# NAME

`bdep-help` – show help for a command or help topic

# SYNOPSIS

`bdep help [command | topic]`

# DESCRIPTION

Show the detailed help for `command` or help `topic` or a summary of available commands and topics if none was specified.

# COMMON OPTIONS

The common options are summarized below with a more detailed description available in `bdep-common-options(1)`.

`-v`
  Print essential underlying commands being executed.
`-V`
  Print all underlying commands being executed.
`--quiet`|`-q`
  Run quietly, only printing error messages.
`--verbose` `level`
  Set the diagnostics verbosity to `level` between 0 and 6.
`--stdout-format` `format`
  Representation format to use for printing to `stdout`.
`--jobs`|`-j` `num`
  Number of jobs to perform in parallel.
`--progress`
  Display progress indicators for long-lasting operations, such as network transfers, building, etc.
`--no-progress`
  Suppress progress indicators for long-lasting operations, such as network transfers, building, etc.
`--diag-color`
  Use color in diagnostics.
`--no-diag-color`
  Don't use color in diagnostics.
`--bpkg` `path`
  The package manager program to be used for build configuration management.
`--bpkg-option` `opt`
  Additional option to be passed to the package manager program.
`--build` `path`
  The build program to be used to build packages.
`--build-option` `opt`
  Additional option to be passed to the build program.
`--curl` `path`
  The curl program to be used for network operations.
`--curl-option` `opt`
  Additional option to be passed to the curl program.
`--offline`
  Do not attempt to download resources (packages, repository metadata, etc), instead taking them from the local fetch cache if available and failing otherwise.
`--no-fetch-cache`
  Disable local caching of download resources (packages, repository metadata, etc).
`--fetch-cache` `mode`
  Comma-separated list of local fetch cache modes.
`--fetch-cache-session` `id`
  The local fetch cache session.
`--pager` `path`
  The pager program to be used to show long text.
`--pager-option` `opt`
  Additional option to be passed to the pager program.
`--options-file` `file`
  Read additional options from `file`.
`--default-options` `dir`
  The directory to load additional default options files from.
`--no-default-options`
  Don't load default options files.

# DEFAULT OPTIONS FILES

See `bdep-default-options-files(1)` for an overview of the default options files. For the `help` command the following options files are searched for only in the predefined directories (home, system, etc) and, if found, loaded in the order listed:

    bdep.options
    bdep-help.options

# BUGS

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