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title: Getting Started With Malachite
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Baby's first Malachite repository!
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### What you need to know
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Malachite is:
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- A pacman repository manager
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- A workspace manager
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- ~~Awesome~~
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Malachite isn't:
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- The end-all solution for all pacman repositories
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- Perfect
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### With that out of the way
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Hi! My name is Michal, and I wrote this tool pretty much on my own for [Crystal Linux](https://getcryst.al);
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but it is not at all exclusive to Crystal. This tool should and will work on and for any pacman-based
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distribution (so long as it packages all of Malachite's dependencies, of course).
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Throughout this tutorial, I'll explain each little feature of Malachite in what I hope to be bite-sized and
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programmatic chunks.
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Without further ado, let's begin with the first, most important question:
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### Modes
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What mode are you using malachite in?
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Currently, malachite supports 2 modes:
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#### Repository Mode
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- Allows the user to configure and manage a remote (or local) pacman-based package repository
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- Allows for customisability in repository name, signing preferences, signing key etc.
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- Allows for basic levels of automation, by using features such as build_on_update
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#### Workspace Mode
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- The most basic functionality of Malachite
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- Just clones git directories into a "Workspace" directory for easier management
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- Allows for basic pulling operations to keep your repositories up-to-date
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These modes essentially dictate everything about how Malachite functions, so much so that I now need to
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split this page off before it gets too long!
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For more info, get started with the [Common Features](common-features) page!
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