Useful commands for working with Adobe CQ5 VLT

vlt CLI utils

# remove from CRX all files deleted from file system  
$ vlt st | grep ! | cut -c 2- | xargs -I {} vlt rm {}
 
# add to CRX all files not yet in vlt control 
$ vlt st | grep \? | cut -c 2- | xargs -I {} vlt add {}

# add all missing files into the CRX
vlt st | grep ^A | cut -c 2- | xargs -I {} vlt commit --force {}

# copy all modified files into the CRX
vlt st | grep ^M | cut -c 2- | xargs -I {} vlt commit --force {}

# delete all deleted files from the CRX
vlt st | grep ^D | cut -c 2- | xargs -I {} vlt commit --force {}

# strip .vlt files from all directories below the current dir
find . -name "*.vlt" -exec rm -rf {} \;

# setup vlt
# navigate to jcr_root
cd .../ui/src/main/content/jcr_root
# checkout files
vlt --credentials admin:admin co --force http://localhost:4502/crx