man 1 flatpak-build-commit-from

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NAME
       flatpak-build-commit-from - Create new commits based on existing one
       (possibly from another repository)

SYNOPSIS
       flatpak build-commit-from [OPTION...] DST-REPO DST-REF...

DESCRIPTION
       Creates new commits on the DST-REF branch in the DST-REPO, with the
       contents (and most of the metadata) taken from another branch, either
       from another repo, or from another branch in the same repository.

       The collection ID set on DST-REPO (if set) will be used for the newly
       created commits.

       This command is very useful when you want to maintain a branch with a
       clean history that has no unsigned or broken commits. For instance, you
       can import the head from a different repository from an automatic
       builder when you've verified that it worked. The new commit will have
       no parents or signatures from the autobuilder, and can be properly
       signed with the official key.

       Any deltas that affect the original commit and that match parent
       commits in the destination repository are copied and rewritten for the
       new commit id.

OPTIONS
       The following options are understood:

       -h, --help
           Show help options and exit.

       --src-repo=SRC-REPO
           The (local) repository to pull the source branch from. Defaults to
           the destination repository.

       --src-ref=SRC-REF
           The branch to use as the source for the new commit. Defaults to the
           same as the destination ref, which is useful only if a different
           source repo has been specified.

       --extra-collection-id=COLLECTION-ID
           Add an extra collection-ref binding for this collection, in
           addition to whatever would normally be added due to the destination
           repository collection id. This option can be used multiple times.

       --subset=SUBSET
           Mark the commit to be included in the named subset. This will cause
           the commit to be put in the named subset summary (in addition to
           the main one), allowing users to see only this subset instead of
           the whole repo.

       --untrusted
           The source repostory is not trusted, all objects are copied (not
           hardlinked) and all checksums are verified.

       -s, --subject=SUBJECT
           One line subject for the commit message. If not specified, will be
           taken from the source commit.

       -b, --body=BODY
           Full description for the commit message. If not specified, will be
           taken from the source commit.

       --update-appstream
           Update the appstream branch after the build.

       --no-update-summary
           Don't update the summary file after the new commit is added. This
           means the repository will not be useful for serving over http until
           build-update-repo has been run. This is useful is you want to do
           multiple repo operations before finally updating the summary.

       --force
           Create new commit even if the content didn't change from the
           existing branch head.

       --disable-fsync
           Don't fsync when writing to the repository. This can result in data
           loss in exceptional situations, but can improve performance when
           working with temporary or test repositories.

       --gpg-sign=KEYID
           Sign the commit with this GPG key. This option can be used multiple
           times.

       --gpg-homedir=PATH
           GPG Homedir to use when looking for keyrings

       --end-of-life=REASON
           Mark build as end-of-life

       --end-of-life-rebase=OLDID=NEWID
           Mark new refs as end-of-life. Unlike --end-of-life, this one takes
           an ID that supersedes the current one. By the user's request, the
           application data may be preserved for the new application. Note,
           this is actually a prefix match, so if you say
           org.the.app=org.new.app, then something like org.the.app.Locale
           will be rebased to org.new.app.Locale.

       --timestamp=TIMESTAMP
           Override the timestamp of the commit. Use an ISO 8601 formatted
           date, or NOW for the current time

       --disable-fsync
           Don't fsync when writing to the repository. This can result in data
           loss in exceptional situations, but can improve performance when
           working with temporary or test repositories.

       -v, --verbose
           Print debug information during command processing.

       --ostree-verbose
           Print OSTree debug information during command processing.

EXAMPLES
       To revert a commit to the commit before:

       $ flatpak build-commit-from --timestamp=NOW
       --src-ref=app/org.gnome.gedit/x86_64/master^ repo
       app/org.gnome.gedit/x86_64/master

SEE ALSO
       ostree(1), flatpak(1), flatpak-build-init(1), flatpak-build(1),
       flatpak-build-finish(1), flatpak-build-sign(1), flatpak-build-update-
       repo(1)

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