BK-REPOTYPE(1)

💅 bk repotype — display repository type

ok so this is bk repotype, straight out of the BitKeeper User's Manual (section none, if you were wondering) 💖

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

bk repotype [-q] [directory]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

bestie, this command literally just tells you what kind of repo you're standing in 💅 it prints the type of the repository, and that type is one of exactly three gorgeous little options: traditional, product, or component. that's it. that's the whole vibe check 🌸

and like, important lore: all repositories created by versions of BitKeeper prior to bk-5.0 are traditional standalone repositories. no cap, every single one 🫶

also — if you pass a directory, BitKeeper will change to that directory before running the command. it's giving "walk in, then do the thing" energy ✨

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -q — Run quietly, exit status only. no chatty output, just the number, iykyk 🤫

💀 EXIT STATUS 💀

ok this is the part where you actually pay attention, because the exit codes are doing the most 😭

When run without -q, the exit status is 0 for all valid repositories, and is 3 otherwise.

When run with -q, bk repotype returns exit status:

1. 0 — if run on a product repository 👑
2. 1 — if run on a component repository 🧚
3. 2 — if run on a traditional (standalone) repository 🍓
4. 3 — if run on a non-repository or if some other error occurs 💀

so with -q you're getting an actual answer inside the exit code itself — like the number literally tells you which of the three types you have. iconic, honestly. but also 3 means "nope, not a repo, or something went wrong" so don't go mistaking it for a fourth type 🙈

🌈 CATEGORY 🌈

Utility

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

that's it, no SEE ALSO entries — this page keeps its circle small 💜

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! brought to you by BitKeeper Inc, version 1E1, dated bk repotype(none) — slay, go check your repo type 💖✨