.. _ref_commands_close:

close
=====

Closing a channel allows the channel that is closed to track the
channel that follows it in the channel release chain.
As such, closing the 'candidate' channel for a snap would make
that snap begin to track the 'stable' channel.

Examples:
    snapcraft close my-snap --channel beta


Usage
-----

:command:`snapcraft close [options] <name> <channel>`

Required
--------

``name``
   The snap name to release.
``channel``
   The channel to close.


Global options
--------------

``-h`` or ``--help``
   Show this help message and exit.
``-q`` or ``--quiet``
   Only show warnings and errors, not progress.
``-v`` or ``--verbose``
   Show debug information and be more verbose.
``--verbosity``
   Set the verbosity level to 'quiet', 'brief', 'verbose', 'debug' or 'trace'.
``-V`` or ``--version``
   Show the application version and exit.