.TH MTN 1 2007-06-09 monotone monotone
.SH NAME
mtn \- distributed version control system
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBmtn\fP \fI[options] <command> [parameters]\fP
.SH WARNING
.P
This manpage is not well\(hymaintained; it is a summary of monotone's
capabilities, and probably contains inaccuracies.  For the complete,
accurate manual, including tutorial, concepts, and full reference
documentation, please use \fBinfo monotone\fP or refer to
\fBhttp://monotone.ca/docs/\fP.  (On Debian systems, a local copy of
the HTML manual is available in the \fBmonotone\-doc\fP package as
\fB/usr/share/doc/monotone\-doc/html/index.html\fP, along with a
printable PDF copy.)  The developers will gratefully accept patches to
arrange that this manpage, the \fI\-\-help\fP output, and the main
manual are kept in sync mechanically.
.SH DESCRIPTION
.P
Monotone is a version control system, which allows you to keep old
versions of files, as well as special \fImanifest files\fP which
describe the location of files in a tree. Unlike other systems,
versions in monotone are \fIidentified\fP by cryptographic hash, and
operations are authenticated by individual users' evaluating
cryptographic signatures on meta\(hydata, rather than any central
authority.
.P
Monotone keeps a collection of versions in a single\(hyfile relational
database. It is essentially serverless, using network servers only as
untrusted communication facilities. A monotone database is a regular
file, which contains all the information needed to extract previous
versions of files, verify signatures, merge and modify versions, and
communicate with network servers.
.SH COMMANDS
.TP 
\fBcomment\fP \fI<id>\fP
Write a comment cert for a revision.
.TP
\fBapprove\fP \fI<id>\fP
Make a "branch" cert approving of a revision's membership in a branch.
.TP
\fBdisapprove\fP \fI<id1>\fP
Disapprove of a revision, committing the inverse changes as as a
descendant of the disapproved revision.
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\fBtag\fP \fI<id> <tagname>\fP
Put a symbolic tag cert on a revision.
.TP
\fBtestresult\fP \fI<id> (0|1|true|false|yes|no|pass|fail)\fP
Indicate a passing or failing test result on a revision.
.TP
\fBdiff \fI[\-\-revision=<id1> [\-\-revision=<id2>] ] [<pathname>...]\fP
Show diffs between workspace and database.
.TP
\fBstatus \fI[<pathname>...]\fP
Show status of workspace.
.TP
\fBlog\fP \fI[id] \fP
Show historical log of revisions, starting from workspace
base revision, or \fI[id]\fP if given.
.TP
\fBcert\fP \fI<id> <certname> [certval]\fP
Create a custom cert for a revision. Reads cert value
from stdin if no value given on command line.
.TP
\fBgenkey\fP \fI<keyid>\fP
Generate an RSA key\(hypair and store it in the database.
.TP
\chkeypass\fP \fI<keyid>\fP
Change passphrase of the private half of a key.
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\fBlist certs\fP \fI<id>\fP
List certs associated with revision.
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\fBlist keys\fP \fI[partial\(hyid]\fP
List keys matching glob, or list all keys if no glob given.
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\fBlist branches\fP
List all branches.
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\fBlist tags\fP
List all tags.
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\fBlist vars \fI[<domain>]\fP
List all vars (possibly limited by domain).
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\fBlist unknown \fI[<pathname...]\fP
List files in workspace, but not in revision's manifest or
work list.
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\fBlist ignored \fI[<pathname...]\fP
List files intentionally ignored due to the ignore_file hook.
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\fBlist missing \fI[<pathname...]\fP
List files in revision's manifest, but not in workspace.
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\fBlist changed \fI[<pathname...]\fP
List files in workspace that have changed compared to the base
revision.
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\fBfdata\fP \fI<id>\fP
Write file data packet to stdout.
.TP
\fBfdelta\fP \fI<oldid> <newid>\fP
Write file delta packet to stdout.
.TP
\fBmdata\fP \fI<id>\fP
Write manifest data packet to stdout.
.TP
\fBmdelta\fP \fI<oldid> <newid>\fP
Write manifest delta packet to stdout.
.TP
\fBcerts\fP \fI<id>\fP
Write revision cert packets to stdout.
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\fBrdata\fP \fI<id>\fP
Write revision data packet to stdout.
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\fBprivkey\fP \fI<id>\fP
Write private key packet to stdout.
