Trible CLI

Trible CLI is a friendly companion for exploring and managing Tribles and TribleSpace piles from the command line.

This crate is versioned in lockstep with triblespace.

Installation

cargo install trible

Or, for local development:

cargo install --path .

Quick Start

1. Create a new pile to hold your data:

   trible pile create demo.pile
   

2. Add a file as a blob. This command prints a handle for the stored blob:

   echo "hello" > greeting.txt
   trible pile blob put demo.pile greeting.txt
   

3. List the blobs in the pile to confirm the handle:

   trible pile blob list demo.pile
   

4. Retrieve the blob using its handle:

   trible pile blob get demo.pile <HANDLE> copy.txt
   

The file copy.txt now contains the original contents of greeting.txt.

Usage

Run trible <COMMAND> to invoke a subcommand.

Generate identifiers

• genid — generate a random identifier.

Generate shell completions

• completion <SHELL> — output a completion script for bash, zsh, or fish.

Work with piles

• pile create <PATH> — initialize an empty pile, creating parent directories as needed.
• pile diagnose <PILE> — verify pile integrity.
• pile migrate <PILE> list — list known migrations and whether they are needed for this pile.
• pile migrate <PILE> run [MIGRATION] — run migrations (all by default). Pass --dry-run to preview changes.

If branch names are missing in an older pile, run:

trible pile migrate <PILE> run branch-metadata-name

Branches

• pile branch list <PILE> — list branch names, ids, and heads.
• pile branch create <PILE> <NAME> — create a new branch.
• pile branch delete <PILE> <BRANCH_ID> — delete a branch (writes a tombstone record).
• pile branch consolidate <PILE> <BRANCH_ID...> — consolidate multiple branches into a single new branch. The command creates a single merge commit whose parents are the selected branch heads and prints the new branch id.
• pile merge <PILE> <TARGET_ID> <SOURCE_ID...> — merge source branch heads into a target branch by creating merge-only commits.

Signing key format

• Commands that create commits (e.g. create, merge, merge-import, consolidate) accept a signing key file path via the --signing-key flag. The file must contain a single 64-character hex string (32 bytes encoded as hex). You can also set TRIBLES_SIGNING_KEY to the path of such a file. Generated keys (when created by Codex tooling) are written as hex text to the configured path.

Blobs

• pile blob list [--metadata] <PILE> — list stored blob handles. Pass --metadata to include timestamps and sizes.
• pile blob put <PILE> <FILE> — store a file as a blob and print its handle.
• pile blob get <PILE> <HANDLE> <OUTPUT> — extract a blob by handle.
• pile blob inspect <PILE> <HANDLE> — display metadata for a stored blob.

Work with remote stores

Blobs

• store blob list <URL> — list objects at a remote store.
• store blob put <URL> <FILE> — upload a file to a remote store and print its handle.
• store blob get <URL> <HANDLE> <OUTPUT> — download a blob from a remote store.
• store blob forget <URL> <HANDLE> — remove an object from a remote store.
• store blob inspect <URL> <HANDLE> — display metadata for a remote blob.

Branches

• store branch list <URL> — list branches at a remote store.
• branch push <URL> <PILE> <ID> — push a branch to a remote store.
• branch pull <URL> <PILE> <ID> — pull a branch from a remote store.

See INVENTORY.md for notes on possible cleanup and future functionality.

Development

Command implementations live in src/cli/ with modules for branch, pile, and store. The modules expose their subcommands and are re-exported from main.rs to preserve the existing CLI interface. Contributions are always welcome!