HATCHLING(1)

✨ HATCHLING 💅

okay bestie, so like… this is the manual page for hatchling, from section 1 (User Commands), and honestly? she's the moment. 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

hatchling — the build backend used by Hatch 🐣

like, THE build backend. the one Hatch is literally built on. no cap.

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

hatchling [-h] {build,dep,metadata,version} ...

that's it. that's the whole vibe. a flag and a subcommand and you're done, periodt. ✨

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so what IS this queen, you ask? 🫶

This is the extensible, standards compliant build backend used by Hatch.

extensible? yes. standards compliant? absolutely. it's giving "I did my homework and I did it correctly" energy and we love that for her. 👑

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💅 OPTIONS 💅

🌈 COMMANDS 🌈

pick your fighter, bestie. one of these four, every single time:

• build — go read hatchling-build(1), she's got her own whole page 💖
• dep — and hatchling-dep(1) for this one, okay? 📦
• metadata — yep, hatchling-metadata(1), separate manual, separate queen 🎀
• version — last but never least, hatchling-version(1) ✨

🧚 OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS 🧚

the lil extras, the accessories to the outfit:

• -h, --help — Show a help message and exit. literally the "help me bestie" button and she ALWAYS comes through 🫶

fr fr, if you're lost, just hit -h first. no shame in it, that's what she's there for. 💜

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

go bother her sisters, they know things:

• hatchling-build(1)
• hatchling-dep(1)
• hatchling-metadata(1)
• hatchling-version(1)
• hatch(1)

iykyk, the whole family is iconic. 👑

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and that's the page!! October 2022 is when this baddie got her last glow-up, and it's living in the User Commands section of the manual, slaying as always. mwah, go build something cute 💋🌸💖