query tools for the local cabal database.

Query tool for the local cabal database

• Diff between package versions

• List reverse dependencies (revdeps)

• Search by author or maintainer

• Generate graphs of dependencies in dot format

• List licenses of package and their dependencies

• List all the upper version bounds that could be bumped for a list of packages

• List dependencies constraint policy in package

• List package's contraint policy for dependency on specific package

A simple tool for cabal database query

A misc set of tools to operate misc queries on the local cabal database and the associated packages

Command

• diff: run the diff command between two different versions of a package.
• revdeps: print all reverse dependencies of a package.
• info: print all available versions of a package and some misc information.
• search-author: search all the database for match in the author field.
• search-maintainer: search all the database for match in the maintainer field.
• graph: generate a dot format graph of the dependency
• license: list all licenses used by packages and their dependencies
• bumpable: list all the upper version bounds that could be bumped for a list of packages
• check-policy: list the contraints type (policy) of dependency of packages
• check-revdeps-policy: list the contraints type (policy) of a specific package as used by all packages

Check the original blog post for more information:

• Cabal-db announcement
• Cabal-db license.