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.TH bdep-help 1 "June 2024" "bdep 0.17.0"
.SH NAME
\fBbdep-help\fR \- show help for a command or help topic
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.PP
\fBbdep help\fR [\fIcommand\fR | \fItopic\fR]\fR
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Show the detailed help for \fIcommand\fR or help \fItopic\fR or a summary of
available commands and topics if none was specified\.
.SH "COMMON OPTIONS"
.PP
The common options are summarized below with a more detailed description
available in \fBbdep-common-options(1)\fP\.
.IP "\fB-v\fR"
Print essential underlying commands being executed\.
.IP "\fB-V\fR"
Print all underlying commands being executed\.
.IP "\fB--quiet\fR|\fB-q\fR"
Run quietly, only printing error messages\.
.IP "\fB--verbose\fR \fIlevel\fR"
Set the diagnostics verbosity to \fIlevel\fR between 0 and 6\.
.IP "\fB--stdout-format\fR \fIformat\fR"
Representation format to use for printing to \fBstdout\fR\.
.IP "\fB--jobs\fR|\fB-j\fR \fInum\fR"
Number of jobs to perform in parallel\.
.IP "\fB--progress\fR"
Display progress indicators for long-lasting operations, such as network
transfers, building, etc\.
.IP "\fB--no-progress\fR"
Suppress progress indicators for long-lasting operations, such as network
transfers, building, etc\.
.IP "\fB--diag-color\fR"
Use color in diagnostics\.
.IP "\fB--no-diag-color\fR"
Don't use color in diagnostics\.
.IP "\fB--bpkg\fR \fIpath\fR"
The package manager program to be used for build configuration management\.
.IP "\fB--bpkg-option\fR \fIopt\fR"
Additional option to be passed to the package manager program\.
.IP "\fB--build\fR \fIpath\fR"
The build program to be used to build packages\.
.IP "\fB--build-option\fR \fIopt\fR"
Additional option to be passed to the build program\.
.IP "\fB--curl\fR \fIpath\fR"
The curl program to be used for network operations\.
.IP "\fB--curl-option\fR \fIopt\fR"
Additional option to be passed to the curl program\.
.IP "\fB--pager\fR \fIpath\fR"
The pager program to be used to show long text\.
.IP "\fB--pager-option\fR \fIopt\fR"
Additional option to be passed to the pager program\.
.IP "\fB--options-file\fR \fIfile\fR"
Read additional options from \fIfile\fR\.
.IP "\fB--default-options\fR \fIdir\fR"
The directory to load additional default options files from\.
.IP "\fB--no-default-options\fR"
Don't load default options files\.
.SH "DEFAULT OPTIONS FILES"
.PP
See \fBbdep-default-options-files(1)\fP for an overview of the default options
files\. For the \fBhelp\fR command the following options files are searched
for only in the predefined directories (home, system, etc) and, if found,
loaded in the order listed:
.PP
.nf
bdep\.options
bdep-help\.options
.fi
.SH BUGS
Send bug reports to the users@build2.org mailing list.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2014-2024 the build2 authors.

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