NAME

gear-update - update subdirectory from source directory or archive file

SYNOPSIS

gear-update [Options] <source> <subdirectory>

DESCRIPTION

gear-update - update subdirectory from source directory or archive file.

OPTIONS

--exclude=PATTERN

exclude files matching posix-egrep regular expression PATTERN;

--ignore-exclude

ignore .gitignore and .git/info/exclude (the default);

--honor-exclude

honor .gitignore and .git/info/exclude;

--remove-source

remove the <source> after updating;

--strip-components=NUMBER

strip NUMBER of leading path components from file names;

-a,--all

extract all files and directories from archive;

-c,--create

create the <subdirectory> before unpacking the <source>, the <subdirectory> should not exist;

-s,--subdir=DIR

extract specified directory name from archive;

-t,--type=TYPE

define source type: 'cpio', 'cpio.bz2', 'cpio.gz', 'cpio.xz', 'cpio.zst', 'dir', 'gem', 'tar', 'zip';

-f,--force

remove files from <subdirectory> even if untracked or modified files found;

-v,--verbose

print a message for each action;

-V,--version

print program version and exit;

-h,--help

show this text and exit.

CONFIGURATION

gear-update reads following configuration options from git-config:

gear.update.exclude-pattern

ENVIRONMENT

GIT_DIR

If the GIT_DIR environment variable is set then it specifies a path to use instead of the default for the base of the repository.

AUTHOR

Written by Alexey Gladkov <legion@altlinux.org>

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to http://bugzilla.altlinux.org/

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2006-2018 Alexey Gladkov <legion@altlinux.org>
Copyright © 2006-2012 Dmitry V. Levin <ldv@altlinux.org>
Copyright © 2006 Sergey Vlasov <vsu@altlinux.org>
Copyright © 2019 Vladimir D. Seleznev <vseleznv@altlinux.org>
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO

gear(1), gear-rules(5), git-config(1).