SYNOPSIS

ostree commit [OPTIONS...] --branch= {BRANCH} [PATH]

DESCRIPTION

This allows you to commit changes to a branch. The specification of the branch is required. The command will print the checksum of a successful commit.

OPTIONS

--subject, -s="SUBJECT"

One line subject. (optional)

--body, -m="BODY"

Full description. (optional)

--editor, -e

Open a text editor for the commit description. It will use OSTREE_EDITOR, VISUAL, EDITOR, or vi, in descending order of preference. The commit will be aborted if the message is left empty.

--branch, -b="BRANCH"

Branch. Required, unless --orphan is given.

--tree="dir=PATH" or "tar=TARFILE" or "ref=COMMIT"

Overlay the given argument as a tree.

--add-metadata-string="KEY=VALUE"

Add a key/value pair to metadata.

--add-detached-metadata-string="KEY=VALUE"

Add a key/value pair to detached metadata.

--owner-uid="UID"

Set file ownership user id.

--owner-gid="GID"

Set file ownership group id.

--no-xattrs

Do not import extended attributes.

--link-checkout-speedup

Optimize for commits of trees composed of hardlinks into the repository.

--tar-autocreate-parents

When loading tar archives, automatically create parent directories as needed.

--skip-if-unchanged

If the contents are unchanged from previous commit, do nothing.

--statoverride="PATH"

File containing list of modifications to make permissions (file mode, followed by space, followed by file path).

--skip-list="PATH"

File containing list of file paths to skip (one path per line).

--table-output

Output more information in a KEY: VALUE format.

--generate-sizes

Generate size information along with commit metadata.

--gpg-sign="KEY-ID"

GPG Key ID with which to sign the commit (if have GPGME - GNU Privacy Guard Made Easy).

--gpg-homedir="HOMEDIR"

GPG home directory to use when looking for keyrings (if have GPGME - GNU Privacy Guard Made Easy).

--timestamp="TIMESTAMP"

Override the timestamp of the commit to TIMESTAMP.

--orphan

Create a commit without writing to a ref (branch)

--fsync="POLICY"

POLICY is a boolean which specifies whether fsync should be used or not. Default to true.

EXAMPLE

$ ostree commit --branch=my-branch --subject="Initial commit"

        67e382b11d213a402a5313e61cbc69dfd5ab93cb07fbb8b71c2e84f79fa5d7dc