With no other options, the report includes all sections and
files.
The options -d, -f, and -b cancel each other.
If a directory is precious, junk, or unrecognized, only the directory
name itself is printed -- its contents are not searched.
Each command option implies the corresponding category option (e.g.
"--source-command" implies "--source"). The exit status of the command
is ignored.
tla tree-lint
(alias for lint)
Usage: tla tree-lint [options] [dir]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-s, --broken-symlinks Just list broken symlinks
-u, --unrecognized-files Just list files violating naming
conventions
-t, --untagged-files Just list files lacking inventory ids
-m, --missing-files Just list inventory ids lacking
corresponding files
-d, --duplicate-ids Just list duplicated ids
--strict exit with non-0 status on _any_ oddity
--unescaped show filenames in unescaped form
Audit a source tree for missing files, untagged files, duplicate ids,
and files not matching recognized naming conventions.
The default is to list files failing any of those tests. Enabling any
of the `specific´ tests disables the rest, unless they´re explicitly
enabled on the command line. Therefore, "tla tree-lint" is equivalent
to "tla tree-lint -sutmd"
tla lint
audit a source tree
Usage: tla lint [options] [dir]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-s, --broken-symlinks Just list broken symlinks
-u, --unrecognized-files Just list files violating naming
conventions
-t, --untagged-files Just list files lacking inventory ids
-m, --missing-files Just list inventory ids lacking
corresponding files
-d, --duplicate-ids Just list duplicated ids
--strict exit with non-0 status on _any_ oddity
--unescaped show filenames in unescaped form
Audit a source tree for missing files, untagged files, duplicate ids,
and files not matching recognized naming conventions.
The default is to list files failing any of those tests. Enabling any
of the `specific´ tests disables the rest, unless they´re explicitly
enabled on the command line. Therefore, "tla tree-lint" is equivalent
to "tla tree-lint -sutmd"
tla id
report the inventory id for a file
Usage: tla id [options] file ...
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
--implicit Use the implicit id tagging method.
--tagline Use the tagline id tagging method (default).
--explicit Use the explicit id tagging method.
--names Use the names id tagging method.
--silent No output -- exit status only.
--unescaped show filenames in unescaped form
Print a file´s inventory id.
tla id-tagging-method
print or change a project tree id tagging method
Usage: tla id-tagging-method [options] [method]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-d, --dir DIR cd to DIR first
--strict exit with error if method not set
Print or change the method by which source files are identified in DIR
(or the current directory).
When setting, METHOD must be one of:
names -- use naming conventions only
implicit -- use naming conventions but permit
for inventory tags
explicit -- require explicit designation of source
tagline -- mix names, explicit and arch-tag: methods
When printing, if --strict is provided but no id tagging method is
explicitly set, print an error.
tla add
(alias for add-id)
Usage: tla add [options] file ...
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-i, --id ID Specify ID, instead of using auto-generated id.
Create an explicit inventory id for FILE (which may be a regular file,
symbolic link, or directory).
tla add-id
add an explicit inventory id
Usage: tla add-id [options] file ...
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-i, --id ID Specify ID, instead of using auto-generated id.
Create an explicit inventory id for FILE (which may be a regular file,
symbolic link, or directory).
tla delete-id
remove an explicit inventory id
Usage: tla delete-id [options] file ...
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
Remove an explicit inventory id for FILE (which may be a regular file,
symbolic link, or directory).
tla move-id
move an explicit inventory id
Usage: tla move-id [options] from to
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
Move an explicit inventory id for FILE (which may be a regular file or
symbolic link but which must not be a directory).
tla touch
add an explicit inventory id, touching the file.
Usage: tla touch [options] file ...
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-i, --id ID Specify ID, instead of using auto-generated id.
Create an explicit inventory id for FILE (which may be a regular file,
symbolic link, or directory). This command also sets the modification
and access times of the file, creating it if necessary.
tla rm
remove a file (or dir, or symlink) and its explicit inventory tag
Usage: tla rm [options] file...
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
This command is suitable as a replacement for rm(1) within any tla tree
for any remove operation, regardless of id tagging method.
tla mv
move a file (or dir, or symlink) and its explicit inventory tag
Usage: tla mv [options] from to OR from1 from2 ... dir
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
This command is suitable as a replacement for mv(1) within any tla tree
for any move operation, regardless of id tagging method.
tla explicit-default
print or modify default ids
Usage: tla explicit-default [options] [TAG-PREFIX]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-D, --dir DIR cd to DIR first
-d, --delete remove the default
-s, --strong use the strong default (default)
-w, --weak use the weak default
--dont-care use the dont-care default
For files in this directory, use:
ID-PREFIX__BASENAME
as the default explicit id for all files in this directory that do not
have an explicit explicit id.
With no arguments, print the previously set ID-PREFIX.
By default, this command sets, prints or deletes a "strong default" --
a default explicit id which overrides implicit ids.
With --weak, set (or print) a weak default id which is overridden by
explicit ids.
The --dont-care option sets (or with -d, clears) a flag for that
directory that causes unidged files not to be reported as such in "tla
tree-lint" reports.
tla default-id
(alias for explicit-default)
Usage: tla default-id [options] [TAG-PREFIX]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-D, --dir DIR cd to DIR first
-d, --delete remove the default
-s, --strong use the strong default (default)
-w, --weak use the weak default
--dont-care use the dont-care default
For files in this directory, use:
ID-PREFIX__BASENAME
as the default explicit id for all files in this directory that do not
have an explicit explicit id.
With no arguments, print the previously set ID-PREFIX.
