// file : bdep/bdep.cli // license : MIT; see accompanying LICENSE file include ; "\section=1" "\name=bdep" "\summary=project dependency manager" namespace bdep { { " ", "\h|SYNOPSIS| \c{\b{bdep --help}\n \b{bdep --version}\n \b{bdep help} [ | ]\n \b{bdep} [] [] } \h|DESCRIPTION| The \cb{build2} project dependency manager is used to manage the dependencies of a project during development. For a detailed description of any command or help topic, use the \cb{help} command or see the corresponding man page (the man pages have the \cb{bdep-} prefix, for example \l{bdep-help(1)}). Note also that and can be specified in any order and can be specified as part of ." } // For usage it's nice to see the list of commands on the first page. So // let's not put this "extended" description into usage. // { "", "", "A \cb{bdep} project is a directory, normally under a version control system such as \cb{git(1)}, called \i{project repository}. A project contains one or more \i{packages}. If it contain several, then they are normally related, for example, the \cb{libhello} library and the \cb{hello} program. Packages in a project may depend on other packages outside of the project. To distinguish between the two we call them \i{project packages} and \i{dependency packages}, respectively. Naturally, our project packages may be someone else's dependency packages. A simple, single-package project contains the package in the root of the project repository. For example (note the location of the package \cb{manifest} and \cb{lockfile}): \ hello/ ├── .git/ ├── ... ├── lockfile └── manifest \ See \l{bpkg#manifest-package Package Manifest} for details on the \cb{manifest} file. If a project contains multiple packages or we wish to place the package into a subdirectory, then the root of the project repository must contain the \cb{packages.manifest} file that specifies the package locations. For example: \ hello/ ├── .git/ ├── hello/ │   ├── ... │   ├── lockfile │   └── manifest ├── libhello/ │   ├── ... │   ├── lockfile │   └── manifest └── packages.manifest \ For this project, \cb{packages.manifest} would have the following contents: \ : 1 location: hello/ : location: libhello/ \ A project repository root would usually also contain the \cb{repositories.manifest} file that lists the repositories that provide the dependency packages. For example: \ hello/ ├── ... ├── manifest └── repositories.manifest \ If our \cb{hello} project wanted to use \cb{libhello} as a dependency package, then its \cb{repositories.manifest} could look like this: \ : 1 summary: hello project repository : role: prerequisite location: https://example.com/libhello.git \ See \l{bpkg#manifest-repository-list Repository List Manifest} for details on the \cb{repositories.manifest} file. For development a \cb{bdep} project is associated with one or more \l{bpkg(1)} \i{build configurations}. These configuration are used as a \i{backing} for building project packages and their dependencies. The list of the associated build configuration as well as the list of project packages initialized in each configuration are stored in the \cb{bdep} \i{project database} under the \cb{.bdep/} subdirectory of the project root directory. For example: \ hello-gcc/ # Build configuration for gcc. hello-clang/ # Build configuration for clang. hello/ ├── .bdep/ ├── .git/ └── ... \ The core of \cb{bdep} functionality is \i{state synchronization} between the project and one or more associated build configurations. For example, if we list a new dependency in the package's \cb{manifest} file, then \cb{bdep} fetches and configures this dependency in a build configuration. Similarly, if we upgrade or downgrade a dependency in a build configuration, then \cb{bdep} updates the corresponding entry in the package's \cb{lockfile}. A typical \cb{bdep} workflow would consist of the following steps. \dl| \li|\b{Obtain the Project}\n Normally we would use the version control system to obtain the project we want to develop: \ $ git clone ssh://example.com/hello.git \ Alternatively, we can use the \l{bdep-new(1)} command to start a new project (see \l{bpkg#package-name Package Name} for details on project naming): \ $ bdep new -l c++ -t exe hello \ Similar to version control tools, we normally run \cb{bdep} from the project's directory or one of its subdirectories: \ $ cd hello \ See \l{bdep-projects-configs(1)} for alternative ways to specify the project location. | \li|\b{Initialize the Project}\n Next we use the \l{bdep-init(1)} command to create new or add existing build configurations and initialize our project in these configurations: \ $ bdep init -C ../hello-gcc @gcc cc config.cxx=g++ $ bdep init -A ../hello-clang @clang \ If the configuration directory is next to the project and its name is in the \c{\i{prj-name}\b{-}\i{cfg-name}} form, then the shortcut version of the \c{init} can be used instead: \ $ bdep init -C @gcc cc config.cxx=g++ $ bdep init -A @clang \ After initialization we can use the \l{bdep-status(1)} command to examine the status of our project in its configurations: \ $ bdep status -a in configuration @gcc: hello configured 0.1.0-a.0.19700101000000 in configuration @clang: hello configured 0.1.0-a.0.19700101000000 \ Most \cb{bdep} commands operate on one or more build configurations associated with the project. If we don't specify one explicitly, then the \i{default configuration} (usually the first added; \cb{gcc} in our case) is used. Alternatively, we can specify the configurations by name (if assigned), as directories, or with \c{\b{--all}|\b{-a}} (see \l{bdep-projects-configs(1)} for details). For example: \ $ bdep status @clang @gcc # by name $ bdep status -c ../hello-gcc # as a directory \ If a command is operating on multiple configurations (like \cb{status -a} in the previous example), then it will print a line identifying each configuration before printing the command's result. By default the project's source directory is configured to forward to the default build configuration. That is, we can run the build system in the source directory and it will automatically build in the forwarded configuration as well as link the results back to the source directory using symlinks or another suitable mechanism (see \l{bdep-config(1)} for details). For example: \ $ b # build in gcc <...> $ ./hello # run the result \ Using the build system directly on configurations other than the default requires explicitly specifying their paths. To make this more convenient, the \l{bdep-update(1)}, \l{bdep-test(1)}, and \l{bdep-clean(1)} commands allow us to refer to them by names, perform the desired build system operation on several of them at once, and, in case of \cb{test}, perform it on immediate or all dependencies or a project. For example: \ $ bdep test @gcc @clang in configuration @gcc: <...> in configuration @clang: <...> \ To deinitialize a project in one or more build configurations we can use the \l{bdep-deinit(1)} command. For example: \ $ bdep deinit -a \ | \li|\b{Add, Remove, or Change Dependencies}\n Let's say we found \cb{libhello} that we would like to use in our project. First we edit our project's \cb{repositories.manifest} file and add the \cb{libhello}'s repository as our prerequisite: \ $ cat repositories.manifest ... role: prerequisite location: https://example.com/libhello.git ... \ Next we edit our \cb{manifest} file and specify a dependency on \cb{libhello}: \ $ cat manifest ... depends: libhello ^1.0.0 ... \ If we now run \l{bdep-status(1)}, we will notice that a new \i{iteration} of our project is available for synchronization: \ $ bdep status hello configured 0.1.0-a.0.19700101000000 available 0.1.0-a.0.19700101000000#1 \ See \l{bpkg#package-version Package Version} for details on package versions and iterations.| \li|\b{Synchronize the Project with Configurations}\n To synchronize changes in the project's dependency information with its build configurations we use the \l{bdep-sync(1)} command. Continuing with our example, this will result in \cb{libhello} being downloaded and configured since our project now depends on it: \ $ bdep sync synchronizing: build libhello/1.0.0 (required by hello) upgrade hello/0.1.0-a.0.19700101000000#1 $ bdep status -i hello configured 0.1.0-a.0.19700101000000#1 libhello ^1.0.0 configured 1.0.0 \ Note that by default build configurations are automatically synchronized on every build system invocation (see \l{bdep-config(1)} for details). As a result, we rarely need to run the \cb{sync} command explicitly and instead can just run the desired build system operation (for instance, \cb{update} or \cb{test}) directly. For example: \ $ b test synchronizing: build libhello/1.0.0 (required by hello) upgrade hello/0.1.0-a.0.19700101000000#1 <...