Glossary
The words the manual uses, each with the page that says more.
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| answer | A target’s value for a variable, kept in .devset/answers.toml. Templates |
| base | The bytes devset last wrote for a file: what an update merges against. State |
| block | A marked stretch of a text file that a profile owns. Parts of a File |
| bundle | A profile with nothing but requirements. Composing Profiles |
| collection | A source published for others, which may describe itself in collection.toml. Publish a Collection |
| conflict | Where a profile’s change and a local edit touch the same lines; left beside the file, in .devset/conflicts/. Update and Resolve Conflicts |
| drift | A file devset manages that no longer matches what the profile says. In CI |
| feature | An optional, additive capability of a profile. Composing Profiles |
| gate | An entry’s when: the conditions under which it applies. Gates and Scaffolds |
| keys | The keys of a TOML, JSON or YAML file that a profile owns. Parts of a File |
| layer | One active profile of a target: configured by it, or required by a profile. Composing Profiles |
| lock | .devset/lock.toml: the commit each source resolved to, and each layer’s features. State |
| part | The keys, or the block, a profile owns in a file the target otherwise owns. Parts of a File |
| policy | How devset treats a file’s local edits: owned, merge or once. Profiles |
| profile | A versioned bundle of files: profile.toml, and files/ beside it. Profiles |
| requirement | A profile another builds on, by name. Composing Profiles |
| scaffold | A group of starter files, written once when the target has none of its own. Gates and Scaffolds |
| source | Where profiles come from: a git repository at a ref, or a directory. Composing Profiles |
| starter | A file’s first content, written where the target has none, before a profile’s part joins it. Parts of a File |
| target | The directory devset applies profiles to, a repository or not. State |
| template | A file devset renders with the target’s answers and its graph before writing it. Templates |
| variable | A value a profile asks the target for. Templates |