The CLI implements the lifecyle management concept of the development environment of a Vehicle App.
It allows us to take care of the development environment while you focus on the business logic of your vehicle application.
Once created from either template or any other means of project creation, your new Vehicle App repository is in isolation. It contains much more than just your app's source code - things you ideally do not want to worry about (i.e. CI/CD workflows, runtimes, build systems, devContainer configuration, ...). Pulling in changes from the mainline without breaking your custom changes is tedious and error prone. Moreover there are no mechanisms of getting notified about updates to the mainline that potentially fixes a bug or introduces a long sought for feature.
This is where the CLI comes in - it manages everything in your repo which is not related to your Vehicle App's source code as packages which are maintained by the Velocitas team. The CLI allows you to download the latest versions and integrate the latest changes with ease.
It also comes on a mix and match basis: You need more than the native, default runtime? Simply add the Kanto runtime to your project. Ever want to migrate from Github to Gitee? Simply switch packages.
This is enabled by 3 main features the CLI provides:
LOG_LEVEL
of a runtime service or the REPO_URL
for links in Markdown files. Therefore the CLI parses all static files it synchronizes and substitutes all occurrences of values that match the following expression and are a defined variable: ${{ variableName }}
. For invoked programs, all defined variables are exposed as ENV variables for the program to use. See the variables feature for details.The CLI manages packages - each of which is simply a git repository with a manifest.json
at its root. There is no central package registry. Any git repository can be referenced as a package. The ones currently maintained by the Eclipse Velocitas team can be found here.
When starting a new project from scratch, use the command velocitas init
. This command will create a fresh .velocitas.json
inside the current working directory with a few default packages already referenced and download. Feel free to adjust these packages to suite your needs.
If you use one of our template repositories to kick-start your project, your project already comes with a .velocitas.json
. Check out the repo and execute velocitas init
in your new repository. This will download and initialize all referenced packages.
Should one of your packages provide files to be synchronized into your repository, call velocitas sync
to synchronize files. Warning: This will overwrite any changes you have made to the files manually! Affected files are prefixed with an auto generated notice:
This file is maintained by velocitas CLI, do not modify manually. Change settings in .velocitas.json
NOTE: The CLI has not been tested outside of our devcontainer base images. However, when using the Velocitas CLI outside of the mentioned image the following software/tools are needed:
python-is-python3
)wget
, build-essential
, glibc
, git
need to be installedAn exemplary project configuration (.velocitas.json
) looks like this:
{
"packages": {
"package-A": "v1.0.0",
"package-B": "v2.3.1-dev"
},
"components": [ "component-A", "component-B" ],
"variables": {
"repoUrl": "https://github.com/eclipse-velocitas/cli",
"copyrightYear": 2023,
"autoGenerateVehicleModel": true,
"variableA@package-A": "variableA",
"variableB@component-B": "variableB",
}
}
As mentioned previously, a package simply is a git repository. The key inside the packages is used to identify the git repository which holds the package. It is currently resolved to https://github.com/eclipse-velocitas/<name>
. Alternatively, you can also supply a fully qualified Git repo URL e.g. https://<your-host>/<your-repo>.git
or git@<your-host>/<your-repo>.git
. Credentials for HTTPs and SSH based git repos are provided by your local git configuration (CLI is using Git under the hood). The value of the package attribute specifies a tag, a branch or a SHA of the repository.
The variables
block holds configured values for a specific scope (project, package or component). A variable without separator acts as a global variable. Should two components share the same variable name, both can be set with one line in this global block. Package-wide or component-wide variable configuration can be used to avoid name clashes. For a package or component scope the variable needs to be assigned with an '@' followed by either package or component ID. In the example above, variableA@package-A
and variableB@component-B
showcase such a usage.
