Reference¶

Specification-grade documentation. These pages state what is true, without tutorial framing.

CLI commands

Every command, argument, flag, default and precedence rule.
Configuration options

Config keys, environment variables, discovery and validation rules.
Exit codes

Exit code semantics per command and scripting patterns.
File formats

Accepted requirements-file syntax, encodings and rewrite rules.
JSON output

The --format json schema, field by field.
Error reference

Exception hierarchy and a catalogue of user-visible messages.
Known limitations

Behaviours that are surprising, constrained or not yet implemented.
Python API

Generated API documentation for programmatic use.

Quick reference¶

Bash

# Global
depkeeper [-c PATH] [-v|-vv] [--color|--no-color] [--version] [-h] COMMAND

# Read-only
depkeeper check [FILE] [--outdated-only] [-f table|simple|json]
                       [--strict-version-matching]
                       [--check-conflicts|--no-check-conflicts]

# Write
depkeeper update [FILE] [--dry-run] [-y] [--backup] [--pin]
                        [--allow-hash-removal] [-p NAME]...
                        [--strict-version-matching]
                        [--check-conflicts|--no-check-conflicts]

Constant	Value
Default file	`requirements.txt`
Default format	`table`
Conflict checking	enabled
Strict version matching	disabled
Request timeout	30 s
Retries	3 (4 attempts)
Max file size	10 MB
Concurrent requests	10
Resolution passes	100
Exit codes	`0` success · `1` error · `2` usage · `130` interrupted