alpm-srcinfo-create(1)

hey bestie!! 💖 welcome to the General Commands Manual entry for alpm-srcinfo-create(1) — aka the page for alpm-srcinfo-create, the command that makes a SRCINFO file from a PKGBUILD file at a given path. it's giving “quiet little command with strong opinions,” and honestly? obsessed. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

alpm-srcinfo-create — create a SRCINFO file from a PKGBUILD file at a given path. periodt. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

okay so the summoning circle looks like this, bestie:

alpm-srcinfo create [-o|--output-format] [-p|--pretty] [-h|--help]
<FILE>

copy it exactly, no freestyling the flags. 😌

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so the whole point: create a SRCINFO file from a PKGBUILD file at a given path. that's the main character mission. 🎀

If the PKGBUILD can be created and validated, the program exits with no output and a return code of 0. silent slay. 🤫✨

If the file is missing or can not be validated, an error is emitted on stderr and the program exits with a non-zero exit status. not the vibe, but at least it tells you. 😭

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -o, --output-format <OUTPUT_FORMAT> — provide the output format. default: srcinfo.
  • possible values:
    • json: The JSON output format
    • srcinfo: The SRCINFO output format
• -p, --pretty — pretty-print the output. only applies to formats that support pretty output and is otherwise ignored. so if your format doesn't support it, it just gets ignored, no drama. 💅
• -h, --help — print help (see a summary with -h). short and sweet. 🫶
• <FILE> — an optional input file path to read from. if no file is specified, stdin is read from and expected to contain PKGINFO data to validate. yes, PKGINFO — keep that exact word, bestie. 🔥

later, bestie 🫶 — footer sign-off: alpm-srcinfo-create and alpm-srcinfo-create(1), catch you later! 💅💖