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# pkgctl

> Unified command-line frontend for Arch Linux devtools.
> More information: <https://manned.org/pkgctl.1>.

- View documentation for authenticating `pkgctl` with services like GitLab:

`tldr pkgctl auth`

- View documentation for building packages inside a clean `chroot`:

`tldr pkgctl build`

- View documentation for updating the binary repository as final release step:

`tldr pkgctl db update`

- View documentation for comparing package files using different modes:

`tldr pkgctl diff`

- View documentation for releasing build artifacts:

`tldr pkgctl release`

- View documentation for managing Git packaging repositories and their configuration:

`tldr pkgctl repo`

- Display version:

`pkgctl version`
