1 .TH AUR-VIEW 1 2022-10-04 AURUTILS
3 aur\-view \- inspect git repositories
16 repositories stored in a common directory for inspection. Only
17 repositories whose names match
21 The used file manager or pager is determined in the following order:
30 Should the exit status of the pager exceed 0 (for example,
36 terminates immediately.
38 On a successful exit of the pager, the inspected
40 revisions are stored in
41 .BR $XDG_DATA_HOME/aurutils/view ,
44 environment variable, if set. These revisions are then used to
48 .BR git\-log (1). Any changes to
61 to generate diffs with
69 Suppress patch output, only showing a summary.
73 The revision used for comparing changes. Defaults to
78 Prepend paths from command-line arguments or
87 .BI \-a " FILE" "\fR,\fP \-\-arg\-file=" FILE
88 A textfile describing git repositories relative to the current
89 directory. If unspecified, repositories are taken from the
95 The directory where inspected
97 revisions are stored. Defaults to
98 .BR $XDG_DATA_HOME/aurutils/view .
102 The file manager used to view and edit build files. This variable is
103 split on white space to allow program options, for example:
104 .IR "AUR_PAGER=less \-K" .
109 This two-pane file manager allows to quickly navigate between files in
110 the left pane, and file previews in the right pane. Simultaneously,
111 files can be edited with
113 Other comparable file managers include
122 Display an additional prompt after the file manager has exited (see
124 If set, display an additional confirmation prompt after the file
125 manager has exited successfully. This may be used for (GUI) file
126 managers not supporting an exit status greater zero to indicate
130 After browsing to a different directory in the file manager, the view on
131 argument directories is replaced by a view on the original directory. To
132 alleviate this issue (and support file managers taking only a single directory
135 keeps a list of symbolic links in a temporary directory, which point to
136 argument repositories. This directory also includes any generated diffs.
140 repository was rewritten, stored
142 revisions are potentially invalidated. Specifically,
143 .BR git\-cat\-file (1)
144 aborts when given a non-existing object. The offending revision can be
148 $ rm -rf ~/.local/share/aurutils/view/<package>
160 .MT https://github.com/AladW
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