abump(1)

abump1

Bump pkgver in an apkbuild file

Usage

abump [-s CVE-1, ...] [-m MESSAGE] [-f ISSUE] [-p REMOTE] [{-b | --branch}] [{-k | --keep}] [{-r | --rootbld}] PKGNAME-1.2.3

Overview

abump updates the pkgver in an APKBUILD file, updates its checksums, rebuilds it, and finally creates a new commit with the changes resulting.

abump looks for the specified package in nested directories inside the current working directory, assuming a layout like that of the aports repository.

Options

-s, --security CVE1,...

Include CVE in the secfixes comment section.

-m, --message MESSAGE

Include the given MESSAGE in the commit message body.

-f, --fixes ISSUE

Include Fixes #ISSUE in the commit message. This will close the upstream issue when the commit is merged into the aports master branch.

-p, --push REMOTE

Push the commit and resulting changes to the specified REMOTE (e.g. origin).

-b, --branch

Create a git branch from HEAD before normal operation.

-k, --keep

Keep existing packages.

-r, --rootbld

Build package in a clean chroot using abuild rootbld instead of abuild all.

-h, --help

Print help information and exit.

Environment

APORTSDIR

Force operating on an alternate directory.

Examples

abump mml-1.0.0
abump glibmm2.68-2.78.0
abump telegram-desktop-4.11.8

Authors

Natanael Copa <[email protected]> and open source contributors.

From abuild 3.17.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.