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list-repo-types

rbt list-repo-types will print the list of supported repository types. Each printed type can be used as a value to the REPOSITORY_TYPE configuration option in .reviewboardrc, or as the --repository-type option of many rbt commands.

If a repository of a specific type is detected in the current directory, that repository type will be marked by an asterisk (*).

Usage

$ rbt list-repo-types [options]

JSON Output

New in version 3.0.

When running with --json, the list of repository types will be outputted as JSON. This can be used by programs that wrap RBTools in order to perform repository detection or to fetch lists of compatible types of repositories.

The results are in the form of:

{
    "status": "success",

    // The list of repository types.
    "repository_types": [
        {
            // Whether this matches the local directory or a parent.
            "detected": <bool>,

            // The configured name of the repository.
            "name": "<string>",

            // The name of the tool backing this repository.
            "tool": "<string>"
        },
        ...
    ]
}

For example:

$ rbt list-repo-types --json
{
    "repository_types": [
        {
            "detected": false,
            "name": "bazaar",
            "tool": "Bazaar"
        },
        {
            "detected": false,
            "name": "clearcase",
            "tool": "ClearCase"
        },
        {
            "detected": false,
            "name": "cvs",
            "tool": "CVS"
        },
        {
            "detected": true,
            "name": "git",
            "tool": "Git"
        },
        {
            "detected": false,
            "name": "mercurial",
            "tool": "Mercurial"
        },
        {
            "detected": false,
            "name": "perforce",
            "tool": "Perforce"
        },
        {
            "detected": false,
            "name": "plastic",
            "tool": "Plastic"
        },
        {
            "detected": false,
            "name": "svn",
            "tool": "Subversion"
        },
        {
            "detected": false,
            "name": "tfs",
            "tool": "Team Foundation Server"
        }
    ],
    "status": "success"
 }

Options

-d, --debug

Displays debug output.

This information can be valuable when debugging problems running the command.

The default can be set in DEBUG in .reviewboardrc.

--json

Output results as JSON data instead of text.

The default can be set in JSON_OUTPUT in .reviewboardrc.

New in version 3.0.