bd dolt
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bd dolt
Configure and manage Dolt database settings and server lifecycle.
Beads uses a dolt sql-server for all database operations. The server is auto-started transparently when needed. Use these commands for explicit control or diagnostics.
Server lifecycle: bd dolt start Start the Dolt server for this project bd dolt stop Stop the Dolt server for this project bd dolt status Show Dolt server status
Configuration: bd dolt show Show current Dolt configuration with connection test bd dolt set <k> <v> Set a configuration value bd dolt test Test server connection
Version control: bd dolt commit Commit pending changes bd dolt push Push commits to Dolt remote bd dolt pull Pull commits from Dolt remote
Remote management: bd dolt remote add <name> <url> Add a Dolt remote bd dolt remote list List configured remotes bd dolt remote remove <name> Remove a Dolt remote
Configuration keys for 'bd dolt set': database Database name (default: issue prefix or "beads") host Server host (default: 127.0.0.1) port Server port (auto-detected; override with bd dolt set port <N>) user MySQL user (default: root) data-dir Custom dolt data directory (absolute path; default: .beads/dolt)
Flags for 'bd dolt set': --update-config Also write to config.yaml for team-wide defaults
Examples: bd dolt set database myproject bd dolt set host 192.168.1.100 --update-config bd dolt set data-dir /home/user/.beads-dolt/myproject bd dolt test
bd dolt [flags]
bd dolt clean-databases
Identify and drop leftover test and agent databases that accumulate on the shared Dolt server from interrupted test runs and terminated agents.
Stale database prefixes: testdb_, doctest_, doctortest_, beads_pt, beads_vr*, beads_t*
These waste server memory and can degrade performance under concurrent load. Use --dry-run to see what would be dropped without actually dropping.
bd dolt clean-databases [flags]
Flags:
--dry-run Show what would be dropped without dropping
bd dolt commit
Create a Dolt commit from any uncommitted changes in the working set.
This is the primary commit point for batch mode. When auto-commit is set to "batch", changes accumulate in the working set across multiple bd commands and are committed together here with a descriptive summary message.
Also useful before push operations that require a clean working set, or when auto-commit was off or changes were made externally.
For more options (--stdin, custom messages), see: bd vc commit
bd dolt commit [flags]
Flags:
-m, --message string Commit message (default: auto-generated)
bd dolt killall
Find and kill orphan dolt sql-server processes not tracked by the canonical PID file for the current repo's Dolt data directory.
Under an orchestrator, the canonical server lives at $GT_ROOT/.beads/. Any other dolt sql-server processes using that shared data directory are considered orphans and will be killed.
In standalone mode, only dolt sql-server processes using the current project's Dolt data directory are eligible for cleanup. Other projects' servers are preserved.
bd dolt killall [flags]
bd dolt pull
Pull commits from the configured Dolt remote into the local database.
Requires a Dolt remote to be configured in the database directory. For Hosted Dolt, set DOLT_REMOTE_USER and DOLT_REMOTE_PASSWORD environment variables for authentication.
Use --remote to pull from a specific named remote instead of the default. The remote must already exist (see 'bd dolt remote add').
bd dolt pull [flags]
Flags:
--remote string Pull from a specific named remote instead of the default
bd dolt push
Push local Dolt commits to the configured remote.
Requires a Dolt remote to be configured in the database directory. For Hosted Dolt, set DOLT_REMOTE_USER and DOLT_REMOTE_PASSWORD environment variables for authentication.
Use --force to overwrite remote changes (e.g., when the remote has uncommitted changes in its working set).
Use --remote to push to a specific named remote instead of the default. The remote must already exist (see 'bd dolt remote add').
bd dolt push [flags]
Flags:
--force Force push (overwrite remote changes)
--remote string Push to a specific named remote instead of the default
bd dolt remote
Manage Dolt remotes for push/pull replication.
Subcommands: add <name> <url> Add a new remote list List all configured remotes remove <name> Remove a remote
bd dolt remote [flags]
bd dolt remote add
Add a Dolt remote
bd dolt remote add <name> <url> [flags]
bd dolt remote list
List configured Dolt remotes
bd dolt remote list [flags]
bd dolt remote remove
Remove a Dolt remote
bd dolt remote remove <name> [flags]
bd dolt set
Set a Dolt configuration value in metadata.json.
Keys: database Database name (default: issue prefix or "beads") host Server host (default: 127.0.0.1) port Server port (auto-detected; override with bd dolt set port <N>) user MySQL user (default: root) data-dir Custom dolt data directory (absolute path; default: .beads/dolt)
Use --update-config to also write to config.yaml for team-wide defaults.
Examples: bd dolt set database myproject bd dolt set host 192.168.1.100 bd dolt set port 3307 --update-config bd dolt set data-dir /home/user/.beads-dolt/myproject
bd dolt set <key> <value> [flags]
Flags:
--update-config Also write to config.yaml for team-wide defaults
bd dolt show
Show current Dolt configuration with connection status
bd dolt show [flags]
bd dolt start
Start a dolt sql-server for the current beads project.
The server runs in the background on a per-project port derived from the project path. PID and logs are stored in .beads/.
The server auto-starts transparently when needed, so manual start is rarely required. Use this command for explicit control or diagnostics.
bd dolt start [flags]
bd dolt status
Show the status of the Dolt engine for the current project.
In embedded mode, reports that the Dolt engine runs in-process and shows the on-disk data directory. For beads-managed (local) servers, displays PID, port, and data directory from the local PID file. For externally- managed servers — either a remote dolt_server_host or a local server managed outside bd (dolt.auto-start: false, e.g. an orchestrator-shared sql-server) — pings the configured endpoint via SQL and reports reachability, server version, and database.
bd dolt status [flags]
bd dolt stop
Stop the dolt sql-server managed by beads for the current project.
This sends a graceful shutdown signal. The server will restart automatically on the next bd command unless auto-start is disabled.
bd dolt stop [flags]
Flags:
--force Force stop the server
bd dolt test
Test the connection to the configured Dolt server.
This verifies that:
- The server is reachable at the configured host:port
- The connection can be established
Use this before switching to server mode to ensure the server is running.
bd dolt test [flags]