Click here for an in-depth overview of the project configuration.
velocitas cache clear
velocitas cache get [KEY]
velocitas cache set KEY VALUE
velocitas component add ID
velocitas component list
velocitas component remove ID
velocitas create
velocitas exec COMPONENT REF [ARGS...]
velocitas init
velocitas package [NAME]
velocitas sync
velocitas upgrade
velocitas cache clear
Clean a project's cache.
USAGE
$ velocitas cache clear
DESCRIPTION
Clean a project's cache.
EXAMPLES
$ velocitas cache clear
See code: src/commands/cache/clear.ts
velocitas cache get [KEY]
Get the complete cache contents as JSON string or the value of a single key.
USAGE
$ velocitas cache get [KEY] [-p]
ARGUMENTS
KEY The key of a single cache entry to get.
FLAGS
-p, --path Print the cache path instead of the contents.
DESCRIPTION
Get the complete cache contents as JSON string or the value of a single key.
EXAMPLES
$ velocitas cache get
{"foo":"bar"}
$ velocitas cache get foo
bar
$ velocitas cache get --path
/home/user/.velocitas/projects/...
See code: src/commands/cache/get.ts
velocitas cache set KEY VALUE
Set the cache value of an entry.
USAGE
$ velocitas cache set KEY VALUE
ARGUMENTS
KEY The cache key to set
VALUE The value to set for the cache key
DESCRIPTION
Set the cache value of an entry.
EXAMPLES
$ velocitas cache set <key> <value>
See code: src/commands/cache/set.ts
velocitas component add ID
Add project components.
USAGE
$ velocitas component add ID
ARGUMENTS
ID ID of the component to add
DESCRIPTION
Add project components.
EXAMPLES
$ velocitas component add <id>
See code: src/commands/component/add.ts
velocitas component list
List project components.
USAGE
$ velocitas component list [-a | -u]
FLAGS
-a, --all Shows all components
-u, --unused Shows unused components
DESCRIPTION
List project components.
EXAMPLES
$ velocitas component list
See code: src/commands/component/list.ts
velocitas component remove ID
Remove project components.
USAGE
$ velocitas component remove ID
ARGUMENTS
ID ID of the component to remove
DESCRIPTION
Remove project components.
EXAMPLES
$ velocitas component remove <id>
See code: src/commands/component/remove.ts
velocitas create
Create a new Velocitas Vehicle App project.
USAGE
$ velocitas create [-n <value>] [-c <value>] [-e <value>] [-i <value>...]
FLAGS
-c, --core=<value> Which core to use for the project.
-e, --example=<value> Use an example upon which to base your Vehicle App.
-i, --interface=<value>... Functional interface your Vehicle App should use.
-n, --name=<value> Name of the Vehicle App.
DESCRIPTION
Create a new Velocitas Vehicle App project.
EXAMPLES
$ velocitas create -n VApp -c vapp-core-python ...
Creating a new Velocitas project ...
See code: src/commands/create/index.ts
velocitas exec COMPONENT REF [ARGS...]
Executes a script contained in one of your installed components.
USAGE
$ velocitas exec COMPONENT... REF... [ARGS......] [-v]
ARGUMENTS
COMPONENT... The component which provides the program
REF... Reference to the ID of the program to execute
ARGS...... Args for the executed program. All arguments and flags provided after the ref are forwarded to the
invoked program.
FLAGS
-v, --verbose Enable verbose logging. The flag may be provided before or in between the 2 positional arguments of
exec. Providing the flag after the 2nd positional argument will forward the flag to the invoked
program.
DESCRIPTION
Executes a script contained in one of your installed components.
EXAMPLES
$ velocitas exec runtime-local up
Executing script...
See code: src/commands/exec/index.ts
Hint: The execution of Python-based scripts is done in seperated Python venvs per COMPONENT; see section ProgramSpec in docs/features/PACKAGES.md.
velocitas init
Initializes Velocitas Vehicle App
USAGE
$ velocitas init [-v] [-f] [--no-hooks] [-s <value> -p <value>]
FLAGS
-f, --force Force (re-)download packages
-p, --package=<value> Package to initialize
-s, --specifier=<value> Version specifier for the specified package
-v, --verbose Enable verbose logging
--no-hooks Skip post init hooks
DESCRIPTION
Initializes Velocitas Vehicle App
EXAMPLES
$ velocitas init
Initializing Velocitas packages ...
