Module luarocks.manif
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Functions
| load_manifest (repo_url) | Load a local or remote manifest describing a repository. |
| make_manifest (repo) | Scan a LuaRocks repository and output a manifest file. |
| update_manifest (name, version, repo) | Load a manifest file from a local repository and add to the repository information with regard to the given name and version. |
| find_current_provider (file, root) | Given a path of a deployed file, figure out which rock name and version correspond to it in the tree manifest. |
Functions
- load_manifest (repo_url)
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Load a local or remote manifest describing a repository.
All functions that use manifest tables assume they were obtained
through either this function or load_local_manifest.
Parameters:
repo_url: string: URL or pathname for the repository.
Returns:
-
table or (nil, string, [string]): A table representing the manifest,
or nil followed by an error message and an optional error code.
- make_manifest (repo)
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Scan a LuaRocks repository and output a manifest file.
A file called 'manifest' will be written in the root of the given
repository directory.
Parameters:
repo: A local repository directory.
Returns:
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boolean or (nil, string): True if manifest was generated,
or nil and an error message.
- update_manifest (name, version, repo)
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Load a manifest file from a local repository and add to the repository
information with regard to the given name and version.
A file called 'manifest' will be written in the root of the given
repository directory.
Parameters:
name: string: Name of a package from the repository.version: string: Version of a package from the repository.repo: string or nil: Pathname of a local repository. If not given, the default local repository configured as cfg.rocks_dir is used.
Returns:
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boolean or (nil, string): True if manifest was generated,
or nil and an error message.
- find_current_provider (file, root)
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Given a path of a deployed file, figure out which rock name and version
correspond to it in the tree manifest.
Parameters:
file: string: The full path of a deployed file.root: string or nil: A local root dir for a rocks tree. If not given, the default is used.
Returns:
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string, string: name and version of the provider rock.