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source: src/main.rs
expression: sub.render_long_help().to_string()
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Read a whole session as a transcript.
Returns the session as a conversational transcript (user/assistant text + one-line tool/file refs); expand any tool body with `pond get-message`. A message id also works: it resolves to its parent session with the page anchored at that message.
Usage: pond get-session [OPTIONS] <ID>
Arguments:
<ID>
Session id (a message id resolves to its parent session)
Options:
--namespace <NAMESPACE>
Tenant namespace. The personal pond has exactly one; leave at the default
[default: local]
--limit <LIMIT>
Max messages per page
[default: 20]
--from <FROM>
Which end to read the first page from.
start = oldest first (default); end = most recent, e.g. to recover context after compaction.
[default: start]
[possible values: start, end]
--after-message-id <ID>
Page forward - messages after this id (from a prior page's bottom marker)
--before-message-id <ID>
Page backward - messages before this id (from a prior page's top marker)
--format <FORMAT>
Output format: `text` (readable transcript) or `json` (one document)
[default: text]
[possible values: text, json]
-h, --help
Print help (see a summary with '-h')
Global options:
--storage-path <URL>
Storage destination: a local path or remote URL.
Accepts a bare path, `~/path`, `file://`, `s3://bucket/prefix`, `s3+https://host/bucket/prefix`, `gs://`, `az://`, or the keyword `local` (the platform default local data dir). Default: `[storage].path` from config, then the platform data dir (`~/.local/share/pond`).
[env: POND_STORAGE_PATH]
--config-file <PATH>
Config file to read (default: `~/.config/pond/config.toml`)
[env: POND_CONFIG_FILE]
-v, --verbose...
Increase logging verbosity
-q, --quiet...
Decrease logging verbosity
Examples:
pond get-session 58a96901-4a4f-40be-a3c1-62419ec8c580
pond get-session <ID> --from end most recent messages
pond get-session <ID> --after-message-id <ID> page down