typst-update(1)

💅 typst-update — the self-updater, bestie edition

okay so real talk: this is typst-update, a General Commands Manual page, section 1 of the manual. it's the little self-updater for the Typst CLI, and honestly? it's giving main character energy for like six lines of manpage. let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

typst-update — the one that does a self update on the Typst CLI 👑 like, it updates itself, no cap.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

typst-update [--force] [--revert] [--backup-path] [-h|--help] [VERSION]

that's it, that's the whole vibe check. short. iconic. moving on 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Self update the Typst CLI.

fr fr, that's the description — it self-updates the Typst CLI. lowkey the most self-explanatory sentence in the whole manual and yet here we are, together, reading it. love that for us 💖

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

okay bestie, here's the full squad — every single flag, no skipping, i would never 🙈

• --force — forces a downgrade to an older version. and heads up: this is required for downgrading. so if you're trying to go backwards and it's not working? that's why. it's not broken, you just forgot --force 💀
• --revert — reverts to the version from before the last update. but there's a catch, and it's a real one: this is only possible if typst update has previously ran. no previous update, no previous version, no revert. that's just how it is 🧚
• --backup-path=FILE — a custom path to the backup file that gets created on update and that --revert uses. defaults to a system-dependent location, so like, wherever your system feels like putting it. you can also set this with the TYPST_UPDATE_BACKUP_PATH environment variable instead of passing the flag. two paths, one destiny ✨
• -h, --help — print help. the classic. the icon. the "i forgot what the flags do" button 🫶
• [VERSION] — which version to update to. and if you don't say? it defaults to latest. queen behavior, honestly ⭐

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💖 quick recap so you don't have to scroll: need to go backwards → --force. want your old version back → --revert (only if typst update already ran). want your backup somewhere specific → --backup-path=FILE or TYPST_UPDATE_BACKUP_PATH. confused → -h / --help. want a specific version → [VERSION], otherwise you get latest.

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🌈 a lil sign-off 🌈

and that's the whole page, bestie! this was typst-update from the General Commands Manual, and the footer's out here repping typst-update / typst-update(1) — same energy, bookends of the same slay little page. go forth and update responsibly 💜🎀