allow installation of a specific tag/branch by exporting PBC_GIT_TAG

2026-08-27 23:29:43 +02:00
parent 2fdf065017
commit 0f61e177f8
2 changed files with 16 additions and 5 deletions
@@ -23,6 +23,17 @@ curl -fsSL https://git.ccc-rheintal.ch/spacefreak/pbc/raw/branch/master/install.
 This installs the newest tagged version to `/usr/local/bin/pbc`, installs the
 dependencies, and puts an example config at `/etc/pbc/config.example`.

+### Installing a specific version
+
+Set `PBC_GIT_TAG` to install that tag instead of the newest one:
+
+```bash
+curl -fsSL https://git.ccc-rheintal.ch/spacefreak/pbc/raw/branch/master/install.sh | sudo PBC_GIT_TAG=v1.0.0 bash
+```
+
+`sudo` drops the environment, so set the variable on the `sudo` command itself (or use
+`sudo -E`), not before `curl`. Any Git ref works, e.g. a branch name for testing.
+
 ### Updating

 Run the same command again to update `pbc` itself:
@@ -32,7 +43,7 @@ curl -fsSL https://git.ccc-rheintal.ch/spacefreak/pbc/raw/branch/master/install.
 ```

 It fetches the newest tag and overwrites `/usr/local/bin/pbc`. Your `/etc/pbc/config` is
-left untouched.
+left untouched. `PBC_GIT_TAG` works here too, to pin or roll back to a given version.

 To update only the `proxmox-backup-client` binary: