bdep-help(1)                General Commands Manual               bdep-help(1)

NAME
       bdep-help - show help for a command or help topic

SYNOPSIS
       bdep help [command | topic]

DESCRIPTION
       Show the detailed help for command or help topic or a summary of
       available commands and topics if none was specified.

COMMON OPTIONS
       The common options are summarized below with a more detailed
       description available in bdep-common-options(1).

       -v     Print essential underlying commands being executed.

       -V     Print all underlying commands being executed.

       --quiet|-q
              Run quietly, only printing error messages.

       --verbose level
              Set the diagnostics verbosity to level between 0 and 6.

       --stdout-format format
              Representation format to use for printing to stdout.

       --jobs|-j num
              Number of jobs to perform in parallel.

       --progress
              Display progress indicators for long-lasting operations, such as
              network transfers, building, etc.

       --no-progress
              Suppress progress indicators for long-lasting operations, such
              as network transfers, building, etc.

       --diag-color
              Use color in diagnostics.

       --no-diag-color
              Don't use color in diagnostics.

       --bpkg path
              The package manager program to be used for build configuration
              management.

       --bpkg-option opt
              Additional option to be passed to the package manager program.

       --build path
              The build program to be used to build packages.

       --build-option opt
              Additional option to be passed to the build program.

       --curl path
              The curl program to be used for network operations.

       --curl-option opt
              Additional option to be passed to the curl program.

       --pager path
              The pager program to be used to show long text.

       --pager-option opt
              Additional option to be passed to the pager program.

       --options-file file
              Read additional options from file.

       --default-options dir
              The directory to load additional default options files from.

       --no-default-options
              Don't load default options files.

DEFAULT OPTIONS FILES
       See bdep-default-options-files(1) for an overview of the default
       options files. For the help command the following options files are
       searched for only in the predefined directories (home, system, etc)
       and, if found, loaded in the order listed:

       bdep.options
       bdep-help.options

BUGS
       Send bug reports to the users@build2.org mailing list.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (c) 2014-2024 the build2 authors.

       Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
       under the terms of the MIT License.

bdep 0.17.0                        June 2024                      bdep-help(1)