By default, this command sets, prints or deletes a "strong default" --
a default explicit id which overrides implicit ids.
With --weak, set (or print) a weak default id which is overridden by
explicit ids.
The --dont-care option sets (or with -d, clears) a flag for that
directory that causes unidged files not to be reported as such in "tla
tree-lint" reports.
tla id-tagging-defaults
print the default =tagging-method contents
Usage: tla id-tagging-defaults [options]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
Print the boilerplate contents that are used to initialize new
=tagging-method files.
PATCH SET COMMANDS
tla changeset
compute a whole-tree changeset
Usage: tla changeset [options] ORIG MOD DEST [files]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
--file-list FILES record only diffs of selected files
--unescaped show filenames in unescaped form
Create the output directory DESTINATION (it must not already exist).
Compare source trees ORIGINAL and MODIFIED. Create a changeset tree in
DESTINATION
See also "tla apply-changeset -H".
tla mkpatch
(alias for changeset)
Usage: tla mkpatch [options] ORIG MOD DEST [files]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
--file-list FILES record only diffs of selected files
--unescaped show filenames in unescaped form
Create the output directory DESTINATION (it must not already exist).
Compare source trees ORIGINAL and MODIFIED. Create a changeset tree in
DESTINATION
See also "tla apply-changeset -H".
tla apply-changeset
apply a whole-tree changeset
Usage: tla apply-changeset [options] CHANGESET [TARGET]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-N, --forward pass the --forward option to `patch´
-r, --reverse Apply the changeset in reverse
--unescaped show filenames in unescaped form
Apply the changeset CHANGESET to the source tree TARGET (default `.´).
See also "tla changeset -H".
tla dopatch
(alias for apply-changeset)
Usage: tla dopatch [options] CHANGESET [TARGET]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-N, --forward pass the --forward option to `patch´
-r, --reverse Apply the changeset in reverse
--unescaped show filenames in unescaped form
Apply the changeset CHANGESET to the source tree TARGET (default `.´).
See also "tla changeset -H".
tla show-changeset
generate a report from a changeset
Usage: tla show-changeset [options] [dir]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
--diffs include diff output
--unescaped show filenames in unescaped form
Produce a human-readable summary of a changeset.
ARCHIVE TRANSACTION COMMANDS
tla make-archive
create a new archive directory
Usage: tla make-archive [options] [name] location
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and
exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-m, --mirror MASTER create mirror of specified archive
-M, --mirror-from MASTER-SOURCE create pull-based mirror of
specified archive
-l, --listing Keep .listing files up-to-date in
this archive.
-t, --tla Create a tla format archive.
-b, --baz Create a baz format archive (the
default).
-s, --signed GPG sign the contents of this
archive.
NAME is the global name for the archive. It must be an email address
with a fully qualified domain name, optionally followed by "--" and a
string of letters, digits, periods and dashes.
With --mirror, label the new archive as a mirror of MASTER. Ordinary
commits can not be made to a mirror archive, however the command "tla
archive-mirror" can write to a mirror.
Two special forms of this command are available:
tla make-archive --mirror MASTER LOCATION
is equivalent to:
tla make-archive --mirror MASTER MASTER-MIRROR LOCATION
and thus "tla archive-mirror MASTER" will push changes from MASTER to
the newly created mirror.
tla make-archive --mirror-from MASTER-SOURCE LOCATION
is equivalent to:
tla make-archive --mirror MASTER-SOURCE MASTER LOCATION
and thus "tla archive-mirror MASTER" will pull changes from
MASTER-SOURCE to the newly created mirror.
The first of these two special forms is especially handy when creating
a remote mirror in which to publish a local repository.
The second special form is handy when creating a local mirror of a
remote archive, locally bound to the remote archive´s name.
The --tla option creates a tla format archive, the default is to
create a Bazaar archive.
tla archive-setup
create new categories, branches and versions
Usage: tla archive-setup [options] [version ...]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
-f, --file FILE read the list of desired versions from FILE
-b, --branches make base-0 tags
-c, --cache archive cache when creating base-0 tags
Given a list of categories, branches, and versions, ensure that these
exist in the appropriate archive.
For example, starting with an empty archive,:
% tla archive-setup proja--devo--1.0 projb
creates a category, branch, and version for project A, and a category
for project B
When the --file option is used, the list of items to create is read
from a file (use "-" to indicate standard input).
With the --file option, the option --branches may be provided. In this
case, the input should have two items per line: a target version (to
create), and a source version to build a tag from. For example, given
an input file containg:
proja--devo--1.0 his@foo.com/proja--devo--1.0
with --branches, archive-setup creates a proja version in your default
archive, and adds a base-0 revision to that project which is a tag of
the latest revision in his@foo.com´s archive. (This can make it quite
easy to set-up a new archive which contains branches from existing
archives, for example.)
If --branches is used, the --cache option may also be used. It causes
each new base-0 revision to be archive-cached (see "tla cacherev -H")
tla make-category
create a new archive category
Usage: tla make-category [options] category
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
Create CATEGORY as a category in the indicated archive. The category
must not already exist.
tla make-branch
create a new archive branch
Usage: tla make-branch [options] branch
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
Create BRANCH as a branch in the indicated archive.
The category containing the branch must already exist.
tla make-version
create a new archive version
Usage: tla make-version [options] version
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
Create VERSION as a version in the indicated archive. The branch for
this version must not already exist.
tla import
archive a full-source base-0 revision
Usage: tla import [options] [[archive]/version]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´.
-d, --dir DIR Change to DIR first.
-l, --log FILE Commit with log file FILE.
