mix app.tree (Mix v1.20.0)

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Prints the application tree.

$ mix app.tree --exclude logger --exclude elixir

If no application is given, it uses the current application defined in the mix.exs file.

Command line options

  • --exclude - exclude applications which you do not want to see printed. kernel, stdlib and compiler are always excluded from the tree.

  • --format - Can be set to one of either:

    • pretty - uses Unicode code points for formatting the tree. This is the default except on Windows.

    • plain - does not use Unicode code points for formatting the tree. This is the default on Windows.

    • dot - produces a DOT graph description of the application tree in app_tree.dot in the current directory. See the documentation for the --output option to learn how to control where the file is written and other related details.

  • --output (since v1.20.0) - can be used to override the location of the file created by the dot format. It can be set to

    • - - prints the output to standard output;

    • a path - writes the output graph to the given path

    If the output file already exists then it will be renamed in place to have a .bak suffix, possibly overwriting any existing .bak file. If this rename fails a fatal exception will be thrown.