ABI-TRACKER(1)

✨ ABI-TRACKER(1) ✨

bestie, you're looking at the ABI-TRACKER(1) manual page 💖 It's in the User Commands section, so you know it's the real stuff. 💅

✨ NAME ✨

abi-tracker, which is lowkey the most iconic way to visualize the ABI changes timeline of a C/C++ software library 🌈

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

🌸 NAME 🌸

ABI Tracker (abi-tracker) is here to visualize the ABI changes timeline of a C/C++ software library. It's giving main character energy 👑

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so ABI Tracker is a tool that visualizes the ABI changes timeline of a C/C++ software library. Literally the whole point is to show you how things change over time ✨

It's built for library developers and Linux maintainers who care about backward binary compatibility, meaning old applications can still run with newer library versions. No cap, that's the vibe they need 🫶

This tool is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GPLv2.0+ or LGPLv2.1+. 🎀

🧚 USAGE 🧚

abi-tracker [options] [profile]

🍓 EXAMPLES 🍓

abi-tracker -build profile.json

🔥 INFORMATION OPTIONS 🔥

• -h|-help — Spills the help text. Ask and you shall receive 💁
• -dumpversion — Prints the tool version (1.11) and that's it. It won't do anything else, so don't expect a surprise 🙈

👑 GENERAL OPTIONS 👑

• -build — Builds reports. Let's gooo 🚀
• -rebuild — Rebuilds reports, for when you need a fresh start 🔄
• -v NUM — Selects just one particular version of the library to create reports for. Very focused, very intentional 🎯
• -t|-target TYPE — Picks the type of reports to build. Your choices are abidump, abireport, headersdiff, pkgdiff, changelog, soname, and date ✨
• -clear — Removes all reports. Bye bye, reports 🗑️
• -global-index — Creates a list of all the tested libraries. Ngl, a whole roster 💜
• -disable-cache — Turn this on if you've changed the filter of checked symbols in the library (skipped types, skipped functions, etc.). Your cache needs a reset, bestie 🧹
• -deploy DIR — Copies all reports and css to DIR. Shipping it 🚢
• -debug — Turns on debug messages. For when you need the tea ☕

🌈 OTHER OPTIONS 🌈

• -json-report DIR — Generates a JSON-format report for a library and drops it in DIR 📦
• -regen-dump — Regenerates ABI dumps for previous versions when you're comparing them with new ones. Refresh those dumps 🔁
• -rss — Generates an RSS feed. Stay updated, babe 📰

ABI Tracker 1.11, a tool to visualize ABI changes timeline of a C/C++ software library. Copyright © 2017 Andrey Ponomarenko's ABI Laboratory. License: GPLv2.0+ or LGPLv2.1+ 🌸

Quick reminder, it's abi-tracker [options] [profile]. Example: abi-tracker -build profile.json 💖

For more info, run abi-tracker --help 🦋

🫶 AUTHOR 🫶

This manual page was written by Peter Spiess-Knafl <dev@spiessknafl.at> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). Huge thanks to them 🥹💜

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And that's the whole page, bestie! 💅 It's the abi-tracker.pl manual, dated January 2021. Go build some reports and make it iconic 🦋✨