Detailed Usage
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Global Flags
Flag | Description |
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--verbose , -v | Prints lots of debug information to stderr . If something doesn't go right, sending us the output with this enabled will help greatly |
--exclude , -x | Excludes the supplied package from the current operation. Can be used multiple times. |
Basic Commands
Action | Command | Extra Flags |
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Build a package/packages. | mlc build <package> [all if left empty] | --no-regen : Doesn't regenerate repository after build |
Generate pacman repository | mlc repo-gen | |
Update local repos/PKGBUILDs | mlc pull/update [all if left empty] | --no-regen : If mode.repository.build_on_update is true , Do not regenerate repository after package rebuild |
Create and/or open config file | mlc conf | |
Initialises repo/workspace based on config in mlc.toml | mlc clone/init | |
Displays an info panel/overview of the current repo | mlc info/status | |
Resets Malachite repository by deleting all directories, omitting mlc.toml and .git | mlc clean/reset | --force : Remove dirty directories (unstaged, untracked, etc) |
Exit Codes
AppExitCode (named Enum) | Exit code (i32) | Error Description |
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RunAsRoot | 1 | Malachite was run as root. This is highly discouraged. So highly, in fact, that it will refuse to run. |
PkgsNotFound | 2 | No packages were specified/found for the desired operation |
DirNotEmpty | 3 | The creation of a Malachite repository was attempted in a non-empty directory |
ConfigParseError | 4 | The config file could not be parsed |
RepoParseError | 5 | The repository info could not be parsed |
RepoNotClean | 6 | The git repository is not clean and cannot be removed without --force |