Intro

Everything in Ion is optimized for terminal UX, including its name - ion is the easiest-to-type name that I find not used by other popular CLI tools.

This is still at quite an early stage, but I have been using it for a month myself, so I'd like to share this tool with the community. There will be more detailed documentation and a website set up in the future.

Commands available

Commands	Description
new [PATH]	Create a new package
clone [URL][PATH]	Clone a package from URL or registry
release [VERSION][PATH]	release a new version of a package
bump [VERSION][PATH]	bump the version of a package
summon [PATH]	summon JuliaRegistrator to register the package
run [PATH]	Run a script, or start a REPL if no script is given
script update/rm/repl [PATH]	script tools
add [PACKAGE...]	Add dependencies to current environment
remove [PACKAGE...]	Remove dependencies in the current environment [aliases: rm]
develop [PACKAGE]	Develop packages in the current environment [aliases: dev]
free [PACKAGE]	Free pinned packages in the current environment
gc	garbage collect packages not used for a significant time
precompile [PACKAGE...]	Precompile all packages in the current environment
status	Show the status of the current environment [aliases: st]
update [PACKAGE...]	Update the current environment [aliases: up]
why [PACKAGE]	show why a package is installed
template list/update/inspect	template management
completions [SHELL]	generate shell completion scripts
auth login/logout	manage Github authentication

Command List

NB: sub-commands are indicated with bullet points and options are indicated with bullet points plus short or long flags (ie. -f or --flag). Arguments are listed in square brackets, such as [URL]. A positional arg which is capable of handling multiple arguments is listed with ellipses following the name (eg. [EXAMPLE...]).

Optional arguments are listed with a ? before the name; generally speaking, if required arguments are not provided, Ion will ask for them.

ion

• auth
  • login
  • logout
• clone [?options][URL] [PATH]
  • --registry [REGISTRY]
• release [?options][VERSION] [PATH]
  • --branch | -b [?BRANCH]
  • --registry [?REGISTRY]
  • --no-prompt
  • --no-commit
  • --no-report
  • --skip-note
• summon [?options][PATH]
  • --branch | -b
  • --no-prompt
  • --skip-note
• bump [?options][VERSION] [PATH]
  • --branch | -b [BRANCH]
  • --no-prompt
  • --no-commit
  • --no-report
  • --registry [REGISTRY]
• new [?options][PATH]
  • --list
  • --force | -f
  • --no-interactive
  • --template | -t [TEMPLATE]
• run [?options][PATH]
  • --sysimage | -J [PATH]
  • --threads | -t [?NUMBER_OF_THREADS]
  • --procs | -p [?NUMBER_OF_PROCESSES]
  • --color [?OPT]
  • --verbose | -v
• script
  • update [?options][PATH]
    • --verbose | -v
  • rm [PATH]
  • repl [PATH]
• add [?options][PACKAGE...]
  • --global | -g
• develop | dev [?options][PACKAGE]
  • --global | -g
  • --all
  • --version | -v
• free [?options][PACKAGE]
  • --global | -g
• gc [?options]
  • --global | -g
• precompile [?options][PACKAGE...]
  • --strict
  • --global | -g
• remove | rm [?options][PACKAGE...]
  • --global | -g
• status | st [?options]
  • --outdated
  • --no-diff
  • --manifest
  • --global | -g
• update | up [?options][PACKAGE...]
  • --global | -g
• why [?options][PACKAGE]
  • --global | -g
• completions [SHELL]
• template
  • list
  • update
  • inspect [?TEMPLATE_NAME]
    • --all
    • --verbose | -v