Commands
This page contains documentation for each BuildStream command, along with their possible options and arguments. Each command can be invoked on the command line, where, in most cases, this will be from the project’s main directory.
bst
Build and manipulate BuildStream projects
Most of the main options override options in the user preferences configuration file.
bst [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...
Options
- --version
- -c, --config <config>
Configuration file to use
- -C, --directory <directory>
Project directory (default: current directory)
- --on-error <on_error>
What to do when an error is encountered
- Options:
continue | quit | terminate
- --fetchers <fetchers>
Maximum simultaneous download tasks
- --builders <builders>
Maximum simultaneous build tasks
- --pushers <pushers>
Maximum simultaneous upload tasks
- --max-jobs <max_jobs>
Number of parallel jobs allowed for a given build task
- --network-retries <network_retries>
Maximum retries for network tasks
- --no-interactive
Force non interactive mode, otherwise this is automatically decided
- --verbose, --no-verbose
Be extra verbose
- --debug, --no-debug
Print debugging output
- --error-lines <error_lines>
Maximum number of lines to show from a task log
- --message-lines <message_lines>
Maximum number of lines to show in a detailed message
- --log-file <log_file>
A file to store the main log (allows storing the main log while in interactive mode)
- --colors, --no-colors
Force enable/disable ANSI color codes in output
- --strict, --no-strict
Elements must be rebuilt when their dependencies have changed
- -o, --option <OPTION VALUE>
Specify a project option
- --default-mirror <default_mirror>
The mirror to fetch from first, before attempting other mirrors
Commands
- build
Build elements in a pipeline
- checkout
Checkout a built artifact
- fetch
Fetch sources in a pipeline
- help
Print usage information
- init
Initialize a new BuildStream project
- pull
Pull a built artifact
- push
Push a built artifact
- shell
Shell into an element’s sandbox environment
- show
Show elements in the pipeline
- source-bundle
Produce a build bundle to be manually executed
- track
Track new source references
- workspace
Manipulate developer workspaces
bst init
Initialize a new BuildStream project
Creates a new BuildStream project.conf in the project directory.
Unless –project-name is specified, this will be an interactive session.
bst init [OPTIONS]
Options
- --project-name <project_name>
The project name to use
- --format-version <format_version>
The required format version (default: 18)
- --element-path <element_path>
The subdirectory to store elements in (default: elements)
- -f, --force
Allow overwriting an existing project.conf
bst build
Build elements in a pipeline
bst build [OPTIONS] [ELEMENTS]...
Options
- --all
Build elements that would not be needed for the current build plan
- --track <track_>
Specify elements to track during the build. Can be used repeatedly to specify multiple elements
- --track-all
Track all elements in the pipeline
- --track-except <track_except>
Except certain dependencies from tracking
- -J, --track-cross-junctions
Allow tracking to cross junction boundaries
- --track-save
Deprecated: This is ignored
Arguments
- ELEMENTS
Optional argument(s)
bst fetch
Fetch sources required to build the pipeline
By default this will only try to fetch sources which are required for the build plan of the specified target element, omitting sources for any elements which are already built and available in the artifact cache.
Specify –deps to control which sources to fetch:
bst fetch [OPTIONS] [ELEMENTS]...
Options
- --except <except_>
Except certain dependencies from fetching
- -d, --deps <deps>
The dependencies to fetch (default: plan)
- Options:
none | plan | all
- --track
Track new source references before fetching
- -J, --track-cross-junctions
Allow tracking to cross junction boundaries
Arguments
- ELEMENTS
Optional argument(s)
bst track
Consults the specified tracking branches for new versions available to build and updates the project with any newly available references.
By default this will track just the specified element, but you can also update a whole tree of dependencies in one go.
Specify –deps to control which sources to track:
bst track [OPTIONS] [ELEMENTS]...
Options
- --except <except_>
Except certain dependencies from tracking
- -d, --deps <deps>
The dependencies to track (default: none)
- Options:
none | all
- -J, --cross-junctions
Allow crossing junction boundaries
Arguments
- ELEMENTS
Optional argument(s)
bst pull
Pull a built artifact from the configured remote artifact cache.
By default the artifact will be pulled one of the configured caches if possible, following the usual priority order. If the –remote flag is given, only the specified cache will be queried.
Specify –deps to control which artifacts to pull:
bst pull [OPTIONS] [ELEMENTS]...
