NAME

       App::Pinto::Command::pull - pull archives from upstream repositories

VERSION

       version 0.097

SYNOPSIS

         pinto --root=REPOSITORY_ROOT pull [OPTIONS] TARGET ...

DESCRIPTION

       This command locates packages in your upstream repositories and then pulls the
       distributions providing those packages into your repository and registers them on a stack.
       Then it recursively locates and pulls all the distributions that are necessary to satisfy
       their prerequisites.  You can also request to directly pull particular distributions.

       When locating packages, Pinto first looks at the packages that already exist in the local
       repository, then Pinto looks at the packages that are available on the upstream
       repositories.

COMMAND ARGUMENTS

       Arguments are the targets that you want to pull.  Targets can be specified as packages
       (with or without a minimum version number) or a distributions.  For example:

         Foo::Bar                                 # Pulls any version of Foo::Bar
         Foo::Bar~1.2                             # Pulls Foo::Bar 1.2 or higher
         SHAKESPEARE/King-Lear-1.2.tar.gz         # Pulls a specific distribuion
         SHAKESPEARE/tragedies/Hamlet-4.2.tar.gz  # Ditto, but from a subdirectory

       You can also pipe arguments to this command over STDIN.  In that case, blank lines and
       lines that look like comments (i.e. starting with "#" or ';') will be ignored.

COMMAND OPTIONS

       --cascade
           !! THIS OPTION IS EXPERIMENTAL !!

           When searching for a package (or one of its prerequisites), always take the latest
           satisfactory version of the package found amongst all the upstream repositories,
           rather than just taking the first satisfactory version that is found.  Remember that
           Pinto only searches the upstream repositories when the local repository does not
           already contain a satisfactory version of the package.

       --dry-run
           Go through all the motions, but do not actually commit any changes to the repository.
           Use this option to see how upgrades would potentially impact the stack.

       --no-fail
           !! THIS OPTION IS EXPERIMENTAL !!

           Normally, failure to pull a target (or its prerequisites) causes the command to
           immediately abort and rollback the changes to the repository.  But if "--no-fail" is
           set, then only the changes caused by the failed target (and its prerequisites) will be
           rolled back and the command will continue processing the remaining targets.

           This option is useful if you want to throw a list of targets into a repository and see
           which ones are problematic.  Once you've fixed the broken ones, you can throw the
           whole list at the repository again.

       --recurse
       --no-recurse
           Recursively pull any distributions required to satisfy prerequisites for the targets.
           The default value for this option can be configured in the pinto.ini configuration
           file for the repository (it is usually set to 1).  To disable recursion, use
           "--no-recurse".

       --message=TEXT
       -m TEXT
           Use TEXT as the revision history log message.  If you do not use the "--message"
           option or the "--use-default-message" option, then you will be prompted to enter the
           message via your text editor.  Use the "EDITOR" or "VISUAL" environment variables to
           control which editor is used.  A log message is not required whenever the "--dry-run"
           option is set, or if the action did not yield any changes to the repository.

       --pin
           Pins the packages to the stack, so they cannot be changed until you unpin them.  Only
           the packages in the requested targets will be pinned -- packages in prerequisites will
           not be pinned.  However, you may pin them separately with the pin command if you so
           desire.

       --stack=NAME
       -s NAME
           Puts all the packages onto the stack with the given NAME.  Defaults to the name of
           whichever stack is currently marked as the default stack.  Use the stacks command to
           see the stacks in the repository.

       --use-default-message
       -M  Use the default value for the revision history log message.  Pinto will generate a
           semi-informative log message just based on the command and its arguments.  If you set
           an explicit message with "--message", the "--use-default-message" option will be
           silently ignored.

       --with-development-prerequisites
       --wd
           Also pull development prerequisites so you'll have everything you need to work on
           those distributions, in the event that you need to patch them in the future.  Be aware
           that most distributions do not actually declare their development prerequisites.

AUTHOR

       Jeffrey Ryan Thalhammer <jeff@stratopan.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       This software is copyright (c) 2013 by Jeffrey Ryan Thalhammer.

       This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as
       the Perl 5 programming language system itself.