ostree.repo
OSTree
Developer
Colin
Walters
walters@verbum.org
ostree.repo
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ostree.repo
OSTree repository configuration and layout
Description
An OSTree repository is structurally similar to a
git repository; it is a content-addressed object
store containing filesystem trees. However, unlike
git, ostree is designed to store operating system
binaries. It records the Unix uid and gid,
permissions, as well as extended attributes.
A repository can be in one of two modes;
bare, which is designed as a hard
link source for operating system checkouts, and
archive-z2, which is designed for
static HTTP servers.
There is a system repository located at
/ostree/repo. If no repository
is specified, the ostree as well
as many API calls will use it by default.
Components of a repository
The only user-editable component is the
config file. For more
information, see ostree.repo-config5.
See Also
ostree1, ostree.repo-config1