-s, --summary TEXT log with summary TEXT plus log-for-merge
output
-L, --log-message TEXT log with TEXT
-S, --setup Use `archive-setup´ if necessary; implied by
default.
--no-setup Do not use `archive-setup´ even if necessary.
--unescaped show filenames in unescaped form
Archive a from-scratch base revision of the project tree containing DIR
(or the current directory). Use this command to create the first
revision of a new project.
If --log-message is specified without --summary, then TEXT is used both
as the summary and the first line of the log body.
tla commit
archive a changeset-based revision
Usage: tla commit [options] [[archive]/version] [-- file ...]
-h, --help Display a help message and
exit.
-H Display a verbose help
message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier
string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override
`my-default-archive´
-d, --dir DIR cd to DIR first
-l, --log FILE commit with log file FILE
-s, --summary TEXT log with summary TEXT plus
log-for-merge output
-L, --log-message TEXT log with TEXT plus
log-for-merge output
--strict strict tree-lint
--seal create a version-0 revision
--fix create a versionfix revision
--out-of-date-ok commit even if out of date
--file-list FILE commit only changes to files
listed in FILE
--write-revision REVISION_FILE_SPEC write the new tree id to
REVISION_FILE_SPEC before committing
--unescaped show filenames in unescaped
form
Archive a revision of the project tree containing DIR (or the current
directory)
If there are any automated ChangeLog files, update them before
computing the patch set.
If --log-message is specified without --summary, then TEXT is used both
as the summary and the first line of the log body.
tla get
construct a project tree for a revision
Usage: tla get [options] revision [dir]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
--cache DIR cache root for trees with pristines
--no-pristine don´t save a pristine copy
--link hardlink files to revision library instead of
copying
--library ensure the revision is in a revision library
--sparse add library entries sparsely (--link, --library)
--non-sparse add library entries densely (--link, --library)
-s, --silent no output
--no-greedy-add do not allow greedy libraries to add revisions
--unescaped show filenames in unescaped form
Extract REVISION from an archive, creating the new project tree DIR.
If DIR is not specified, store the working copy in a subdirectory of
the current directory, giving it the name of the revision. CAUTION:
when using the links option be sure to use copy-on-write on your editor
or the revision library will be corrupted. Either way, the project tree
must not already exist.
tla get-changeset
retrieve a changeset from an archive
Usage: tla get-changeset [options] revision [dir]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
Retrieve the changeset for REVISION and store it in the directory DIR
(or a directory named REVISION.patches). DIR must not already exist.
tla lock-revision
lock (or unlock) an archive revision
Usage: tla lock-revision [options] revision
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
-u, --unlock release a lock owned by you
-b, --break break any existing lock
Acquire the lock needed to create REVISION.
Revision must be the next patch-level in sequence, however, if no patch
level is specified, the lock is taken unconditionally. If no version is
specified, the latest version is locked.
tla archive-mirror
update an archive mirror
Usage: tla archive-mirror [options] [from [to] [limit]]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
--no-cached don´t copy cached revisions
-s, --summary print the summary of each patch
--cached-tags copy only cachedrevs for tags to other archives
If no arguments are given, update your `my-default-archive´-MIRROR
archive with the contents of `my-default-archive´.
If a [FROM] archive is given, update the [FROM]-MIRROR archive with the
contents of the [FROM] archive
If both [FROM] and [TO] archives are specified, update [TO] with the
contents of [FROM]
If LIMIT is provided, it should be a category, branch, version, or
revision name. Only the indicated part of FROM will be copied to TO.
If LIMIT is a revision, then cached revisions will be copied and
deleted to TO.
(see "tla make-archive -H".).
ARCHIVE COMMANDS
tla abrowse
print an outline describing archive contents
Usage: tla abrowse [options] [limit]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
-r, --reverse sort revisions from newest to oldest
-s, --summary print a summary of each patch
-c, --creator print the creator of each patch
-D, --date print the date of each patch
-k, --kind show each revision kind (import, changeset or
id)
-C, --cacherevs show cached revisions
-f, --full print full patch level names
--desc implies -s -c -D -k -C
--local-merges list merges from the same archive
--foreign-merges list merges from other archives
--merges list all merges
--categories show category names only
--branches show branch names only
--versions show version names only
--omit-empty omit empty or unchanged-since items
--since SNAP-FILE show revisions after those listed in SNAP-FILE
--since-limits limit output to items in the since file
--snap SNAP-FILE record the highest revisions shown
--force overwrite an existing snap-file
Describe the contents of an archive in outline format.
With LIMIT, look only that part of the archive.
LIMIT may be a fully qualified name and may be an archive name.
tla rbrowse
print an outline describing an archive´s contents
Usage: tla rbrowse [options] [[ARCHIVE_NAME/]LIMIT_REGEX]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
--all Search all archives
--since SNAP-FILE Only show differences since SNAP-FILE
--snap SNAP-FILE Snap an archive
-f, --snap-force Force snap writing
-r Reverse patch logs
-s Print the summary of matching patches
-c Print the creator of matching patches
-D Print the date of matching patches
--patch-regex REGEX Only show revisions that contain [REGEX]
(implies -s)
-A, --archive Use [archive] instead of default
--show-sealed Do not hide sealed branches
an outline of an archive will be printed, showing the categories,
branches and revisions of the specified archive if no archive is given
then `my-default-archive` is used.
If [LIMIT REGEX] is specified, revisions will only be shown if the
category, branch or version matches [LIMIT REGEX]. If --patch-regex
[REGEX] is given, then only patchlogs matching [REGEX] will be given
tla categories
list the categories in an archive
Usage: tla categories [options] [archive]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
Print a list of the categories present in an archive.
tla branches
list the branches in an archive category
Usage: tla branches [options] [category]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
Print a list of the branches within CATEGORY
tla versions
list the versions in an archive branch
Usage: tla versions [options] [branch]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
-r, --reverse sort from newest to oldest
Print a list of versions within an archive branch.
The list is ordinarily sorted from oldest to newest, but the order can
be changed with -r (--reverse).
tla revisions
list the revisions in an archive version
Usage: tla revisions [options] [version]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
-r, --reverse sort from newest to oldest
-f, --full list fully qualified names
-s, --summary print a summary of each patch
-c, --creator print the creator of each patch
-D, --date print the date of each patch
Print a list of revisions within an archive version.
The list is ordinarily sorted from oldest to newest, but the order can
be changed with -r (--reverse).
With optional arguments specifying patches, list only those patches, if
they exist. If a listed patch does not exist, exit with status 1. The
-r (--reverse) flag has no effect with optional arguments.
tla ancestry
display the ancestory of a revision
Usage: tla ancestry [options] [revision]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
-d, --dir DIR cd to DIR first
-m, --merges show merges into this development line
-r, --reverse list oldest to newest
-s, --summary print a summary of each patch
-c, --creator print the creator of each patch
-D, --date print the date of each patch
Print the ancestry of a revision.
tla ancestry-graph
display the ancestory of a revision
Usage: tla ancestry-graph [options] [revision]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
-d, --dir DIR cd to DIR first
-m, --merges show merges into this development line
-r, --reverse list oldest to newest
-i, --immediate show only the immediate ancestor
-p, --previous show the (namespace) previous revision
Print a list describing the ancestry of a revision.
tla cat-archive-log
print the contents of an archived log entry
Usage: tla cat-archive-log [options] revision
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
--headers show only log headers
Retrieve and print the log message for the indicated revision from its
archive.
tla cacherev
cache a full source tree in an archive
Usage: tla cacherev [options] [revision]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
--cache DIR cache root for trees with pristines
Cache a full-text copy of the indicated revision in the archive. This
can speed up subsequent calls to "tla get" for that and subsequent
revisions.
If no revision is specified, but the command is run from within a
project tree, cache the latest revision in the default version of that
tree.
tla cachedrevs
list cached revisions in an archive
Usage: tla cachedrevs [options] [version]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
Report which revisions of VERSION have been cached as whole trees in
the archive.
See also "tla cacherev -H".
tla uncacherev
remove a cached full source tree from an archive
Usage: tla uncacherev [options] revision [dir]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
Remove the cached form of REVISION from its archive.
If REVISION is not specified, but the command is run from within a
project tree, uncache the latest revision in the default version of
that tree.
Also see "tla cacherev -H".
tla archive-meta-info
report meta-info from an archive
Usage: tla archive-meta-info [options] item-name
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
Print the contents of a meta-info file from an archive. For example,
% tla archive-meta-info name
prints the official name of your default archive.
tla archive-snapshot
update an archive snapshot
Usage: tla archive-snapshot [options] dir [limit]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
Update the directory DIR with a "snapshot" of of an archive (or the
part of the archive indicated by LIMIT
For each archive snapshotted, DIR will contain a file and subdirectory
(where $ARCH is the name of the archive):
./$ARCH.added
./$ARCH/
Similarly, for each category snapshotted, DIR will contain:
./$ARCH/$CAT.added
./$ARCH/$CAT/
and so on, recursively, for branches and versions.
For each revision, the snapshot contains:
./$ARCH/$CAT/$BRANCH/$VERSION/$REVISION.added
and that file contains a copy of the patch log entry for that revision.
Snapshots can be used in combination with other tools (´make´ is
suggested) to trigger one-time events in response to new additions to
an archive.
tla archive-version
list the archive-version in an archive
Usage: tla archive-version [options]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
Print the archive format identifier string of an arch archive.
tla archive-fixup
fix ancillary files in an archive
Usage: tla archive-fixup [options]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
This is a kind of "catch-all" command to fix the non-standard,
non-transactional state of an archive. Currently its sole function is
to repair .listing files in archives that use them.
PATCH LOG COMMANDS
tla make-log
initialize a new log file entry
Usage: tla make-log [options] [version]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
-d, --dir DIR cd to DIR first
Create (if needed) a log entry file in the root of the project tree
containing DIR, for the indicated VERSION.
The name of the new log file is printed to standard output.
tla log-versions
list patch log versions in a project tree
Usage: tla log-versions [options]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-d, --dir DIR cd to DIR first
-a, --archive ARCHIVE list only logs for ARCHIVE
-c, --category CATEGORY list only logs for CATEGORY
-b, --branch BRANCH list only logs for BRANCH
-v, --vsn VERSION list only logs for VERSION
-r, --reverse reverse the sort order
Print the list of versions for which there are patch logs in the
project tree containing DIR (or the current directory).
tla add-log-version
add a patch log version to a project tree
Usage: tla add-log-version [options] [archive]/version
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
-d, --dir DIR cd to DIR first
Add an initially empty list of patch log for VERSION to the project
tree containing DIR (or the current directory).
A project tree patch log is a pre-requisite for checking the directory
in on that version, or updating with patches from that version.
Note that versions recorded for a project tree are recorded by fully
qualified version names: an archive name plus the name of a version
within that archive.
tla remove-log-version
remove a version´s patch log from a project tree
Usage: tla remove-log-version [options] [archive]/version
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
-d, --dir DIR cd to DIR first
Remove the patch log for VERSION from the project tree containing DIR
(or the current directory).
