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# Rust bindings for libostree
libostree is both a shared library and suite of command line tools that combines a "git-like" model for committing and
downloading bootable filesystem trees, along with a layer for deploying them and managing the bootloader configuration.
The core OSTree model is like git in that it checksums individual files and has a content-addressed-object store. It's
unlike git in that it "checks out" the files via hardlinks, and they thus need to be immutable to prevent corruption.
# rust-libostree
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[libostree site](https://ostree.readthedocs.io) | [libostree git repo](https://github.com/ostreedev/ostree)
**Rust** bindings for [libostree](https://ostree.readthedocs.io).
This project provides [Rust](https://rust-lang.org) bindings for libostree. They are automatically generated, but rather
incomplete as of yet.
libostree is both a shared library and suite of command line tools that combines
a "git-like" model for committing and downloading bootable filesystem trees,
along with a layer for deploying them and managing the bootloader configuration.
## Setup
The `libostree` crate requires libostree and the libostree development headers. On Debian/Ubuntu, they can be installed
with:
## Status
The bindings are quite incomplete right now. Most of it can be autogenerated,
but I simply turned on what I needed and left the rest for later.
## Using
### Requirements
The `libostree` crate requires libostree and the libostree development headers.
On Debian/Ubuntu, they can be installed with:
```ShellSession
$ sudo apt-get install libostree-1 libostree-dev
```
### Installing
To use the crate, add it to your `Cargo.toml`:
```toml
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libostree = "0.1"
```
To use features from later libostree versions, you need to specify the release version as well:
To use features from later libostree versions, you need to specify the release
version as well:
```toml
[dependencies.libostree]
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features = ["v2018_7"]
```
## License
The libostree crate is licensed under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for details.
## Developing
The `libostree` and `libostree-sys` crates can be built and tested using regular
Cargo commands.
libostree itself is licensed under the LGPL2+. See its [licensing information](https://ostree.readthedocs.io#licensing)
for more information.
### Generated code
Most code is generated based on the gir files using the
[gir](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gir) tool. These parts can be regenerated using
the included Makefile:
```ShellSession
$ make generate-libostree-sys generate-libostree
```
Run the following command to update the bundled gir files:
```ShellSession
$ make update-gir-files
```
### Documentation
The libostree API documentation is not included in the code by default because
of its LGPL license. This means normal `cargo doc` runs don't include API docs
for the generated code. Build the crate with the `lgpl-docs` feature to merge
the API docs into the code:
```ShellSession
$ cd libostree/
$ cargo doc --features "dox lgpl-docs"
```
(The `dox` feature enables all functions etc. regardless of version.) Keep in
mind that if you build the crate with the `lgpl-docs` feature, it is effectively
LGPL-licensed and you need to comply with the LGPL requirements (specifically,
allowing users of your end product to swap out the LGPL'd parts).
### Releases
Releases can be done using the publish_* jobs in the pipeline. There's no
versioning helper yet so version bumps need to be done manually.
## License
The libostree crate is licensed under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for
details.
libostree itself is licensed under the LGPL2+. See its
[licensing information](https://ostree.readthedocs.io#licensing) for more
information.