Global Options

These options are available to all PostKit commands.

Options

Option	Description
-v, --verbose	Enable verbose/debug output
--dry-run	Show what would be done without making changes
--json	Output results as JSON (for scripting/CI)
-V, --version	Output version number
-h, --help	Display help for command

Examples

# Verbose output
postkit db start --verbose

# Dry run
postkit db deploy --dry-run

# JSON output
postkit db remote list --json

# Get version
postkit --version

# Get help
postkit --help
postkit db --help
postkit db deploy --help

JSON Output Format

When using --json, commands output machine-readable JSON instead of formatted text. This is useful for:

• CI/CD pipelines
• Scripting
• Parsing results programmatically

Example:

$ postkit db remote list --json
{
  "remotes": [
    {
      "name": "dev",
      "url": "postgres://user:pass@host:5432/db",
      "default": true
    },
    {
      "name": "staging",
      "url": "postgres://user:pass@host:5432/db",
      "default": false
    }
  ]
}