BST-SOURCE-CHECKOUT(1)

bst-source-checkout 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the bst source checkout era — this is the page from the bst source checkout Manual, and we're about to get your element's sources ✨downloaded✨ and ✨placed✨ exactly where you want them. slay.

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✨ NAME ✨

bst-source-checkout — checkout sources of an element 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

bst source checkout [OPTIONS] [ELEMENT]

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Checkout sources of an element to the specified location. yes bestie, that's the whole vibe: grab the sources, drop them somewhere. iconic.

lowkey important: when this command is executed from a workspace directory, the default is to checkout the sources of the workspace element. so if you're standing in a workspace and you don't name an element, it already knows who the main character is 💅

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✨ OPTIONS ✨

• -f, --force — allow files to be overwritten. letting it just go in and stomp over stuff 🫣
• --except PATH — except certain dependencies. yes queen, exclude them.
• -d, --deps [build|none|run|all] — the dependencies whose sources to checkout. default: none
• --tar LOCATION — create a tarball containing the sources instead of a file tree. tarball mode 🎀
• --compression [gz|xz|bz2] — the compression option of the tarball created.
• --include-build-scripts — no description on this one in the original, bestie, so we're just holding space for it 🕯️
• --directory DIRECTORY — the directory to checkout the sources to.
• --source-remote REMOTE — a remote for downloading cached sources.
• --ignore-project-source-remotes — ignore remote source cache servers recommended by projects. not today, project ✋

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🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

there are no SEE ALSO references on this page, bestie — we keep it self-contained 💜

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and that's the whole page!! 💖✨

kisses, this was version 2.5, dated 2025-05-09, and it lives in the bst source checkout Manual 🎀 go checkout those sources, you absolute legend 👑🦋💅