ostree-commit(1)

NAME

   ostree-commit - Commit a new revision

SYNOPSIS

   ostree commit [OPTIONS...] --branch= {BRANCH} [PATH]

DESCRIPTION

   This allows you to commit changes to a branch. The specification of the
   branch is required. The command will print the checksum of a successful
   commit.

OPTIONS

   --subject, -s="SUBJECT"
       One line subject. (optional)

   --body, -m="BODY"
       Full description. (optional)

   --editor, -e
       Open a text editor for the commit description. It will use
       OSTREE_EDITOR, VISUAL, EDITOR, or vi, in descending order of
       preference. The commit will be aborted if the message is left
       empty.

   --branch, -b="BRANCH"
       Branch. Required, unless --orphan is given.

   --tree="dir=PATH" or "tar=TARFILE" or "ref=COMMIT"
       Overlay the given argument as a tree.

   --add-metadata-string="KEY=VALUE"
       Add a key/value pair to metadata.

   --add-detached-metadata-string="KEY=VALUE"
       Add a key/value pair to detached metadata.

   --owner-uid="UID"
       Set file ownership user id.

   --owner-gid="GID"
       Set file ownership group id.

   --no-xattrs
       Do not import extended attributes.

   --link-checkout-speedup
       Optimize for commits of trees composed of hardlinks into the
       repository.

   --tar-autocreate-parents
       When loading tar archives, automatically create parent directories
       as needed.

   --skip-if-unchanged
       If the contents are unchanged from previous commit, do nothing.

   --statoverride="PATH"
       File containing list of modifications to make permissions (file
       mode, followed by space, followed by file path).

   --skip-list="PATH"
       File containing list of file paths to skip (one path per line).

   --table-output
       Output more information in a KEY: VALUE format.

   --generate-sizes
       Generate size information along with commit metadata.

   --gpg-sign="KEY-ID"
       GPG Key ID with which to sign the commit (if have GPGME - GNU
       Privacy Guard Made Easy).

   --gpg-homedir="HOMEDIR"
       GPG home directory to use when looking for keyrings (if have GPGME
       - GNU Privacy Guard Made Easy).

   --timestamp="TIMESTAMP"
       Override the timestamp of the commit to TIMESTAMP.

   --orphan
       Create a commit without writing to a ref (branch)

   --fsync="POLICY"
       POLICY is a boolean which specifies whether fsync should be used or
       not. Default to true.

EXAMPLE

   $ ostree commit --branch=my-branch --subject="Initial commit"

               67e382b11d213a402a5313e61cbc69dfd5ab93cb07fbb8b71c2e84f79fa5d7dc

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