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Commands

Command	Description
`yap build [distro] <path>`	Build packages from a project or PKGBUILD
`yap pull [distro]`	Pull the OCI container image for a distro
`yap prepare [distro]`	Install base development packages
`yap list-distros`	List available build targets
`yap zap [distro] [path]`	Deep clean the build environment
`yap completion <shell>`	Generate shell completions (bash, zsh, fish)
`yap version`	Print version

Flag	Short	Description
`--cleanbuild`	`-c`	Remove `$srcdir/` before building
`--nomakedeps`	`-d`	Skip makedeps checks
`--nobuild`	`-o`	Download and extract sources only
`--pkgver`	`-w`	Override package version
`--pkgrel`	`-r`	Override package release
`--skip-sync`	`-s`	Skip package manager sync
`--ssh-password`	`-p`	SSH password for private Git repos
`--from`		Build starting from a specific package
`--to`		Build until a specific package
`--only`		Comma-separated list of project names to build (filters yap.json)
`--zap`	`-z`	Remove entire staging dir before building

Build for a specific distribution:

yap build ubuntu-noble /path/to/project

Auto-detect the distribution from the current system:

yap build /path/to/project

Build only specific packages from a multi-project yap.json:

yap build ubuntu-noble /path/to/project --only pkga,pkgc

Install base development packages before building:

yap prepare ubuntu-noble

Pull a pre-built container image and build inside it:

yap pull ubuntu-noble

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