Use this command with caution -- it erases revision history from the
project tree!
tla logs
list patch logs for a version in a project tree
Usage: tla logs [options] [[archive]/version ...]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
-d, --dir DIR cd to DIR first
-r, --reverse sort from newest to oldest
-s, --summary print the summary of each patch
-c, --creator print the creator of each patch
-D, --date print the date of each patch
--local-merges list merges from the same archive
--foreign-merges list merges from other archives
--merges list all merges
-f, --full print full patch level names
Print the list of patches applied to a project tree DIR (or the current
directory) from VERSION.
tla cat-log
print the contents of a project tree log entry
Usage: tla cat-log [options] revision-spec
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
-d, --dir DIR cd to DIR first
Retrieve and print the patch log for the indicated revision from a
project tree.
tla changelog
generate a ChangeLog from a patch log
Usage: tla changelog [options] [[archive]/version]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
-d, --dir DIR cd to DIR first
--no-files exclude file lists from ChangeLog
--untagged don´t implicitly tag the output file
--new-entry PATCH,FILE make FILE the first (top) entry
for patch level PATCH
Generate a ChangeLog for VERSION from the patch log for DIR.
tla log-for-merge
generate a log entry body for a merge
Usage: tla log-for-merge [options] [[archive]/version]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
-d, --dir DIR cd to DIR first
-r, --reverse sort from newest to oldest
Generate a log entry body describing a merge into VERSION.
tla merges
report where two branches have been merged
Usage: tla merges [options] INTO [FROM]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
-d, --dir DIR cd to DIR first
-r, --reverse sort from newest to oldest
-f, --full print full patch level names
Print a list of pairs of patch level names:
%s %s INTO-RVN FROM-RVN
where each pair indicates that at patch level INTO-RVN of INTO, the
patch log entry FROM-RVN was added.
FROM may be a branch name, version name, or revision name. If a branch
or version name, all merges from that branch or version are reported.
If a revision name, only the merge points for that specific revision
are reported.
INTO may be a version name or revision name. If a version name, all
merge points within that version are printed. If a revision name, all
merge points at that revision or earlier are printed.
Output is sorted using patch-level ordering of the first column.
Included patches are listed by full name unless FROM is a revision
name. If FROM is a revision, --full causes its full name to be
printed.
tla new-merges
list tree patches new to a version
Usage: tla new-merges [options] [[archive]/version]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
-d, --dir DIR cd to DIR first
-r, --reverse sort from newest to oldest
List all patch log entries in the tree containing DIR that have not
already been merged with VERSION.
MULTI-PROJECT CONFIGURATION COMMANDS
tla build-config
instantiate a multi-project config
Usage: tla build-config [options] config
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-d, --dir DIR cd to DIR first
--no-pristines don´t create pristine copies
--link hardlink files to revision library instead of
copying
--library ensure revisions are in the revision library
--sparse add library entries sparsely (--link, --library)
-r, --release-id overwrite ./=RELEASE-ID for this config
Build the named configuration. See also "tla cat-config -H".
tla cat-config
output information about a multi-project config
Usage: tla cat-config [options] config
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-d, --dir DIR cd to DIR first
-o, --output CFG write the output as config CFG
-f, --force overwrite an exiting config (with --output)
-s, --snap Show current patch levels of subtree packages.
--unescaped show filenames in unescaped form
Parse and print the indicate config file from a project tree
A config file contains blank lines, comment lines starting with "#",
and config specification lines. The config file called $NAME is
stored in a project tree as ./configs/$NAME or as ./$NAME.
A config specification line contains a relative path within a project
tree, and a specification of the project or revision to store in that
location.
For example, the line:
./src/arch lord@emf.net--2003b/arch--devo--1.0
means that, when building the configuration, the latest revision of
arch--devo--1.0 should be created within the tree as ./src/arch.
The project specification can be a branch name, version name or the
name of a specific revision.
The option --snap says to examine the project tree to find out which
revisions of configured project are printed, and generate a new config
specification that references those specific revisions. For example,
the output for the line shown above might be:
./src/arch lord@emf.net--2003b/arch--devo--1.0--patch-21
The option --output causes the output from this command to be recorded
as a new configuration file (or to replace an existing file if --force
is provided).
COMMANDS FOR BRANCHING AND MERGING
tla tag
create a continuation revision
Usage: tla tag [options] SOURCE-REVISION TAG-VERSION
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
-l, --log FILE commit with log file FILE
--no-cacherev Do not cacherev tag even if different archive
--seal create a version-0 revision
--fix create a versionfix revision
-S, --setup Use `archive-setup´ if necessary; implied by
default.
--no-setup Do not use `archive-setup´ even if necessary.
Create the continuation revision TAG-VERSION (branch point or tag)
which is equivalent to SOURCE-REVISION (plus a log entry).
If no log entry is provided, a trivial log entry will be created.
tla branch
create a continuation revision
Usage: tla branch [options] [SOURCE] BRANCH
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
-l, --log FILE commit with log file FILE
--no-cacherev Do not cacherev tag even if different archive
--seal create a version-0 revision
--fix create a versionfix revision
Create the continuation revision BRANCH (branch point or tag) which is
equivalent to SOURCE (plus a log entry). If no log entry is provided, a
trivial log entry will be created.
If SOURCE is not specified, the current project tree revision is used,
and the project tree is switched to BRANCH
tla switch
change the working trees version
Usage: tla switch [options] [package]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´.
-d, --dir DIR Change to DIR first.
-q, --quiet Suppress progress information
change the working trees version to that of package, and make
equivalent to revision. Preserves uncommitted changes.
