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

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

SYNOPSIS
       bpkg 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 bpkg-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.

       --no-result
              Don't print informational messages about the outcome of
              performing a command or some of its parts.

       --structured-result fmt
              Write the result of performing a command in a structured form.

       --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.

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

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

       --fetch path
              The fetch program to be used to download resources.

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

       --fetch-timeout sec
              The fetch and fetch-like (for example, git) program timeout.

       --pkg-proxy url
              HTTP proxy server to use when fetching package manifests and
              archives from remote pkg repositories.

       --git path
              The git program to be used to fetch git repositories.

       --git-option opt
              Additional common option to be passed to the git program.

       --sha256 path
              The sha256 program to be used to calculate SHA256 sums.

       --sha256-option opt
              Additional option to be passed to the sha256 program.

       --tar path
              The tar program to be used to extract package archives.

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

       --openssl path
              The openssl program to be used for crypto operations.

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

       --auth type
              Types of repositories to authenticate.

       --trust fingerprint
              Trust repository certificate with a SHA256 fingerprint.

       --trust-yes
              Assume the answer to all authentication prompts is yes.

       --trust-no
              Assume the answer to all authentication prompts is no.

       --git-capabilities up=pc
              Protocol capabilities (pc) for a git repository URL prefix (up).

       --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.

       --keep-tmp
              Don't remove the bpkg's temporary directory at the end of the
              command execution and print its path at the verbosity level 2 or
              higher.

DEFAULT OPTIONS FILES
       See bpkg-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:

       bpkg.options
       bpkg-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.

bpkg 0.17.0                        June 2024                      bpkg-help(1)