> \ It is also possible for several projects to share a build configuration. In this case all the projects are synchronized at once regardless of the originating project. For example, if we were also the authors of \cb{libhello} and hosted it in a separate version control repository (as opposed to being a package in the \cb{hello} repository), then it would have been natural to develop it together with \cb{hello} in the same configurations: \ $ cd ../libhello $ bdep init -A ../hello-gcc @gcc $ bdep sync # synchronizes both hello and libhello \ | \li|\b{Upgrade or Downgrade Dependencies}\n The \l{bdep-sync(1)} command is also used to upgrade or downgrade dependencies (and it is also executed as the last step of \cb{init}). Let's say we learned a new version of \cb{libhello} was released and we would like to try it out. To refresh the list of available dependency packages we use the \l{bdep-fetch(1)} command (or, as a shortcut, the \cb{-f} flag to \cb{status}): \ $ bdep fetch $ bdep status libhello libhello configured 1.0.0 available [1.1.0] \ Without an explicit version or the \c{\b{--patch}|\b{-p}} option, \cb{sync} will upgrade the specified dependency to the latest available version: \ $ bdep sync libhello synchronizing: upgrade libhello/1.1.0 reconfigure hello/0.1.0 $ bdep status -i hello configured 0.1.0-a.0.19700101000000#1 libhello ^1.0.0 configured 1.1.0 \ Let's say we didn't like the new version and would like to go back to using the old one. To downgrade a dependency we have to specify its version explicitly: \ $ bdep status -o libhello libhello configured 1.1.0 available [1.0.0] (1.1.0) $ bdep sync libhello/1.0.0 synchronizing: downgrade libhello/1.1.0 reconfigure hello/0.1.0 \ || " } class commands { "\h#commands|COMMANDS|" // // NOTE: Use the same sentence as in the page's \summary and make // sure it is short enough to fit in one line in usage. // bool help { "[]", "\l{bdep-help(1)} \- show help for a command or help topic", "" } bool new { "\l{bdep-new(1)} \- create and initialize new project" } bool init { "\l{bdep-init(1)} \- initialize project in build configurations" } bool sync { "\l{bdep-sync(1)} \- synchronize project and build configurations" } bool fetch { "\l{bdep-fetch(1)} \- fetch list of available project dependencies" } bool status { "\l{bdep-status(1)} \- print status of project and/or its dependencies" } bool ci { "\l{bdep-ci(1)} \- submit project test request to CI server" } bool release { "\l{bdep-release(1)} \- manage project's version during release" } bool publish { "\l{bdep-publish(1)} \- publish project to archive repository" } bool deinit { "\l{bdep-deinit(1)} \- deinitialize project in build configurations" } bool config { "\l{bdep-config(1)} \- manage project's build configurations" } bool test { "\l{bdep-test(1)} \- test project in build configurations" } bool update { "\l{bdep-update(1)} \- update project in build configurations" } bool clean { "\l{bdep-clean(1)} \- clean project in build configurations" } }; // Make sure these don't conflict with command names above. // class topics { "\h|HELP TOPICS|" bool common-options { "\l{bdep-common-options(1)} \- details on common options" } bool projects-configs { "\l{bdep-projects-configs(1)} \- specifying projects and configurations" } bool default-options-files { "\l{bdep-default-options-files(1)} \- specifying default options" } bool argument-grouping { "\l{bdep-argument-grouping(1)} \- argument grouping facility" } }; class options: common_options { bool --help; bool --version; }; "\h|EXIT STATUS| Non-zero exit status is returned in case of an error. \h|ENVIRONMENT| The \cb{BDEP_DEF_OPT} environment variable is used to suppress loading of default options files in nested \cb{bdep} invocations. Its values are \cb{false} or \cb{0} to suppress and \cb{true} or \cb{1} to load. " }