AUR-VIEW(1)

NAME
aur-view - inspect git repositories

SYNOPSIS
aur view [-a arg_file] [--format] repository...

DESCRIPTION
aur-view presents git repositories to the user for inspection. A file manager or pager is determined in the following order:

•   The value of AUR_PAGER, if defined;

•   vifm(1), if installed.

Should the exit status of the pager exceed 0 (for example, through the :cq command in vifm), aur-view terminates immediately.

On a successful exit of the pager, the inspected git(1) revisions are stored in $XDG_DATA_HOME/aurutils/view, or the path in the AUR_VIEW_DB environment variable, if set. These revisions are then used to generate diffs with git-diff(1) or git-log(1).

OPTIONS

--format
    Can be one of diff or log, to generate diffs with git-diff(1) and git-log(1), respectively.

--no-patch
    Suppress patch output, only showing a summary.

--revision=REV
    The revision used for comparing changes. Defaults to HEAD.

-a FILE, --arg-file=FILE
    A textfile describing git repositories relative to the current directory. If unspecified, repositories are taken from the command-line.

ENVIRONMENT

AUR_VIEW_DB

AUR_PAGER
    The file manager used to view and edit build files. This variable is split on white space to allow program options, for example: AUR_PAGER=less -K.

AUR_CONFIRM_PAGER
    Display an additional prompt after the file manager has exited (see AUR_PAGER). If set, display an additional confirmation prompt after the file manager has exited successfully. This may be used for (GUI) file managers not supporting an exit status greater zero to indicate unreviewed files.

SEE ALSO
aur(1), aur-sync(1), vifm(1)

AUTHORS
Alad Wenter (https://github.com/AladW)