Options
- -d, --deps <deps>
The dependency artifacts to pull (default: none)
- Options:
none | all
- -r, --remote <remote>
The URL of the remote cache (defaults to the first configured cache)
Arguments
- ELEMENTS
Optional argument(s)
bst push
Push a built artifact to a remote artifact cache.
The default destination is the highest priority configured cache. You can override this by passing a different cache URL with the –remote flag.
Specify –deps to control which artifacts to push:
bst push [OPTIONS] [ELEMENTS]...
Options
- -d, --deps <deps>
The dependencies to push (default: none)
- Options:
none | all
- -r, --remote <remote>
The URL of the remote cache (defaults to the first configured cache)
Arguments
- ELEMENTS
Optional argument(s)
bst show
Show elements in the pipeline
By default this will show all of the dependencies of the specified target element.
Specify –deps to control which elements to show:
The value of the %{symbol} without the leading ‘%’ character is understood as a pythonic formatting string, so python formatting features apply, examle:
If you want to use a newline in a format string in bash, use the ‘$’ modifier:
bst show [OPTIONS] [ELEMENTS]...
Options
- --except <except_>
Except certain dependencies
- -d, --deps <deps>
The dependencies to show (default: all)
- Options:
none | plan | run | build | all
- --order <order>
Staging or alphabetic ordering of dependencies
- Options:
stage | alpha
- -f, --format <FORMAT>
Format string for each element
Arguments
- ELEMENTS
Optional argument(s)
bst shell
Run a command in the target element’s sandbox environment
This will stage a temporary sysroot for running the target element, assuming it has already been built and all required artifacts are in the local cache.
Use the –build option to create a temporary sysroot for building the element instead.
Use the –sysroot option with an existing failed build directory or with a checkout of the given target, in order to use a specific sysroot.
If no COMMAND is specified, the default is to attempt to run an interactive shell.
bst shell [OPTIONS] ELEMENT [COMMAND]...
Options
- -b, --build
Stage dependencies and sources to build
- -s, --sysroot <sysroot>
An existing sysroot
- --mount <HOSTPATH PATH>
Mount a file or directory into the sandbox
- --isolate
Create an isolated build sandbox
Arguments
- ELEMENT
Required argument
- COMMAND
Optional argument(s)
bst checkout
Checkout a built artifact to the specified location
bst checkout [OPTIONS] ELEMENT LOCATION
Options
- -f, --force
Allow files to be overwritten
- -d, --deps <deps>
The dependencies to checkout (default: run)
- Options:
run | none
- --integrate, --no-integrate
Whether to run integration commands
- --hardlinks
Checkout hardlinks instead of copies (handle with care)
- --tar
Create a tarball from the artifact contents instead of a file tree. If LOCATION is ‘-’, the tarball will be dumped to the standard output.
Arguments
- ELEMENT
Required argument
- LOCATION
Required argument
bst source bundle
Produce a source bundle to be manually executed
bst source bundle [OPTIONS] ELEMENT
Options
- --except <except_>
Elements to except from the tarball
- --compression <compression>
Compress the tar file using the given algorithm.
- Options:
none | gz | bz2 | xz
- --track
Track new source references before bundling
- -f, --force
Overwrite an existing tarball
- --directory <directory>
The directory to write the tarball to
Arguments
- ELEMENT
Required argument
bst workspace
Manipulate developer workspaces
bst workspace [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...
Commands
- close
Close workspaces
- list
List open workspaces
- open
Open a new workspace
- reset
Reset a workspace to its original state
bst workspace open
Open a workspace for manual source modification
bst workspace open [OPTIONS] ELEMENT DIRECTORY
Options
- --no-checkout
Do not checkout the source, only link to the given directory
- -f, --force
Overwrite files existing in checkout directory
- --track
Track and fetch new source references before checking out the workspace
Arguments
- ELEMENT
Required argument
- DIRECTORY
Required argument
bst workspace close
Close a workspace
bst workspace close [OPTIONS] [ELEMENTS]...
Options
- --remove-dir
Remove the path that contains the closed workspace
- -a, --all
Close all open workspaces
Arguments
- ELEMENTS
Optional argument(s)
bst workspace reset
Reset a workspace to its original state
bst workspace reset [OPTIONS] [ELEMENTS]...
Options
- --soft
Reset workspace state without affecting its contents
- --track
Track and fetch the latest source before resetting
- -a, --all
Reset all open workspaces
Arguments
- ELEMENTS
Optional argument(s)
bst workspace list
List open workspaces
bst workspace list [OPTIONS]