chio new

Create a computer, the versioned environment where a project's authority, resources, and work live, owned by your operator identity.

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Create a computer: a versioned environment where authority, resources, and work live.

Usage

Command synopsistext

chio new [OPTIONS] [NAME]

[NAME] Name of the computer and of the directory it is created in.
--example <EXAMPLE> Create the directory from a published example bundle instead of an empty computer; the bundle’s checksum and the index signature are verified before it unpacks.
--list-examples List the published examples: name, face, languages, and what each runs.

Additional behavior

The computer is owned by the operator identity from chio key init and opens from code with Computer.open under the same name.

Create the Quickstart computer and move into it.

Terminalbash

chio new quickstart && cd quickstart

Output

created    quickstart, 14 tests, 3 failing: issues #412, #413, #414
computer   quickstart, owned by did:chio:z6Mkf3…Qp9