Note: tla automatically switches to the _latest_ revision in the
supplied version.
tla update
update a project tree
Usage: tla update [options] [version/revision]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
-d, --dir DIR Update project tree in DIR (default `.´)
-N, --forward pass the --forward option to `patch´
--dest DEST Instead of modifying the project tree in-place,
make a copy of it to DEST and apply the result to
that
--unescaped show filenames in unescaped form
Update a project tree by getting the latest revision of VERSION (or the
default version of the project tree) and then applying a patch set of
the differences between the project tree and the highest revision with
which it is up-to-date.
If the merge involves conflicts, a warning message is printed, and the
new project tree will contain ".rej" files.
tla replay
apply revision changesets to a project tree
Usage: tla replay [options] [version/revision...]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
--list FILE read a list of patches to apply
--new replay only new patches
--reverse reverse the named patch
-N, --forward pass the --forward option to `patch´
-d, --dir DIR Operate on project tree in DIR (default `.´)
--dest DEST Instead of modifying the project tree in-place,
make a copy of it to DEST and apply the result to
that
--skip-present skip patches that contain 1 or more patch logs
already in this tree
--unescaped show filenames in unescaped form
The result is formed by applying patches in the latest revision of
VERSION (or the default version of the project tree), stopping after
the first patch that causes conflicts. If multiple VERSIONs are
specified, they are applied in turn.
If one or more specific REVISIONs (including patch-levels) is specified
instead, only those patch sets, and no others, will be applied.
With the --list option, read a list of patches to apply from FILE (-
for standard input). Complete revision names should be listed, one per
line. replay will stop at the first patch in the list that causes a
merge conflict, leaving behind files with names of the form:
,,replay.conflicts-in -- the name of the patch that caused
conflicts
,,replay.remaining -- the list of patches not yet applied
tla star-merge
merge mutually merged branches
Usage: tla star-merge [options] [FROM]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override tree archive
-c, --changes OUTPUT Generate but don´t apply the changeset.
-r, --reference VERSION Set reference version (default: project tree
version)
-N, --forward pass the --forward option to `patch´
-t, --three-way Perform a 3-way (diff3-style) merge.
-d, --dir DIR Operate on project tree in DIR (default `.´)
--unescaped show filenames in unescaped form
Merge changes from FROM into the project tree, considering common
ancestry from the project tree reference version, REFERENCE (which
defaults to the tree version of the project tree). If FROM is not
given, it defaults to the tree revision.
The purpose of this command is to merge changes between development
lines which may have merged in both directions. It uses merge history
to attempt to minimize the spurious conflicts that can arise from
`mutual merging´.
FROM indicates a revision (it may be specified as a version name,
indicating the latest revision in that version).
TREE is the project tree into which the merge will occur.
Star-merge works by computing the most recent ANCESTOR revision of
REFERENCE and FROM and then applying the changeset:
delta (ANCESTOR, FROM)
to TREE.
The "most recent ancestor" is defined as follows:
MAYBE_ANCESTOR_1 is defined as the highest patch level of FROM in
REFERENCE for which both TREE and FROM have a patch log. In other
words, it is the latest REFERENCE revision of FROM´s version already
merged into TREE.
MAYBE_ANCESTOR_2 is defined as the highest patch level in REFERENCE for
which both FROM and REFERENCE have a patch log. In other words, it is
the latest revision of REFERENCE already merged into FROM.
MAYBE_ANCESTOR_2, if it is not "nil", was merged into FROM at some
revision of FROM´s version, which we can call LAST_MERGE_INTO_FROM.
If both MAYBE_ANCESTOR_1 or MAYBE_ANCESTOR_2 are nil, star-merge can do
nothing.
If just one of MAYBE_ANCESTOR_1 is MAYBE_ANCESTOR_2 is not nil, then
that non-nil value is ANCESTOR.
If both MAYBE_ANCESTOR_1 and MAYBE_ANCESTOR_2 are not nil, then
LAST_MERGE_INTO_FROM and MAYBE_ANCESTOR_1 are compared (both are
revisions in FROM´s version). If MAYBE_ANCESTOR_1 is the later
revision, then MAYBE_ANCESTOR_1 is ANCESTOR, otherwise,
MAYBE_ANCESTOR_2 is ANCESTOR.
tla apply-delta
compute a changeset between any two trees or revisions and apply it to
a project tree
Usage: tla apply-delta [options] FROM(REVISION|DIR) TO(REVISION|DIR)
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
-N, --forward pass the --forward option to `patch´
--cache DIR specify a cache root for pristine copies
-d, --dir DIR Operate on project tree in DIR (default `.´)
--dest DEST Instead of modifying the project tree in-place,
make a copy of it to DEST and apply the result to
that
--unescaped show filenames in unescaped form
A delta between A and B (both of which may be either a full revision or
a project tree) is computed, and then applied to the project tree.
Exit Status Codes:
0 No conflict during patch
1 Conflicts occurred during patch
3 Internal Error
tla missing
print patches missing from a project tree
Usage: tla missing [options] [version]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
-q, --quiet produce no ordinary output
-x, --exit-status exit non-0 if patches are missing
-d, --dir DIR cd to DIR first
-r, --reverse sort from newest to oldest
-s, --summary display a summary of each missing patch
-c, --creator display the creator of each missing patch
-D, --date display the date of each missing patch
-f, --full print full revision names
--merges print a merge list for each missing patch
--skip-present skip patches that contain 1 or more patch logs
already in this tree
Print a list of patches missing in the project tree containing DIR (or
the current directory) for VERSION (or the default version. of the
project tree).
