Autobuild installables

Autobuild command

autobuild installables  
    option [value] [option [value]] ... 
    [command] [name] [argument [argument ...]] 

Specify installables as dependencies of the current pacakge for use by the autobuild install command.

Arguments:

command: installable command: add, remove, edit, or print.
name: the name of the installable.
argument: a key=value pair specifying an attribute (See below)

Attributes:

creds - Optional credentials method for private packages. Valid values: github, gitlab
url - Download URL
hash - File hash
hash_algorithm - File digest algorithm. Valid values: md5, blake2b

Private Packages:

As of autobuild v3.5.0 autobuild supports downloading packages from private GitHub and GitLab repositories. In order to use this functionality, a package must be marked with the a 'creds' value such as creds=github.

Environment variables are used to provide credentials to autobuild during package download:

AUTOBUILD_GITHUB_TOKEN
AUTOBUILD_GITLAB_TOKEN

Standard Options

Option	Shortcut	Value	Description
--debug	-d	None	Display debug output
--dry-run	-n	None	Run tool in dry run mode if available
--help	-h	None	Show help message
--quiet	-q	None	Display minimal output
--verbose	-v	None	Display verbose output

Command-Specific Options

Option	Shortcut	Value	Description
--config-file config_file	N/A	Path of configuration file	Use specified configuration file. (defaults to $AUTOBUILD_CONFIG_FILE or "autobuild.xml")
--archive archive	-a archive	Archive name	Infer installable attributes from the given archive

Example

autobuild installables edit otherpkg url=<url>