.Dd November 22, 2024
.Dt TIX-REPOSITORY 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm tix-repository
.Nd manage a tix repository
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl \-generation Ns = Ns Ar level
.Sy metadata
.Ar repository
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
prepares a tix repository for publication with the appropriate release metadata.
.Pp
A top-level release directory contains the
.Pa sha256sum
file, along with the
.Pa repository
directory with per-platform repository subdirectories named after the platform
triplets.
.Pp
A tix release is prepared for publication by creating the directory structure,
populating the per-platform
.Pa repository/$platform
subdirectories with the
.Pa .tix.tar.xz
and
.Pa .version
files produced by
.Xr tix-port 8 ,
and running the
.Nm
.Sy metadata
command on each platform repository.
.Pp
The first operand selects a command to execute:
.Bl -tag -width "1234"
.It Sy metadata
Generate metadata files in the per-platform
.Ar repository
subdirectory:
.Bl -bullet -compact
.It
.Pa dependencies.list
.It
.Pa manifest.list
.It
.Pa packages.list
.It
.Pa renames.list
.It
.Pa sets.list
.It
.Pa sha256sum
.El
.El
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width "12345678"
.It Fl \-generation Ns = Ns Ar generation
Select tix metadata generation level
(Default: 3)
.El
.Sh EXIT STATUS
.Nm
will exit 0 on success and non-zero otherwise.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr port 5 ,
.Xr tix 8 ,
.Xr tix-build 8 ,
.Xr tix-collection 8 ,
.Xr tix-install 8 ,
.Xr tix-port 8
.Sh HISTORY
.Nm
originally appeared in Sortix 1.1.