SVK(3)

💖 SVK — the manual page, but make it make sense 💖

okay bestie, so this is the SVK(3) page — yes, the Perl one, from the User Contributed Perl Documentation corner of the world 🌸. Sit down, hydrate, we're learning a whole module today and honestly? it's giving iconic.

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✨ NAME ✨

SVK — A Distributed Version Control System 🦋

no cap, that's the whole vibe. it's a distributed version control system, and it's a Perl class, and you're gonna love her.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

here's the little sneak peek, copy it exactly bestie, don't freestyle:

  use SVK;
  use SVK::XD;
  $xd = SVK::XD->new (depotmap => { '' => '/path/to/repos'});

  $svk = SVK->new (xd => $xd, output => \$output);
  # serialize the $xd object for future use.

  $svk->ls ('//'); # check $output for its output
  ...

see how she pulls in SVK and SVK::XD, spins up an $xd with a depotmap, then makes an $svk with that $xd and an output ref? and then there's that little note that you can serialize the $xd object for future use 💅 and then $svk->ls ('//') and the comment reminding you to check $output for its output. and then ... because there's always more. periodt.

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so "SVK" is literally the class that loads SVK::Command and invokes them. that's her job. that's her whole main character arc 👑

and like, the point is you can use it inside your own program to do exactly what you already do with the svk command line interface. same energy, just from Perl. iykyk 💜

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✨ CONSTRUCTOR ✨

here's what you can hand to new, and honestly there's only two things so this is a chill section:

• xd — an SVK::XD object that handles depot and checkout copy mapping. she keeps the map, you keep the vibes 🎀
• output — a scalar reference 🫶 after the command gets invoked, the output will be stored in that scalar. by default though? the output is not held in any scalar and it will just be printed to STDOUT. so if you don't hand her a ref, she's yapping straight to your terminal, which is fine, that's just the default ✨

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✨ METHODS ✨

plot twist: there are no hand-written methods listed here, bestie 😭

all methods are autoloaded and deferred to SVK::Command->invoke.

that's it. that's the whole method section. she's mysterious like that 🌈

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

go read these too, they're the friend group:

• svk
• SVK::XD
• SVK::Command

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lowkey a warning-free page, which is honestly rare and kind of slay of her 💀 no bugs listed, no dangerous flags, just a clean little module. enjoy the peace while it lasts.

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and that's the whole page bestie!! 🧚 it's from perl v5.42.0, dated 2025-07-25, and it's filed under the User Contributed Perl Documentation section as SVK(3). mwah, go forth and use SVK; 💖✨🌸