The flag --merges means, for each patch, to print the list of patches
included in the patch in two columns. For example:
PATCH-A PATCH-A
PATCH-A PATCH-B
PATCH-A PATCH-C
means that PATCH-A includes the changes from PATCH-B and PATCH-C.
(Every patch includes at least itself.)
With -x, if there are missing patches, the command exits with status 1,
otherwise with status 0.
With -q, produce no output.
WARNING: At this time, some error conditions *also* exit with error
status 1, however, in situations where the caller is not concerned with
errors, the exit status is still useful.
tla join-branch
add a version as an ancestor of a project tree
Usage: tla join-branch [options] version
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
-d, --dir DIR Operate on project tree in DIR (default `.´)
--dest DEST Instead of modifying the project tree in-place,
make a copy of it to DEST and apply the result to
that
--unescaped show filenames in unescaped form
VERSION--base-0 must be a continuation (e.g. tag). The command replays
the changeset for VERSION--base-0 in the project tree, which has the
effect of adding the log for the branch (making the tag an ancestor of
the resulting tree).
tla sync-tree
unify a project tree´s patch-log with a given revision
Usage: tla sync-tree [options] revision
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
-d, --dir DIR Operate on project tree in DIR (default `.´)
--dest DEST Instead of modifying the project tree in-place,
make a copy of it to DEST and apply the result to
that
--unescaped show filenames in unescaped form
The new project tree is formed by getting the REVISION and adding all
patch-log entries from REVISION. No actual merging is performed --
only the patch-log is changed.
tla delta
compute a changeset (or diff) between any two trees or revisions
Usage: tla delta [options] (REVISION|TREE)-A (REVISION|TREE)-B
[DESTDIR]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
--cache DIR specify a cache root for pristine copies
-n, --no-changeset do not generate a changeset
--diffs print changeset report with diffs (implies -n)
--unescaped show filenames in unescaped form
Given (REVISION|TREE)-A and (REVISION|TREE)-B, tla will build a
changeset that comprises the changes between REVISION-A and REVISION-B
Example:
tla delta tla--devo--1.1--patch-6 tla--devo--1.1--patch-8
,,changes
Will pull patch-6 and patch-8 from tla--devo--1.1 and compute
a changeset, which will be saved in a newly created ,,changes
directory. If you would like a report instead,
append the --diffs option
LOCAL CACHE COMMANDS
tla changes
report about local changes in a project tree
Usage: tla changes [options] [revision] [-- limit...]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´.
-d, --dir DIR Change to DIR first.
-o, --output DIR Save changeset in DIR (implies --keep).
-v, --verbose Verbose changeset report.
-q, --quiet Suppress progress information
--diffs Include diffs in the output.
-k, --keep Don´t remove the output directory on termination.
--link hardlink unchanged files to revision library
--unescaped show filenames in unescaped form
Generate a patch report describing the differences between the project
tree containing DIR (or the current directory) and REVISION.
The default patch level for a given version is the latest level for
which the project tree has a patch. The default archive and version is
as printed by "tla tree-version".
tla file-diff
show local changes to a file
Usage: tla file-diff [options] file [revision]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
-N, --new-file Treat missing file as empty
Print diffs between FILE and the corresponding file in a cached copy of
REVISION.
The default patch level for a given version is the latest level for
which the project tree has a patch. The default archive and version is
as printed by "tla tree-version".
tla file-find
find given version of file
Usage: tla file-find [options] file [revision]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
-N, --new-file Print missing file as `/dev/null´
--unescaped show filenames in unescaped form
Print location of file corresponding to FILE in a cached copy of
REVISION
The default patch level for a given version is the latest level for
which the project tree has a patch. The default archive and version is
as printed by "tla tree-version".
tla pristines
list pristine trees in a project tree
Usage: tla pristines [options] [limit]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-d, --dir DIR cd to DIR first
-u, --unlocked return only unlocked pristines
-l, --locked return only locked pristines
-r, --reverse reverse sort order
Print the list of pristine revisions cached in project tree DIR (or the
current directory).
tla lock-pristine
lock (or unlock) a pristine tree
Usage: tla lock-pristine [options] revision
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
-d, --dir DIR cd to DIR first
-u, --unlock unlock, rather than lock
Lock the indicated pristine REVISION in the project tree containing DIR
(or the current directory). This prevents the revision from being
automatically recycled.
tla add-pristine
ensure that a project tree has a particular pristine revision
Usage: tla add-pristine [options] revision
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
-d, --dir DIR cd to DIR first
Extract REVISION from an archive, creating a pristine copy. Store that
pristine copy in the current directory´s project tree
tla find-pristine
find and print the path to a pristine revision
Usage: tla find-pristine [options] revision
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
-d, --dir DIR cd to DIR first
-u, --unlocked return only an unlocked pristine
-l, --locked return only a locked pristine
-t, --tree-only search this tree only, not siblings
-s, --silent exit status only
Print the location of a pristine copy of the indicated revision
REVISION LIBRARY COMMANDS
tla my-revision-library
print or change your revision library path
Usage: tla my-revision-library [options] [dir]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-e, --errname specify program name for errors
-d, --delete unspecify your revision library
-s, --silent suppress reassuring messages
--search use the full search path
--add use the full add path
--search-only use the search-only path
--add-only use the add-only path
--first prepend to the path if setting (default appends)
With no argument, and without -d, print the path to your revision
library.
With an argument, record DIR as the path to your revision library in
~/.arch-params/=revision-library
With the option -d (--delete) and no argument, ensure that you do not
have a revision library path set in ~/.arch-params.