... Downloading package: 'pkg-velocitas-main:vx.x.x'
... Downloading package: 'devenv-devcontainer-setup:vx.x.x'
... Downloading package: 'devenv-runtimes:vx.x.x'
... Downloading package: 'devenv-github-templates:vx.x.x'
... Downloading package: 'devenv-github-workflows:vx.x.x'
$ velocitas init -p devenv-runtimes
Initializing Velocitas packages ...
... Package 'devenv-runtimes:vx.x.x' added to .velocitas.json
... Downloading package: 'devenv-runtimes:vx.x.x'
... > Running post init hook for ...'
$ velocitas init -p devenv-runtimes -s v3.0.0
Initializing Velocitas packages ...
... Package 'devenv-runtimes:v3.0.0' added to .velocitas.json
... Downloading package: 'devenv-runtimes:v3.0.0'
... > Running post init hook for ...
See code: src/commands/init/index.ts
velocitas package [NAME]
Prints information about packages
USAGE
$ velocitas package [NAME] [-p]
ARGUMENTS
NAME Name of the package
FLAGS
-p, --getPath Print the path of the package
DESCRIPTION
Prints information about packages
EXAMPLES
$ velocitas package devenv-runtimes
devenv-runtimes:
version: v3.0.0
components:
- id: runtime-local
variables:
- runtimeFilePath:
type: string
description: "Path to the file describing your custom runtime configuration."
required: false
default: runtime.json
$ velocitas package --get-path devenv-runtimes
/home/vscode/.velocitas/packages/devenv-runtimes/v3.0.0
See code: src/commands/package/index.ts
velocitas sync
Syncs Velocitas components into your repo.
USAGE
$ velocitas sync
DESCRIPTION
Syncs Velocitas components into your repo.
EXAMPLES
$ velocitas sync
Syncing Velocitas components!
... syncing 'github-workflows'
... syncing 'github-templates'
See code: src/commands/sync/index.ts
velocitas upgrade
Updates Velocitas components.
USAGE
$ velocitas upgrade [--dry-run] [--ignore-bounds] [--init] [-v]
FLAGS
-v, --verbose Enable verbose logging
--dry-run Check which packages can be upgraded
--ignore-bounds Ignores specified version ranges and will result in upgrading to the latest available semantic
version
--init Initializes components after upgrading them
DESCRIPTION
Updates Velocitas components.
EXAMPLES
$ velocitas upgrade
Checking .velocitas.json for updates!
... pkg-velocitas-main:vx.x.x → up to date!
... devenv-devcontainer-setup:vx.x.x → up to date!
... devenv-runtimes:vx.x.x → vx.x.x
... devenv-github-templates:vx.x.x → up to date!
... devenv-github-workflows:vx.x.x → up to date!
See code: src/commands/upgrade/index.ts
Prerequisites
You can obtain prebuilt binaries of the CLI which have no dependency to NodeJS. These can be found here.
Currently we are supporting only linux arm64
and x64
architecture.
Velocitas CLI is already pre-intalled within our devcontainer-base-image.
If you need to install it on custom setup, please use follow, where <version_tag>
any released tag version, e.g. v0.5.5
, and <arch>
- architecture type, e.g. arm64
or x64
:
curl -L https://github.com/eclipse-velocitas/cli/releases/download/<version_tag>/velocitas-linux-<arch> -o /usr/bin/velocitas
chmod -x /usr/bin/velocitas
VELOCITAS_HOME
specifing this env variable will output all velocitas related data to $VELOCITAS_HOME/.velocitas
instead of $userHome/.velocitas
.