Tracking External Installations

If you install a package directly with your native package manager (bypassing Stamp), stamp reconcile detects it and adds it to your manifest.

sudo dnf install ripgrep        # bypasses stamp
stamp reconcile                 # detects ripgrep and tracks it

▪ Drift detected:
    Added: ripgrep (dnf)
    Added: codehaus-casa (copr)
▪ Tracking 1 new package and 1 new repository...
✓ reconciled — manifest updated

Dry run

Preview what reconcile would track without committing:

stamp reconcile --dry-run

▪ Drift detected (dry run — no changes saved):
    Added: ripgrep (dnf)
    Added: codeaus-casa (copr)
  Run stamp reconcile to track these.

No drift

stamp reconcile

▪ No drift detected

Scoped to a manager

stamp reconcile -m dnf

Limits drift detection to a single manager.

How it works

1. Takes a new snapshot of all packages across every manager
2. Compares against the last saved snapshot
3. Any new packages or repositories are detected as drift
4. Drift is auto-tracked into the manifest (or printed with --dry-run)

Reconcile is fully deterministic — no prompts, no decisions. It’s the safety net for when you forget to use Stamp.

Automated Reconcile

Run reconcile automatically on a schedule so you never miss drift:

stamp auto-reconcile on                    # enable daily timer
stamp auto-reconcile on --period hourly    # check every hour
stamp auto-reconcile on -p weekly          # check once a week
stamp auto-reconcile off                   # disable timer

Platform support

The timer runs stamp reconcile at the configured interval and logs output to /tmp/stamp-reconcile.log. If your system doesn’t support automatic timers (e.g., containers without systemd), you can install the timer files manually from the contrib/ directory.