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astrona use

Pick the lab every other command works on (like kubectl's current context)

Synopsis

Remember a lab so you don't have to pass -c/--git to every command: a lab directory, a config file, a config URL (…/config.yaml) or a git repository (with -c for a subdirectory and --git-ref for a branch or tag).

Commands use it when you don't name a lab and the current directory has no lab config — working inside a lab directory always wins. run, submit, reset, test and validate also take the lab as their argument.

Without an argument, shows the current lab. --clear forgets it.

astrona use [lab] [flags]

Examples

  astrona use ./labs/k8s-web-01
  astrona use https://github.com/org/labs -c labs/net-01 --git-ref v2
  astrona use            # which lab?
  astrona use --clear

Options

      --clear           Forget the current lab
  -h, --help            help for use
  -o, --output string   Output format: json

Options inherited from parent commands

      --accept-terms      Accept this CLI's usage terms and data-loss risk notice; required on each operational CI command (read: astrona terms)
  -c, --config string     Path or URL to the lab config directory (with --git: a subdirectory within the cloned repo) (default ".")
  -f, --file string       Configuration file name override (default "config.yaml")
      --git string        Git repository URL to clone/pull (https://, git@host:, or ssh://) — --config then selects a subdirectory within it
      --git-ref string    Git branch, tag, or commit to check out (used with --git; default: the repo's default branch)
      --headless          Disable the terminal UI and CLI prompts; run/reset skip login reminders and new account sessions
      --install-version   If the lab needs another astrona release (astronaVersion) that isn't installed, install it without asking — for CI
      --trust             Approve running a remote (--git / URL) lab without asking — for CI; review the lab first
      --update-check      Check for new CLI releases (disabled in CI, without a terminal, or by ASTRONA_NO_UPDATE_CHECK) (default true)
      --verbose           Stream the full output of every underlying command instead of the compact step view

SEE ALSO

  • astrona - Astrona is the Astrona lab community CLI
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