NAME

       dub-describe - Prints a JSON description of the project and its dependencies

SYNOPSIS

       dub describe [<package>[@<version-spec>]] OPTIONS...

DESCRIPTION

       Prints  a JSON build description for the root package an all of their dependencies in a format similar to
       a JSON package description file. This is useful mostly for IDEs.

       All usual options that are also used for build/run/generate apply.

       When --data=VALUE is supplied, specific build settings for a project will be printed instead (by default,
       formatted for the current compiler).

       The --data=VALUE option can be specified multiple times to retrieve  several  pieces  of  information  at
       once.  A comma-separated list is also acceptable (ex: --data=dflags,libs). The data will be output in the
       same order requested on the command line.

       The accepted values for --data=VALUE are:

       main-source-file, dflags, lflags, libs, linker-files,  source-files,  versions,  debug-versions,  import-
       paths, string-import-paths, import-files, options

       The following are also accepted by --data if --data-list is used:

       target-type,  target-path, target-name, working-directory, copy-files, string-import-files, pre-generate-
       commands, post-generate-commands, pre-build-commands,  post-build-commands,  pre-run-commands,  post-run-
       commands, requirements

OPTIONS

       -b, --build=VALUE
           Specifies  the  type  of  build  to  perform.  Note that setting the DFLAGS environment variable will
           override the build type with custom flags.  Possible names:
             debug, plain, release, release-debug, release-nobounds, unittest, profile, profile-gc, docs,  ddox,
           cov, cov-ctfe, unittest-cov, unittest-cov-ctfe, syntax and custom types

       -c, --config=VALUE
           Builds the specified configuration. Configurations can be defined in dub.json

       --override-config=VALUE
           Uses  the specified configuration for a certain dependency. Can be specified multiple times.  Format:
           --override-config=<dependency>/<config>

       --compiler=VALUE
           Specifies the compiler binary to use (can be a path).  Arbitrary pre- and suffixes to the identifiers
           below are recognized (e.g. ldc2 or dmd-2.063) and matched to the proper compiler type:
             dmd, gdc, ldc, gdmd, ldmd

       -a, --arch=VALUE
           Force a different architecture (e.g. x86 or x86_64)

       -d, --debug=VALUE
           Define the specified `debug` version identifier when building - can be used multiple times

       --d-version=VALUE
           Define the specified `version` identifier when building - can be used multiple times.  Use sparingly,
           with great power comes great responsibility! For commonly used or combined versions and versions that
           dependees should be able to use, create configurations in your package.

       --nodeps
           Do not resolve missing dependencies before building

       --build-mode=VALUE
           Specifies the way the compiler and linker are invoked. Valid values:
             separate (default), allAtOnce, singleFile

       --single
           Treats the package name as a filename. The file must contain a package recipe comment.

       --force-remove
           Deprecated option that does nothing.

       --filter-versions
           [Experimental] Filter version identifiers and  debug  version  identifiers  to  improve  build  cache
           efficiency.

       --import-paths
           Shortcut for --data=import-paths --data-list

       --string-import-paths
           Shortcut for --data=string-import-paths --data-list

       --data=VALUE
           Just  list  the  values  of  a particular build setting, either for this package alone or recursively
           including all dependencies. Accepts a comma-separated list. See above for more details  and  accepted
           possibilities for VALUE.

       --data-list
           Output --data information in list format (line-by-line), instead of formatting for a compiler command
           line.

       --data-0
           Output  --data  information  using  null-delimiters, rather than spaces or newlines. Result is usable
           with, ex., xargs -0.

   COMMON OPTIONS
       See dub(1)

EXIT STATUS

       0      DUB succeeded

       1      usage errors, unknown command line flags

       2      package not found, package failed to load, miscellaneous error

FILES

       dub.sdl, dub.json

AUTHOR

       Copyright (c) 1999-2018 by The D Language Foundation

ONLINE DOCUMENTATION

       http://code.dlang.org/docs/commandline ⟨⟩

SEE ALSO

       dub(1), dub-generate(1)

The D Language Foundation                          2018-01-01                                    DUB-DESCRIBE(1)