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\fBpubkey\fP \fI<id>\fP
Write public key packet to stdout.
.TP
\fBread\fP \fI[<file1> [<file2> [...]]]\fP
Read packets from files or stdin. 
.TP
\fBcvs_import\fP \fI<cvsroot>/<module>\fP
Import all versions in CVS module. Reconstructs revisions and converts
metadata to certificates. A private signing key must already exist in
the database.
.TP
\fBrcs_import\fP \fI<rcsfile> ...\fP
Import all file versions in RCS files. Does not reconstruct revisions
across the entire tree.  You do not want this command, it is for
debugging; use cvs_import.
.TP
\fBcheckout\fP \fI[\-\-revision=revision\(hyid]\fP \fI[<directory>]\fP
Check out revision from database.
.TP
\fBco\fP \fI[\-\-revision=revision\(hyid]\fP \fI[<directory>]\fP
Check out revision from database; an alias for \fBcheckout\fP.
.TP
\fBcat\fP \fI(file|manifest) <id>\fP
Write file or manifest from database to stdout.
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\fBheads\fP
Show unmerged heads of branch, or report when branch is merged.
.TP
\fBmerge\fP
Merge unmerged heads of branch.
.TP
\fBadd\fP \fI<pathname> [...]\fP
Add files to workspace. adding a file does not copy it into the database,
merely adds it to the work list. You must \fBcommit\fP your changes in order
to copy added files to the database.
.TP
\fBdrop\fP \fI<pathname> [...]\fP
Drop files from workspace. Files are not deleted from workspace, 
merely noted as removals in the work list.
.TP
\fBrename\fP \fI<src> \fI<dst>\fP
Rename files from \fI<src> \fP to \fI<dst> \fP in workspace.
.TP
\fBcommit\fP \fI[(\-\-message=<log message>|\-\-message\-file=<file>)] [<pathname>...]\fP
Commit workspace to database.  Each commit has a changelog message
associated with it.  If \-\-message is provided on the command line, it
is used; if \-\-message\-file is provided, the content of the
named file will be used as a commit message. If the filename is '\-'
the commit message will be read from standard input.  Otherwise a log
message editor will be invoked.  If the file _MTN/log exists
and is non\(hyempty, its content is used to prefill the editor.  You
cannot specify both \-\-message and \-\-message\-file at the same time, and
if _MTN/log exists and is non\(hyempty, you can cannot specify either of them
at all.
.TP
\fBupdate\fP  \fI[revision\(hyid]\fP
Update workspace.
.TP
\fBrefresh_inodeprints\fP 
Turn on inodeprints mode, and force a cache refresh.
.TP
\fBpush\fP \fI[<host> [<glob>]]\fP 
Push contents of \fI<glob>\fP to database on \fI<host>\fP.
.TP
\fBpull\fP \fI[<host> [<glob>]]\fP 
Push contents of \fI<glob>\fP from database on \fI<host>\fP.
.TP
\fBsync\fP \fI<host> <glob>\fP 
Sync contents of \fI<glob>\fP with database on \fI<host>\fP.
.TP
\fBserve\fP \fI[\-\-pid\-file=<path>] [\-\-bind=[<host>][:<port>]] <glob> [\-\-exclude=<exclude\(hyglob>]\fP 
Serve contents of \fI<glob>\fP at network address \fI<host>\fP, on the
port \fI<port>\fP.  If \fI<port>\fP isn't given, 4691 is used. If a
\-\-pid\-file option is provided on the command line, monotone will store
the process id of the server in the specified file.
.TP
\fBset\fP \fI<domain> <name> <value>\fP 
Set the db var \fI<name>\fP in domain \fI<domain>\fP to value
\fI<value>\fP. 
.TP
\fBunset\fP \fI<domain> <name>\fP 
Delete any setting for db var \fI<name>\fP in domain \fI<domain>\fP.
.TP
\fBautomate\fP \fI(interface_version | heads | ancestors | attributes | parents | descendents | children | graph | erase_ancestors | toposort | ancestry_difference | leaves | inventory | stdio | certs | select)\fP
Scripting interface.
.TP
\fBdb\fP \fI(init | info | version | dump | load | migrate | rebuild | execute | check)\fP
Manipulate database state.
.SH OPTIONS
.P
Command line options override environment variables and
settings in lua scripts (such as \fB.monotonerc\fP)
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fP
Print help message.
