BK-CSET(1)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so this is the bk cset(none) page from the BitKeeper User’s Manual, and the star of the show is bk cset − manage changesets. yes, that's the whole name section, short and iconic 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

bk cset [−Cq] [−ilist] [−xlist]

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so bk cset is the command that manages changesets. It may be used to restore changeset marks in files (that's part of BitKeeper’s per file metadata, iykyk), to re‐include one or more changesets which were previously excluded, or to exclude one or more changesets. It’s giving metadata maintenance with main character energy, and honestly? obsessed. ✨

✨ OPTIONS ✨

• −C — Clear and remark all changeset boundaries in all files under BitKeeper control. every single one, bestie, no crumbs 💅
• −ilist — Create a new changeset that includes the changes in list. slay.
• −q — Run quietly. no yapping, just vibes 🔇
• −S — If using ‐i or ‐x and not currently in the product, then limit the ‐i or ‐x to a component. lowkey scope it to that component 🫶
• −xlist — Create a new changeset that excludes the changesets in list. periodt.

💀 BUGS 💀

⚠️ okay bestie, caveat time: the −i and −x options currently work only on file contents, not renames, creates, mode changes, or xflags. so do not expect them to handle those, fr fr 😭

🧚 REMOVED INTERFACES 🧚

Older versions of bk cset had two forms which are no longer supported since bk changes can provide the same information. the receipts, exactly as they were:

$ bk cset ‐r1.5
ChangeSet|1.5
BitKeeper/deleted/.del‐resolve.perl|1.4
src/takepatch.c|1.16
$ bk changes ‐r1.5 ‐vnd’:GFILE:|:REV:’
ChangeSet|1.5
BitKeeper/deleted/.del‐resolve.perl|1.4
src/takepatch.c|1.16
$ echo 1.5 | bk cset ‐l −
ChangeSet|1.5
BitKeeper/deleted/.del‐resolve.perl|1.4
src/takepatch.c|1.16
$ echo 1.5 | bk changes ‐vnd’:GFILE:|:REV:’ −
ChangeSet|1.5
BitKeeper/deleted/.del‐resolve.perl|1.4
src/takepatch.c|1.16

so yeah, these old forms are gone-gone, and bk changes is the one carrying the information now 🌈

🔗 SEE ALSO 🔗

go say hi to bk‐admin, bk‐changes they're right there in the group chat 💬

🏷️ CATEGORY 🏷️

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cute sign-off from the footer: BitKeeper Inc · 1E1 · bk cset(none) — mwah, bestie 💋