Skip to the cargo

hk config get ​

  • How to hail it: hk config get <KEY>
  • Effect: read-only (looks, never touches)

Fetch up one particular configuration value

Takes any setting name that hk config dump shows (for example fail_fast, exclude, or skip_steps), plus jobs, enabled_profiles, and disabled_profiles. Those last two list the watches (profiles) that are called up and stood down.

Cargo it takes ​

  • <KEY> — The configuration key to fetch up

Flags to fly ​

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

Tales from the deck ​

Read off a single runtime setting by its underscore-separated name, matey.

sh
hk config get jobs
hk config get skip_steps

Further charts ​

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

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