---
name: "bst-source-bundle"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "buildstream"
version: "1.6.9-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/bst-source-bundle"
---

# bst-source-bundle(1)

Produce a build bundle to be manually executed

## NAME

bst-source-bundle - Produce a build bundle to be manually executed

## SYNOPSIS

**bst source-bundle** \[OPTIONS\] ELEMENT

## DESCRIPTION

Produce a source bundle to be manually executed

## OPTIONS

- **--except** PATH

  Elements to except from the tarball

- **--compression** \[none\|gz\|bz2\|xz\]

  Compress the tar file using the given algorithm.

- **--track**

  Track new source references before bundling

- **-f,** --force

  Overwrite an existing tarball

- **--directory** TEXT

  The directory to write the tarball to