Skip to the cargo

hk config ​

  • How to hail it: hk config <SUBCOMMAND>
  • Also answers to: cfg
  • Effect: read-only (looks, never touches)

Inspect hk's configuration, the settings the ship sails by.

See hk's effective configuration and where each value hails from. hk merges the settings from several sources in precedence order, the highest rank first: CLI flags > Environment variables > Git config (local) > Git config (global) > Project config (hk.pkl) > User config (~/.config/hk/config.pkl) > Built-in defaults.

Flags to fly ​

  • -h --help — Print help, for when ye've lost yer bearings

Lesser calls ​

Tales from the deck ​

Look over the runtime settings in force and where each one hails from. For which hooks and steps get picked, ye want the passage plan: use hk check --plan instead.

sh
hk config dump
hk config get jobs
hk config explain jobs

Further charts ​

Configuration guide: the ship's charts · Troubleshooting: the ship's log · All the bosun's calls

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