# NAME

`bpkg-cfg-unlink` – unlink configuration

# SYNOPSIS

`bpkg cfg-unlink [options] [dir]
bpkg cfg-unlink [options] --dangling`

# DESCRIPTION

The `cfg-unlink` command unlinks the specified `bpkg` configuration from the current configuration (the first form) or removes dangling implicit backlinks (the second form). See `bpkg-cfg-create(1)` for background on linked configurations.

In the first form the configuration to unlink can be specified either as configuration directory (`dir`), name (`--name`), id (`--id`), or UUID (`--uuid`).

# CFG-UNLINK OPTIONS

`--name` `name`
  Name of the configuration to unlink.
`--id` `id`
  Numeric id of the configuration to unlink.
`--uuid` `uuid`
  UUID of the configuration to unlink.
`--dangling`
  Remove dangling implicit backlinks.
`--directory`|`-d` `dir`
  Assume configuration is in `dir` rather than in the current working directory.

# COMMON OPTIONS

The common options are summarized below with a more detailed description available in `bpkg-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.
`--no-result`
  Don't print informational messages about the outcome of performing a command or some of its parts.
`--structured-result` `fmt`
  Write the result of performing a command in a structured form.
`--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.
`--build` `path`
  The build program to be used to build packages.
`--build-option` `opt`
  Additional option to be passed to the build program.
`--fetch` `path`
  The fetch program to be used to download resources (packages, repository metadata, etc).
`--fetch-option` `opt`
  Additional option to be passed to the fetch program.
`--fetch-timeout` `sec`
  The fetch and fetch-like (for example, `git`) program timeout.
`--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 downloaded resources (packages, repository metadata, etc).
`--fetch-cache` `mode`
  Comma-separated list of local fetch cache modes.
`--fetch-cache-path` `dir`
  The directory of the local fetch cache.
`--fetch-cache-session` `id`
  The local fetch cache session.
`--sqlite-synchronous` `mode`
  Filesystem synchronization mode for the fetch cache and configuration SQLite databases.
`--pkg-proxy` `url`
  HTTP proxy server to use when fetching package manifests and archives from remote `pkg` repositories.
`--git` `path`
  The git program to be used to fetch git repositories.
`--git-option` `opt`
  Additional common option to be passed to the git program.
`--sha256` `path`
  The sha256 program to be used to calculate SHA256 sums.
`--sha256-option` `opt`
  Additional option to be passed to the sha256 program.
`--tar` `path`
  The tar program to be used to extract package archives.
`--tar-option` `opt`
  Additional option to be passed to the tar program.
`--openssl` `path`
  The openssl program to be used for crypto operations.
`--openssl-option` `opt`
  Additional option to be passed to the openssl program.
`--auth` `type`
  Types of repositories to authenticate.
`--trust` `fingerprint`
  Trust repository certificate with a SHA256 `fingerprint`.
`--trust-yes`
  Assume the answer to all authentication prompts is `yes`.
`--trust-no`
  Assume the answer to all authentication prompts is `no`.
`--git-capabilities` `up`=`pc`
  Protocol capabilities (`pc`) for a `git` repository URL prefix (`up`).
`--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.
`--keep-tmp`
  Don't remove the `bpkg`'s temporary directory at the end of the command execution and print its path at the verbosity level 2 or higher.

# DEFAULT OPTIONS FILES

See `bpkg-default-options-files(1)` for an overview of the default options files. For the `cfg-unlink` command the search start directory is the configuration directory. The following options files are searched for in each directory and, if found, loaded in the order listed:

    bpkg.options
    bpkg-cfg-unlink.options

The following `cfg-unlink` command options cannot be specified in the default options files:

    --directory|-d

# BUGS

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