.TP
\fB\-\-debug\fP
Turn on debugging log on standard error stream. This is very
verbose. Default is to be silent, unless an error occurs, in which
case failure log is dumped.
.TP
\fB\-\-quiet\fP
Turn off normal progress messages.
.TP
\fB\-\-dump=\fP\fI<file>\fP
Dump debugging log to \fIfile\fP on failure.
.TP
\fB\-\-nostd\fP
Do not evaluate "standard" lua hooks compiled into \fBmonotone\fP.
.TP
\fB\-\-norc\fP
Do not load lua hooks from user's \fB~/.monotonerc\fP file.
.TP
\fB\-\-rcfile=\fP\fI<file>\fP
Load extra lua hooks from \fIfile\fP (may be given multiple times).
.TP
\fB\-\-db=\fP\fI<file>\fP
Use database in \fIfile\fP.
.TP
\fB\-\-key=\fP\fI<keyid>\fP
Use \fIkeyid\fP for operations which produce RSA signatures. Default
is inferred from presence of unique private key in database. Can also
be customized on a per\(hybranch basis with hook function 
\fBget_branch_key(branchname)\fP.
.TP
\fB\-k\fP \fI<keyid>\fP
An alias for \fB\-\-key=\fP\fI<keyid>\fP
.TP
\fB\-\-branch=\fP\fI<branchname>\fP
Use \fIbranchname\fP for operations on a branch. Default is inferred
in operations on existing branches (commit, update, etc).
.TP
\fB\-b\fP \fI<branchname>\fP
An alias for \fB\-\-branch=\fP\fI<branchname>\fP
.TP
\fB\-\-ticket=\fP\fIdot|count|none\fP
Use the given method to print tickers.  The \fBcount\fP method prints
the count for each ticker on one line, incrementing the numbers in
place, while the \fBdot\fP method prints a continuous string of
characters (like some programs provide a progress line of dots).
\fBnone\fP prints nothing.  The default is \fBcount\fP.
.TP
\fB\-\-revision=\fP\fI<id>\fP
Used to specify one or more revision ids to various commands.
.TP
\fB\-r\fP \fI<id>\fP
An alias for \fB\-\-revision=\fP\fI<id>\fP
.TP
\fB\-\-message=\fI<log message>\fP
Use the given message as the changelog when committing a new revision
rather than invoking the log message editor. Currently this option only
applies to the commit command but it may also apply to the comment
command in the future.
This option is alternative to \-\-message\-file
.TP
\fB\-m \fI<log message>\fP
An alias for \fB\-\-message=\fI<log message>\fP
.TP
\fB\-\-message\-file=\fI<message file>\fP
Use the content of the given file as the changelog when committing a
new revision rather than invoking the log message editor. If the passed filename is '\-' the changelog message will be read from standard input.
Currently this option only applies to the commit command but it may also apply
to the comment command in the future.
This option is alternative to \-\-message.
.TP
\fB\-\-author=\fI<author email>\fP
Use the given author as the value of the "author" cert when committing
a new revision, rather than the default author.  Useful when
committing a patch on behalf of someone else, or when importing
history from another version control system.
.TP
\fB\-\-date=\fI<date and time>\fP
Use the given given date and time as value of the "date" cert when
committing a new revision, rather than the current time.  Useful when
importing history from another version control system.
.TP
\fB\-\-root=\fI<root dir>\fP
Stop the search for a workspace (containing the _MTN directory)
at the specified root directory rather than at the physical root of the
filesystem.
.TP
\fB\-\-xargs=\fI<file>\fP
Inject the contents of the file in place among the command line
arguments.  This may be useful in case the command line would
otherwise become too long for your system.  This option can be used
more than once if needed.
.TP
\fB\-@ \fI<file>\fP
An alias for \fB\-\-xargs=\fI<file>\fP.
.SH ENVIRONMENT
.TP
\fBEDITOR\fP
Used to edit comments, log messages, etc.
.TP
\fBVISUAL\fP
Used in preference to \fBEDITOR\fP, if set.
.SH FILES
.TP
\fB$HOME/.monotonerc\fP
A lua script, used as a customization file.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.P
http://monotone.ca/
.SH BUGS
.P
see http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?group=monotone
.SH AUTHOR
.P
graydon hoare <graydon@pobox.com>