abump(1) General Commands Manual abump(1)

abump - bump pkgver in an APKBUILD file

abump [-s CVE-1,...] [-m MESSAGE] [-f ISSUE] [-p REMOTE] [-b|--branch] [-k|--keep] [-r|--rootbld] PKGNAME-1.2.3

abump updates the pkgver in an APKBUILD file, updates its checksums, rebuilds it, and finally creates a new commit with the changes resulting.

abump looks for the specified package in nested directories inside the current working directory, assuming a layout like that of the aports repository.

-s, --security CVE1,...

Include CVE in the secfixes comment section.

-m, --message MESSAGE

Include the given MESSAGE in the commit message body.

-f, --fixes ISSUE

Include Fixes #ISSUE in the commit message. This will close the upstream issue when the commit is merged into the aports master branch.

-p, --push REMOTE

Push the commit and resulting changes to the specified REMOTE (e.g. origin).

-b, --branch

Create a git branch from HEAD before normal operation.

-k, --keep

Keep existing packages.

-r, --rootbld

Build package in a clean chroot using abuild rootbld instead of abuild all.

-h, --help

Print help information and exit.

APORTSDIR

Force operating on an alternate directory.

abump mml-1.0.0
abump glibmm2.68-2.78.0
abump telegram-desktop-4.11.8

abuild(1), apkgrel(1), newapkbuild(1), APKBUILD(5), apk(8), checkapk(1).

Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> and open source contributors.

2026-06-05