If no revision library is set, the program exits with status 1,
printing an error message unless the -s (--silent) option is given.
tla library-config
configure parameters of a revision library
Usage: tla library-config [options] library-dir
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
--greedy make the library greedy
--non-greedy make the library not greedy
--sparse make the library sparse
--non-sparse make the library not sparse
Set/show various parameters for a revision library.
tla library-find
find and print the location of a revision in the revision library
Usage: tla library-find [options] revision
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
-e, --errname specify program name for errors
-s, --silent suppress reassuring messages
Find REVISION in your revision library and print its path. If the
revision is not present, print an error message (unless --silent is
specified) and exit with non-0 status.
tla library-add
add a revision to the revision library
Usage: tla library-add [options] revision
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
-s, --sparse Don´t fill in gaps in the library.
--non-sparse Fill in gaps in the library.
-L, --library LIB specify which library to add to
--for-links PATH require a lib on the same device as PATH
--unescaped show filenames in unescaped form
Add REVISION to your revision library.
This command has no effect and exits with status 0 if the indicated
revision is already in the library.
tla library-remove
remove a revision from the revision library
Usage: tla library-remove [options] revision
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
Remove REVISION from your revision library.
If the revision is not present, print an error message and exit with
non-0 status.
tla library-archives
list the archives in your revision library
Usage: tla library-archives [options]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
List all archives with records in the revision library.
tla library-categories
list the categories in your revision library
Usage: tla library-categories [options] [archive]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
List all categories within a given archive in the revision library.
tla library-branches
list the branches in a library category
Usage: tla library-branches [options] [category]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
List all branches within CATEGORY in the revision library.
tla library-versions
list the versions in a library branch
Usage: tla library-versions [options] [branch]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
-r, --reverse sort from newest to oldest
List all versions within a particular archive/branch with records in
the revision library.
tla library-revisions
list the revisions in a library version
Usage: tla library-revisions [options] [version]
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
-r, --reverse sort from newest to oldest
-f, --full list fully qualified names
-s, --summary print a summary of each patch
-c, --creator print the creator of each patch
-D, --date print the date of each patch
List all revisions within a particular archive/version with records in
the revision library.
tla library-log
output a log message from the revision library
Usage: tla library-log [options] revision
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
-s, --silent suppress reassuring messages
Print the log message for REVISION from the library.
tla library-file
find a file in a revision library
Usage: tla library-file [options] file revision
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
--id interpret FILE as an inventory id
--this interpret FILE as a file within a project tree
Find FILE in REVISION in your revision library and print its path. If
the revision or file is not present, print an error message and exit
with non-0 status.
PUBLISHED REVISIONS COMMANDS
tla grab
grab a published revision
Usage: tla grab [options] location
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
Grabs a published revision from LOCATION.
MISCELLANEOUS SCRIPTING SUPPORT
tla parse-package-name
parse a package name
Usage: tla parse-package-name [options] name
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-A, --archive Override `my-default-archive´
-a, --arch print the archive name
--non-arch print the non-archive part of the name
-c, --category print the category name
-b, --branch print the branch name
-p, --package print the package name
-v, --vsn print the version id
--package-version print the category--branch--version
-l, --lvl print the patch level
--patch-level synonym for --lvl
Options -b, -B, -p, -v, and -l cancel each other.
For -b, -v, and -l, just the id string is printed without "--".
For -p, the output is "<basename>--<branch>".
tla valid-package-name
test a package name for validity
Usage: tla valid-package-name [options] name
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
-e, --errname specify program name for errors
--archive require and explicit archive
--no-archive prohibit and explicit archive
-c, --category require a category
-p, --package require category, permit branch
-v, --vsn require a version number
-l, --patch-level require a patch level
--lvl synonym for --patch-level
-t, --tolerant tolerate more specific names
Exit with status 0 if PACKAGE is a valid package name, status 1
otherwise.
By default, require a basename or basename plus branch label.
Options -v and -l cancel -b and vice versa.
Option -l implies -v.
If an error name is specified (-e or --errname), then invalid names
cause an error message on stdout. Otherwise, the exit status is the
only output.
By default, validation is strict. For example, -b checks for a valid
basename and does not permit a branch label or version number.
With -t, more specific names are permitted. For example, -b will
permit a branch name, version number, and patch level.
tla escape
print strings in escaped or unescaped form
Usage: tla escape [--unescaped] string
-h, --help Display a help message and exit.
-H Display a verbose help message and exit.
-V, --version Display a release identifier string
and exit.
--unescaped show filenames in unescaped form
Using Pika escaping rules.
ENVIRONMENT
EDITOR If $EDITOR is set, use its value as the path of the text editor
arch is to run when asking the user for text input. If unset,
log messages must be given on the command line using the `-L´
parameter or in the file created by `tla make-log´.
HOME User´s home directory, where arch looks for .arch-cache/ and
.arch-params/ .
http_proxy HTTP_PROXY
If $http_proxy or $HTTP_PROXY is set, arch used its value as the
URL of the proxy to use for WebDAV accesses. $http_proxy has
higher priority than $HTTP_PROXY. If unset, no proxy is used.
TMPDIR If $TMPDIR is set, arch creates temporary files in the given
directory. Otherwise, it uses `/tmp´.
FILES
${HOME}/.arch-cache/
Directory where arch caches archive data
${HOME}/.arch-params/
Directory where all the user´s settings are stored.
${HOME}/.arch-params/hook
Hook script called after every execution of tla.
${HOME}/.arch-params/signing/
Directory where the commands for signing and checking signatures
are stored.
SEE ALSO
http://gnuarch.org/, http://wiki.gnuarch.org/