pear-docs/reference/pear/cli.md

Command Line Interface (CLI)

experimental

The Command Line Interface is the primary interface for Pear Development.

pear init [dir]

Create initial project files.

--yes|-y         Autoselect all defaults
--type|-t=type   Project type: desktop (default) or terminal
--force|-f       Force overwrite existing files
--with|-w=name   Additional functionality. Available: node

pear dev [flags] [dir] [...app-args]

Run a project in development mode from disk.

Alias for: pear run --dev <dir>

--link=url                 Simulate deep-link click open
--store|-s=path            Set the Application Storage path
--tmp-store|-t             Automatic new tmp folder as store path

pear stage <channel|key> [dir]

Synchronize local changes to key.

Channel name must be specified on first stage, in order to generate the initial key.

Outputs diff information and project key.

  --json         Newline delimited JSON output
  --dry-run|-d   Execute a stage without writing
  --bare|-b      File data only, no warmup optimization
  --ignore       Comma separated file path ignore list
  --name         Advanced. Override app name

pear seed <channel|key> [dir]

Seed project or reseed key.

Specify channel or key to seed a project.

Specify a remote key to reseed.

  --json        Newline delimited JSON output
  --seeders|-s  Additional public keys to seed from
  --name        Advanced. Override app name
  --verbose|-v  Additional output

pear run [flags] <key|dir|alias> [...app-args]

Run an application from a key or dir.

key	pear://<key>
dir	file://<absolute-path> | <absolute-path> | <relative-path>
alias	pear://<alias>

  --dev|-d                   Enable --devtools & --updates-diff
  --devtools                 Open devtools with application [Desktop]
  --updates-diff             Enable diff computation for Pear.updates
  --no-updates               Disable updates firing via Pear.updates
  --link=url                 Simulate deep-link click open
  --store|-s=path            Set the Application Storage path
  --tmp-store|-t             Automatic new tmp folder as store path
  --chrome-webrtc-internals  Enable chrome://webrtc-internals
  --unsafe-clear-app-storage Clear app storage
  --unsafe-clear-preferences Clear preferences (such as trustlist)
  --appling=path             Set application shell path
  --checkout=n               Run a checkout, n is version length
  --checkout=release         Run checkout from marked released length
  --checkout=staged          Run checkout from latest version length
  --no-ask-trust             Exit instead of asking to trust unknown keys
  --detached                 Wakeup existing app or run detached

Examples

pear run pear://u6c6it1hhb5serppr3tghdm96j1gprtesygejzhmhnk5xsse8kmy

pear run -s /tmp/app-storage path/to/an-app-folder some --app args

pear run -t file://path/to/an-app-folder --some app --args

pear run pear://keet

pear release <channel|key> [dir]

Set production release version.

Set the release pointer against a version (default latest).

Use this to indicate production release points.

  --json                   Newline delimited JSON output
  --checkout=n|current     Set a custom release length (version)

pear info [channel|key]

Read project information.

Supply a key or channel to view application information.

Supply no argument to view platform information.

  --changelog       View changelog only
  --full-changelog  Full record of changes
  --metadata        View metadata only
  --key             View key only
  --json            Newline delimited JSON output

pear dump <key> [dir]

Synchronize files from key to dir.

  --json          Newline delimited JSON output
  --checkout=n    Dump from a custom release length (version)

pear sidecar

The Pear Sidecar is a local-running HTTP and IPC server which provides access to corestores.

This command instructs any existing sidecar process to shutdown and then becomes the sidecar.

  --mem              memory mode: RAM corestore
  --attach-boot-io   include initial sidecar I/O (if applicable)

pear versions

Output version information.

--json        Single JSON object

pear shift <src-key> <dst-key> [--force]

Move user application storage between applications.

--force     Overwrite existing application storage if present
--json      Newline delimited JSON output

pear gc [flags] [command]

Perform garbage collection and remove unused resources.

Commands	Description
releases	Clear inactive releases
sidecars	Clear running sidecars

  --json      Newline delimited JSON output
  --help|-h   Show help