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Bitbucket Server and Data Center

The operational CLI for Bitbucket Server.

bb gives Bitbucket Server and Data Center teams a safer command line: machine-readable output, dry-run planning, repository-aware ergonomics, and behavior validated against a real server.

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Operational Safety

Plan server changes before you apply them

Dry-run planning and bulk review/apply workflows reduce the usual risk of shelling directly into enterprise Bitbucket instances.

Automation Contract

Stable output for CI, tooling, and agents

The CLI exposes a versioned bb.machine envelope so scripts, pipelines, and LLM agents are not parsing human prose.

Live-Tested

Validated against real Bitbucket behavior

Command workflows are validated against Bitbucket Data Center APIs, which keeps the docs and the binary grounded in real platform behavior.

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Install

Installation and Quickstart

Download a release, verify checksums, install bb, authenticate with a PAT, and run the first useful commands.

Operate

Basic Usage

Learn the command discovery pattern, repository inference rules, dry-run behavior, and the JSON machine contract.

Reference

All Commands

Use the generated command tree as the exact public surface area for every command, argument, and flag.

Automate

Advanced Topics

Dive into repository discovery, dry-run semantics, bulk operations, and diagnostics for higher-trust automation.

What this docs site contains

Documentation model

  • Command and ADR pages are generated from source-of-truth code and decision records.
  • Bulk policy, plan, and apply schemas are generated from validated workflow models.
  • The hand-written docs focus on usage patterns, safety contracts, and operator workflows around the CLI.