Command equivalents

This page lists, for each command of a tool reprobuild replaces, the closest reprobuild command. A dash means reprobuild has no equivalent. The pages under Coming from another tool explain the differences.

Nix

Nix	reprobuild	Note
`nix build`	`repro build`
`nix develop`	`repro shell`
`nix develop --command <command>`	`repro exec -- <command>`
`nix run`	`repro run <task>`	Runs a task the project declares, not a package from a registry.
`nix why-depends`	`repro why <package-or-action>`
`nix store gc`, `nix-collect-garbage`	`repro store gc`
`nix copy`	`repro store copy --to=<store-root>`	Copies to another local store root.
`nix profile history`	`repro home history`
`nix profile rollback`	`repro home rollback`
`nix search`	—	No package search.
`nix repl`, `nix eval`	—	No evaluation console.

Home Manager

Home Manager	reprobuild	Note
`home-manager switch`	`repro home apply`
`home-manager build`	`repro home plan`	Shows what an apply would change, without applying it.
`home-manager generations`	`repro home history`
`activating an earlier generation`	`repro home rollback`

Bazel and Buck2

Bazel and Buck2	reprobuild	Note
`bazel build <target>`, `buck2 build <target>`	`repro build <target>`
`bazel test`, `buck2 test`	`repro test`
`bazel run`, `buck2 run`	`repro run <task>`
`bazel query`, `bazel aquery`, `buck2 uquery`	`repro graph --view=<view>`	Fixed views instead of a query language.
`bazel clean`	`repro clean`	Removes the outputs the build owns and keeps the action cache, so the next build restores them from it.
`bazel shutdown`, `buck2 kill`	`repro daemon stop`
`bazel coverage`	—	No coverage command.

direnv

direnv	reprobuild	Note
`eval "$(direnv hook <shell>)"`	`eval "$(repro shell hook <shell>)"`
`direnv allow`	`repro allow`
`direnv deny`	`repro deny`
`direnv exec <directory> <command>`	`repro exec -- <command>`	Run from inside the directory.
`direnv export <shell>`	`repro dev-env export <shell>`

mise

mise	reprobuild	Note
`mise exec -- <command>`	`repro exec -- <command>`
`mise tasks`	`repro tasks`
`mise run <task>`	`repro run <task>`

`just`

`just`	reprobuild	Note
`just --list`	`repro tasks`
`just <recipe>`	`repro run <task>`
`just <recipe> <arguments>`	`repro run <task> -- <arguments>`

Docker Compose and process-compose

Docker Compose and process-compose	reprobuild	Note
`docker compose up`, `process-compose up`	`repro up`
`docker compose down`, `process-compose down`	`repro down`

repo and git submodules

repo and git submodules	reprobuild	Note
`repo init`	`repro workspace init <organisation-or-url>`
`repo sync`	`repro sync`
`git submodule update`	`repro workspace pull`	Moves every repository to the revision the manifests declare.
`repo status`	`repro workspace status`
`repo forall -c <command>`	`repro workspace forall -c <command>`
`repo start <branch>`	`repro switch -b <branch>`
`repo upload`	—	No code-review upload.

Terraform and OpenTofu

Terraform and OpenTofu	reprobuild	Note
`terraform plan`, `tofu plan`	`repro infra plan`	Resources on the machine that runs repro only.
`terraform apply`, `tofu apply`	`repro infra apply`	Resources on the machine that runs repro only.
`terraform graph`	`repro graph`
`terraform import`, `terraform state`, `terraform output`	—	No equivalent.